Name: Julien Bells
Company: Sport-Guide.com
Title: German correspondent for the French trade medium Sport Guide
Country: Germany
Favorite outdoor activities:
Running, biking, hiking, pole vaulting, track & field coaching
What’s your main contribution of being in the Jury do you think?
Having grown up in a family of sports enthusiasts and having trained as a journalist at the Paris Institute of Sport, I have a strong background in outdoor activities. Since arriving in Germany 20 years ago, I have been covering the sports and textile industry as a foreign correspondent. France is not only interested in haute couture (and cuisine), outdoor sports also play a key role, and I have the privilege of reporting on its many facets and regularly putting its products through their paces. Having grown up near the rugged northern French coast, I learned early on to appreciate the technology behind products. ‘Never forget your rain jacket’ is kind of my life motto.