Traversée de Lyon - Teva BigAir

End of September, during the weekend in Lyon for the "Traversée de Lyon", famous photographer Paul Villecourt and his son Evan joined me in one of the World famous kayak wave "Hawai sur Rhône".

Hawai was at super low water level, but anyway it was good to paddle down, make some wavewheels and get wet a bit!!
Was actually the first time there for Evan who ran it few times and styled it like a pro!!

Myself

Myself paddling down

Evan getting ready to paddle down for his first time there!!

Evan's first time in Hawai sur Rhone!!

Next morning took place the "Traversée de Lyon", which bring together more than 1000 paddlers on canoes, kayaks, dragon boats, Vaa and Stand Up Paddle boards.

The mass start

Myself, it was a really hard race, 1h30 long and massively upwind so we had 0.5m waves coming up...
not that easy on a SUP board.
I was completely smoked at the finish line, I had a really hard period after 45minutes of racing and no water to drink...
I finished 3rd SUP overall and 1st in the 12'6 SUP class.

Eric Deguil, 1st SUP overall and I.

The overall SUP podium

Right after the SUP race, I was competing at the kayak BigAir event.
We had to do the tricks the judges ordered us to do.
There were few of the world best kayakers there like Casper Van Kalmthout, Benny Marr, Mike Dawson and others

Ready to go...

...Dropping in...

... Flying and styling it!!

I went to the super final finishing 3rd after qualif but didn't manage to double kickflip which kicked me out of the podium.

The kayak Big Air event place.

Happy Super final riders!!
Mat Coldebella finished 3rd, Ben Marr 2nd and our lovely dutchy Casper Van Kalmthout wan the contest with a massive backflip!!

Was a really good weekend in Lyon enjoying the Rhone in different versions and definitely having fun with friends!!
Seeya next year!!