Oxbow Totally Bananas Tour Guéthary-Bidart
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GUERTHARY, Bidart — Last week-end from June 5 to 6, the first stage of the Oxbow Totally Bananas Tour kicked off under great weather conditions. The event gathered Laird Hamilton, the Hawaiian Oxbow team and some of the best French riders.
Under a cloudless blue sky, many people came to meet Laid Hamilton and our watermen so as to share an unforgettable session with them. The bright sun and the perfect waves accompanied all activities throughout the whole day. Surfing, Hawaiian Pirogue, Longboard, SUP… everybody was free to enjoy any board sport thanks to free available equipment and initiations.
Laird Hamilton and the other riders shared their precious know-how and gave some advice to all participants who were really glad to be offered such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The highlight of that day was beyond dispute the first return to water of Baptiste Gossein after his accident in Teahupoo. Supported by Rico Leroy, Duane DeSoto and Levi Siver, Baptiste enjoyed the waves during his 30 minute pirogue ride.
After the signing session at the Oxbow Shop in Anglet, this first day full of emotions and surprises, finished with the movie premiere of the “Oxbow Waterman Experience” and the live gig of the band “The Dukes”. Lots of people gathered to this final event of the day where the audience escaped with the magic and beauty of all spectacular pictures taken last December in Peahi (Jaws, Hawaii, December 2009).
Unfortunately the bad weather conditions on Sunday didn’t enable us to continue the rider’s challenge on the beach. Nevertheless, this unforeseen break let our riders take some well-deserved rest before the second stage of the Totally Bananas Tour in Guincho, Portugal.
Alban Méric is this week-end’s ultimate waterman who won the challenge.
He will therefore be invited to the next WLT (World Longboard Tour) that will take place on Makaha, Hawaii. The second long-awaited stage of the trip will be from June 12 to 13 in Guincho, Portugal where you can live other exciting Totally Bananas moments with Laird Hamilton, Kai Lenny, Jason Polakow and Levi Siver!
