Last Christmas, a drawing was organized among all DVD orders. There were a few Artistic products to win, and Valentin Grollemund won the Aveto Drytop. When I sent him his prize, I asked him to make a picture and send it to me. Here's what I received. I'm not sure however that it'll make it to the next Artistic brochure:

Valentin Grollemund

No comment. Really ;-)

Besides posing half naked for the cameras, the kid can also paddle. Earlier this year he ran the Salle-la-Source waterfall, arguably the highest ever ran in France at about 50 feet. I don't know where he found it, but it sure looks nice:

Valentin's blog (in French): http://valgrollemund.blogspot.com

I guess we'll hear about Val again in the future!

David