So, I've been lucky enough to work recently as a consultant for a new kayaking & rafting video game. You've always dreamed to boof a 150 ft waterfall ? now that's your chance !

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Maybe you wondered why I kept silent over the last two weeks ? Or maybe not ? Well, you'll get an explanation anyway. Hey, I rule this webpage, remember ?


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That's it, I've moved to the Reunion island. Don't know where this island is ? Have a look at this map :



This little island is located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, about 10 000 km from France, to which it belongs. The island has made itself a reputation among sports enthousiats as a paradise. It offers superb surfing, worldclass trekking and canyoning, and very good whitewater as well... and the good news is, I'll stay here until December !

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I know, I know, it took me quite a long time to get these pictures online. But have you ever struggle with the french administration to start your company ? That can keep you busy for some time indeed, and that is not as much fun as surfing the Lachine waves in Montreal, especially when you have a jetski at hand that can bring you to Maverick, the biggest and most powerful wave you can surf on the St Lawrence.



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Alex Dimitriou just came back from the Olympic Games, where he competed for the Greek team. As you know, a LOT of money was spent to ensure safety during the events. And yes, Alex may have been safe, considering this picture. Go have a look, it's worth the click.

After yesterday's airscrew, here's now a complete sequence of a helix, performed once again on the Lachine waves in Montreal. Did I mention I'm having a really good time there ? ;-)



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Wanna know what an airscrew looks like from inside ? Take a look at those few stills... They were collected from the footage I made today on the Lachine rapids in Montreal. I'm pretty excited I must say ! I'm working on the helix footage right now, so come back tomorrow for more stuff of this kind...



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Busy as I am surfing and having fun in Montreal (doh!), I still did my best to follow the Olympic Games and especially the slalom races. As you may know, a French took gold in K1 men : his name is Benoit Peschier. I am even more pleased by his victory that we've been regularly competing against each other a few years ago, when we were 15/16 years old, in a time when I was still paddling slalom. I even remember beating him on a few occasions, but to be honest he was leading most of the time ;-)



Since then we've taken different paths, but I always kept an eye on what he was up to, thinking that I could have been an international slalom racer as well, just as he is... if only I hadn't fallen into the dark side of kayaking, which is freestyle and creeking ! Hehe. We just had different motivations and expectations from kayaking, and the good thing about this sport is that it can fulfill many different destinies. I guess that's just what we're all doing everytime we paddle, and Benoit just did so the other day.

Bravo Benoit !

I finally found some time for an update ! The last 2 weeks have been really fun here in Montreal, especially with the Riot crew's new toy, a powerful jetski ! We're getting many more rides than usual, and some new angles for pictures. Anyway, I was yesterday in Big Joe doing some filming with my headcam, and here's what I saw :



Explanation : I was in Big Joe doing some filming with my headcam. I looked on my right to watch Corran on his surfboard in Mojo, a smaller wave next to Big Joe, when all of a sudden Fisher appeared on the jet ski, litterally flying over the waves. Wow !

Stay tuned for more stunning shots and pics of the Orbit, Inferno and Nitro in action here in Montreal !

I'm off to Montreal for 3 weeks. There, I'll be mainly surfing & freestylin' on the Ottawa, the Lachines, and other rivers in the area, including a short tour in the US and a stop at the Black River and the Rt 3 wave. I'll team up with the usual suspects of the Riot gang - Ben Brown, Steve Fisher, Rusty Sage and many others will be in town at a time or another during my stay.



Corsica, Morocco, Siberia, now Canada and the Reunion island next september : nothing to really complain about !

This is certainly what I like best about kayaking : switching continuously from creeking to playboating to racing to expedition kayaking to surfing to... basically whatever you want to do (or can think of doing) with your kayak !

If you're just practicing one of these, you're missing a whole world of feelings and experiences. Enjoy the difference !