Fluid Kayaks Team

Ok, ok, I didn't write a post since a while, and the worst is I've no excuse!!! I broke my collarbone on a mountain biking session so I had all the time to do it but not...

Well, come with me on February 26th 2010. I was enjoying a MTB session with my brother Gautier and buddies, when I decided to jump on the biggest gap of the track... I kind of fucked up and crashed myself on dirt. Result, a left collarbone in 4 pieces... yeaaah...

I had a surgery a week later, they pull me on a titanium plate with 7 screws to fix the collarbone and found back the lenght of it.

The day after surgery.

2 days after surgery before pull out the drainer.

When I was laying at home with pain, I saw that beautiful cover by Raph Thiebaut for the next issue of Mountain Wilderness. On that photo you can see, David Arnaud, Eric Deguil, Stefun Pion and me.

Vikto Salomon

A while later, surgeron gave me his green card to pull out the plaster and live easy and slowly and stay really careful. So I had time and opportunity to take downhill MTB photos with my bro Gautier and buddies, in our home country in southern France (google "Aveyron"). Was so good to go out of the house and enjoy spring sunshine!!!!

Gautier Grollemund my bro. Check out his website www.gautiergrollemund.com he's a really talented videomaker and I'm sure you'll like his works!!!

Viktor Salomon goes big in "Rocco" the biggest drop of the track.

Raph Thiebaut in the deep and wonderfull gorges of the Durance across Briançon.

Finally, I'm back in my kayaks!!! I was this week in the french Alps with the local paddler Raph Thiebaut to enjoy some easy class IV+ rivers. At the same time I get my federal river guide licence which is mendatory to work as river guide in France. That's pretty good!!!!!

I'll leave in 2 days in the french Pyrenees to enjoy steep and beautiful spring rivers!!!! Hope to be back on class V rivers and more in the next days/weeks!!! May and June will be awesome, lot of projects and good things to do, I'll keep you updated!!

To see more photos, videos and completed reports, check out my blog (french and english): http://valgrollemund.blogspot.com/

Enjoy the river and enjoy life!!! seeya

Val