So we made it into Lyon from Switzerland late afternoon... And headed straight for the airport to pick Danny Boy up... After that we headed straight to the wave, no messing. we got there as the light was starting to go, and me and Dan couldn't resist the urge to get on, the level looked a little high, but we were stoked to be there at such an awesome feature so we just went for it.
I was tired already and dropped in for one ride, which felt about 10 minutes long and I had my ass handed to me, repeatedly, id forgotten how spanky this place could be! When I finally washed off I decided to call it a day, though Dan was ripping in true fashion!
We managed (this time!) to find the Formula1 motel and they actually had spaces! So without the need to rush around trying to find somewhere to stay we were able to go and get some food! A right result compared to the last time we were here! We also had plenty of booze left, bought duty free in Switzerland, so we had a pretty good night and then headed out to the wave again the next day.
The wave was once again awesome levels, despite fluctuations throughout the day it was always at a decent level. We shared the wave with the locals including Seppi Strohmeier who was ripping, and riding the vertical "Wall" with true style.
In true tradition we went out and had a night on the town after a hard days paddling, after traveling half way across Lyon to get to one club the bouncers wouldn't let us in (6 English guys with no girls- go figure!) so we headed back to the town center and after following directions from a local that took us to a strip club (these french are wonderfully friendly!) we settled on a totally random Australian themed pub. When we were eventually kicked out of their we managed to find another party, on a boat in the river, with a bar and a rave going on... I cant remember everything about the night but Will and I got separated from the rest of the group and it was light by the time we got in...
There was another day of hard paddling but by this point most of us were tired from the traveling and constant boating/partying/lack of sleep so we had a chilled out night the next night, just going for a pizza and talking about the events of the last few weeks, it had been an epic trip, and there was a sense of melancholy at the thought of it drawing near to its end. So it was that with heavy hearts and broken bodies we started our trek home after 4 days at the awesome Hawaii-sur-Rhone wave and after an awesome all round trip. Gareth said he wont be running the same trip next year as he wants to get out and explore different places, but that trip will be the one I remember when I think of his Euro trips in years to come...
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