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It all started at a party during the Team Week :

- Tomorow is the last day of the Team Week, let’s ride as much as we can !

- Do you think we can ride 100km of different hills in a day ?

- Let’s do this !!!

So… we did it. We rode all the spots around Les 2 alpes in one day, some hills are 12 miles long, some others are 20% grade and totally crazy. It took us 250Km of car (thanks jon to heal your knee driving us around) and 9 hours to ride these 100km without riding the same hill twice.

We rode many mythic hills like l’Alpe d’Huez (famous for the biking Tour de France) and at 6PM, after 75Km ridden, the heavy rain started. We really wanted to get to 100km, so we kept on ridding under the tempest, and over an inch of water…

Riders that made it to the 100km : Arnaud Blin and Arnaud Debluze. Sylvain Ched couldn’t ride anymore after 83km… Big up to Jonathan Ehm, who couldn’t ride because of a knee injury, and drove us around all day.

We’re leaving you with some pictures of this amazing day.

Sylvain ched, Arnaud Bling and Arnaud Debluze at Alpe d’Huez

The final run… under the tempest (15% grade)

Arnaud is coaching Freebord on Burton Summer Camps in les 2 Alpes (France). Most campers are testing the bord, and after a few minutes they are all able to ride the nice alpine hills. Check this short video of some campers having fun on freebords.

Freebord Team Rider Profile

Name: Arnaud Blin(g)
Age: 22
Location: Nancy, France

Freebord setup - what do you ride? Revolt 80, S2 bindings

Your best Freebord move: Riding in the subway to escape from the ticket inspectors.

Influences in life? Fengshui

If you could have any company sponsor to go along with Freebord who would it be? Any rider owned brand that can pay for gas…

Worst bail? I can’t remember it… must’ve been pretty bad.

Your favorite freebord rider out there? The children of Bob and Mike would be a total killer. It’s too bad I heard they can’t have kids together.

Any tips for riders out there? Always have fun! Ride with your friends and try to look for new locations all the time.

Desillusion Mag just released an interview of Arnaud Blin on their website. This pretty fun interview is about the ride, and how fast the community is growing in France.
Check it out: