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Audi Exclusive Tour

Last weekend I had a day out courtesy of Audi, at the Pau circuit in the south of France. I had a whole day driving all kinds of Audis on track and on the road.

First up we had a “workshop” on the Audi R8 Le Mans car, the petrol version, with photos sitting in it, pressing all the buttons and trying to reach the pedals! Then it was the RS4 on track, with a french formula renault champion whose name I can’t remember. That was a nice car to drive!

Then it was out on the road in a Q7, A5, TT 2.0L turbo and finally the S5. Then it was back to the circuit for lunch and a free massage. Then we had some track time in the S3, then onto a slalom course with a 3.0L quattro TT, then offroad in the Q7, and finally a passenger ride in the new R8 with a Le Mans driver taking me round…… very fast.

After all that, I went to Biarritz (or nearby) to stay with Row one night as he was working down there. The following day I did a bit of body boarding in Biarritz, which was a really nice place with a really nice beach for surfing, and there were a lot of surfers out there. Then it was back home to coding again! But it was a good weekend, I think i’ve been sold on Audi’s for the time being.

Check out the photos here.

Donutting in september

We had a great day out on the donuts again, with a lot of the friends we’ve made over here (all french). We then took the quads out for a blast, and went through the forest to our friend Isabelle’s house for apperitifs, not once touching the tarmac. Then a quick blast back home in the dark for dinner, and out into town and clubbing.

Have a look at the photos.

Insane jetski backflips

This makes me realise I really can’t ride a jetski, doesn’t matter how fast I can get it round the buoys! Me and Row went to the world finals in 2003, and we saw a japanese guy do this flatwater backflip, Malone didn’t do it. But to do 3 flatwater backflips in a row is just unbelievable! Anyway, have a look..

Eric Malone World Finals 2006

When fish attack!

I read a while back about jumping sturgeon in the states, that had injured a jetskier. In fact I think it knocked him out as he was riding fast on his jetski, when a large strugeon (i’m guessing more than 10 pounds), jumped out of the water and hit him in the face.

I was a bit sceptical to start with, but then I found this video of jumping carp (again in the states). No wonder he was knocked out! Check out this video of jumping asian carp.