Hawaii-sur-Rhone is undoubtedly one of the top waves in the world for freestyle kayaking. Every wave move that has ever been done can probably be repeated here. Here are a few sites with videos of the wave to give a flavour of what the feature can be like.

Hawaii-sur-Rhone est une des meilleures vagues du monde pour le kayak freestyle. Ici les sensations sont garanties. Cette page présente quelques sites avec des videos de la vague pour donner une petite idée de la chose.

Young Gun Productions (YGP) left their mark on the wave at the 2003 festival. Not only was Patrick Camblin the most consistent paddler, he was going higher than everyone else to boot. He more than deserved his win. On the festival site LyonRiverFestival.com we find this little beauty. The Rhone was running at about 400 cumecs.

Un petit clip des Young Gun Productions qui ont certainement marque les esprits en 2003 lors du dernier festival. Patrick Camblin ne se contentait pas d'envoyer plus gros que les autres - il envoyait avec plus de fiabilité aussi. Il a mérite sa victoire. Voici un petit clip des YGP. LyonRiverFestival.com

Simon Duchene, a student at the local engineering school, runs PureFreestyle.com and has put up some quality footage that is worth watching if you have the bandwidth.

Simon Duchene, etudiant a l'INSA de Lyon, est le webmaster de PureFreestyle.com ou il met regulierement des videos de qualite. Si vous avec une connection haut debit, n'hesitez pas.

David Arnaud has done a lot of video work at Hawaii-sur-Rhone. There are a large variety of images on his site teamfrogs.free.fr as well as commentary and videos. It is well worth having a browse around. This video is of the wave running at close to 2000 cumecs.

David Arnaud a souvent utilise le sujet de la vague pour ses videos. Il y a une grande selection d'images sur son site teamfrogs.free.fr ainsi que des articles et des videos. Ca vaut le coup d'y aller. Ce clip montre Hawaii a 2000 m3/s.

The SKRT are the real locals here. When you visit the wave you are likely to run into one of these guys. Unless, of course, it is the skiing season as they're crazy about that too! Their website skrt.net contains videos of the wave and all sorts of other goodies.

Le SKRT sont les habitues de la vague. Les vrais des vrais. Si vous allez a la vague vous avez des grandes chances de tomber sur l'un d'eux. Sauf si la neige est bonne! Il y a des videos de la vague ainsi que plein d'humour sur leur site web: skrt.net

Mika Hyla, who came second at the 2003 event, is also handy on the video side of things and has put some fantastic clips on line. They are kept at www.alex-dimitriou-est-la.free.fr There are videos of the Rhone at 1300 cumecs featuring the Left Fork and the mini-Wall. Go directly to his videos page

Mika Hyla, deuxieme au LRF en 2003, sait aussi manier un camescope. Ses clips sont en ligne sur www.alex-dimitriou-est-la.free.fr Il y a des videos du Bras de Gauche a 1300 m3/s et du mini-Wall. Cliquez directement sur la page video

Corran Addison made a small promotional video for Braun during the 2003 festival. It can be found on the festival site LyonRiverFestival.com The Rhone was running at about 450 cumecs.

Corran a produit ce petit clip publicitaire pour Braun. Le Rhone etait a 450 m3/s. LyonRiverFestival.com

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