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wheels and waves Ø biarritz
hooligans
Shed-built trackers and
factory Indians mix it up
“wheels and waves
is unlike any other
show i've ever
atended before”
lights, clocks and electrics are done away with, it opens up a myriad
of custom possibilities. There are very few pro-built bikes here; and
only Indian with the factory bikes – which, by the rules of the
Hooligan series, are still modified road bikes.
The racing was awesome. Vintage wins were claimed by the
DTRA’s Anthony Brown who rode his old Triumph with style and
real speed. The Hooligan class was Indian dominated, but it was the
Scout Sixty that took the top spot on the podium, with the FTR1200
still very much in the early stages of race development. Feran Sastre
took the modern bike win; keeping the trophy in Spain.
Back at the hub of Wheels and Waves, there was music, food,
manufacturers and retail stores. There were impressive displays of
skateboarding at the top of the event and fun little peeling waves at
the bottom on Plage De La Milady. Every street surrounding the
event was packed with motorcycles. One guy with a moto-hobo tent
was asleep in the shrubbery overlooking the beach.
The event spread over five
days and a huge area; it struck
me that my experience of
Wheels and Waves was totally
unique to me. There are infinite
possibilities of what a Wheels
and Waves experience might
look like to others. It’s unlike
any other bike show or festival
I’ve attended before. I’d go
again, but I’d make sure I had a
ride, not a rental car.
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