Ouest Bike Show 2022
Ouest Bike Show is the oldest annual stunt riding festival in Europe. This event has always been both the largest international competition and a large-scale stunt show.
This year, the French held the 16th edition, called "Back to Origins."
Legendary riders, who were pioneers of French stunt riding, were invited to this event. They were the ones who in many ways shaped the Ouest Bike Show brand. The only foreign guest was Ricardo Domingos from Portugal with his team, who also performed in France in the event’s early years.
Matt Mekatrix is a famous French stunt rider who is primarily associated with motorcycle drifting. His most beautiful neo-retro drift bike and unique stunts have long been popular online. It was interesting to meet him in real life. Unfortunately, the organizers did not find time for his well-known limbo show. Matt opened the event, introduced the audience to the program and amused them with stunts on an electric bike.
The main show took place after sunset with artificial lighting. The most spectacular was the performance of the legendary French rider Duke Acrobatie with fire, sparks and smoke: a perfect night show with rare unique stunts, nice-looking motorcycles and a drift car. Despite the broken rib, Duke did the whole program and kept up a high tempo.
It was very interesting to see old-school riders from the Brestunt team on Honda CBR919s. This is how stunt riding began in Europe and the USA. We weren’t around for those times and were surprised by the speed and some stunts that no one performs today, but that could fit perfectly into modern sport.
For example, high-speed side-to-side jumping stunts look more dynamic and interesting than the banal Christ that riders of all levels do today. A coaster with a stop on the wheel and jumping on a motorcycle while doing wheelie circles are also unusual cool stunts!
Guyguy (Gleyo Guillaume) is one of the best and most titled French pro riders, a member of the well-known show team Switch Riders, an innovator in stunt riding. He performed a show program he’d been preparing for two months and delivered a good freestyle, reminiscent of his best years.
Ricardo Domingos has the most diverse show program with stunts on a motorcycle, ATV, supermoto and custom drifting Smart. Tandem stunts looked the most interesting: there were both unique and technically complex professional ones.
Our traditional compilation of the best moments and stunts from all the performances. The video was called epic because it was the best stunt show we have ever seen, and some stunts were really epic. The video includes performances by GuyGuy and Matt Mekatrix, and some moments outside the program:
On our YouTube channel you’ll find lots of Shorts with clips from the show — for those who only want to see the best moments.
Ouest Bike Show continues its story! As always, we had a great time on the west coast of France, saw and learned a lot of new things. We hope that in the future the French will once again host the largest international competition, as in the best of times!