Run Wild

Izzy

Senior Insider
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A link to the video from which the screen capture in the article was taken, filmed in St Martin.
A link to L'Acrobate's web page.
A google translation of the article:

"Run" wild two-wheeled behind a star of the field.

Frenzy among fans of motorcycle acrobatics when a headliner of the field came to Saint-Barth last January. This gave rise to a roaring and dangerous evening on the roads. And the conviction last Thursday of a young participant.

Dozens of motorcycles and scooters play cat and mouse with the gendarmes, multiplying wheeling and other dangerous maneuvers in different parts of the island. It was during this electric party that the 19-year-old boy who went to court, accompanied by his mother, was caught by the gendarmes.

The evening began at 20 o'clock in Mangliers, a favorite meeting place for crazy handlebars. Warned by a local resident of the presence of fifty or so two-wheelers, the gendarmes go there. In the crowd, young children cycling. They took the gendarmes with a wild "run" the same evening, in the presence of a certain Acrobate 94. The latter makes himself known by filming his exploits on a motorcycle, and his videos and photos accumulate millions of views. Large engines arrive at the Manglers, and seeing the gendarmes, turn around. Another meeting is held at the airport, then at Lurin, at the Hotel de la Collectivité ...

A game of hide and seek delivered by dozens of young bikers who do not hesitate to turn around in the middle of the public road, lift the front wheel, move at high speed, sometimes standing on their machine. In the group, a biker who has no fear seems particularly acclaimed by others.

The game continues for a long time, until around 10:50 pm, the gendarmes will come face-to-face with one of the acrobats identified earlier. CCTV footage confirms it's him. In addition to traffic violations, two-wheeled vehicles operate without insurance, without a license plate and the young accused, a carpenter by profession, used cannabis.

"He takes part in this event, but he is the only one arrested when he returns home. I would not want him to be a scapegoat, "defends the boy's lawyer, Me Stéphane. "He works, and does not have a criminal record."

The post-teen is sentenced to one month of suspended imprisonment, put to the test for two years with obligation of care for cannabis, and will have to pay 700 euros of various fines.
 
19 yr old popped for 2-wheel mischief appears in court with his mommy.

Not as much of a badass as he'd like others to believe . . .
 
I wonder if any of them ever look at the posters of people & their stories on the fence of the airport.
 
These kids just don’t care, unfortunately. People are killed or badly hurt, yet the lunacy continues. It’s a sad, out of control situation. The gendarmes have there hands full.
 
they need to remove the current pics and put up pics of cycle/ scooter/car crashes..........that might be a sobering reason to stop.
 
to anyone that is not aware, the pinky finger wave means she thinks you have a small "package"
 
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