The origins of tai chi chuan

In the same way that Laird Hamilton’s experiments in Hawaii have been duplicated in Hossegor – stand-up paddle, foil, electric skates and bikes, jetski towed surfing – so too have Laird Hamilton replicas sprung up in our seaside Landes countryside. There was Fred Compagnon and his alaia-SUP, but more recently and more confidentially, there’s also Miki Dorade and his trash-can skate.