2023-05-18 20:40:19
From Wednesday until Sunday evening, fans of BMX, skateboard or scooter acrobatics are as if magnetized by the acrobatic prowess of 2,000 professional and amateur competitors from all over the world. In 27 years, the FISE (International Festival of Extreme Sports) in Montpellier (Hérault), now broadcast on Equipe TV, has become the main global meeting place for urban sliding sports. The organizing company, Hurricane, is the world’s number one operator.
Hurricane Group was founded by the André-Benoit brothers, engineers and riders themselves. It grew as the disciplines developed. “We currently employ 107 people in Baillargues and Chengdu in China to address the Asian markets. From design to installation, we deliver turnkey skateparks and organize competitions. Today, our parks are connected. They provide sports data (speed, time) and valuable information on the use of the facilities,” explains Hervé André-Benoit, co-founder of FISE and the Hurricane concept.
Place de la Concorde for the Paris Olympics
The teams work in wood, iron, concrete, asphalt. “A skatepark, temporary or permanent, can cost 40,000 euros as well as a million euros,” continues Hervé André-Benoit, who has already designed 500 installations in Japan, Malaysia, Canada and the United States. and in 200 towns in France. Without impatience, he awaits the Olympic coronation of his know-how in July 2024 place de la Concorde in Paris for skateboarding, break dancing or climbing competitions.
The culmination of 20 years of tenacious lobbying with world sports authorities for the recognition of these new disciplines. The Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, was this Thursday at FISE to salute, “this exceptional meeting which combines territorial and economic sporting successes for this mixture of urban disciplines and the musical world”.
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