- In Bordeaux, Côme Girardot jumped from the Chaban-Delmas bridge doing a back somersault. The video of his exploit has been viewed more than 22,000 times on Instagram in less than a week.
- The great sportsman prepared for a week before taking the plunge and repeats today that we should not "try this kind of stunt without preparation".
- Como is a student at a business school but would like to "find a sponsor" and make "his passion for sporting exploits" his "profession".
He arrives all smiles during the Red Hat to tell his exploits and treat himself to the beer of the "after work". Côme Girardot is a “happy” Bordeaux resident. Since June 18, the media have called him to mention his “back somersault” dive from the top of the Chaban-Delmas bridge. A feat that created the sensation on Instagram where the video has been viewed almost 23,000 times. A jump of 17 meters which earned Como an avalanche of "likes" and ... "critics".
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Since the time I wanted to jump this #pontchabandelmas by dint of passing over it 🤩 Thanks to @mayeulgrdt @ anat8le and @emilientf for helping me, I could not have done it without you 🙃 ⚠️CAUTION, please do not try to do it again after me, do not tell yourself that now that someone has done it, everyone can do it 💀 La Garonne remains an ultra dangerous river with many currents, bits of wood ... and I've been preparing for this leap for several weeks now, which seems banal. I therefore do not encourage the jump from this bridge at all, quite the contrary! ⚠️
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"I don't know why, but some people want to hurt me. Some say that I should have been injured, others that I should have been arrested or fined. But it was my personal challenge. I did not dive to be clever. I need adrenaline and jump everywhere, ”says Côme, five years of club trampoline behind him.
"My number one goal is safety"
The young man who looks with envy at the diving pros of La Rochelle towers would like to make his passion for the extreme his job. Surprised by the success of her video, the one who gained 400 followers in ten days hopes that it can also arouse the curiosity of a sponsor who will allow her to live from her somersaults.
Meanwhile, Como, which has jumped 15 meters in Corfu (Greece) and in the floating basin from a crane, is targeting the Corsican creeks and the Spanish cliffs this summer. "Always checking the depth before a jump," said the student at a business school in Bordeaux. My number one goal is safety. I refused to let a friend jump from the Chaban-Delmas bridge with me because he was not prepared. What I have done should not be done by anyone, anytime. "
Study the current of the Garonne for a week
Côme had since wanted to tame "the Chaban bridge" but thought the feat impossible before a friend slipped him that the Garonne calmed down "for twenty minutes" at the change of tide. The athletic fan of sliding [he masters skiing, wakeboarding, skateboarding, etc.] then "studied the current" for a week. “I chose the jump time [6 am], made three different plans to reach the bank and briefed my brother and the two friends who accompanied me in case of danger. I did not go to the cool. The slightest bit of wood or the rain would have made me back down, "argues Côme.
This June 18, all the elements were there to make the jump go smoothly. What the young man had not foreseen was the anger of the father who awaited him on arrival. "He had said" no "to me weeks ago and since then I haven't spoken to him again. When the morning of the jump, he saw that my brother and I were no longer in our rooms, he geolocated our phones and got out of the car, ”Côme recalls with a smile.
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In the end, the Girardot parents understood that adrenaline was the "trick" of their son. An 18-year-old idealist who intends to train "again and again" and post more and more technical videos to break through.
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