Ever wonder where Martinique native Ronny Turiaf’s crazy joy of living on the court and bench comes from? After a little trip to his small island in the French West Indies, I’ve observed this “joie de vivre” is part of his roots & culture. Basketball is a real religion with an incalculable number of believers and places of worship there. Unfortunately, it’s not always a good condition for proper training.
Despite France’s economic and cultural disdain towards its colonies, the Martinique inhabitants keep their happiness and passion for sport. Cycling is #1, then comes B-ball. It’s not structured like in France, but some great athletes still arise from those islands scattered in the Caribbean Sea.
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December 30th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
Bobbito Garcia a.k.a. Kool Bob Love says:
welcome to www.bouncemag.com, kevin! really glad you’re down with us online, you’ve been a big help to our print magazine since 2004. tell your brother i said whaddup, and thanks for everything you’ve done for me over the years. word up.
you coming back to harlem summer of ‘08? AG loved you when he was announcing the ibo dalton game, remember?!!! that was hilarious. he said, ‘how a dude from france got a name from 116th St. like kevin?’ haha! i was laughing on the court when he said that. you did your thing in the game though. keep repping.
abientot,
bob
December 30th, 2007 at 5:40 pm
DaFr3shKid says:
Yeah yeah Madinina, Gwadada
Kev-one, gi’mme somme K1X gift
Holl@.
January 2nd, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Kevin Couliau says:
Happy to be on board to share my shots and streetball chronicles to the worldwide readers.
I don’t know if I’m coming back, now the cats in NYC are waiting for the young french kid who killed the Ibo Balton game with his baggy short ah ah
Catch you later
k.