The Prince of Booging, Pierre Louise Costes, joins Luke on the lounge and holy air reverse out of the bowl Batman, they covered many topics and a whole lot of ground as their caffeinated conversation drew on long into the European evening. Recapping Pierre’s early rise from family obscurity, tattered financial hardships and his hunger to be immersed in the ocean you really get a feel for what humbling beginnings this 2 x world champion has risen from. Heralded as the missing link between style and the European bodyboarding community, Pierre’s influence over how the bodyboard is ridden all around the world to this very day is remarkable and quite frankly impressive. From his memoirs in his masterpiece Tender, to his association with long time sponsor Pride bodyboards and private life in between, serious ground is covered by both Pierre and Luke as they enjoy each others company in episode 45 of Luke’s Lounge.The crew over at Hitch have kindly offered to throw in a 15% discount if you use the code riptide15 at the checkout of hitchtea.com so go grab yourself a cuppa and enjoy the upcoming episodeEnjoy