Salabanzi’s story is one of the great tales in skateboarding. He turned pro back in 2000, riding for Flip, his natural talent seeing him getting huge exposure on both sides of the pond.
However, by 2006, dropped by his sponsors he returned to France, where apart from some web clips he was off the skate radar.
That all changed in 2012 when he flew back on to the scene, winning the 2012 European Street League selection, then coming second in the second Street League Skateboarding stop in Kansas City.
Bastian was back, and is now a major threat at SL, proving that talent and style never fade in one of the great skate comebacks of all time.