So the French connection I’m referring to today doesn’t mean everyone is connected family wise (unless you consider it a surfing family - which by way of a sort of tribe, then yes we’re all family) but Elise and Birdy are not related on land, but they both come from the most romanticized country of the work (I think) but it’s good to have Elise and Birdy and his wonderful family always here doing their thing out there on the waves…..