What is La Paulade
La Paulade was created to make fair, accessible longboard racing a reality.
It didn’t start as a brand, but as a solution. Downhill racing had become too expensive, fragmented, and out of reach. What was missing was a system: high-performance gear at a fair price, and a structure to support races across Europe.
That vision became the Race Project: a long-term effort to lower barriers to entry. But to make it real, we needed tools. La Paulade was built for that: a rider-led wheel company supporting the mission from the ground up.
In 2025, it came together with the Marchaux Revival, the first La Paulade Race, a proof of concept that showed what’s possible when riders, gear, and organisation align.
From now on, the goal is simple: expand La Paulade Races in partnership with organisers across the world.
This isn’t just about wheels. It’s about building the future of racing, together.
Who we are
Paul Jeantet
Paul is the founder of La Paulade, but first of all, he is a downhill rider. After years spent chasing speed on open roads, racing in Europe, and obsessing over how wheels behave at the limit, he started building La Paulade as a way to turn rider problems into real engineering projects.
With the FTW, that approach became even more visible. Instead of accepting the usual compromises between grip, roll speed, slide control, and durability, Paul started testing unconventional ideas to see how far a race wheel could be pushed. Hollow core, supported lips, unusual geometry, every detail comes from the same question: can we design our way past the usual limits?
La Paulade is where his two worlds meet: downhill racing and mechanical engineering, with one goal in mind: making faster, fairer, and more exciting racing possible.
Ritchi
Ritchi brings the kind of raw energy that keeps downhill and freeride exciting. He progressed fast, committed harder than most, and quickly became one of the riders who helped define the spirit of La Paulade.
Always ready for big slides, sketchy roads, and questionable ideas, Ritchi rides with a mix of fearlessness and style that made him the obvious rider behind the PolYmers.
His pro model reflects that same balance: fast and grippy when it needs to be, but still smooth, playful, and ready for whatever bad idea comes next.
Barthélémy Rigaud
Barth is the eye behind a lot of La Paulade’s visuals, but he is just as much part of the story on the board. A filmer, freerider, and downhill rider, he brings the same attention to detail to his lines as he does to his videos.
Smooth standups, clean style, and the occasional questionable commitment are what made him the perfect rider behind the Plumes. His pro model was built around that idea: an easy freeride wheel made for long sessions, big slides, and having a good time without overthinking it.
He keeps the vibe alive, both behind the camera and sideways on the road.
Lukáš Klos
Lukas is one of the young riders we’re most excited to have on the team. Coming from the Czech scene, he has been performing like crazy recently, consistently reaching podiums at major events and making his way into finals again and again.
He has not taken the big win yet, but he is always right there, pushing, learning, and putting pressure on the fastest riders around. That kind of consistency says a lot.
With the FTWs now online, we’re very excited to see what Lukas can do next. He has the speed, the race craft, and the hunger. The win feels like a matter of time.
Adrien Duchatel
Adrien is our Frenchman lost in Brazil, and at this point we’re not sure he is ever coming back. Based in Rio, he has become a key part of the La Paulade story on the other side of the world.
He races locally in South America, does very well there, and helps develop La Paulade in Brazil by making the wheels easier to access for the local scene. Thanks to him, La Paulade is not just a European thing anymore.
French roots, Brazilian roads, and a proper passion for racing. Adrien is the reason La Paulade has a real presence in South America.
Antoine Carlotti
Antoine and Paul first met as competitors about ten years ago, back when Antoine was still one of the young groms pushing hard at every race. What started as a proper rivalry slowly turned into real friendship, and today we’re proud to have him riding with La Paulade.
Antoine is simply one of the best downhill longboarders in the world. Fast in race runs, stylish in freeride, solid under pressure, and good at pretty much everything you can do on a board. He’s now chasing a world champion title, and we’ll do everything we can to support him on that mission.
Paul Vogel
Paul is one of our groms, and one of those riders who supported La Paulade long before officially joining the team. Always hyped, always pushing, and always down to help, he naturally became part of the story.
Over the past seasons, his progression has been impossible to miss. He went from young promising rider to proper race challenger, consistently fighting his way into semi-finals and putting pressure on much more experienced riders.
He also has a deep love for massive 90° slides, but that is absolutely, definitely, 100% not the reason why his wheels sometimes end up oval.
Jack Plummer
Jack is the lone Brit in our team of Frenchies, and somehow that makes perfect sense. Big guy, big smile, big commitment, he brings the kind of energy that makes every session better.
Right now, Jack is more motivated than ever. He is training hard, getting faster every season, and clearly aiming for the top. With a 1st place at the 2026 German Championship and a 3rd place at the 2026 French Championship, he is proving that the work is paying off.
He is targeting a world title, and we’re really excited to see what he can do this year on the FTWs.
Lucas Jurain
Lucas is one of the people we have to thank for the success of the Marchaux Revival events. As president of Montpellier Wheely Gang, the non-profit co-organising Marchaux with La Paulade, he is one of the people turning the Race Project from an idea into something real.
Always down to help, organise, solve problems, ride, test, or bring good energy, Lucas is one of the motors behind the project. A lot of what people see during the event exists because people like him make it happen behind the scenes.
On and off the board, Lucas represents exactly what La Paulade is about: community, commitment, and making downhill racing more fun for everyone.
2023
The Race Project
We challenged the status quo with a simple Facebook post:
What if everyone raced on the same wheels, with the same number of sets - finely tuned to each track, but unknown to all before race day?
A level playing field, no gear advantage, just pure riding. The idea resonated within the community. The Race Project was born, and it laid the foundation for what would become the La Paulade company.
2024
Introducing the PolYmers
In July 2024, we launched the PolYmers - first at the Azet Freeride in France, then at KNK in Slovenia. It was wild. Riders loved the wheels, and by August, we were completely sold out.
We couldn’t have asked for a better start. The response confirmed it: we had a solid product - more than good enough to bring the Race Project to life.
2025
Trying out the Concept
In 2025, we launched our very first La Paulade race - by bringing back the much-loved Marchaux Freeride in France. We tested a brand-new race format: time trials combined with a non-elimination bracket system.
La Paulade provided the race system and, of course, the wheels. The feedback was incredible. Riders loved the format, the vibe, and the fairness. We're definitely aiming to do more of this next year.
2026
Pushing the Limits
The FTW marks a key milestone for La Paulade: our first patent-pending wheel, born from two years of focused R&D.
The goal was simple: build the race wheel we always wanted. No compromises, just a complete rethink of performance.
Around our new SP2 formula, we introduced two core innovations: Air Core Technology (ACT) and Dynamic Lip Support (DLS).