A dogged paraplegic has fulfilled her dream by DUCT TAPING herself to the back of a man to go SURFING.
Fitness fanatic Pascale Honore, 50, has a wave of fans following her conquests as she regularly takes to the seas stuck to the back of her thrill-seeker Tyron Swan, 23.
The mum-of-two, who was paralysed 18 years ago during a car accident leaving her unable to walk, has become an internet sensation after she was filmed riding waves off Australia’s south coast in Elliston.
French-born Pascale was frustrated when she watched her sons surf and was unable to join in.
But their friend Tyson came up with the idea to strap her to his back using the ultra-strong tape.
Pascale said: “Losing the ability to walk affects everything, your whole life balance – but you just have to relearn to live in a different way.
“It was pretty hard to get back, I had six months in rehab but have always wanted to continue doing what I enjoy.
“One day Tyron looked at me and said ‘I think I could put you on my back’.”
That’s when a good friend of her sons came up with the unique idea to strap her to his back using duct tape.
They bind themselves together before being towed out to sea by a jet ski – and when they spot a wave they release themselves.
Pascale slips herself into the makeshift backpack which wraps around Tyron’s shoulders, waist and thighs.
She insists that although completely bizarre at first, the two have made her dreams come true.
Tyron said: “We were coming up with ideas at first and I just thought of using duct tape – so we did.
“We tried it on the floor at first and it started from their – I knew that if I could manage an extra 40kg on my back we could do it.”
Pascale said: “I never really thought how good it was until people told me – it’s my dream and it just shows that you can have what you think is impossible.
“The thing I say is you can either look at what you’ve got, or you look at what you haven’t got.”
