MOST REVOLUTIONARY dunk performance of all time! (and you've never seen it!) Bamba in Orchies 1996

4 years before Vince Carter, 6'2 Abdoul Bamba single handedly elevated freestyle dunking into nothing short of its own sport. While Vince Carter brought dunking back to national relevance in 2000, we in America were totally oblivious that France was having a dunk revolution of their own all the way back in 1996. In this contest, Bamba introduced the cartwheel and handstand - dunks that were so shocking in 1996 that they became the finale dunk for dunk shows even in today's generation. While the NBA was showcasing repeat dunks from Brent Barry and a between the legs from Kobe, France was displaying a level way ahead of its time. Slam Nation became famous all over France.
Bamba and Ziani were probably the two biggest single pioneers for freestyle dunking, and their impact cannot be overstated.
The 1996 Orchies dunk contest featured Bamba, Saloman Sami, Ziani, Nasser Soule, Laurent Cazalon, Benjamin Bambara to name a few....their level that was so high that it started the Slam Nation.
More from Orchies 96 (warmups part 2 and the actual contest).

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[InFeSs]

Soo fuckin amazing and this music. What's call that song?

[flying101dunk]

@InFeSs

its called time from inception

[doctorjay1976]

that cartwheel reverse dunk to unreal. Probably one of the sickest dunks I've ever seen

[DdotRedd]

when yo think of dunk legends you think: Vince and AUT and kadour... damn, Bamba silently revolutionized the entire thing!.. ive never seen anyone jump off one and two feet the way he can..

+ its only a matter of time before tdub/ GC/ Jus Fly/ Werm and Jonsey (poosibly that Lipik guy too) are amongst the legends, as they are all 'great' now, they are making up new dunks and pushing the limits too.

[jeffrety1]

Kinda sad he didn't get the popularity he so rightfully deserved ;'(

[WTG15WTG17]

@TheAdmiral50 First on camera. He might have been the first to do it ever, no one knows. Although I bet someone did it before that probably and we just have no idea.

[azur10]

@TheAdmiral50

yea, he was the first to do it on camera

[TheAdmiral50]

wasn't he also 1 of if not the first to do the 360 between the legs dunk

[DdotRedd]

@Tommmaaah my bad typo.. i meant ''LIPEK'' Rafal Lipinski.. hes an up and comer i meant to say he could become one of the great dunkers

[Tommmaaah]

@DdotRedd lipik guy?

[13PHXnash13]

So much power on those dunks, not many throw it down that hard, especially on as difficult of dunks those were

[apintus]

@matt1523 I think that it's the OST of the movie "INCEPTION", written by Hans Zimmernan