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CONTENTS
14Intro Welcome To The Family 18Boat Riding It Is Called WAKEboarding 22Boat Ownership The High-End 28Wakeskating All The Cool Kids Do It 34Cable Riding The Social Aspect 42Where To Ride Every Lake & Club In The UK 54Camps Where to Ride Abroad 58Winching Where Do You Want To Play? 60AllianceWake Get In The Loop 62Events Calender Where & When 68Goods Get The Gear
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In a world of recessions, mortgage payments, tax, interest rates and made-up epidemics that leave the population disillusioned by fear, it can be hard to take a step back and remember to enjoy life. There are a wealth of hobbies and interests available to the modern-day man, woman or child, based on whether you like to challenge yourself, to sit indoors collecting things or throwing your body around in the hope that adrenalin will be released into your bloodstream. Whatever makes you happy, being active and getting away from the boredom of everyday life is hugely important for leading a good life. For millions of people around the world, wakeboarding and wakeskating is the release that gets them excited, active and healthy. The chances are that if you’re reading this then you want to do the same. Alliance Wakeboard Magazine is a publication dedicated to the lifestyle and movement of wakeboarding and wakeskating. We showcase the sports to the people that love them. But what about newcomers and people just hearing about this whole thing, how do you get involved? Well the aim of this special Ride Guide supplement is to tell you everything you need to know about the sports, the history behind them, where they are today and how to go about getting involved, with a comprehensive listing of everywhere in the UK that you can go to wakeskate or wakeboard yourself.
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WELCOME
In order to illustrate this, we travelled across the UK to ride in every different form with photographers and videographers on hand to show you exactly what’s up. Going through the Cotswolds to Poole Harbour, Slough to the Lake District, London, Bedfordshire and many other spots in the UK; we’ve compiled a broad range of photos and information to show you every way of getting in to wakeboarding and wakeskating. The aim of this book is to get you amped on the sports that millions base their entire lifestyle around, in a credible and informative way with the same top-quality photographical content that Alliance is synonymous with. We hope this inspires you to step out of your comfort zone and get involved for yourself, and if there’s anything you think we missed out then pick up a copy of Alliance Magazine or head to our website, AllianceWake.co.uk for an endless supply of everything to do with wake. So welcome to the start of your new life, I hope you get as much enjoyment out of it as we do. - Sim Bradley, Editor
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As the sport of wakeboarding breaks into its third decade there are numerous ways to ride other than using a wake, as a result the term ‘wake’ boarding is sometimes not so accurate. But no matter what happens, the sports roots will always be with the wake and its true foundations are still its most rewarding. The sport derives from a bunch of friends hanging out in a boat and riding and so the boat should always be loaded with beers, friends and good times! Progressing together and riding on large, glassy, beautiful lakes is what it’s all about. There is a very definite camaraderie involved in wakeboarding. While you ride behind the boat your buddies are watching and hooting you on. The beauty is that no matter what standard you are, if you do a trick which is advanced for you, there will be cheers from the boat. It doesn’t matter if it’s your first 180 or 1080, everyone is buzzing. It’s the landing of the new trick that gives most wakeboarders their ultimate buzz, its progressing; it’s about taking a few falls and then reaping the rewards when you nail that new move.
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Boat riding has taken its style straight from other board sports and a lot of the tricks cross over in both name and appearance. Once you’re jumping the wake you can start grabbing the board and developing your own unique style. Switch riding is important and you shouldn’t forget about this in your early wakeboarding life, once switch is mastered you can add a 180 to all your moves, the progression is easy, 180, 360, 540 and so on. The wake can be used to go upside down too, or do glide style tricks. To cut a long story short the rate of progression can be quick, there is practically an unlimited amount of tricks to learn and it’s all about adding a unique flavour to your riding. Watch videos, look at photos and develop your style of riding. There are a few options for riding the wake, firstly you get a bunch of friends together and buy a boat and secondly you can rock up to a wakeboard club and pay to ride their boat. The cheeky and most cost effective way would be to befriend some boat owners, but this could prove to be an unreliable means to an end.
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James Young, toeside off axis 540
If ‘hassle free’ is your kind of thing then wakeboard clubs are what you want. Owning a boat has its issues, mainly in that you have to look after it and some people love to do this, they love tinkering around with engines and they love cleaning their pride and joy every ten minutes. There is also the cost issue; some people simply can’t afford to own a boat. This is where club riding comes into play as there are over a hundred places to ride in the UK. You turn up, pay a fee, have a ride and go home with none of the bull’. The clubs offer coaching so not only will you get towed around the lake but there is somebody in the boat giving you tips. You also get the chance to watch other riders, which can only help your progression. Most lakes will have a local semi pro rider there and you can learn so much by watching a good rider. Places like The Quays offer the chance to ride behind a £50,000 boat with a perfect wake; they even have a hot tub next to the lake for chilling after your ride! Get what I mean? It’s a grand day out for you and your mates, and once you get into riding it’s like an addiction, you will just want to keep going back for more.
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Amber Wing, tail poke
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Sets at wakeboard clubs are usually between 15 to 20 minutes, and while it may not sound like long, believe me this is long enough! The classic newcomer to wakeboarding will often want an hour’s riding, but what they don’t know is how your arms and body get worked over in ways you never thought possible with this sport and 20 minutes is the perfect time to ride while still being able to walk the next day. As well as the riding benefits, clubs offer a hub of wakeboarding activity and are a perfect place to meet like minded people. A lot of clubs have onsite Pro Shops, licensed bars, cafés and are very much more than just a place to go and ride.
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Dan Nott working the wake at LDB Wake School
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Dan Nott, indy blind judge
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Owning a boat is not as expensive as it sometimes sounds, although as with anything in life the more you spend the higher quality product you get. A spanking new X-Star, Wakesetter or Super Air will cost you upwards of £50,000, so what do you get for this? Well firstly you get a perfect wake, designed to pop you up beautifully and with control, you get great looks & design and mod cons like enhanced sound systems, lights, ballast tanks and much more. If £50,000 is out of your price range, searching through eBay or boat brokerages you can find boats coming in at way under £5,000 which will do the job. That is to tow you and your buddies around the lake for hours on end with plenty of fun included.
Nick Davies, S-bend
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In the late 1990’s the tournament boat manufactures (Mastercraft, Malibu, Nautique) started making wakeboard specific boats and you can pick these up from around £12,000. The term ‘wakeboard specific’ means the wake’s shape
your eye out for MasterCraft, Malibu, Nautique or Tigé as these companies all have good dealer networks in the UK and are easily found on boat brokerage sites. There are hundreds of sports boat manufacturers out there and brands like Fletcher run a Wakesport range starting from £21,000. You get the piece of mind of a new purchase and a very usable boat. Once you own a boat you need a place to ride! It would be advisable to sort this out before you buy the boat, as it would be a real school boy error to have a boat with nowhere to use it! The ocean offers the biggest opportunity for private boat owners, we live on an island that’s not very big so everybody must be within about 2 hours of the sea! The UK is scattered with marinas, just do a Google search for marinas near Abersoch (or wherever you live) and start your research from there. The open sea can sometimes be too rough for wakeboarding but many marinas are based on river mouths and estuaries allowing access to sheltered waters. Marina fees can start from
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has been moulded with this sport in mind. As we jump down in price you can buy a Mastercraft Pro Star or Ski Nautique 2001 (the name not the year) for around £5000, these boats are late 80’s models and maintain their value very well. It is hard to find a working Mastercraft for under £5000 and there is good reason for this, they just don’t depreciate in value. Get four friends together and £1250 each will buy you a boat like this. The Ski Nautique 2001 model was basically a screw-up back in the 80’s. Nautique made a ski boat which had a big wake (skiers want a small wake), and it has now come full circle as those boats are in high demand. As with anything in life the older it is, the more care it requires and just beware that these boats will need a little more maintenance than their newer brothers and sisters.
Dan Nott, Tail grab.
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Lakes offer far superior wakeboarding conditions, you get flatter water on a more regular basis that isn’t affected by the tide. There are large waterways like Loch Lomond up in Scotland which has its shores populated with caravan parks, marinas and places to launch boats. There are plenty of small lakes around which allow boat membership, basically you pay a fee to store your boat at the lake and you can use the lake to ride, sounds perfect hey! The listing in the middle of this magazine will help you find a place to use your boat.
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Liam Smith, bombdrop. Poole Harbour
Standing on a short board with no bindings and doing skateboard style tricks, wakeskating has become possibly the fastest growing water sport at this time. In the past it has always been seen as an off-shoot of wakeboarding, something to do for fun at the end of the day when you’re tired or when it’s “too windy” to wakeboard. What many of you may not know is that the first wakeskates were actually inspired by flow boards, designed to be ridden on the flow rider/standing wave machines that were just being seen in the early 90’s. Back in 1993 on the Columbia river outside of Oregon, Jason Messer first stood up on a kneeboard towed behind a Baja beach buggy and tried to copy what he had experienced from a heavily skate and surf influenced childhood. Then after bolting an old skateboard to one of the first directional Kidder wakeboards he attempted to make a wakeskate from cut down surfboard foam covered in fibreglass. Eventually he saw the boards being made for Kelly Slater and Tony Hawk to ride the Flowrider and adapted this design to be used behind a boat. As soon as twin tip wakeboards appeared Messer and others like Thomas Horrell and Scott Byerly cut them down in size to make a board that could be ridden without bindings
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but that was smaller than a wakeboard. After many developments, some good and some bad, Thomas Horrell eventually came out with the first wooden wakeskate, specifically designed for its use as a “water skateboard” and constructed in a similar way from plywood like a skateboard is. - Wakeskating was born. The beauty of wakeskating and one of the reasons it has taken off in such a big way is its accessibility. As with wakeboarding it has now become possible to wakeskate in so many different ways that “water boarding” would probably be more apt as a description. Cable, jetski, boat or winch; all are used to wakeskate and it is this versatility that has made it grow so quickly. Obviously with its wakeboarding ties wakeskating behind a boat was the natural thing to do but as with skateboarding, getting “big air” was not the primary objective and the lip of the wake was originally where most wakeskaters could be found. Very quickly basic skateboard tricks were learnt on the flat water at the side of the wake and then the same tricks were thrown on and off the lip of the wake like a never ending flat rail that followed the tow boat wherever it went.
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As the wakeboard boat manufacturers saw the rise of wakeskating they saw the need to promote their boats to a new market. They began to sponsor the top riders in the US with boats just like the wakeboarders and this then gave rise to progression in a “wake to wake” skating style. This meant that the same technical tricks from skateboarding were then starting to be taken across the wakes just like all the flippy spinny tricks in wakeboarding. This progression lead to wakeskating going in a direction of bigger air just as skateboarding had done before it and what could be described as the equivalent of vert ramp skateboarding had begun in wakeskating. Due to this, these days contests have specific disciplines orientated around boat riding, jet ski riding incorporating rail and technical lip tricks and finally pool gap disciplines towed by the winch.
Skateboarding and rails go hand in hand and wakeskating is no different. Cable parks around the world now build rails specifically for wakeskating alongside the monster A- frames, fun boxes and pipe dragons that they build for the wakeboarders. Manual boxes, flat bars and incline rails are popping up everywhere, all designed for the more technical side of rail riding that wakeskating lends itself to. Rail specific contests are more prevalent than any other in wakeskating, with pool gap set ups at events such as the “Byerly Toe Jam” in the US and “ThinkTank” in
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Zander Jones, backside noseslide
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the UK being designed with wakeskating rather than wakeboarding in mind. Compared to wakeboarding, wakeskating rails are cheaper to build due to their size and the fact that surfacing them is cheaper because of the rounded edges of a wakeskate not needing quite as smooth a surface, but they are also easier to site with the invention of the winch. Now a rail can be put into a pool on the beach or the middle of a field in 2 to 3 feet of water because the depth needed to run a boat or even a jetski is not required.
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It soon became apparent to wakeskaters that riding behind a £50,000 boat was unnecessary and that smaller craft such as jet skis would do. Not only are they cheaper to buy and cheaper to run (a mid 1990’s 2 seater jet ski can be picked up for under £1,500), they can also be used on much smaller and shallower bodies of water and in small sheltered coves on windy days. The amount of riding time made possible by all these factors meant that the sport started to develop really quickly. Apart from anything else, when you fall while wakeskating (which to be fair, happens a lot), the jet ski can be back around to pick you up and you are riding again in a fraction of the time it takes for a wakeboard boat to circle slowly round to get you. This was soon picked up on by Sea Doo who put their development guys to work on designing a jet ski built specifically for wakeskating. Based on their original sit-
Marcus Jackson, 360 shuv
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down jet ski design seen being used by fat blokes on beaches all around the world, they added an extended pole for better towing and eventually ballast tanks to create a better, firmer lip to the tiny wake and the perfect craft for technical wakeskating had arrived.
Just as with street skating the kids who didn’t have access to boats had to answer back and the first winches were built. Now with the aid of a buddy and a 6.5 hp Honda lawn mower or go- kart engine, wakeskating truly took to the streets. Actually it took to the canals & rivers and the weirs dotted along them, with kids using winches to drop weirs like stair sets and skate ledges in pools outside shopping malls and office plazas in towns all across the US and Europe. This sort of wakeskate adventure obviously isn’t for everybody but the fact remains that the winch, even when used at your local wakeboard lake or duck pond, can be used to tow you on your wakeskate to do all the same flat water skate style tricks that are possible riding behind a jetski or boat. Using very little petrol per hour and with a factory built winch costing around the £1,000 mark, it is a very affordable way to ride.
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Skate companies Ever since Thomas Horrell first started Cassette wakeskates back in the beginning, wakeboard companies have produced their own wakeskate lines. Some have been horrible, some have been excellent, but now such is the growth in the sport that it is in a place where it is big enough to support many wakeskate only companies. Integrity, Sattelyte, Cassette and Oak to name but a few, all began to make a name for themselves producing only wakeskates. From basic wooden flat decks to concave designs, compression moulded skates with shapeable edges to bi-level decks for a more skateboard feel, all sorts of designs have been brought to the market place and we are now really spoilt for choice. Now 16 years after it all began, we have gone full circle. Many came from wakeboarding to a sport with less severe impacts but discovered that grip tape bites. Just like Jason Messer back in the day, many people that have never wakeboarded are getting into wakeskating. It’s still early days for wakeskating in terms of progression but for sure, year on year it is growing quickly. Maybe one day it will be bigger than wakeboarding, who knows? One thing is for sure, it has made its mark, its created its own history and is set to be around for a long time to come… Liam Smith, backside boardslide to fakie
Of all the ridiculous sounding inventions in the world, a steel cable suspended 15 meters above an expanse of water dragging people around in circles all day long has got to be up there with the best of them. The only difference between this invention and the others is that while it may sound like a stupid idea, in reality it is a machine that has not only revolutionised watersports, but a way of life for millions of people all over the world. Plus it came from Deutschland and when it comes to anally perfect engineering, the Germans have it down. Based on the idea behind chair lifts at ski resorts, the cable tow system was invented by Bruno Rixen in the early 60’s when he found a way to run his machine at speeds far above that of a ski lift, while retaining structural stability as well as pulling people around on waterskis beneath. When wakeboarding first came about behind boats, it was only a matter of time before it transferred to the cables, but when people realised you could apply tension on the rope (by edging) that could pull you upwards of 15 feet in the air, a hybrid of wakeboarding was born. There are currently over 130 Rixen cables around the world and now two companies Rixen and Sesitec, both offer 2-tower versions that are once again revolutionising the sport. With that little history lesson over, let me tell you about cable riding today.
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It’s no secret that wakeboarding isn’t exactly a cheap sport to take part in, so with the cost of boat tows and fuel so high, cable parks are a great way to get on the water regularly and for longer than a half hour. While the method behind inverted tricks is far different from that with a wake, the two types of wakeboarding are hugely similar, and for practicing and learning rail tricks, the cable could not be more perfect. Cables lend themselves so perfectly to wakeboarding, that the name ‘cable’ is even being pushed out. Many people now refer to them as ‘wake parks’ since waterskiing, kneeboarding and slalom skiing are barely practiced at a lot of cables these days, and wakeboarders & skaters are literally taking over. This new title is a testament to the development of the sport with rail riding. Obstacles, rails, fun boxes, kickers and even split-level pools with rails between them have gone beyond taking influence from snow and skateboarding. Rail builders such as Pat Panakos have designed and built rails ranging from perfectly mellow A-frame shapes to 45-degree banked transfer ledges that are so high that you need to launch off a kicker to get onto the top. The popularity of rail riding is growing at an astonishing rate, and it’s thanks to these wake parks that people are getting better and better so quickly. Last year Alliance ran a pro rail tournament in Earls Court that was won by 16-year old Louis Floyd, the only un-sponsored rider at the event, and in his first major contest after only two year’s riding. For a young kid to come out of nowhere and defeat a group of experienced professional athletes gives you an idea of how the cable system does wonders for the rate of progression compared to riding behind a boat.
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George Newell. WMSki, Cirencester
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The other side to cable riding is inverted aerial tricks. As you don’t have a wake to ollie off, getting up in the air is a much different technique behind a cable. Unlike ropes used for boat riding, the line’s used on cable’s have some stretch in them, so if you cut against the direction of the pull, the rope stretches under the tension. With careful timing and the right release from your board, this tension stores energy that then pulls you into the air to do a trick. The way you do a cable trick somewhat dictates the style of tricks that can be done. With a boat wake you are sent into the air on a pretty even axis, but with cable you are yanked forwards and the board often trails behind, making raley and glide tricks a lot easier, and spins like 720’s or 900’s almost impossible without a lot of practice. You see a lot of laid out tricks spinning on a horizontal axis rather than vertical, which really separates the two types of wakeboarding. This technique is hard to comprehend from just words and is something you really have to see for yourself in order to make sense of it. Luckily the popularity of cable riding has grown and there are now twice the number of cable tows in the UK than there were four years ago, each one with a slightly different atmosphere and vibe. If cable inverts are your thing, Princes Club near Heathrow is the favoured option as the height of the cable really adds to your hang time and a lot of the best cable riders emerge from riding at this spot. If you want to hit a load
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of rails then JBSki, also near Heathrow, and WakeMK in Milton Keynes both offer superb rail parks, with a wide selection of rail shapes, multiple kickers and ramps. Plus the locals all rip so the learning curve is steep and fast.
JBSki, Thorpe, Surrey
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Finally if you are a bit more relaxed and want somewhere fun to wakeskate, then Box End Park in Bedford should be your ďŹ rst stop. This year-old facility was purpose built and with an island in the middle of the cable and tall banks at each side, it is perfectly sheltered from the wind and elements, ideal for wakeskating where a strong gust of wind can easily blow your skate away when trying a 360 shuv. There is a big collective of wakeskaters at this park and the rails they have are also perfect for skate tricks.
Steve Dyer, backside lipslide
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Steve Dyer, switch mute 360
Rich Underwood, frontside tail press. WakeMK
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There are plenty of other places to go no matter where you are in the country. Each one has something a bit unique and special about it, making road trips to all the cables a big part of the culture. When you are doing hundreds of laps on the same small lake every day it can become a bit stale, so most cable riders get away on the weekends and venture to another of the UK’s seven parks to ride the different rails and especially catch up with distant friends and meet new riders as the social aspect to cable riding is enormous.
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Think about it, you can have 9 people on the lake at one time, so the dock is always full of like-minded people riding together. Friendships are formed quickly in this environment and with everyone pushing each other on to learn new tricks and improve their riding, cable is one of the best ways to get your ďŹ x on the water.
Lee Debuse, frontside lipslide
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BLACKPOOL WAKEPARK
Tees Barrage Navigation Way Stockton On Tees
The Lake, Ream Hills Farm Mythop Road Weeton, PR4 3NB
01642 595604
01253 836 543
WWW.BRITISHWATERSKI.ORG.UK
WWW.BLACKPOOLWAKEPARK.CO.UK
PORT HAVERIGG WATERSPORTS
CLUB NAUTIQUE WATERSPORTS
Port Haverigg Caravan Park Haverigg Cumbria
Pine Lake Resort Carnforth Lancashire LA6 1JZ
077465 39636 WWW.PHWATERSPORTS.MOONFRUIT.COM
07850 185150 WWW.CLUBNAUTIQUE-WATERSKI.CO.UK
PRESTON WAKEBOARD CLUB
SALE WATERSKI CLUB
River Ribble Preston Lancashire
Trafford Watersports Centre Rifle Road Sale M33 2LX
WWW.BRITISHWATERSKI.ORG.UK
0161 355 5479 WWW.SALEWATERSKICLUB.CO.UK
SOUTHPORT WATERSKI CLUB
WHITWORTH WATERSKI CLUB
Marine Lake Southport Lancs
Cown Resevoir Tong Lane Whitworth, Rochdale OL12 8BE
01704 226864 WWW.BRITISHWATERSKI.ORG.UK
01706 852534 WWW.WHITWORTH-WATERSKI.CO.UK
YORKSHIRE
SHEFFIELD CABLE WATERSKI
YORKSHIRE WATERSKI CLUB
Rother Valley Country Park Mansfield Road Sheffield S26 5PQ
Welton Waters Brough East HU15 1PT
01142 511717
WWW.YORKSHIREWSC.FREESERVE.CO.UK
WWW.SHEFFIELDCABLEWATERSKI.COM
01482 666133
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CALMWATER BAY SKI CLUB
SOUTH YORKSHIRE BOAT & SKI CLUB
Farnham Quarry Boroughbridge Knaresborough near Harrogate
Treeton Lake Off Wood Lane Treeton Rotherham
01423 322977
0114 2540898
WWW.CALMWATERBAY.COM
WWW.BRITISHWATERSKI.ORG.UK
WHITE CROSS SKI CLUB
WHITE ROSE WATER SKI CLUB
The Boatyard Rythergate Cawood, Selby York
Cromwell Lake Cromwell Bottom Elland Road Brighouse
01757 268216
WWW.BRITISHWATERSKI.ORG.UK
WWW.BRITISHWATERSKI.ORG.UK
MIDLANDS
TEN-80 WAKEBOARD CENTRE
CHASE WATERSPORTS CENTRE
West Midlands Waterski Centre Tamworth Road, Cliff Warwickshire B78 2DL
Pool Road Brownhills WS8 7NL
01827 870203
WWW.CHASEWATERSPORTS.CO.UK
WWW.TEN-80.CO.UK
BOMERE WAKEBOARD & SKI CENTRE Bomere Pool Condover Nr Shrewsbury SY5 7AP
01743 872122
08448 584754
WAKE MK CABLE PARK The Cable Building V10 Brickhill Stree Willen Lake Milton Keynes MK15 9HQ
01 908 670197
WWW.BOMERE.CO.UK
WWW.WAKEMK.COM
CHARWOOD SKI & WAKEBOARD CLUB
CHURCH WILNE WATERSPORTS CLUB
Murphy’s lake Canal Street Thurmaston Leicester
07860 605643 WWW.WATERSKIINGLEICESTER.COM
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Sawley Road Draycott Derby DE72 3QF
01332 875574 WWW.CHURCHWILNE.CO.UK
COVENHAM WATERSKI CLUB
GRENDON LAKES
Covenham Reservoir, Firebeacon lane Covenham St Mary Lincolnshire LN11 0PA
Grendon Lakes, Main Road Grendon Northants NN7 1JW
01472 887953
01933 665303
WWW.COVENHAMWATERSKICLUB.CO.UK
WWW.GRENDONLAKES.CO.UK
MARNHAM BOAT CLUB
NENE VALLEY WATERSKI CLUB
The Brownlow Arms High Marnham Newark Notts
Ditchford Lane Rushden Northants
01623 824176
WWW.NENEVALLEYWATERSKI.CO.UK
WWW.BRITISHWATERSKI.ORG.UK
07813 761439
NOTTINGHAM SKI LAGOON
SKEGNESS WATER LEISURE PARK
National Watersports Centre, Adbolton Lane Holmepierrepont Nottingham NG12 2LU
Skegness Water Leisure Park Walls Lane Skegness PE25 1JF
0115 981 1316
07889 243889
WWW.NOTTINGHAMSKILAGOON.CO.UK
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TALLINGTON LAKES
TATTERSHALL PARK
Barholm Road, Tallington Stamford Lincs PE9 4RJ
Belton Lake Tattershall Park and Country Club Tattershall, Lincs LN4 4LR
01758 710066
01526 348800
WWW.PHWATERSPORTS.COM
WWW.TATTERSHALLPARK.CO.UK
BARTON LAKES WATERSKI CLUB
DUDLEY WATERSKI CLUB
Barton Quarry, Walton Lane Barton Under Needwood Staffs DE13 8EJ
Lodge Farm Reservoir Highbridge Rd Netherton Dudley DY2 OHB
07831 472077
01384 566250
WWW.BRITISHWATERSKI.ORG.UK
WWW.DUDLEYWATERSKI.ORG.UK
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WALES PARKLANDS WATERSKI CLUB
OFF AXIS
Stoke Prior Droitwich Worcestershire B60 4EQ
Glanafon Garage, Lon Engan, Abersoch, Pwllheli, Gwynedd LL53 7HP
WWW.BRITISHWATERSKI.ORG.UK
WWW.OFFAXIS.CO.UK
07970 297066
GO-WAKE SA1 Waterfront Swansea
01758 713407
ALWEN WATERSKI CENTRE
01792 367453
Alwen Resevoir Nr Denbigh North Wales
OCEAN BEACH WATERSKI CLUB
GLASFRYN PARC
Marine Lake Promonarde Rhyl
Y Ffor Pwllheli North Wales LL53 6PG
WWW.GOWAKE.CO.UK
01745 330168
01978 233519
01766 810 2020 WWW.GLASFRYNPARC.CO.UK
PENARTH QUAYS MARINA
DEGANWY QUAYS MARINA
Marina OfямБce, Penarth Marina Penarth Vale of Glamorgan CF64 1TQ
Deganwy Quay Deganwy North Wales LL31 9DJ
WWW.QUAYMARINAS.COM
WWW.QUAYMARINAS.COM
DEESIDE WAKEBOARD & SKI CLUB
LLANGORSE LAKE WATERSKI CLUB
10a Dock Road Connahs Quay Deeside Flintshire
Llangorse Lake Lakeside Caravan Park Llangorse, Powys LD3 7TR
WWW.DWWC.ORG.UK
WWW.LLWSC.COM
02920 705021
01244 821728
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01492 576888
01874 658226
BOUGHTON LODGE WATERSPORTS
SOUTH LAKE
Little Paxton St. Neots Cambs
South Lake Ski School Little Paxton, St. Neots Huntingdon Cambs
WWW.BOUGHTONLODGE.CO.UK
01480 216966
WWW.SOUTHLAKE.CO.UK
BRIGHTLINGSEA POWERBOAT CLUB
BUCKDEN WATERSKI CLUB
Point Clear Bay North Channel Brightlingsea, Essex CO7 0AX
Buckden Marina Mill Road Buckden, Cambs PE19 5QS
WWW.BWSPC.CO.UK
WWW.BRITISHWATERSKI.ORG.UK
EAST SUFFOLK WATERSKI CLUB
GOSFIELD LAKE
c/o Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club Felixstowe Ferry Felixstowe, Suffolk IP11 9RZ
Gosfield Lake Church Road Gosfield, Essex CO9 1UD
WWW.ESWSC.CO.UK
WWW.GOSFIELDLAKE.CO.UK
NORWICH WATERSKI CLUB
PENTNEY WATERSPORTS CLUB
Costessey Lakes Cotessey Road Tavenham Norwich
24 Chenery Drive Kings Lynn Norfolk
O1206 298656
01394 283785
01603 741895
WWW.NORWICHWATERSKI.CO.UK
07832 732825
01787 475043
01603 416341
WWW.PENTNEY-WATERSPORTS.CO.UK
PREMIER WATERSKI CLUB
STEWARTBY WATERSPORTS CLUB
Pentney Lakes, Common Road East Winch Kings Lynn PE32 1NN
Stewartby Lake Green Lane Stewartby MK43 9LY
WWW.PENTNEYLAKES.COM
WWW.STEWARTBY.ORG.UK
07947 752704
01234 767751
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STONE WATERSPORTS CLUB
WAVENEY WATERSKI CLUB
River Blackwater Essex
Bath Hill Road Earsham Suffolk
01621 772280 WWW.STONEWATERSPORTSCLUB.COM
01986 788375 WWW.BRITISHWATERSKI.ORG.UK
WELLS & DISTRICT WATERSKI CLUB
WOODHAM FERRERS WATERSKI CLUB
Wells next to the Sea Lifeboat House Norfolk
01603 415031
Marsh Farm Rd South Woodham Ferrers Chelmsford Essex
WWW.WELLSSKICLUB.COM
WWW.WOODHAMFERRERSWATERSKICLUB.CO.UK
PRINCES CLUB
JOHN BATTLEDAY WATERSKI
Clock House Lane Bedfont Middlesex TW14 8QA
Thorpe Road Chertsey Surrey KT16 8PH
01784 255568 WWW.PRINCESCLUB.COM
0870 6061270 WWW.JBSKI.COM
BOX END PARK
LDB WAKE SCHOOL
Box End Kempston Bedford MK43 8RQ
Thorpe Road Chertsey Surrey KT16 8PH
01234 846222 WWW.BOXENDPARK.COM
0870 6061270 WWW.JBSKI.COM
QUAYSIDE WAKE & SKI
OXFORD WAKEBOARD & WATERSKI
Coleford Bridge Road Mytchett Surrey GU17 0BT
Queenford Lake, Burcot Lane Dorchester-On-Thames Wallingford, Oxford OX10 7PQ
01252 524375
WWW.UKWAKE.CO.UK
07974 369982 WWW.OXFORDWSC.COM
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BURGHFIELD AQUA SPORTS CLUB
LIQUID LESIURE CABLE & BOAT PARK
Green Lane, Burghfield Bridge Reading Berks RG30 3XN
Datchet Berkshire SL3 9HY
WWW.BA SCONLINE.CO.UK
WWW.LLSKI.COM
HARDWICK PARKS
THEALE WATERSKI CLUB
Downs Road Standlake Witney, Oxon OX29 7PZ
Wellmans Water Mill Road, Off Burghfield Road, Theale, Reading Berkshire
01865 300841
01962 884882
WWW.HARDWICKPARKS.CO.UK
WWW.TWSC.ORG.UK
TAPLOW BOARD N SKI
RUSSEL WATERSPORTS
Taplow Lake Amerden Lane Bucks SL6 0EA
Fox Lane Eversley Cross Hook, Hants RG27 0NQ
01628 782113
01252 877337
WWW.TBNS.CO.UK
01753 542 00
WWW.RUSSELLPOWERBOATS.COM
CHICHESTER WATERSPORTS
NEW FOREST WATERPARK
Coach Road, West Hampnett Chichester West Sussex PO18 0NX
Ringwood Road Fordingbridge Hants SP6 2EY
07817234363
01425 656868
WWW.CHICHESTERWATERSPORTS.CO.UK
WWW.NEWFORESTWATERPARK.CO.UK
ROCKSTAR WAKEBOARD SCHOOL
GRAVITY WAKEBOARDING
Westquay Marina Poole Dorset
Dorset Lake Ship Yard Hamworthy Poole Harbour
07772 395261
07979535327
WWW.ROCKSTARWAKEBOARDING.CO.UK
WWW.GRAVITYWAKEBOARDING.CO.UK
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EXE WAKE
CRAIG COHOON WATERSKI SCHOOL
Exmouth Devon EX8 1ER
Whelford Road Fairford Glos GL7 4DT
0782 5539450 WWW.EXEWAKE.COM
01285 713735 WWW.CRAIGCOHOON.CO.UK
PENWITH WATERSKI CLUB
WM SKI
Hale Esturay Cornwall
Summer Lake, Spine Road, Souh Cerney Gloucestershire GL7 5LW
07017 001889 WWW.BRITISHWATERSKI.ORG.CO.UK
0845 895 9000 WWW.WMSKI.COM
PLYMOUTH WATERSKI CLUB
MIDDLEMOOR WATERPARK
South Bank River Plym Plymouth
Middlemoor waterpark The Causeway Bridgewater TA78DN
0794 1344308 WWW.PLYMOUTH-WATER-SKI-CLUB.CO.UK
01278 685578 WWW.MIDDLEMOOR.CO.UK
IRELAND
THE EDGE WATERSPORTS
CARRIG SKI & WAKEBOARD CLUB
233 Loughan Road Coleraine County Antrim BT52 1UD
Caum Cross, Carrigadrohid Macroom Co Cork Ireland
0771 0015067
00353 8723 11179
WWW.EDGEWATERSPORTS.CO.UK
WWW.CARRIGWATERSKI.COM
CORK POWERBOAT & SKI CLUB
WATERMARK SKI CLUB
Agherinagh Lower Dripsey County Cork
Lough Derg Portumna
00353 863069202
WWW.IRISHWATERSKI.COM
WWW.WATERSKIIRELAND.COM
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00353 87 2573661
IRISH AQUATIC SPORTS CENTRE
LOUGH MUCKNO WAKEBOARD CLUB
Arods Town Summerhill County Neath
Castleblayney County Monaghan
00353 866016340
WWW.SKIMUCKNO.COM
353 (0)87 740 2806
WWW. WAKEBOARDINGWATERSKIING.COM
THE WAKEBOARD CAMP
XTREME-GENE
848 W. Osceloa St Clermont Florida USA
Embalse de la Brena Almodavar de Rio Cordoba
(352) 394 8899
WWW.XTREME-GENE.COM
WWW.THEWAKEBOARDCAMP.COM
0034 6677393932
THE PROJECTS
DOUBLE WAKE
19504 East Colonial Drive Orlando USA
Harbour of Gelves Sevilla Spain
407 491 7312
0034 667 366 256
WWW.THEPROJECTSPARK.COM
WWW.DOUBLEWAKE.COM
DE LE WAKE
SNOW & WAKE BULGARIA
Santa Clara a Velha South Portugal Portugal
Lake Iskar Rila National Park Bulagaria
00371 294 98 150
00359 8845 15753
WWW.DELAWAKE.LV
WWW.SNOWANDWAKEBULGARIA.COM
WAKE THE BEST
MCCORMICKS
590 route d’Annecy 74410 Duingt Annecy France
2020 McMormicks Lakes Way Seffner Florida WWW.SKIMCCORMICK.COM
00(33)6 80 98 89 13 WWW.WAKETHEBEST.COM
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ROY Raph Derome at The Projects, Florida
We all love a holiday, there is no doubt about that! If you are one of those weirdos who doesn’t take up all their allocated holiday time because they choose to work instead, then this Ride Guide is of huge importance to you because you need a hobby, big time! We have pretty much given you all the details so far about taking up wakeboarding and wakeskating in the UK and we have saved the best bit for last, the wakeboard camps. These are places in much warmer countries than ours, they require a bag packed full of shorts, sun cream, bikinis and sunglasses. It is a holiday in the warmth with wakeboarding. Most of the camps will have top of the range boats and coaches who can teach you plenty of new tricks and the correct basics for progressing. Whatever you do, don’t think of this as a boot camp. While they do have great coaches, Wake Camps are super relaxed, so if all you want to do is free ride and do the stuff your love, nobody will be forcing you to try anything out of your depth. The wakeboard camps are all about doing your hobby and new found love in warm waters. The difference between riding in a wetsuit and just in a pair of shorts is crazy; there’s so much more freedom and movement! Once you have been infected with the wakeboard bug you will want to keep learning, you will want to be better than your mate, you want to be better for yourself, whatever the reason a week or more of constant riding will really bring you on leaps and bounds.
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Florida and especially Orlando, could be described as the designated home of wake due to its year-round hot weather, an abundance of natural lakes that you can live right next to, and because the majority of the worlds best athletes either come from here or have moved here to further their careers; it’s the hub of wakeboarding and wakeskating. The Wakeboard Camp in Clement, Florida was the first of its kind and is still going strong. The Projects has the sickest rail park in the world and is designed and owned by Pat Panakos, the worlds leading wake park designer and Scott Byerly, the godfather of the sport as we know it today. Florida isn’t everybody’s cup of tea, and if you don’t like the prospect of an 8-hour flight then Europe offers camps that are equal to if not better than the US facilities. Xtreme-Gene (Spain), SnoWake Bulgaria (Bulgaria), De La Wake (Portugal), Double Wake (Portugal) and many others are all within a 2-hour flight from the UK.
BOWLER
Xtreme Gene, Spain
James Hooper, in the new Loch Lomond rail park
Double Wake, Portugal
BOWLER
Finally if your piggy bank is so light that flights are out of the question, then why not head north to Loch Lomond in Scotland. The crew up there have a great setup with a cabin, hot tub, barbeques, guest procoaches year-round and a couple of Malibu boats to use on the 24-mile stretch of water that is one of the best places you can ride in the UK. These camps all offer onsite accommodation in anything from log cabins to authentic local villas and hotels. Waking up with a view of the flat water with none of the hassles of launching a boat, that’s what I’m talking about! The only worries you have is when to take your next ride and if your nose is going red! Going riding with other like-minded people and seeing the coaches ride can only improve your skills and get you more amped to ride. Most camps will offer you a week package including accommodation, some food and three sets a day. The three tows a day can quite often break you, so make sure you are prepared to have your muscles worked big time. Riding for almost an hour a day behind the boat for 5 days on the trot is quite simply fantastic exercise.
SODERLIND
Marc Rossiter is now coaching at The Projects
Loch Lomond is one of the best camps in the UK. Stu Chatham, backside shuv
Rockstar wakeboarding is one of the south’s leading wakeboard and wakeskate schools - rider owned and rider run - using the best equipment in the game. Based in Poole, Dorset we operate around the beautiful surroundings of Poole Harbour. www.rockstarwakeboarding.co.uk 07772 395261
ROY
Tired of the same rails at the cable park - then build your own park!
There are a few companies making winches and luckily for you the best winch on the market is a British made winch called the Monkey Wench. There are a couple of other brands in the USA like Distortion but with the current exchange rate they work out pretty expensive. Making your own winch has become a winter hobby for hundreds of people and there will be plenty of homemade winches towing riders all over the country. In theory the winch is pretty simple, you just have to make an engine that pulls a rope. The problems are, that you need a nice smooth start and a rapid topspeed with plenty of torque. Winching and wakeskating are a match made in heaven. There are an unlimited number of tricks you can learn with a wakeskate and a winch,
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AMP
The Goodwood Wakeskates team are big winch fans Terry Hannam, kickflip
HANNAM
Winching is a fairly new phenomenon that blasted onto the wakeboard and wakeskate scene about 4 years ago. For those that took to this new way of riding, the whole experience became incredibly addictive. Places that we had dreamt of riding on for so long, all of sudden became possible and practically any stretch of water could now be accessed. Wakeboarders started looking for waterfalls and weirs to drop and the winch became a wakeskaters best friend.
AMP AMP FARRELL
The wakeboarding aspect of the winch is one that really brought in a flavour of snowboarding like the feeling of dropping off cliffs and natural terrain in the snowboard backcountry. A wakeboarder can now access waterfalls, weirs, fountains and all sorts of natural and manmade obstacles. As well as the riding, searching for new spots can be half the fun. Using Google Earth and searching the web for spots is the first stage, then scoping it out comes next. An added buzz from hitting these kind of places is when they are on private land or part of the Inland Waterways (who really don’t like winching) as the possibility of getting busted raises the stakes and ups the excitement levels!
Bret Little, frontside 360
AMP
AMP
AMP
and we advise the addition of rails to increase the fun and trick possibilities. It makes for a perfect afternoon session; Set up the winch, put the rail in the water and then you and your buddies ride until it gets dark. Pushing each other and always progressing and all for the incredible fuel cost of around £10 a day!
Matt Crowhurst, backside 180 down a weir in Slough
T OT O PHO T TSO ET: R CORTESE
RIDER: DEREK GRASMAN
CALENDER May 2010 1st - 2nd - Loch Stock Coaching Weekend Loch Lomond Wakeboard, Scotland – www.loch-stock.com 8th - 9th - UniWake Development Weekend Box End Park, Bedford – www.uniwake.com 9th - Wake & Ski Boats UK Rider League Stop 1 Tees Barrage, Teeside – www.wakeandskiboats.co.uk 12th - 16th - FISE Montpelier, France - www.fise-events.net 15th - Ten Feet High Stop 1 Sheffield Cable - www.tenfeethigh.com 27th - 30th - ThinkTank Wakeskate Jam Princes Club, Middlesex – www.alliancewake.co.uk
June 2010 5th & 6th - Wake & Ski Boats Ride League Stop 2 Welton Waters, East Yorkshire – www.wakeandskiboats.co.uk 12th - Relentless Wakestock Qualifier LDB Wake School, JB Ski, Surrey – www.wakestock.co.uk 12th - Relentless UK Pro Boat Tour Stop 1 LDB Wake School, JB Ski, Surrey – www.ukprowakeboardtour.com 12th - 13th - Loch Stock Stop 1 Loch View Motel, Dumfries, Scotland – www.loch-stock.com
19th - Ten Feet High Stop 2 & Relentless UK Pro Cable Tour Stop 1 Sheffield Cable – www.tenfeethigh.com www.ukprowakeboardtour.com 21st - 25th - UniWake Student Nationals Sheffield Cable – www.uniwake.com 26th - Longest Day Competition WM Ski, Gloucestershire – www.wmski.com 26th - 27th - Wakeboard UK Open Wakeboard & Wakeskate National Championships West Midlands Waterski Centre, Tamworth – www.wakeboard.co.uk
July 2010 2nd - 4th - Relentless Wakestock WWA World Wake Series Stop 3, Abersoch, Wales. - www.wakestock.co.uk
4th - Wake The Line Cologne, Germany – www.waketheline.com
10th - Wake & Ski Boats Ride League Stop 3 Calmwater Bay, Knaresborough – www.wakeandskiboats.co.uk 17th - Ten Feet High Stop 3 Sheffield Cable - www.tenfeethigh.com 17th - 18th - Loch Stock Stop 2 Loch Earn, Scotland – www.loch-stock.com
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CALENDER 23rd - 24th - British Cable Nationals & Relentless UK Pro Cable Tour Stop 2 Box End Park, Bedford – www.ukcablewakeboard.wordpress.com & www.ukprowakeboardtour.com 31st - Wakeboard UK Junior Wakeboard & Wakeskate National Championships Venue TBC – www.wakeboard.co.uk
August 2010 7th - 8th - Loch Stock Stop 3 Loch Lomond Wakeboard, Scotland - www.loch-stock.com
11th - 15th - The Protest Cable Call - WWA Wake Park World Series Stop 2 Down under Cableway, The Netherlands – www.thewwa.com 14th - Ten Feet High Stop 4 Sheffield Cable - www.tenfeethigh.com 19th - 22nd - WWA Wakeboard World Championships WWA World Wake Series Stop 5. Orlando, USA - www.thewwa.com 28th - 29th - T-Mobile Extreme Playgrounds WWA Wake Park World Series Stop 3 - Hamburg, Germany - www.thewwa.com
28th - Born Extreme Cable & Boat Competition Nottingham Cable - www.bornextreme.co.uk
September 2010 4th - Ten Feet High Finals Sheffield Cable - www.tenfeethigh.com 4th - Relentless UK Pro Boat Tour Stop 2 Quayside Wake & Ski, Surrey - www.ukprowakeboardtour.com 11th - Lord of the Lake WM Ski, Gloucestershire - www.wmski.com
11th - Wake & Ski Boats Ride League Stop 4 White Rose, Brigghouse - www.wakeandskiboats.co.uk 12th - Summer Jam Wake MK, Milton Keynes - www.wakemk.com
18th - 19th - King of Cable & Relentless UK Pro Cable Tour Stop 3 Princes Club, Middlesex - www.princesclub.com www.ukprowakeboardtour.com 25th - 26th - Glass Butter Beach Abersoch, Wales - www.glassbutter.com 27th - October 2nd - WWA Wake Park World Championships plus Wake Park World Series Stop 4 - Hip-Notics, Antalya, Turkey - www.thewwa.com
October 2010 2nd - Ropes & Wires Box End Park, Bedford – www.boxendpark.com
27th - 31st - Ultimate Wake Championships & WWA Wake Park World Series Stop 5 & WWA World Wake Series Stop 6 Cam Sur, Philippines – www.thewwa.com
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Check www.alliancewake.co.uk for an up-to-date list. If you want your event to be listed in Alliance Magazine email tim@alliancewake.co.uk
COMPANY SEVERANCE RRP: £350 WEB: WWW.COMPANYWAKE.COM
WHAT THEY SAY: Originally sparked and crafted under Timo Santori’s direction, the Severance Series returns to the Company line-up for 2010 with a fresh look, and some fresh guts. Tino’s baby has quickly become one of Company’s most celebrated 3 stage series boards, and with a slightly modified core layup this year we made it that much better. That’s the beauty of technology, and that’s the beauty of our mfg process. Our modified layup hass not only livened things up overall, but the ultra durable ABS sidewalls and PMU bas material combined with its 3 stage kick make for the perfect wake riding jib stick! WHAT WE SAY: Flex boards aren’t a particularly new concept in wakeboarding, but it’s only in e nh ethe the past couple of years that the technology in the boards has become strong enough for boards s drds that flex to rival stiff wakeboards, and now they are taking the sport by storm. The Severancesi is is surprisingly good on the wake, but where this board truly shines is at cable and wake parks. i tti Hitting Hiti ting rails and obstacles with a flex board opens up another world of tricks and has the addedubonus no un u nus of being way more durable than traditional wakeboard designs, to put it simply your board will exx fllli w ill xee e fle instead of snapping! The future of wake is all about flex boards, especially on these cable r ohs gloving ni vrnin og hs sshores. hore. s.
HYPERLITE AUDIO BOOTS RRP:310 WEB: WWW.HYPERLITE.COM
WHAT THEY SAY: The Audio boot was inspired by the freeride movement which demands flex and feel. Utilizing the new Low Pro plate system, the Audio is closer to the deck of the board than any other Hyperlite boot ever produced. The integration of a BOA closure system allows for a custom fit over the top foot where a rider needs it most. A lower overall cuff height allows this boot to flex easily and give a softer feel without sacrificing any support. All in all the Audio boot is on the cutting edge of innovation and truly the next generation of Hyperlite boots. WHAT WE SAY: This is designed and inspired by freeriding legend Eric Ruck, it has a softer flex and lower cuff which means you can really poke out your grabs and bone your legs out on rails. A softer flexing boot gives you way more freedom to add your own style to tricks. The boa system is situated above the foot which means you can really get it tight and secure where you need it.
LIQUID FORCE ANTHEM RRP: £159 WEB: WWW.LIQUIDFORCE.COM
WHAT THEY SAY: This is ideal for the rider looking for a Concave shape deck for high performance skating but on a tighter budget. From the first ride you’ll be amazed at the level at which this moulded concave skate performs. With the 9-ply maple and 3D top deck, your feet will remain locked in while you snap huge airs and work your way up the wakeskating ranks. WHAT WE SAY: If you’re serious about skating and want to do more than surface spins on the water then you need to be buying a skate with some concave to it. In simple terms this means your wakeskate has a kicked up tail and nose in a similar fashion to that of a skateboard. This concave makes your ollies pop more and you can really snap the board higher. The Liquid Force Anthem is the starting price for skates with concave.
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CWB VIBE RRP: £260 WEB: WWW.CWBWAKEBOARDS.COM WHAT THEY SAY: The CWB Vibe flex wakeboard is ideal for the larger intermediate to expert wakeboarder who likes to tackle rails and other obstacles. Designed, shaped and ridden by Gabe Lucas. Features include; ABS sidewalls for added durability and strength, rail friendly, wake approved, flex Construction with X-trans base built for sliders, flat bottom design catch free on rails, 4 fin design, adjustable forward and back, subtle 3 stage rocker. WHAT WE SAY: If you are looking at getting into this sport and have a background in other boardsports then look no further, this CWB is a price aggressive dream ride, it is a flex board that can take a battering! You can press it like mad on the rails and land hard and flat and it will still survive.
MASTERCRAFT X-SERIES SE S ES X2 WRAP EDITION RRP: £66,950 WEB: WWW.MASTERCRAFT.CO.UK KU. OC. TF A TF T FTO.COU.UK WHAT THEY SAY: The X-2 is by far the 02 largest 20 20 footer on the market, people swear up and down it is bigger than 20 feet. The X-2 has MasterCraft’s innovative pickle-fork bow design, allowing for more room up front (and giving the X-2 the moniker of “The mini X-Star”). The X-2 comes standard with MasterCraft’s newest innovation, the BIG (Boat Instrument Gauge) Screen, a beautiful, crystal clear 6” display that is more computer than gauge, allowing you to see not only typical fuel, temp, speed and cruise settings but providing a cutting edge interface to save user data (i.e. ballast and surf tabs settings) and for watching footage shot by the optional tower camera. WHAT WE SAY: The X-2 represents a serious bit of kit, if money was no object this would be high up our list of dream wakeboard boats. Nobody in the world can argue with the wake of this boat, it has towed numerous events worldwide. The part we love is the BIG screen, it really is top marks for innovation, in some ways a simple idea, but it has been cleverly designed. A camera mounted on the tower follows the rider and relays the footage to a big screen right in front of the steering wheel. Plug in your USB stick and you can video the days riding too!
FOX ANDO WAKESKATE SHOE RRP: £55 WEB: WWW.FOXEUROPE.COM WHAT THEY SAY: Perfect for on and off water activities, the Fox Ando Lite Wakeskate Shoe does it all. The Ando Lite is a lightweight wake skate shoe with breathable open-air mesh and a super grip outsole surface. Get a pair and get out there! WHAT WE SAY: You may think that the perfect use for your old trainers is wakeskating, but you are wrong, the best place for your old worn out trainers is the bin. When wearing trainers in the water and asking your feet to kick and flick a wooden board around you need appropriate footwear. A set of lightweight trainers that allows the water to drain quickly and easily is what you need and exactly what these do.
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