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Hometown: Corpus Christi, Texas – CurrentAustin, TX Sponsors: Centurion Boats, Erie Wake, DFW Surf, Monster, Pura Vida Bracelets, Hula Boat Care
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Favorite Music when you ride? Iration or Awolnation radio stations on pandora… and of course Pepper What is the best way to eat an Oreo? Just kidding... What’s your favorite trick in your arsenal? Frozen oreos are the best! Hmm.. my favorite trick is probably an air 180 just because they are so much fun and I love going huge with them Where do you derive your undeniably awesome style from? I think that my style has come from my brother Billy.. He taught me how to wake surf and I just followed what he did Wax or traction? Definitely wax! Sex Wax is where it’s at. Word of Advice for the groms? Just keep trying and never give up! Always think positive :) You’re pretty on point most of the time but what’s the most embarrassing moment you’ve had wake surfing? Hahaha my most embarrassing moment wake surfing was when I did a “superwoman” and when I stood back up on my board my bikini top had completely come off! I ride Erie Wake Because… “the minute I got on my board I knew it was perfect for me! It flows with my style of riding and I’ve been able to and tricks bigger and better than I ever have!
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Jeff Page is
Starting out in Washington on Lake Samnamish Jeff was surrounded by a thriving waterskiing lifestyle with brands like Connelly, now Inland Surfer and Ronix. This is where a lot of the magic happened for watersports, but Jeff admits that it all started with his dream of recreating the surfing lifestyle he grew up with in Hawaii with his grandparents.
When watersports and innovation meet up there are a couple figures who stand out and some companies who have laid the foundation for years to come. Jeff Page is this man and Inland Surfer are his boards.
“It all started with my grandparents and winters in Hawaii. I would go over there and pretend I was a surfer and when I would come back to Seattle area I would dream about being a surfer. And it really wasn’t until we saw people surfing in Bruce Brown’s movie, the Endless Summer, that we thought about wakesurfing. That’s when we tried to recreate that lifestyle of being on a surfboard behind our first boat, a ProStar 190 and five foot thick board called the Hot Butter. Then in the early 2000s I saw an opportunity along with the rise of the sport to start shaping boards. That’s also when we heard of some boys in Texas who were throwing an event behind a six foot wave and it turned out to be Rick Lee and Tim Lopes of Centurion boats.”
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“I wanted to introduce the sport called wakesurfing to the watersports world. Between Rick Lee and myself, we set out on a mission to educate everyone about the new sport and in the early 2000s on the shores of Lake Samnamish I started Inland Surfer.” 18
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boards starting off with his first board called the Green Room and other compression molded shapes. “What I couldn’t do with compression was get the edges that I wanted,” says Jeff, so my goal was to hunt down a manufacturer to produce our boards and I found them at Surf Expo via the Cobra Factory.” Jeff’s boards were ahead of his time; the Red Chubby for instance, was the first squared off nose board to hit the market place and now standard for a lot of surf style boards. Starting off primarily as a surf style company, Jeff introduced his “Fore-Skim” line in 2004 with boards like the Red Rocket, Swallow and Squirt. Inland Surfer was also the first company with a wood board, called the Wood Lock and the first with carbon board technology. Today, these carbon skimboards are dedicated pro models for World Champ Keenan Flegel, James Walker and Sean Cummings. Other team riders include Caroline Villaneueve and up and comer Taylor Dorey. The biggest moment for Inland Surfer, Jeff admits, “would have to be last year at the World Wake Surfing Championship ceremony when we got recognized as the lead company in the wake surf market and I was honored with a Lifetime Achievement award.” The name Inland Surfer itself is timeless. It is a name that has defined the sport of wake surfing and wake surfers inland; a new niche and exciting market that has blossomed into an icon today. The feeling of surfing could now be experienced on lakes and rivers. Boat technology started evolving and so did Jeff’s
Innovative, dedicated and inspiring- this is Jeff Page and Inland Surfer.
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BOARDERS BOATS
2015 Centurion FS 44 Specs: Length: 24’ Beam: 102” Weight: 5400 lbs. Fuel Cap: 72 Gallons Engine and Warranty: 6.2L Supercharged PCM | 550 HP *This is the same engine as the Cadillac CTSV Centurion Shield 5 Year Warranty was created in additional to the lifetime warranty on the hull to include parts, hardware, gelcoat, upholstery, audio and electronic systems. MPH and RPM Tests: 15 mph @ 2500 RPM 20 mph @ 2850 RPM 25 mph @ 3000 RPM 30 mph @ 3425 RPM
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Top Speed:
Ideal Surf Settings:
43 mph @ 5125 RPM
With 3 total people in the boat we found the sweet spot at 11.3
0-35 mph in 10.15 seconds average
mph for both right and left surf, all the ballast full and just 25% full on the opposite side tank and the trim at 80. We also found
Ballast:
that the RPM was significantly less while surfing on the port or
3650 lbs.
goofy side.
RAM Fill Time: 64 seconds average New for 2015: Centurion found the fastest solution to have you ready for surf in
Beyond the new World’s edition plug and play ballast are small
a minute’s time with its Ram Fill technology, which has allowed
features and an attention to detail within including dual LCD
for the ability to fill up ballast on the fly with the most water weight
screens, Centurion platinum helmet logos mounted throughout,
in the least amount of time. New for 2015 is the Plug and play
additional custom surf racks built in house and a Roswell stereo
World’s edition ballast. Not only does Centurion have the most
option that will blow you away. Centurion is also the first towboat
stock ballast via Ram Fill technology, they now have even more
manufacturer to feature an Eco Conscious Filtration System
with the plug and play system, 350 lbs. on each side and 600
designed to filter larvae and zebra mussels via the Mussel Mast’R
lbs. in the bow making the new 2015 FS model a true surfing
filtration device.
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2015 MB B52 Specs: Length: 23’ Beam: 100� Weight: 4,100 lbs. Fuel Cap: 65 gallons Engine and Warranty: 5.7L V8 350 HP MPH and RPM Tests: 15 mph @ 2600 RPM 20 mph @ 2800 RPM 25 mph @ 3100 RPM 30 mph @ 3500 RPM Top Speed: 42.5 mph @ 5400 RPM Ballast: 3200 lbs. Fill Time: 125 seconds average Ideal Surf Settings: We found ideal surf settings with stock ballast to be around 10.6 mph or between 2800-3000 RPM New for 2015: New for 2015 is a new hull design, Switch Surf System and a touchscreen interface. The new surf features allow a rider to transfer from frontside to backside similar to Surf Gate technology. The nose of the boat is a cross over between the traditional style bows and some of the spacious wide bows resulting in more spacious seating and a clean looking design.
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Who: Luke Hopkins, Body Glove Athlete What: Back flip on a paddleboard over a river
wave. I call this the Hero Flip because you have
to be so committed to going huge to do this. Once you get it you feel like a super hero.
When: January 2014 in the middle of the winter. Where: The New River Dries in West Virginia. www.boardersmag.com | SEPTEMBER 2014
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