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ISSUE 06

The Debut | 121 days | Dominik Hernler | Black Ice | New Parks

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fter one of the best summers in recent years, swiftly followed by the wettest winter since records began in 1910, the UK has seen a lot of ups and downs recently. Emerging from an economic struggle, we are starting to see the economy move forwards. The same could be said for wakeboarding. With the warm summer of 2013 comparing to the heydays of boat riding in the nineties when petrol was still cheaper than gold. Memories of boat competitions all over the UK and Europe, the scene was bustling. Then, with the gradual increase in fuel costs making it harder for boat operations to make a living, the industryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s growth was being strangled by the very thing that had created it, the boat. Whilst there will always be boat riding at the very core of what the sport is all about (the clue is in the name) - its diversity and evolution is what is going to keep it alive and growing. With the advent of the linear cable system and its development and expansion in recent years, the entire sport has seen a total overhaul. Gone are the drawn-out winch competitions of yesteryear, now the endless ride of the two towers have made the sport more accessible to spectators and participants. This development has led the sport into a new era, enabling many new parks to develop formerly unfulfilled dreams. Beit having a back garden wake park, or just a local place to ride that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t cost the earth, literally. It is not just the linear cables that have helped change the face of the sport, more a culmination of events to help bring out the best in a sport that we all love. Flex boards have made a huge impact on the culture of wakeboarding, park/obstacle riders (love them or hate them) have grown apart as their own subculture within the cable riding community, dividing the true die hards and the new school. It is not for us to take sides, but more to embrace the divisions and subdivisions within the sport. The diversification of the industry is yet more proof that there is increasing space in a sport that is already rich in talent. In addition to two tower cable; obstacles, boards, boats, boots, bindings and even neoprene have seen major developments in recent years. All of this makes the sport more pleasurable and more rewarding. It is with this technology and momentum that we enter spring for the UK and the wakeboarding movement as a whole. With so many new parks opening all over the country, it is exciting to think where we will be after another five years with two tower cables. Now with America, previously a very core boat market, turning on to the cable revolution in a serious way, the regeneration is further reaching than our shores alone. It seems like every week another full size cable opens up there. And this is great news. The more, the merrier. With two full size cables being planned for construction this year in the UK alone, it is nearly summer for wakeboarding.

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Our thanks to the contributors this month: COVER: Sam Strauss - Dominik Hernler

James Mott, Ross Newton- Fitness Sam Strauss, Chris Garrison - Dominik Hernler Brett Hemmings, Christina Thaller, Frithjof Kjer, Mat Bauer, Steffen Vollert- Steffen Vollert Pēteris Bergmanis, Kristaps Gredens - Black Ice Nico von Lerchenfeld - The Debut Premiere Chris Garrison, Christian Koester, Richie Hiney - Limelight Gallery

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On The Cover Dominik Hernler Europe’s Rising Star

Meet the boat Inside the World Premiere in Cologne

121 days of travel A winter in Asia with Steffen Vollert

Project: Black Ice Cutting your own path, Latvian style

The debut Inside the World Premiere in Coligne

introducing One of the UK’s finest young talents

Regulars 20

social media Keeping track on the social side

fitness James Mott explains Prehabilitation

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wet and dry Clothing for a typical UK barbecue

New Parks Cornwall gets some System 2.0 attention

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Limelight Some of this month’s best wake porn

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stockists Locate your local supplier and more

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fail Our favourite almost

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Why you don’t need £100k to own a boat... page 44 onwards

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Making waves, travel and a new concept; Steffen Vollert tells all... from page 54 (Pic: Hemmings)

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Something was bound to get weird at some point...from page 81

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Wakeboarding’s newest park opens its doors to the public, with an unrivalled secluded spot in the heart of Cornwall, Kernow Wake Park is going to be a sure fire hit this summer.

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The official account for Liquid Force, with a team and outlook like this company, it’s a no brainer when it comes to the follow button.

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The North of England’s premier cable wake park. With deep roots in the community, it is easy to understand why the regulars love the laid back and relaxed atmosphere that Sheffield provides.

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Hyperlite and the adventures of their team and stories of travel and interesting projects. Always stacked with banging images for the wake fans.

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The tastiest addition to the JB Ski site is Molinaro’s cafe and catering company. Offering everything from hog roasts to coffee. Good food on the go while not more than a few steps from the dock.

Don’t forget to check out and like our page: @slingshotwake

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Loving life as always, Lior Sofer shares this gem from Anthem Wake Park. Never a dull moment in the life of the world’s most liked rider.

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Nico drops this little teaser for Steffen Vollert’s latest project. Renovation is set to be awesome.

Meet 10 year old Australian Zahra Kell. She is already a World Champion, and probably will be for some time to come. She rips.

The Corey Kraut Story

A true pioneer of the sport, Korey Kraut passed away after a terrible fall while riding. He fell and didn’t resurface. His story is a chilling reminder to the real dangers lying behind the fun. Watch this, and wear a life jacket.

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A view from the start dock at Jibtopia, one of the most unique and progressive System 2.0 parks in the world.

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The Debut: Interview with Andy Kolb

Our exclusive interview with director, Andy Kolb. While shooting for the film in Germany, we caught a few insights into the mind of this dedicated perfectionist

prehabilitation

Fitness A

s mentioned before, wakeboarding puts tremendous demands on your body. An issue that nearly every wakeboarder will be able to relate to is knee pain, whether you have suffered yourself or you know someone who has. The knee is subjected to the highest forces during wakeboarding. Whether it is an ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) or MCL (Medial Collateral Ligament) tear or you find yourself suffering from knee pain every time you come off the water, there are a number of Prehabilitation techniques that wakeboarders can use to minimise the probability of injury. Anyone who regularly experiences knee pain not just wakeboarders should consider a Posture Alignment observation by a professionally qualified practitioner. They will observe your static and dynamic alignment such as the overhead squat assessment from a bilateral standing posture which assesses you in a transitional sense, if the practitioner observes a knee valgus (Valgus alignment shifts the load-bearing axis to the outside causing increased stress across the lateral (outer) compartment of the knee) this will indicate a higher potential risk of an ACL tear, which might be greatly exasperated during wakeboarding. I have been wakeboarding competitively for a number of years and towards the end of the 2012 season I found myself suffering from knee pain, so much so that I consulted my GP and was referred to numerous MRI scans. This continued for some time with no real prevail so with my trip to the Chain of Wakes in Winter Haven FL approaching I sought out the help of personal trainer Kelvin Kapur who first introduced me to the concepts and exercises that I will be breaking down for you in this article. I can now say with confidence that I no longer experience knee pain on or off the water and it was from adapting these techniques that I achieved this.

BY JAMES MOTT

ATHLETE FOR REFLEX-NUTRITION, WAKEBOARDER AND FITNESS INSTRUCTOR.

gap and smash

Inside Line Place a lacrosse ball behind your knee on the inside of your leg. With the ball in place, curl your toward your gluteus maximus (buttocks) and pull your leg tight using both of your hands. This creates a large compression force that targets your lower hamstring and upper calf. Still pulling on your shin with both of your hands, star moving your foot around in every direction.

Ball position

To increase pressure, plant your foot on the ground and move your gluteus maximus toward your heel.

Outside Line Now position a lacrosse ball behind your knee on the outside of your leg, Repeat steps 2-4 from the Inside Line, tacking down the tissues of your distal hamstring and upper calf will help restore suppleness to the tight tissues that cross the knee. After mobilising your knee using ‘Gap and Smash’ Myofascial technique be cautious when training because you should be experiencing an added range of motion meaning you need to develop stability/ strength in your new range of movement.

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Mobilising the tissue surrounding the knee joint will help increase the range of motion you will be able to achieve. The Gap and Smash mobilisation is a fast way to hit the areas just behind your knee where your hamstring and calf cross the joint. The idea is to sandwich a small lacrosse ball behind your knee, on the inside and outside creating a large compression force.

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To perform the Gap and Smash mobilisation safely, follow these steps:

The universally accepted method of describing human movements is in three dimensions and is based on a system of planes and axes. Three imaginary planes are positioned through the body at right angles so they intersect at the centre of mass of the body. They include sagittal, frontal and transverse planes. Stability is movement plane specific during wakeboarding you are predominately using the sagittal plane and transverse however the rotation available at the knee is reduced when you are securely fastened into your bindings. Neuromuscular efficiency is the ability of the nervous system to recruit the correct muscles (agonists, antagonists, synergists and stabilisers) to produce force (concentrically), reduce force (eccentrically), and dynamically stabilise the body’s structure in all three planes of motion. Lack of control at the hip is going to have an effect on the knee and at the ankle and will impinge on your ability to perform at your best.

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Fitness As a part of a warm up routine, the Lateral Band walk can help improve hip stability and knee joint stabilisation. This, in turn, improves overall body mechanics and movement efficiency during a workout or competition.

lateral band walk

To perform the Lateral Band Walk, please follow these steps:

Repeat for desired reps and switch leg. It will take time to develop the required strength but it’s a rewarding experience.

With your feet shoulder width apart, the band should be taught, but not stretched. Bend your knees slightly and move into a half-squat position in order to activate the gluteus medius.

Maintaining the half-squat position, shift your weight over one leg and take a step laterally (sideways) with the other leg. (You will be moving this leg in and out, sideways, for 8-10 reps.)

Step 1

Keep your hips level during the movement. Try not to bounce up and down or sway side to side. Slowly shift your weight to the moved leg and bring the other leg inward to a new ready position maintaining tension of the resistance band. Continue for 8-10 side steps and return the other direction to the start position. Maintain a low, forward-facing posture. Avoid tilting the hips up and down or sideways. You should feel your glute medius firing (your hips will burn) if you are doing it correctly.

Begin with arms extended out in front of your body.

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Try the following techniques to gradually perform the full exercise unaided: Partial repetitions increasing the range of motion as you gain strength up to full range reps or by starting at the bottom of a pistol squat from a box. Should you wish to increase the difficulty of the single leg squat try increasing repetitions to a set of 10 on each leg. Balance-strength exercises involve dynamic eccentric and concentric movement of the balance leg, through a full range of motion. Movements require dynamic control in mid-range of motion, with isometric stabilisation at the end-range of motion. Balance-strength exercises are designed to improve the neuromuscular efficiency of the entire human movement system. The ‘Multiplanar Lunge to Balance’ is an excellent exercise to work on Stabilisation and it can easily be adapted to different planes of movement.

To perform the Multiplanar Lunge to Balance, please follow these steps:

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Stand with feet shoulder-width apart and pointing straight ahead. Hips should be in a neutral position. Lunge forward with toes pointed straight ahead and knee directly over the toes. Push off of front foot through heel onto back leg and maintain balance on the back leg. Repeat 8-10 reps on each leg.

Even though the lateral band walking exercise looks pretty strange (and feels strange at first), this exercise is a perfect way to improve hip stability, strengthen the hip abductors particularly the gluteus medius and increase stability of the knee joint. You can work on building strength around the knee in your Quadriceps, Hamstrings, Gluteal Complex, TFL and IT band and the Adductor Complex. Knee stability is key in Wakeboarding and a great way to do this is performing single leg squat variations. Single leg squats are an excellent functional bodyweight training exercise that will develop leg strength, flexibility, improve balance and increase your vertical jump.

To perform the Pistol Squat, please follow these steps:

Squat down as far as possible while keeping the elevated leg off the floor. Ensure your back is kept straight and the supporting knee pointed in the same direction as the supporting foot. Raise body back up to original position until supporting led is straight.

Keeping the band flat, not bunched, place it just above each Knee and wrapped around both legs.

Keep your feet in line with your shoulders, and face forward with your body weight evenly distributed over both feet.

Balance on one leg with opposite leg extended straight in front as high as possible.

As a progression, use the same process and lunge to the side (frontal plane) or turning (transverse plane).

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Knee injury is a very complex issue and if you find yourself experiencing regular pain or discomfort in any way you should consult your physician or other health care professional before performing these exercises to determine if it is right for your needs. This article offers health and fitness information and is designed for educational purposes only. You should not rely on this information as a substitute for, nor does it replace, professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

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In honour of the Boat Project we have turned our regular feature Board Bag into a special edition for all your restoration essesntials. This issue we bring you Tool Bag, everything you need to get yourself started on that board repair, winching session or rail building.

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Having drowned a smart phone in the boat project already, it was clear a waterproof housing was well needed. Bearing in mind, the boat is on dry land, this was some feat. Now the phone is drowned in a pool of murky water, there’s no tunes. Cue portable DAB radio. Clarity and volume are top of the list when it comes to music and radios, we’ve found one that delivers both ridiculously well. A workshop must have.

the super fine dust, the respirator is quickly after the ear clamps. Heavy duty goggles and gloves are also necessary when removing a lot of waste materials, especially if power tools are involved. But when you need to be out in the cold and holding a camera, the heavy duty Marigolds don’t look so good. Don’t worry, we’ve found some that will keep you toasty while filming your friend’s 100th consecutive lap.

Now time to get down to the dirty work and it’s on with the protective gear. A couple of minutes of angle grinding a five metre long piece of fibreglass will leave all the wrong rings in your ears without a decent set of ear defenders. Coupled with

What’s left in the bag are the two compadres of the group. For everything that you can unsrew, take apart, disassemble or disect - the drill is your man. For everything else, there’s the claw hammer.

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Lithium ion batteries make these drills last longer than your motivation. Time saving never felt so easy.

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An Interview with

dominik hernler europeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rising star Photos: Sam Strauss, Chris Garrison

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A pro model with one of the biggest board brands in the industry, more titles than Muhammad Ali and a riding style that makes the impossible seem like the ordinary. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not hard to see why Dom Hernler is one of the biggest names in the sport right now.

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What’s been happening...Well, I’ve been spending a lot of time at Lake Ronix. Chilling, riding, skateboarding, working... There’s a lot happening there right now. I’ve also been riding at Clear Lake with all the crew there, sessioning the rails, yeah it’s been fun times.

Can you tell us anymore of what’s going on at Lake Ronix? There is a lot going on, well I’m not really supposed to tell you but we’ve been building stuff - it’s going to be cool, I’m sure you’ll find out about it in a few months or so. Cool man, definitely looking forward to that.. Now living in Florida, tell us about how you’ve adapted from living in Austria to travelling the world?

I started riding around the world a lot when I started riding the Europeans and Worlds.

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So Dom, welcome to Hyrbid, you’ve just come back from some winter time in Florida. Fresh back in Austria, what’s been happening over there?

I didn’t ride that much cable then, as soon as System 2.0 came out and the contests started like, FISE, Wake of Steel, Harbour Reach and yeah, it really got me into it. I mean it really helped me get into that type of riding. Getting hooked up by Ronix has definitely given me a real hard push.

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strauss At what stage did you move from being a European rider to an International rider? At what point do you think that came about? That’s hard, I don’t know. I think it started from when I did rail contests and Red Bull Wake Open with Ronix and it gave me a real push. [Pauses] I don’t know really.

You came through at a young age, how did you get into wake that young? My mum’s friend runs a water ski school and that’s where we grew up. My older brother and his crew had been water skiing, found out about wakeboarding and bought a board. They put me on it and that’s pretty much how I started wakeboarding. I rolled with that crew for about 5 or 6 years and that’s when I did all the boat contests and stuff.

How would you say those early years of growing up as a boat rider to now being a more system 2.0, obstacle riding. What sort of led you to that? It’s not like I want to stop riding boat, I still like to ride boat contests, when I have time. I feel like I’ve been snowboarding a lot since I was 10, that’s what kept me going to cables and hitting rails. hybridwakemag.com 37

Because I really liked the feeling. I think thats why riding boat combined with snowboarding.. I think I got the skills for the wakeboard from riding boat and a lot of the skills I have on rails is from snowboarding. Do you still do a lot of snowboarding? Oh yeah man, I spent 2 months in Austria this year just to snowboard. Spending some time on the road. What influence do you think we could take from snowboarding into wakeboarding to take it further. Wakeboarding, well the obstacles are getting pretty sick. But I feel like the rails are a little too wide, and they could be smaller and I don’t know, if more cable parks would built their own rails then there would be more variety. Then every cable park will have its own obstacles and that’s what I’d love to see. Cable parks building their own style. Just try and be different stuff and get different rails because you always see so many of the same things at cable parks that you go to. So yeah, I hope thats going to change. That must be a fun aspect of Lake Ronix, is it something you get to you do on your or own, do you have a section to yourself or is it a group thing where you all have input into it? At Lake Ronix we are always working together. Yeah it’s not for everyone. We’re not building a park for beginners, so we can do whatever we want. As a team we all decide what happens. If someone comes up with an idea, we’ll talk about it, some people might add something. And then we get to build it, I love it. Talking of Ronix, what’s the deal with the mirror on you pro model last year?

dominik hernler

Seriously, you can check yourself out, if you do the right grab, a melon half cab roll or something. You can see yourself in the mirror, it’s really cool haha. You’ve had a good couple of years on the competition circuit and placed quite highly in the big events. Any of them you’re particularly proud of? Oh yeah, Wake of Steel last year because its in Austria, all my family and buddies were there, it was pretty special to me. I think it’s a cool contest, it’s a different set-up to all the other competitions I get to ride. I hope it’ll be good this year! What’s your plans for the season, now you’ve come back? Well, I’m in Austria for 10 days then back to Florida for a month to do some work, filming and shooting at Lake Ronix. Maybe some more building and then I’ll come back to Europe to do FISE, Wake of Steel and Harbour Reach. Probably going to do some of WWA events. That’s about it.

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dominik hernler Whats your opion on air tricks and obstacle riding? I’m not doing air tricks, I enjoy watching people do them. I feel like a lot of people are saying air tricks are not cool or whatever, I’m not doing them because I don’t like the feeling of them really.

No, no. That shouldn’t happen, I don’t feel that. If pros do it, pros should lookout for it and not do it. But if kids have started wakeboarding they should have fun and not care about what they’re doing. It’s not about if you are zeaching or not. The Debut, let’s talk about your section. Were you happy with it?

What are your feelings on zeaching? I don’t know, I don’t really care about it too much. Everybody should do their own thing and if it feels good, it feels good. I feel like pros should look out if they’re putting out photos and videos. To make a picture it shouldn’t be over crooked or something, but too many people are taking it way too serious and I’m definitely not one of them. Is it something you think can be restrictive to creativity, do you think kids should be calling each other out the cable park?

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I was so happy with it, Andy did a real good job. It’s really, really cool. It’s definitely a step forward for cable wakeboarding. What was the craziest set-up, experience you had whilst filming that movie? Probably the Langengfeld section is sketchiest. The Unit XL kicker on to that straight tube, that was pretty much the sketchiest part of filming for the Debut. That was heavy...

Yeah it was, face planting that thing really hurts, trust me. If you could go back to one section and experience again, what would you do? Probably hanging out and filming in Thailand, it was fun there. It was the coolest thing, hanging out in Thailand. It was a pretty cool time. What do you think has to be done after The Debut, now it’s set the benchmark? I think that Prime movie is going to step it up a lot, especially for boat riding. I’m not sure if they are having any rail riding or park riding in it. I feel like that’s going to be a good one. I’ve heard some really cool stuff about it and I’m really excited about that. Us too, good luck with the season, sounds like it’s going to be a good one.

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THE BOAT PROJECT: PART 1

THE BOAT PROJECT In this five part series we will guide you through the transformation of our very own boat. We will be giving this 1979 Stars & Stripes the Hybrid treatment. Showing just what you can do without a big budget.

Finding the right boat

With so many forums, websites and most importantly; boat dealers - it’s never too hard to find a boat if you are looking for one. The issue is not finding a boat, it’s more finding one to fit your budget. But what if you don’t have much of a budget and still want to get out behind your own boat? You find an old one and restore it. If you are willing to put in the hours and don’t mind getting your hands dirty, it can be surprising what you can achieve with a little help from your friends. And by friends we do mean boat dealers, mechanics and fiberglass experts. This is not to say that any part of this work can’t be undertaken by youself. Do your research on the tasks that lay ahead of, ask experts for their advice, beit online or at your local boat yard. Always make sure you get sound advice from trustworthy sources and always know how to safely operate any tools you are using and wear all necessary safety gear..

Step 1 .......... Find a suitable boat for your project

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is it a complete boat?

If you have the choice, try and go for complete boat wherever possible. A project can be held up, or worse, cost a lot more than expected if rare parts are difficult to find or need to be manufactured. This is not such an issue for newer projects but anything over 30 years old is going to need a little more looking for.

learn before you buy

Once you’ve decided on a project boat, try and find out as much as you can about it and research similar restorations. There is a large and established boat community with a mountain of knowledge at your fingertips. Our advice is to work with a dealer you trust to help guide you in the right direction and help source parts for you.

That said, if you are not looking to restore the boat to its exact original spec, it is less of a problem as most items will be replacable easily with aftermarket or newer style parts ie. LPG tanks instead of a hard to find OEM petrol tank. In our case, it wasn’t such an issue to be missing an engine as we will not be using a stock 220hp unit as originally supplied.

Having an understanding about your baot and the processes you will have to go through will help you manage the project and keep it realistic. Budgets and time will be better managed and controlled with as much preparation as possible beforehand.

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If you’re looking at an old boat, it will likely be on an old trailer - or no trailer at all! Always check the integrity of the metal work and the bearings on all the wheels. This is pretty straight forward and re-greasing bearings before any trip will save that call to the AA from the side of the M6. hybridwakemag.com 45

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ith cable parks around the world seeing an increase in numbers, it is easy to see where wakeboarding is trending. Cable riding offers a controlled, cost effective park environment for riders - no brainer, good times and doesn’t break the bank! If, however, you’ve ever spent much time riding behind a boat in the sun with a few mates, you’ll understand that it is a completely different experience. Cruising around a lake: riding, listening to music, watching your friends ride - it’s something special. It does come at a price, a pretty hefty one, especially if you’re looking to get a wakeboard boat. Simply the cost of buying a boat is not your bottom line. Running, repairing and owning a boat is all to be taken into consideration when thinking about boat ownership. It can all seem a bit overwhelming and there must come a point when it simply is not worth it – i.e not affordable to do it. With wakeboard boats now entering a whole new era of luxury and performance, the days of buying

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a new boat for £10,000 (or £20,000 come to that) are long, long gone. The second hand market of course offers a lot of great boats and a high end wakeboard specific rig is affordable to some with more of a budget. What happens if you don’t have that much budget? Some people join syndicates or buy with friends to share the costs and time on the boat. This is all well and good, but what if you don’t have even that much budget? Start from the bottom and work your way up. By buying a wrecker/restoration project you can get into boat ownership in bite size sections. The initial outlay is much less and if you are able to do some of the work yourself you will help control your costs even more. Always a bonus. With a good amount of boat repairers and dealers around the country, you’re never too far away from good advice. It’s worth speaking to as many as possible to get as much knowledge about potential purchases

as possible. Parts availability, common problems and possible alternatives are all factors that will need to be considered. As with any restoration, there a many options and choices to think about when planning the project. The first and most important at this stage is “Original or Custom?”. This determines the boat’s path. Restoring anything to its exact former glory, like it just rolled off the production line in the late 70’s is amazing. Amazing if that’s what you’re into and have the desire to create it. If however you want to make it your own and create your own dream then the canvas is blank and the sky is the limit. On a remote Essex farm near Colchester, we found a sleeping beauty... Okay, maybe more of a dying beauty. This Mastercraft (Skier) Stars & Stripes (circa 1979) was laid to rest aside some industrial size skips and some farm machinery. Not a particularly graceful end to the life of what was once a popular boat, but this was not its end.

Step 2 .......... Borrow a cool truck and tow your find home

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Step 3 .......... Deep clean your new vessel and inspect the damage

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In other circumstances, it may have died where was sat, propped up on a rusty gas bottle, slowly rotting away year after year not this time! The old tub might be decrepit and tired but with the right attention and some elbow grease, she will be cruising on a lake near you before any of us realise it. Hybrid has taken this orphan under our wing and vowed to give it a new lease of life so it can chase, tow and cruise once more. Our first hurdle was geography. The boat being in the east and our base being in the west. A cheeky call into VW Commercial Vehicles and we were booked in for a week trial of their new Amarok. Before towing could commence we had to service the trailer’s ageing bearings. It’s a pretty simple procedure of removing the hub, a thorough clean of the old grease and replace, checking for any damage or wear at the same time. A petrol bath will clean the bearings just fine but be sure to dry them thoroughly before replacing as any leftover petrol will break down the new grease. With bearings checked and greased, time to tow home the brake-less trailer, a tentative task when the thing has probably moved less than a mile in the last decade. Slowly does it and before you know it, she’s home safely. Next was to clean the boat out of the remaining junk that was piled inside. The engine, gearbox, steering column and rudder have all been pilfered at some point leaving the hull relatively clear and light. First stop on the return journey left us at Liquid Wake Park. The use of an industrial steam cleaner that was on site was handy, to say the least. Giving the boat a deep clean and tearing up any remains of carpet would give us our first indication of what level of repair would be needed for our new ride. Having the majority of the interior present is a real bonus in this case. Finding seat mouldings for a boat that hasn’t been produced for a long time would be tricky at best. The skeletons of the seating will enable simple copies or repairs to be made. That’s about where the salvation ends. With the boat having already been seemingly used for parts, the hull was stripped of any running gear, just a few steering and throttle cables lying unconnected on the hull floor. Without an engine to repair, and with an original hard to find, it was an easy choice to go the custom route. Along with a number of other necessary accessories, this boat was

Step 4 .......... Inspect the floor and stringers throughout

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From top left, clockwise: Scratches reveal the original red gelcoat stripe Rotten everything Hidden gems under the floor, including a 40yr old 5p coin The floating foambergs of the bow Star tool of the month: The Grinder Remains of one of the stringers Two best friends, the hammer and the crowbar

Step 5 .......... Strip the boat back to a totally bare shell.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;A few cuts into the repaired stingers and it was pretty obvious - they were in no state to continue...â&#x20AC;? destined to be different, even if it did take 35 years for her to find that out! Removing the floor was the first step to finding out the real condition of the boat. With parts of the floor obviously repaired by a previous owner, and other parts were more akin to a trampoline that any sort of supporting substructure. A grinder and a crowbar made short work of the rotting fibreglass covered plywood. Years of sitting in and around water had made the deck into a sponge of mouldy plastic. After removing the floor the bulkhead (in front of the driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s footwell) would need to be removed to check the interior condition of the hull. First surprise of the day was the discovery of a second bulkhead - the original. Cutting through the original bulkhead yielded more surprises, in the form of a tidal wave. The enclosure was totally sealed apart from the vent on the top deck, leaving a letterbox for rain and a deep bucket for it sit in. A couple of gallons of water later and the fibreglass removed, leaving only a bow full of expanding foam to remove. At the time of production it was a safety feature to fill the bow with foam to prevent it actually sinking fully, something that was later discontinued. Removing this stuff is

no easy task, using a hand saw and a lot of patience, it can be removed chunk-by-chunk. Under the floor lies the stringers of the boat. These are lengths of material, historically wood, running almost end to end of the hull. When fibre glassed into place, the shape given from the moulding combined with the wood, is what gives the boat its strength. In our case, the stringers were totally rotten. One side had a split under the engine mount and they were easily moved with little more than a shove. Time to get the grinder out again! A few cuts into the previously repaired stringers and it was pretty obvious that they were in no state to continue. Two were completely non-existent inside their cocoon of fibreglass - they had rotted away untouched. Taking careful measurements and patterns for the new stringers, all the carcasses were removed and the boat was stripped back to its bare bones. Now we await the arrival of the replacement stringers and some fibreglass supplies and the next phase will be under way. Our thanks to: VW Commercial Vehicles UK, Mike Dovey at Maven Marine, Stu Marston at Liquid Wake Park, Steve Cox at Middlemoor Water Park, for your support with the project so far.

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Step 6 .......... Prepare surfaces for new stringers and floor.

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121 days of travel with:

Steffen Vollert W

e’ve seen one of the most insightful edits of the winter from this German nomad. 121 Days showed what it is really like to experience the East and enjoy some of the colder months in warmer climates. We asked Steffen to tells us a bit more about his extended winter travels in Asia. So, last winter was the first time that I’ve thought about travelling for that long, I thought about it at the end of last summer because the season was over so quickly. I just wanted to keep doing what I was doing at that moment, and didn’t want it to end. It may be the last chance I get to take a such a long trip. Usually I go for a month or two, but this time was different. The first half of the trip was basically travelling from contest to contest; from The Philippines, to Australia and finally Bangkok. So that was pretty much the first half of the trip, just shooting, contests and travel. My time abroad was coming to an end and I was really done with travelling. Then my girlfriend says ‘Hey, I’ll join you for another two months’ and then it all came together. It ended up being a four months trip – it was insane! It was funny because after the contests had finished I wanted to go home, I wanted to go home for Christmas; see my family and everything. It was crazy long actually, but totally worth it. All the places I visited, the people i met and everything I saw was amazing. It is a long time in Asia with such a different culture isn’t it?! Yeah, the good thing was that although that’s true - spending four weeks in Asia is horrible - the good thing was that I was not in one place for more than three weeks which kept it fresh. I spent the first week in The Philippines, then three weeks in Australian sunshine. We had a lot of good times there. Then I had six weeks in Bangkok. It was way too long, waiting for my girlfriend to come. When I travelled back to The Philippines after the Bangkok, I forgot to get my visa so I had to pay so

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much money for each day! That was the first time they caught me – I got out of the country! All the other countries were amazing – pretty much the same crew at every contest. In between each contest we had a two week break, so for six weeks, I was with the same people and the same riders at each venue, it was so much fun. Like a little tour? Yes – some of them travelled home to America and came to Thailand again, but I did the whole thing – six weeks straight. That was cool. Then South Africa as well – where did that all fit in? Yeah, when I was on the trip – in Bangkok - Maria Kuzminova invited me to South Africa to do some coaching - for her little son Max who is eight years old. He was World Champ last year in his category. She asked me to coach him for a week in Cape Town. So I pretty much joined them on their family vacation which was different! Different to six weeks on tour in the Philippines with the boys I expect?! Exactly! She asked me when I was in my fourth month away, when I was in Bangkok. I was totally over travelling, and then she said it was two weeks after I got home so I was like ‘Ahhh ..I don’t know’. But I am so glad I did it because I had never been to South Africa and I always wanted to go, I saw so much of the country and the wildlife it was stunning. When I was planning the whole trip, I thought – am I going to make it? Will I want to go home? In the summer - I am travelling the whole time - and then to decide to go on with travelling was like a whole new view to some people. I feel I am travelling much more- not much more - but longer than everybody else, I don’t know why! Is that part of your life as a wakeboarder that you enjoy, or – it

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sounds like as if you are a little tired of it. Do you see it as a negative in some ways? Obviously it’s great to see some of these places, and you get to go to some amazing spots....I am so glad that I have the chance to travel and travel with my job because it’s a great job and I love it. But, like with every other job, you have pros and cons. Home is amazing! Friends, family – just to do stuff you don’t do on the travels. It’s amazing when you come home from a long trip and do normal stuff and see normal people! What was the first thing you did when you got home - your own thing not associated with wakeboarding?

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My Dad has a restaurant so I went there to see everybody and just to have some good food again! I ate pretty much only rice and Thai food for a month which is great, but it gets boring after four months! Is it a traditional German style restaurant? Yes, traditional Bavarian style and it is really near to my home cable so it’s perfect. Everybody’s stoked on it. Whereabouts do you live in Germany? It’s virtually in the middle of Germany – one and a half hours from Frankfurt. It’s in Bavaria – it’s called Thulba. My friend

Tobi owns it . It’s a sick park – We have the raddest Rail setup. Definitely exotic. Your home cable – is that how you got into the sport, is that where you grew as a rider? I started waterskiing first when I was five or six. I grew up water skiing, did competitions and stuff. I was twelve and all my friends changed to wakeboarding, I was the last one on the trick ski saying ‘You guys are dumb, you should be staying with the waterskiing!’ Then I was riding my dad’s Wake Tech board or something – I don’t know – I learnt 180’s and used to get the worst front edges ever. That’s when I switched to wakeboarding.

KJER I did my first contest when I was thirteen or fourteen. I did all the federation stuff for years. Yeah this is how I grew up, and where I still ride twenty two years later! Crazy! Ten years ago we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see web edits and so on - we had to wait to see the team videos at the end of each season. Did you take a lot of influence from those few and far between cable and wake movies that were around then? Or was it more local riders that you rode with in competitions? Competitive riding and free riding are two different things. For many years it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter how your riding looked in a comp. Riding with other people at

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the contests got me into being a competitive rider and then four years ago I switched to Slingshot and my whole focus changed a bit. This was when I started doing stuff, my own stuff, just trying to see it from a different point of view. Enjoying it more and that’s why I am really picky when it comes to contests now. I only want to ride the stuff I like pretty much. I really enjoy it this way It’s a lot freer than having to go to all of them? Four years ago I was doing so many contests. Twenty events in a season. I had to change something. I am really enjoying how it is right now. I like to be involved in projects where I’ll be organising and doing things on my own, shoots and all that stuff. Is there anything that you have been working on recently? Are you planning anything or is there anything in the makings? Yeah, you are the first one I am talking to about this actually! I’ve been thinking about this project since the end of the 2012 season. I thought about having a kind of jam session with my best friends at my home cable, for a week of just chilling. Then it all turned out to become a team shoot-out called ‘The Renovation’. Basically, I invited some of my best friends Nico von Lerchenfeld, Felix Georgii, Manu Rupp, Tobi Rittig and Tobi Michel. We had the whole lake to ourselves for a whole week! Each team had to pick three obstacle sets to play with and to design a whole new setup. We had a voucher from sponsors for materials and the time to build what we wanted.

“ It’s amazing when you come home from a long trip, you do the things you want to” Wow! That sounds amazing! How much fun was that?! Too much fun! It was freezing cold, but we had a blast. For everyone it was the first experience of building rails with different setups and stuff, in the end it turned out so good. Was there any super sketchy ones in there? Um, I wouldn’t say super sketchy, but super tech. We had a crazy elbow rail that was so difficult to hit. Each day it took like sixty tries for everybody on it and had five that were good – it was crazy! Everything was set so that you could ride line, so we tried to match everything together. That’s incredible – I look forward to seeing that – who shot it? I organised the whole thing. I had a friend who was filming – he does band stuff and so on. He didn’t really do a lot of wakeboarding so he was filming with a friend. He did the whole editing as well. There’s going to be a homepage as well and you can vote for your favourite team. It’s going to be huge! I am stoked how everything has turned out!

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That sounds really exciting, it must have been fun to come up with the idea and to see it pushed through to actually happening?

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It took about 18 months from the idea to the start of the actual event. It was kind of hard to find the right people to work with and to get everybody in the right mindset and as stoked as I was. Finding money is always a hassle. You know how it is! With Slingshot, Liquid Force and GoPro; I found some really good partners! Is it something you will repeat? Yeah, I think I am going to develop it and make it a bit bigger – we learnt a lot of stuff the first time. I want to do another one.

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You do a lot of work with edits and filming, how did you get into it? I lived in Duisburg a few years back and it was always hard to get filmed or getting friends motivated to film.. and to film you well, is hard. Then my buddies Jan Kissmann and Lukas Suess who where into photography. This motivated me to buy a camera as well . And then we thought about creating a little film wakeboard crew thing. We would film each other’s rounds, get edits done and stuff. So we decided to call this whole thin: editude.tv . I had no clue what I was doing, but it turned out good – the first edits I made were not bad! I really enjoyed it and I bought several cameras, I bought lenses all the stuff. I got better and better.

Your equipment and style has been developing, coming through to your latest ‘121 Days’ which is a sick edit! Thank you. There were so many edits from Asia this years, it’s ridiculous! So i tried to do it a different. Some people didn’t like it because it has more of a movie feel to it. I think what you are doing is delivering your experience. I think a lot of people get confused, they all expect to have two minutes slap in the face! That was not what my whole trip was about - it was about the journey. Is it something you want to continue with – the video stuff as you move on in your career? It’s hard to say! I keep on doing it how

I was doing it for the last few years, but if I want to go a step ahead I can’t do wakeboarding like getting into a more professional full time career. Doing both things won’t work, I think. So to do wakeboarding you have to go full on. What do you think the future will hold? Do you think it is something you would want to do in the future, or would you want to stay in and around the wakeboarding? What I want to do is stay in this sphere as, for the past ten years, have been the best. I don’t know if i should study something and get a real job! I got so much experience and learned a lot the last few years. I’d love to help wakeboarding continue to grow

bigger and bigger. So just staying in the sport in the right way. I hope I`ll find my place, maybe in a magazine or a sponsor or something. I think I will find my way. I’ll just keep on doing what I am doing right now – at least for the next two years! Yeah, sometimes you’ve got to push or press the right buttons to get there. You gotta make your own opportunities and you have to be ready to take them when they are there! Sounds like there are good things to come and we look forward to seeing the new stuff when it’s out in the next couple of weeks. The Renovation! hybridwakemag.com 63

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Armed only with a chainsaw and an idea, Kristap Gredens and his Latvian crew from Marupe Wake Park set about creating Project: Black Ice. The idea was simple; make a wake park out of ice. Making that idea a reality was a different matter. We spoke with Kristaps to hear more about the project and how they made the most of the harsh Latvian winter.

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project: black ice Kristaps, first off can you tell us a little bit about the scene in Latvia?

Is the park where you filmed the Black Ice Project your local spot?

During the last four years the popularity and development of wakeboarding has grown rapidly in Latvia. From a single cable park it has turned into many more, mainly linear cable parks, which has of course had a significant impact on wakeboarding overall.

The Marupe Wake Park, where the Black Ice project took place, was opened in the middle summer 2013 and I can definitely call it my second home as I am the owner of it!

At the moment here we have one six-tower cable and around 20 linear (two-tower) cables, with interesting parks in at least six of them. Also, this year we have the first indoor cable park, only I haven’t had the possibility to test it yet as I was taken up with winter wakeboarding - for which this winter was just perfect. I could say that during the last four years, I have grown along with the wakeboard community here - like the majority of other wakeboarders in Latvia. The number of new riders is greatly increasing with every year. Some of them which I know personally, are really good riders who definitely have a lot of potential for the future of the sport here in Latvia, and beyond.

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Right now we are working on expanding and this summer we will have a second linear cable system. This will enable us to to fully devote and customise one cable as an interesting playground for good riders, as well as offering a more entry level playground. This will give the opportunity for beginners to develop their skills. But that’s not all, we are building a wide beach and café. We think of our customers as our friends, and want to do everything we can to make the best out of their visit to our park. Who came up with the idea and how long did it take you to build the park? You know, as it usually happens, the best ideas come to you unexpectedly and it is good if someone to whom you tell it, not only supports it, but even motivates to bring the idea to life. It was like that. The idea about

the project came into my mind, which I told to a good friend of mine – Peteris Bergmanis, and without his support and help it wouldn’t have been possible to realise the project. Peteris with his photographer and operator team “Skats no Augšas” managed all the technical side of it, and worked with me side by side every day. Overall it took us a week. Is ice sculpting something that you have had experience of before this? For all of us ice sculpting was something completely new which made it a bigger challenge. Not to mention the sculpting, the only one who had at least some experience with sawing was Peteris and his brother, although - only with wood. When we started to cut the ice, we immediately faced a big problem - the ice was too thick – it was more than 40 cm thick, and with the ordinary saw it was just impossible to cut through it. So we had to change the chainsaw first. In order to lift the ice logs out of the water, we welded up a special metal tool to pull out one piece of log at a time. It was needed, it took up to six of us to get the ice sections out of the water and onto the ice!

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How did you know it was going to be strong enough to hold up? Actually, we didn’t know if it was going to work. We only knew the approximate carrying capacity of the ice, we were pretty confident in ourselves that it would work, but you never know until you try! When we started the cutting, the weather outside suddenly got milder, the work was progressing much slower than first thought. From the first moment it really seemed to be impossible. As I already mentioned, all-in-all it took a week of intensive work to create the ice park and filming. Difficulties also appeared when we started to put the ice blocks together to build the obstacles. The heavy weight of the ice mass caused a lot of pressure on the base surface,

which resulted in cracks and the ice melting twice as quickly as expected. So we had to do everything efficiently, including the filming which was shot over three days.

Thank God it didn’t fall into the water and was repairable!

You lost a camera in the making of the park, tell us how that happened?

For sure. This project will definitely be repeated, because this time it was possible to achieve only around 30% of what we planned for. None of us had any real experience with ice cutting, but now our understanding of what, and how, it should be done is much better. So, let’s hope for a good winter here, so it would be possible to create all of our ideas 100%.

All around the lake there were cracks, it was very hard to move on the ice. We couldn’t see clearly where the holes were and where it was just a crack. So everyone needed to walk very attentively. Being heedless I fell into the water with all my clothes on and, yes, also one of the photographers made the same mistake with all his photo equipment on him. But these weren’t our only losses. On the last day of filming while shooting with the small helicopter, we clipped the cable and had an unexpected crash landing on the ice.

Is this something that you will be repeating?

What was the ice like to ride on? In contrast to normal obstacles, the ice rode almost too well, same as the ice surface. First I needed get to used to it and adapt to it, I was constantly being pulled ahead of the cable before even getting on the obstacles.

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Kristaps takes on an icy tail grab off the kicker

The greatest role here was played by the person with the remote control, who had to feed in the power correctly as the run-up was on the ice. That was the most tricky thing.

definitely be safer. The riding was also troubled with warm weather, which made its own corrections to our kicker size - narrowing it by a half.

Did the kicker feel solid when you hit it, was it like a normal plastic kicker?

How long did it take you get over the ‘Ice Cream’ headache after your first fall?

The kickers were wonderful, it slid perfectly. The only difficult thing was to get to it, I needed to pick up speed on the ice and only then from the water to the kicker. Getting long enough run-up was tough. Landing after the kicker was also quite dangerous, as it was a jump over about six meters of solid ice, after which there was 15 meters for landing before, you guessed it, more ice.

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Filming Black Ice didn’t feel as cold, but I suppose we were climatised. Over the winter I also tried to swim a couple of times and together with a friend on Christmas morning we rode without wetsuits! Were there any difficulties in building the park?

Actually, there were not so many in building, more in the riding. At the beginning of the season I had injured a bone in my hand, so when we started shooting I wasn’t confident if I will be able to ride and manage to hold on to the handle. At the start we were two riders in the project, but the other guy broke two fingers hitting the kicker on the first day. The first day wasn’t the best for me either – I fell and landed on the edge of the ice while filming the kicker scenes. It gave me such a bad dead leg that I couldn’t even walk normally for next two days. Did you get any support to build the park or with the project as a whole? I am the owner of the park and also a distributor of Double Up wakeboards in the Baltic States. My friend Peteris runs a film and photography company, they shoot from helicopters and all sorts. Everyone at the park, and our friends, we were the support in this project. I think it is proof that big goals can be achieved with a lot of willpower and small resources.

Boat riding in Latvia has been around for a little while but do you think that as a summer sport it can take off in Latvia?

Are you seeing wakeboarding growing in your country and if so, where are the riders coming from?

I’m personally not into boat riding, it’s because the costs of it are relatively high and it is more complex then cable wakeboarding. The cable riding is close to snowboarding and kiteboarding, and that’s what I love about it. However, I think that those enjoying the boat riding will still carry it on, and when the weather for boat riding is not good, they can easily keep training on the cable. Both supplement each other and are giving some new trends.

Wakeboarding in Latvia is really expanding at lightning speed and all of those who are riding a snowboard or kite, strive for cable as well. It’s great to see the creativity from other sports influence the wakeboarding here. With wakeskating the situation is a bit different. It hasn’t spread around here as much as it is elsewhere in the world, but I think it’s just a question of time. Do you think that wakeboarding is seeing a new lease of life in your part of the world?

Where have you guys been riding before this? For me, it all started with snowboarding, proceeding on to kiteboarding, and all that led up to wakeboarding throughout the year.

Yes, and I think after a few years the situation here will be even more different. We have many cables, and good parks are all over the country, so we have all ingredients for wakeboarding to grow here in Latvia.

Is there a Latvian Federation for wake? Yes, there is. We have Latvian Water Ski and Wakeboard Federation. Every year we have a wakeboarding championship here as well. What would you like to see happen in terms of wakeboarding in Latvia in this coming year? I think wakeboarding is going to expand and there will be more and more riders, particularly on the cable. For sure I know that I will do my best to develop wakeboarding on a different level. Introducing fresh winds and unusual ideas to it. I am currently planning to build a winch to take wakeboarding to the streets. Thanks Kristaps, sounds like we’ll be seeing some more from you and the crew at Marupe, good luck with the park.

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the debut world premiere cologne by Nico von Lerchenfeld

Without doubt, The Debut is the biggest thing to happen to cable wakeboarding since the System 2.0 revolution. Hybrid wanted an inside view of the Premiere and the experience of creating this amazing film. Who better than to tell us more about the film, and the Premiere than the first rider of the movie; Nico von Lerchenfeld, an integral part of the revolution, and the future of the sport.

Everybody knows what to expect from a cinema hall, but what was Felix thinking about when he was about to see what he has been deeply involved in?

Some familiar, some unknown, but definitely a lot of faces. The crowd lining up to catch a good seat.

e started in December 2012 in Jakarta. Well, no. We started in December 2011. That’s when Andy Kolb approached me and told me he wanted to make a film. He said film, not video or movie or clip or edit. I knew that what he had in mind would be the best thing wakeboarding would get to see until he does the next project. Very early on Andy presented the idea to my dad, who was into it right away. That’s something I love about my dad and his company. He wouldn’t even hesitate to think about how many cables he would pull out of sponsoring Andy’s film, how much profit he would get from it. He simply wanted to support what he thought would be something great for the sport of wakeboarding. But back to the film. It was obvious that with the ideas Andy had in his mind he wouldn’t get far with what he could get out of selling his VW Golf. And Sesitec wasn’t enough either. So we sat together in Thailand during Spring 2012 putting together Excel spreadsheets of every single item he thought he would need for the film. The Red Epic with all the lenses, grips, tripod, shoulder rig, filters, handles, dollies. The hard-drives. The microphones, the lights. The insurance. The amount he would have to finance rose. We flew to Encinitas, California,

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to find out if we could convince Liquid Force and Alliance to be part of the film. We met with Monster, and they loved it, too. But the film was bigger than what the brands were willing to throw in, and the project just didn’t get any further, until even I believed that it wouldn’t happen. This is when UNIT Parktech and Wasserski Langenfeld jumped in. They said they believed in Andy’s vision and wanted to make it happen. That was around September 2012. Just a few months later we met at the new Epic Cable Park in Jakarta. We actually came in time to help with the last things for the installation. For two of the three weeks that we stayed we worked on the film. When we didn’t film, we were probably scraping off mussels from the anchor ropes of the obstacles to move them. We couldn’t build anything out of wood, but we had a sick park of UNIT features and combined them in ways we haven’t seen before. Jakarta wasn’t really a nice place to stay. The city seems to consist of dirt and traffic. But we weren’t really into the city life anyways, just playing Worms 2 in the hotel room, waiting for good light, preparing the features, riding. I don’t think I’ve ever ridden that much for

filming. So many tries for so many tricks. And that’s what gets my mind all the time, when you want to get this trick and you’re trying to convince yourself to do it. Over, and over again. You’re trying not to think about it and just do it. Then you’re trying to get some good vibes from the sun that is just sneaking through the clouds. Sometimes it just takes ages to get a trick done. One of them, maybe not even a second long in the film, was more than 60 tries. I was exhausted. And wakeboarding wasn’t really fun anymore. Maybe that’s why I hurt my knee, when I was trying a new double flip. Nothing too bad luckily, bent ligaments. But it made me stop and take a break at home, until we came back for a second time. We were missing some tricks that Andy had in mind for my part. When we came back in spring 2013 I was motivated again, and within less then a week we filmed the rest of my Jakarta part. Including my ender, which is another story. To keep it short, Andy at some point promised to pay for our buffet that night in the hotel if I did that trick. Sometimes I think I must have been crazy to go for it so often. Not even because of the mistakes I could have done, but what if the cable would have stopped just for

Andy Kolb, Daniel Grant, and, hm. Sorry, but film photos can be a little grainy sometimes.

the blink of a second because of some strange Indonesian power supply? The next stop that I was involved a little bit, was the first time Andy filmed with Daniel at his homespot, Thai Wake Park. That was when Daniel really was partying harder than any 35 year-old rockstar. But anyways, he performed. After that Andy started to film with the other guys, more or less successfully. Schedules were tight, and he was all on his own having to produce his film. He arranged flights, organised everything for himself and the riders, did the artwork, carried all his camera gear… and yes, he filmed. I guess all of us riders had hard times shooting with him at some point. He has the vision of the shot, he wants to get and if it is not 100%, from our, or his side, he won’t be happy. Usually you’re done with a shot when the rider lands his trick, maybe he tries it again to improve the landing. But the way he approached actually made his filming very difficult too. So sometimes we landed our tricks, but he made us do them again and again because he wasn’t happy with his shot. I remember that for a day or two he was really upset with me, because I said his decision not The cinema was packed with people. They didn’t even care if they sat in the front row, as long as they could watch them film.

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Pre-film interview with Daniel Grant, take 1.

Pre-film interview with Daniel Grant, take 7. (the interview was a 20 second intro to the clip about the premiere)

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Beer and popcorn in a Monster cup. And some friends who spent quite some time together for this film.

to simply start filming the first day he arrived in North Carolina was stupid. That’s when you have to remember that he would never just sit at one spot and press record whenever you’re about to do something on some obstacle. He wants to know exactly what you will be doing, so that he can decide on the angle, whether to use his tripod or dolly, what lens etc. Andy had hard times too. Having to look after everything concerning the film was a big challenge. He could not film as much with some riders as he and them would have wanted to. When he flew to America they denied him access because of a wrong cross on the Customs Declaration form. After shouting at him for eight hours in a room where he wasn’t allowed to talk to anyone else, they put him on the first flight back to Germany. He then reached the limits of budget and time. I was eagerly waiting for the premieres. Andy has never shown the film to any of us, he wanted us to watch it in the movie theater for the first time. And hell yeah, that was worth it. We arrived in Cologne at the UNIT Parktech office to run through the interviews we would do before the film started. It was nicely arranged with a leather couch, Matt Crowhurst and Clint Liddy as speakers and a little bit of beer. It was so impressive to see all the people

lining up to catch a seat. As far as I know 450 people, sold out. I was pretty nervous. Of course, I knew what Andy and I have filmed. Well, kind of. Filming in Jakarta and North Carolina was so long ago, I wasn’t sure if I’d be happy with my riding after all this time has passed. I was anxious to see how Andy had put it together. Everyone who has ever been out with a friend filming something, evaluating the footage, and then seeing the final edit knows what I’m talking about. With the big difference that this is not just an online clip you’ve put together in a day or maybe a week. It is the continuation of what Chris Grüner started with his films; Ticket, Statement and Impact. Andy kept telling us that he didn’t like the film, that it isn’t good. To me it seemed like he was trying to lower our expectations. No doubt he was nervous. And he is a perfectionist, I don’t think he would ever do something that he is 100% happy with. The struggle of an artist. He felt the pressure of all those people expecting to be blown away. Not even the sponsors had seen the film. When the curtain rose Andy threw us right into the film. Not a long intro of sunset pictures with the sponsor logos in it. It was an intro

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1. Steffen Vollert was one of the most excited to see the film. So he said. 2. Pat Panakos is still there. Just his beard grew a little bit. 3. Momo and Manu, two of Sesitecâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crew who came with us to Cologne for the Premiere. 4. These boards have had some serious shred time and helped us perform. 5. Another member of the team, Felix Georgii. 6. The voices of wakeboarding.

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very different to what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re used to from wakeboard films. I was so stoked to really see that I had the first part. He told me, but with him, you never know. And then, it went by so quick. Amazing riding from the other riders, filmed and edited with such perfection. A great soundtrack. Applause for many scenes within the film, and a standing ovation when the credits ran down. Incredible.

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The credits were actually a great part. Usually you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know anybody who has been part of a film project, whether feature film or even other action sports films. But the wakeboarding scene isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that big yet, and when I saw so many known names running down the screen it was obvious that this was a film made with a lot of commitment from many people. All the cable parks that have let us film and ride, sleep

and eat. All the sponsors who believed in the idea strongly enough to invest money into it. And all the friends along the road. The Debut is fascinating. One of the best things Andy has achieved is that he has made a film that makes you keen to ride, and then watch it again. The film is anything but boring. The soundtrack is what will become one of your

favorite playlists for sure. The film is built from shots that blow minds with their beauty, and a story that captures everyone watching it. The Debut is a film for your collection.

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Introducing Bryn Williams

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Bryn Williams

A fresh style is a strong start for any rider, roast beef backside 180 Tell us a little bit about how you got into wakeboarding – what got you down to a lake and put a board on your feet?

Who did you start riding with first – was it your cousin or were you just cruising?

Well, the first time I went down it was my cousin’s birthday party. I had never even heard of it or knew it existed. I have always loved surfing and stuff. When I went on holiday I always used to go surfing and that was probably the closest thing - living in Bedford. When I got started, I just got hooked. I said to my mum ‘I wanna do it, I wanna do it, I just want to keep on doing it!’ Then she said – ‘cos she didn’t think I would stick to it – she said I could go once every two weeks whatever - like it is £20 for two hours and then Mum bought me a board for Christmas and that was it! I was there every day pretty much that summer.

I just started on my own. First time I went with my cousin and then just started doing it and then when I started getting pretty good and knew everyone down at Box End.

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What took you from there to the Hannam’s Wakepark? Ah well, Ben who owns it, used to work at Box End and I went down there a couple of times and I just love it. The guys down there are just so good at like making me progress my style. It’s a good setup down there.

A rising local talent from Bedford, Bryn is part of the next generation and is rapidly making a name for himself. He is not your average punk kid, he is respectful, punctual and commited. Traits that can take you a long way.

Do you do any other sports – is this your main sport? It’s my main sport, but I do rugby on the side at school and stuff. Wakeboarding is my main sport – I just love it! What is it about the sport that draws you to it? Well, I think, the main thing is that there is always something to try. There’s never a point where you can’t progress. There is always a point where there is something new to try. Then it just gets your blood pumping, gets your heart going. That’s the main reason why I love it.

Nice! What would you like to do with your wakeboarding? Well, what I would like to do is, obviously, earn a living out of it, but it’s really hard to do. I would love to do that. Do you think it’s that you want to give more time to it as you’re getting older? Will you start doing competitions? Yeah, well last year I can put up my hands and say I didn’t do a lot for wakeboarding, but this year I am definitely. I have got all the comps down and I’m making sure I’m going to be there and make sure I get myself out there this year. hybridwakemag.com 93

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Cool, good for you man. You’re riding on the Vampire board through Hannam’s this year? Is it that you found that those boards help you out? What were you riding before? Yeah. Before that I was riding a Harley Clifford pro model, but that was two years ago,. So it was like a 2010 Harley, no a 2012 Harley haha. It was alright, but they are way too stiff. I like the Vampire boards now, they have helped my style a ridiculous amount. I had no style before Vampire because I just couldn’t press or couldn’t do anything - it was literally like a door. I have never heard of anyone snapping a Vampire. They are just brilliant boards.

I hadn’t been on boat for about a year – the only time I did before was at the prevous year’s Ropes and Wires. I went out there and I was like ‘Yeah, I’ll try a 360’ because I had never really tried it, landed it and I was like ‘Yeah I’ll do a toe 3, landed it, I’ll do a heel 5, landed it. It was like this boat stuff is not that hard, but obviously I’d landed them on the cable before! You might want to put a bit more time into that it looks like it’s going well! I thought it was funny more than anything!

Who do you look to for inspiration in your own riding?

What about winching – is that something you’ve thought of looking at, or you like the obstacles and park side of things?

I like – probably the main person is Declan Clifford - he is ‘the guy’ at Box End so he is pretty much the only person who can teach me down there now. So if he is ever down there, I will always ride with him. He is such a good rider and I look up to him as well. There is other people like Nico von Lerchenfeld – his style is just ridiculous. And I mean ridiculous for style, but I like Dec’s big tricks like the tricks he’s got dialled in. Then Daniel Grant just takes the biscuit! He actually does – he’s fifteen and he just does – aah! – just everyone wants his life!

I would love to get into stuff like the urban wakeboarding side of things. Putting up a winch somewhere and just hitting town centres which are ridiculous to hit - sounds crazy fun. Hannam’s have got a winch down there and they are setting up their new pool gap, they are making it wider so they can put more obstacles in between - it’s going to be a lot better! Well it was mainly for skaters, at one point like the rails were just for wakeskating, but they are making it more wakeboard orientated and wider so that there’s more jumps and stuff.

Is boat riding something you’ve ever done much of?

Cheers Bryn, we’ll be seeing more from you I’m sure.

Yeah, I have done a bit. I don’t do a lot as it’s the cost really and that’s the only reason I haven’t done it but, every time I go on the boat, I pretty much land something new. I just go out and try something and I’ll probably end up landing it. Like in Ropes and Wires,

Thanks guys and cheers to The Hannam brothers for hooking me up!

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There’s a new park in town. And it’s in a quarry. For many years the South West has been starved of wake parks. With only a couple of boat operations dotted around, the West was lacking. Recently things have changed, with the arrival of Siblyback cable and now Kernow Wake Park. The future is bright for an area already well known for other watersports.

With Cornwall’s heritage in surfing, sailing and pretty much all watersports, it’s been a long time coming for wakeboarding in the area. Kernow Wake Park is situated in disused quarry on the outskirts of Penryn, near Falmouth. The former granite quarry leaves a perfect footprint for a wake park. High sided and recessed into the landscape, providing a perfect windbreak and backdrop. What’s more, the water is filtered through the rock and is clean enough to drink straight out the lake. With Alex Sly, formerly of Heron Lake, behind the project, this is no newcomer to the industry and the project has been well considered and 98 hybridwakemag.com

will put wakeboarding firmly on the map in Cornwall. The initial setup is one System 2.0, with two more planned in the coming seasons. A modestly sized lake leaves plenty of room for expansion and the park is already well stocked with UNIT and Industry Wake Park obstacles. The attitude and approach to the sport is unique at Kernow, with a concerted drive towards bringing in new members to the sport while still being able to deliver something for the more experienced rider. With an enormous hot tub recently installed right on the water’s edge, the feeling of creating a retreat is maybe closer than most. It’s always great to see new parks open up anywhere in the country,

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but reaching out to areas that have been overlooked previously is an encouraging step for the sport and helping to continue ≠the progression and expansion of the sport. This will also be the first prop-less site in the UK, by using a PWC rescue craft with a recovery deck they eliminate the need for a recovery boat. Situated in the heart of Cornwall, Kernow (which is Cornish for Cornwall) is not the type of place that you are going to be passing that often - unless you live in Falmouth of course. This however doesn’t mean it is worth overlooking, it is probably one of the most unique places that you will find to wakeboard in the UK. Where else will you be overlooked by a 30 metre granite wall? Kernow is now open and officialy up and running. We’ll be making sure to pay it a visit this season and you should too. It’s worth the trip. 100 hybridwakemag.com

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