Unleashed#64 Jan, Feb 2015

Photos: Philippe Sirech Rider: Aaron Gunn - TWP - Thailand

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UNLEASHED WAKE MAGAZINE Unleashed Communication 2, rue d’Orbesson 31100 Toulouse, FRANCE ISSUE 64 January - February 2015 EDITOR & DIRECTOR Philippe Sirech PUBLISHER Philippe Sirech +33(0)7 87 95 37 40 +1(407)800-3567 philippe@unleashedwakemag.com EDITORIAL & WEBSITE Raynald Tanny +33(0)6 75 04 89 10 raynald@unleashedwakemag.com MARKETING & ADVERTISING SALES Philippe Sirech info@unleashedwakemag.com PR (Press Release) Stephanie PROTET +33(0)6 11 11 25 32 sephanie@unleashedwakemag.com CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Chris O’Shea, Dave Gesbriecht, Steffen Vollert, Tyler Soden, Bradlee Rutledge, Trevor Bashir, Justin Worrall.

TRANSLATIONS Victoria Collins, Raynald Tanny SUBSCRIPTION DEPARTEMENT Patricia Bourriane Patricia.Bourrianne@lexisnexis.fr COUNTRIES UNLEASHED FRANCE Marion Pinet +33(0)6 21 16 07 14 marion@unleashedwakemag.com UNLEASHED JAPAN Nagahisa Matsukawa +81 9 016 752 900 Matsu@unleashedwakemag.com UNLEASHED RUSSIA Katerina Yuerieva +79 25 26 304 36 katia@unleashedwakemag.com UNLEASHED CANADA Dominique Granger +1(514)267-1636 dom@unleashedwakemag.com UNLEASHED USA Philippe Sirech +1(407)800-3567 philippe@unleashedwakemag.com

Unleashed Wakeboard Magazine is published nine timesannually by Unleash Communication located at 2 rue d’orbesson 31100 Toulouse, France. All right reserved. Reproduction in whole or part without permission is strictly prohibited. Unleashed Wakeboard Magazine is not responsible for unsolicited submissions including, but not limited tomanuscripts, photographs and illustrations.

Disclamer: The activities described and photographed hereim are performed by trained athletes. Attempting anything contained within these pages could result in serious injury or death. Unleash Communication is not responsible for any injuries sustained by readers or the failure of any equipment shown herein. So wear an Helmet and a life vest !!!!

Photos: Alija Bos Rider: Quinn Silvernale

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Location: Wake Compound - Valdosta USA Edito: Philippe Sirech

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It’s the start of another year and we’re here once again to bring you all the latest news concerning the 3Ws: Wakeboard, wakeskate and wakesurf.

The start of the year has been particularly painful in France following the tragic terrorist attacks that happened at the start of January.

Everyone here at Unleashed wakeboard magazine would like to give our deepest condolences to the families and we hope that everyone will stand together for the FREEDOM OF SPEECH and for the freedom of press here in France and everywhere in the world. « NOUS SOMMES CHARLIE » We wish all our readers a fantastic year for 2015 filled with health, happiness and success, and we hope you all continue to enjoy the reports and photos we have in store for you for this new year.

We would also like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your loyalty, happy reading everyone!

Philippe SIRECH Editor in chief

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Materials : 80% polyester and 20% Nylon. Features: Terry fabric, Large hood, Wide arm opening, Water absorbing, Small front pocket, Embroidery logo.

Available in colors: Yellow, Blue, Black and Mint. This color you have now is Aztek.

The Mystic poncho is a definite must have. Wherever you want to change into your wetsuit, bikini or back into your clothing, the poncho offers you a towel and a changing room in one. www.mystic.com

Shockproof Rainproof Dust proof multifunctional case for iPhone 5/5s. High-quality Zinc alloy, acrylic screen film, Silicone...

Black and White, Spare screws, Screwdriver, 1.2mm thickness Zinc alloy case and inside 10mm thickness silicone liner can protect your iPhone profectly when your iPhone fell off. We tested it when fell off from the height of a five-meter platform and Run over by cars. The iPhone case keep prefect condition and iPhone still work. Whole sealing design, protect iPhone away from the dust. Water resistant, can not dive and soak in the sink,can use it on rainy day. High clear acrylic hole,you can take photos when playing. www.lovemeicase.com

Let a strong straight bridge and gun metal details take you from uptown to downtown without even cracking a sweat. Available with the SPY Happy Lens™ and Trident™ polarization. Constructed from handmade acetate.

Sturdy 5-barrel hinge. 6-base Nylon lenses. Comes with a premium leather leash www.spyoptic.com

Most coastal sailors do not think about putting their life jackets on straight away. However, unfortunately, every year a large number of them fall overboard.

In the aim of improving safety and practicality while sailing, TRIBORD has come up with a sleeveless jacket made from an insulating component, which offers users buoyancy that is equivalent to a 50 Newton life jacket (ISO 12402-05 standard). This buoyancy is obtained thanks to strips of polyethylene, which have closed cells containing air and micro-beads. The micro-beads give the Izeber jacket good flexibility and freedom of movement while the sailor is carrying out manoeuvres.

Despite its everyday appearance, the Izeber jacket is still a technical garment, as it provides amateur yachtsmen with protection against the cold and the wind, but also safety in case of falls at sea; and all this without the feeling of wearing a buoyancy aid.

This reversible jacket also increases sailors’ visibility if necessary - you just need to turn the jacket inside out to reveal its fluorescent orange side with integrated reflectors.

With TRIBORD’s Izeber jacket, amateur yachtsmen can enjoy additional protection against accidents without having to think about it. www.tribord.com

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Pavati is pleased to launch the 2015 product line as well as a planned updated website with some new state-of-theart features and more drone based wakeboarding videos.

For 2015, Pavati will be building the high demand AL-24 in 3 different versions; the AL-24, AL-24s, and the new AL-24LE (Limited Edition). The Pavati product line has been enhanced with a new 12» Garmin digital touch screen Control Center, shaved diamond plate hull and jeweled aluminum bottom, 5000 lbs of ballast, optional tinted windshield, 8 interior color schemes, custom one-of-a-kind boat wraps, and much more. In addition, the new AL-24s model features our exclusive Rip Tide™ Surf System, full length Surf Lounge™ with rear transom hatch access, Fresh Air Exhaust, TowerCam™ with night vision, Roswell rotating wakeboard and wakesurf racks and in-floor garbage/recycle bins and a Yeti cooler.

The pimped out Limited Edition version comes standard with features only available on the AL-24LE such as premium WetSounds sound system with 10” tower speaks and 18” thumpin’ subs, 21 Ice Breaker™ cup holders to keep your drinks cool, diamond plate dash, gold trim, Limited Edition paint scheme and wrap, and a new Super Charged ROUSH racing engine. Later in the year will come the much anticipated AL-22 series and a larger version classified as the world’s first Wakeboarding Yacht, the AL-26 series with 6,600 lbs of stock ballast.

One major feature that is new for Pavati in 2015 is the switch to the new 6.2L 16-Valve V8 Ford Raptor 440 and ROUSHcharged Raptor 575. With the announcement of Indmar Marine Engines now being Built Ford Tough and Ford’s decision to switch from steel to aluminum, it was a natural evolution for Pavati. As stated by Ford CEO, Alan Mulally, “Aluminum is stronger, tougher, and more fuel efficient.” This goes right along with exactly what Pavati has been educating consumers about for the last several years. www.pavati.com

Pidivi is extremely proud to present our new Pro Models 2015 collection! A new shape and a new base grind commutable develop by Board Protect, and «STR» technology for extreme resistance . This year we have something new, a womens’ board coming in 37.5 . We’d like to thank all pidivi team members with a special thanks to Frank Chopis. This collection not only develops each rider’s identity, but also of yours as a customer! www.pidiviwakeskate.com

As the world of 4K continues to grow, you can now capture stunning first person POV 4K footage with the newFDR-X1000VR Action Cam from Sony. Fix Action Cam to your helmet – or any handy spot – and grab vivid, ultra-crisp footage with four times the resolution of Full HD. Whether you’re paragliding or tackling that mountain summit, Action Cam lets you relive and share those experiences with spine tingling accuracy.

The rich, vivid colour and clarity of 4K also brings an immersive new dimension to landscapes – you’ll be mesmerised by the sheer detail in every scene. The FDR-X1000VR offers the ability to shoot Full HD[ii] video at 120p and HD[iii] video at 240p, letting everyone emphasise that particularly epic portion of their life story with cinematic slow-mo effects – easily rendered with the free Action Cam Movie Creator software.

In an Action Cam first, the FDR-X1000VR can capture high - bitrate recordings at 4K 30p 100[iv]/60Mbps[v] using the XAVC S format which is developed for consumer use based on the XAVC 4K/HD format suited for professional use which was developed for consumer usage based on the professional XAVC 4K/ HD format which was developed for consumer usage based on the professional XAVC 4K/HD format. Taking you closer still to true broadcast quality, you can clearly capture complex motion as seen in water spray or large crowds with stunning resolution.

Both new models feature a huge 170° field of view, with an ultra-wide angle ZEISS Tessar® lens giving a panoramic perspective as the action unfolds around you. Newly-enhanced advanced SteadyShot[vi]ensures footage is clear and stable – even if you’re careering while hiking or riding a bike. It’s three times more effective than its predecessors[vii] at combatting the effects of rapid vibration – great for aerial shots with Action Cam rigged on a drone.

Brand-new Loop Recording on the FDR-X1000VR and HDR-AS200VR makes sure you’ll never miss that unexpected moment. Like many pro-quality broadcast cameras, Action Cam continuously records video into its memory card buffer.

Hit the record button when something happens suddenly – like a freak wave – and the camera’s already captured the start of the scene.

Exhilarating pictures are complemented by crystal-clear sound. The highquality stereo mic on both cameras now features new Wind Noise Reduction.

You’ll hear the difference with cleaner audio as you streak downhill on your snowboard or bike.

- 4K Action Cam FDR-X1000VR and Full HD Action Cam HDR-AS200VR - Newly-enhanced advanced SteadyShot™ for smoother, judder-free footage.

- Pro features including 100Mbps high - bitrate recording (FDR-X1000VR) to accurately capture scenes with large amounts of information; manual control over AE shift and white balance - Enhanced Full HD picture quality with full pixel readout without pixel binning.

- High–frame rate recording at Full HD 120p and HD 240p for stunning slow motion footage (FDR-X1000VR) - Clearer stereo audio with Wind Noise Reduction - Highlight Movie Maker automatically compiles a highlight reel for instant sharing www.sony.com

ARTY ANDY HOWELL

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Andy Howell’s roots in the alternative sports industry developed during the seven years he spent circumnavigating the globe as a professional skateboarder beginning in 1988. He formed friendships with emerging artists, magazine groups and action sports focused companies around the world. His travels have taken him to cities around the globe for skateboarding and art, including Tokyo, Osaka, Hong Kong, London, LA, San Francisco, New York, Berlin, Paris, Lisbon, Barcelona, Madrid, Florence, Amsterdam, and many more. Howell enjoyed the opportunity to meet, skateboard, and connect with artists from many diverse cultures in his travels, which has created a network of peers around the world. His creativity has always been a core element along with his history in skateboarding.

During his career as a top professional skateboarder Howell received his Arts degree and co-founded New Deal Skateboards, Element Skateboards, 411, and Giant Distribution. As Creative Director at New Deal, Howell was the prime force in ushering in the still prevalent trend of graffiti and cartoon influenced graphics for skateboards and t-shirts. His «Big Deals» were the first baggy jeans designed specifically for the boardsports industries, starting a trend that caught on like wildfire and became the trademark of action sports. Howell then moved on to found and direct Sophisto Clothing, MTN, Girly Things Clothing, Freedom Video, and Rowdy Industries.

Andy Howell grew up immersed in the 1980s Virginia and DC punk scenes, making ‘zines and traveling up and down the East Coast for skate contests.

Andy Howell is a skateboarding, punk rock obsessed artist, with an ongoing exploration of graffiti, tribal and folk themes that has inspired an array of mix media work. Andy founded ARTSPROJEKT in 2008, and now with almost 1000 established artists and designers from 26 countries. ARTSPROJEKT is a custom product publishing platform, where independent artists, designers, and brands including Shepard Fairey, Tristan Eaton and others are publishing a wide range of high retail-quality products for sale worldwide.

Report: Sue Brookes Photo: Blake Walton

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Ghetto Games 14 was created in only 5 days. It all started when DUP grom Alex Brookes got a brief ban from cable for being silly on their aqua park. Scotty and I knew he would drive us nuts at home, so we decided to go winching and invite everyone who wanted to come or who has never had the opportunity to winch before.

In those few days, we also spoke of our good mate Brad Smeele, and how we hadn’t heard much about his recovery recently and thought we could use our winch day to raise some more support for his rehabilitaion.

We set up an event page on Facebook and received an incredible amount support from riders and sponsors, who wanted to get involved. Double Up Wakeboards, DNA winches, iMend Phones and The Supply Co. Brand all came on board with donations to get us kicked off.

So Scotty Green and I, spent the next few days sourcing rails, pallets, floating objects and locations. We managed to find the perfect bay on the side of Lake Kawana on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, to hold this epic event.

Scotty and our good mate Will Gorman spent nearly the whole night prior to the day, building, transporting and getting everything in the water ready for everyone to turn up and have some fun.

We had a set up a sausage sizzle and a donation box for Brad, when everyone showed up they all seemed pretty stoked and were very generous in their donations.

All the groms were first to hit the water and had so much fun hitting all the obstacles, with DUP grom Alex making it look all too easy. Then the big fellas got out there getting creative, combining rails and the pallet fire cracker to step things right up. DUP crew Scotty Wilkings and Riley Lamb took things to the next level. They were definately crowd favorites.

We only had one hospital visit with Jake Fowler popping out his shoulder, Lucky he is one of our own DUP boys.

Scotty Greens footage of taking a face full of sand went viral very quickly and we all pretty stoked he got back up with a smile as usual. He is never shy to push winching as far as humanly possible.

All round the day was a huge success, raising over $400 AUD for the www.bradsmeelefoundation.com and getting so many groms keen to winch a whole lot more.

We would love to make this an annual event, bigger and better every year. Hopefully with council approval or on a private property. Although the police did come down, they were stoked and supportive of what they saw.

Rider: Alex Brookes

Photo: Noémie Vieillard Interview: Raynald Tanny

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Spot: Clermont Ferrand, France

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WITH YAN TIBO

Hey Yan, are you ready for your embarrassing interview? I hope I don’t Generally yes cause you too many problems…Then again… Anyway, first question, is the Quebec accent an advantage or a disadvantage when you’re trying to pick When you change sponsors, is it to get better gear, or is it just because up girls in France? you’re looking for a brand that pays better?

It’s not about the accent. The simple fact that you come from a different In my opinion you shouldn’t change sponsors all the time. It’s like any job, if country is an advantage to pick up chicks in France! you do a good job, your boss will keep you longer which will allow you climb up the ranks in the company. I also think it’s important to ride good gear rather Would you have preferred to have a career in snowboarding instead of than looking for a sponsors that will pay you better but will give you gear of wakeboarding? a lesser quality.

There were a few years in my life where I participated in all the pro snowboarding events in the Quebec region, and at the same time I was starting to get pretty good at wakeboarding and making a name for myself in some of the biggest contests. There came a time when I needed to make a choice and I chose wakeboarding because I liked it better.

Can you give us the names of some of the most professional zeachers?

Hummm I know so many! I actually consider myself to be a professional zeacher hahaha but unlike the others, I will always do a trick again when we’re filming if I think its zeached. I never let ANYONE put a video of me online if I’ve zeached.

Is being a good wakeboarder enough to win a contest or do you need to have a well known name as well?

Do you think that some pro riders don’t deserve their pro model boards?

In contests, when it comes down to the judges making a hard decision, they Honestly I don’t know…I’ve had the chance to ride for Liquid Force for the often go towards the well known name… young riders need to whoop some past 3 years and I’ve haven’t really paid attention to the other wakeboarding serious butt if they want to make it with the pros! brands. The name on the board doesn’t matter, just look at the shape, the rocker and it’s stiffness and see for yourself if it’s made for you or not. The Do you think that the judging in contests is generally fair? name on your board isn’t going to make you land a triple S-bend to blind.

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Interview: Philippe Sirech

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MYSTIC COFOUNDER

Hi Max can you introduce yourself in a few words?

My name is Max Blom and I am the cofounder of Mystic.

I am 29 years old, from the Netherlands living in Amsterdam. I am a watersports addict; mainly kite surfing, surfing and wakeboarding and in the wintertime I love to hit the slopes in the mountains.

How has the company grown and changed over the past 5 years?

The company has grown in a healthy way over the last five years. When I founded the brand back in 2002 it was a very small and fragile brand. In 2007 my father stepped in and became the owner and CEO of the company. He is very experienced in the surf/wake industry because of a Tell us more about Mystic from the creation to now in career at O’Neill for almost 12 years. From that moment a few words. he gave the young team working for Mystic the space and A young group of watersport addicts decided in 2002 that financial input to act how we want to act. This resulted in it was time for better accessories in the world of action a solid growth and created a bright future. watersports. The gear on the market was not extraordinary or driving innovation and therefore was limiting rider’s Tell us more about sales and marketing all around the development to next steps in the sport. We saw this as world? an opportunity to push the boundaries of the sports and Sales and marketing have changed a lot over the years. started to design harnesses, wetsuits, wake vests, and The consumer is very critical and the industry is almost other accessories with this goal. Mystic always has been transparent because of social media and online sales in a brand driven by the riders. We have a very solid and general. You can’t sell bullshit anymore! The days of the cool team of people working at Mystic and together with big brands doing that are over. This will give pay off for the the riders there is strong synergy, which results in great brands really pushing the core products and doing a lot products. Next to that we try to do as much as possible for the sport. Brands just producing clothing and use the for the sports, as in supporting events, videos, cool shoots sport to achieve commercial results is not my vision. At and of course supporting the core shops. These days Mys- the moment we are producing 525 products in the line, tic has become a solid brand with great people around which is a lot of work, and 75% is for usage on the water. the globe pushing it. We are blessed to have such a nice If the end user appreciates what you are doing and the family of distributors, riders, employees, ambassadors, retailers feel the support and back up from a brand then photographers, film crew and all the others. it feels that we are heading the right way. In the world of retail you see a separation coming. The stores, which What is your function in Mystic? are creative, interactive and make the right decisions, are I am responsible for Global Marketing and Sales, next to become bigger and stronger. The retailers waiting behind that I keep a close eye on the product. their counter for consumers to come in are facing a tough future. It doesn’t work like that anymore. You need to run What are the developments and trends for the next your store like a brand with all assets involved. Sales, maryear? keting, service, product knowledge, and constant innovaWe have seen the flashy colors doing well over the last tion are required for sure. years in wakeboarding but I think that will slightly change.

Wakeboarding has always been compared with snow- In marketing the level is increasing day by day. Video quaboarding but I see it going more into the direction of ska- lity went up to an insane level and photography became a teboarding. Down tone colors, flannel shirts, jeans, black, matter of art. Its not a matter of shooting a rider doing a grey and dark red are colors that will do well in the future. trick, its about the angle, the lighting and the vibe that are That’s my feeling; hopefully I am right ;-). On a technical very important these days. Photographers have become level we are working hard on our vest range, which impro- artists and riders top actors. They need to perform on the ves every year. We work with very cool materials to make right moment at the right time and the industry expected vests lighter but able to take more impact. We are the them to go higher and bigger all the time with all risks only watersports brand using D3O. D30 combines impact involved. What happened to Brad Smeele is very sad, but absorption intelligent molecules and are integrated into it comes with pushing the sport. His speech on the big the vest. Really sick feature! Next to that our helmet range screen during the Wake Awards in Orlando last year really is getting really good and we have some good ideas on grabbed me and made me realize how important safety is. designs there. To round up, our neoprene range stepped At one moment you think you are nailing the trick of your up a lot. We are working with the best workmanship in life and the other moment you are in a hospital and cant the world right now, which will make everyone’s riding very move your legs. Nobody deserves that. I don’t know Brad comfy. personally but the entire Mystic crew wishes him all the best for his recovery. Stay strong Brad!

How does the design process works?

Our R&D team is young and we all are fanatic in the sports and in this way we come up with a lot of ideas and share What cool things are on the horizon? our thoughts with the riders. Riders give their feedback Many cool things! I am bouncing off my chair while answeand in this way we are able to draft the new collection. ring this question. The world of wakeboarding is growing Once we have our first samples in house we deliver to the and faces a bright future. So many cool people are involriders for testing. Our team adjusts with their feedback ved in the industry. We work on new products every day and in this way we come to the final product. I have to give with a big smile and that will bring a lot of new cool stuff. a lot of credit to our R&D and pro team; they have been doing a great job over the last years.

Do you have planned to sponsor more events in the fuHow did you decide who to put on the team and how it ture? works?

Yes for sure. Last year one of our major events was the The Mystic rider needs to have a certain attitude. In a po- Red Bull Harbour competition. We teamed up with Red sitive way so don’t get me wrong.

Bull and the event ended very strong. For many years we We are looking for riders with the wow effect. If they are have been partner at Wakestock but it was time to step on the water they need to impress, always pushing and away and change into new events. not afraid to get injured. Next to that they need to have a We have more events on the agenda in collaboration with strong and open character. It is super important to get as Red Bull as we feel they are pushing the sport the right many people possible involved in our sports and pro riders way. are a big asset in this. People always should be able to approach them and have a nice talk once in a while. I am very Thanks for this interview Max , last words ? happy with our Wake team at the moment. Nick Davies, That’s it! Thanks to the Unleashed crew for the opportuLior Sofer, Dieter Humpsch (wakeskate), Dominik Hernler, nity to explain a bit more about what’s going on behind the San Im, & Antoine Allaux are absolutely killing it. scenes. Ride hard everybody but be safe!

Interview: Raynald Tanny

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Hi Hector! First of all, can you tell us how you came What kind of camera, flash and radio do you use? to take photos?

I work with a Canon 60D and 15-85, its basic but it gets the Hi! At first I started wakeboarding after injuring myself while job done. I don’t think you need super equipment to take great snowboarding. It seemed like a good way to recover for the photos. I use two flashes, one Chinese 50 euro one and anonext season. Photography was a hobby for me, so I tried to ther Canon. When you don’t have much money you make do do both at once. with what you’ve got! If brands did things the right way, sure we Right from the start I knew I wanted to do sports photogra- could buy better equipment hahahaah but this sport doesn’t give phy, so when I had to choose between the two, I chose some- enough to pay the rent so I take photos because I like to and I’ll thing that might be more productive, photography. There are keep doing it while I can. practically no wake photographers here in Spain and I think that FISE13 just woke me up to a whole new world ...

Do you take photos of other sports? Do you also do porAfter two years here I am. traits? Fashion? Wedding!? hehe What art form do you like to put forward in a photo? I also take pictures of skate, snowboard or bmx. Fashion or wedThe trick? The colors? Landscape? dings? No, not for now, hahah.. I don’t like that kind of photography that much, but it doesn’t mean that I won’t do it one day, In this kind of photography it’s clear that the protagonist has in case of necessity. Portraits yes but usually of riders, I try not to to be the rider and the trick. deviate too much from the type of photography that I like.

Of course it’s more beautiful if you put a good landscape in the photo, but when you shoot in cable parks its complicated, Do you find it frustrating sometimes when you see so for me the main thing is to capture the perfect moment other riders having fun while you’re taking pictures? in the trick and then see what can be done with the rest... hahaha No for me it’s not a problem, I like being in the water waiting for the right moment. They have a good time and me too.

Is there a place in Spain where you like to shoot in particular?

Finally, do you have some important tips to give to those who want to progress in photography?

I like shooting winch sessions, but the spots here aren’t great or are in the city center which is quite difficult because of the I don’t think I’m the most suitable person to give advice, but I police, the ACAB etc... guess it could be: patience, everything comes.

I’ve been getting some good material lately at the cable in Malamar, Do you have any special configurations?

It’s a playful park where you can do many things, Pau always makes it easy. It’s always fun at OCP at the full size cable with No, I don’t do pre-sets or things like that, I like every session to Iñaki on the boat too. I would love to get more shots in CWP, be different, but for example it’s true that I really like shooting Monsieur Montana, pool gap, nothing more to say... at night, I love how the lighting is achieved and the amount of effects that can be given to the photo.

Who do you usually shoot?

Thanks for your time Hector, if you want to say someI have no rider or riders that I work with more than others, I thing else, go for it! like working with anyone who enjoys wakeboarding as I enjoy taking photos. Sepe Ibañez, Yannik Paton, Edgar and Alvaro I would like to thank all the people that work or have worked from Malamar, Enric Dosta, Sawe Oualiti, Victor Gallego, with me, because without them I would not be here. Riders, Antoine Allaux or Iñaki Anitua among others are the ones brands, cableparks or distributors, thank you all! Also thanks that I enjoy the most and that get the most shots.

Unleashed for letting people know about me a little more.

Photos: Hector Urzaiz Calpe Itw: Raynald Tanny

Léo

Labadens Hey Léo! It’s always nice to interview a rider like you; you always have loads of things to talk about. But first of all I would like you to tell us how you got to where you are today, how you became a pro wakeskater, how you got your pro model with REMOTE etc…

Hey Raynald! The pleasure is all mine, I wasn’t expecting to wake up to an interview this morning so I’ll try and be as clear and as precise as possible.

It all started in 1996 at Sesquieres Lake; I started skating a bit and my mom and I were walking around looking for a skatepark when we stumbled accross the cable. The next morning I was trying out skis and I went on to do four years of classic water skiing until the club shut down in 2000 and Yanos took over. From then on I started wakeboarding and I discovered wakeskating thanks to Benjamin Cans, one of the drivers at the cable. He gave me so much motivation when I was younger which allowed me to persevere, I owe him everything.

Then in 2005 I injured my shoulder wakeboarding and was forced to take a break so I started spending 100% of my time wakeskating. It was an awesome period of my life where I learned so much and became more and more passionate about wakeskating.

Everything changed during the winter 2008/2009 when I decided to quit school and spend 6 months in the Philippines. I learned tons of stuff on pretty much everything and anything while I was over there. I had my first share house and I met Parks and the Nike 6.0 team that were over there filming for Aquafrolics. It was just incredible and I came back to France with even more motivation after having spent a fair bit of time wakeboarding again during the winter.

Unfortunately I got injured again but this time it was pretty serious. My knee was a mess and it was all because of those fucking straps! That was the last straw for me and I decided to give up on the straps once and for all. 9 months went by and the reeducation was long and painful but I came back more motivated than ever to become a pro wakeskater.

I’d like to point out that I’ve always loved both, but in the end, time, injuries and my love for skating gave me the urge to concentrate all my time and energy into wakeskating.

The season went by smoothly, and during worlds at CWC in February 2011 something crazy happened. I found myself having to choose the unchoosable; on one side there was Silas and Ben with Remote (who had promised me a spot on the team once the brand got a bit more solid) who could offer me a job working with them on the new prototypes, and on the other side there was Andrew Pastura who had a board for me in his boardbag and a spot on the team with him and his brother. It took me over a month to make up my mind and I could never thank Silas, Ben and Andrew enough for being so patient with me and for the opportunities they offered me!

So there you have it, I started officially riding for Remote Wakeskates in March 2011, the season went well and I went to Florida for 3 months to help develop the new shape. I flew back to France for a pit stop and then I was back on a plane to Orlando for surf expo. Once there, surprise, a board with a brand new design was waiting for me and we were presenting the new line. To this day, it’s still one of my best memories!

I’ve been going backwards and forwards to the states for the past 4 years to participate in the Wakeskate Tour, film and go on road trips with the Remote van. It’s a great life and I hope it doesn’t end too soon!

So I work hard at it every day and I try and do everything in my power to keep travelling and keep doing what makes me the happiest!

What’s been the major turning point in your life so far?

Meeting the Nike 6.0 team in CWC in 2009 definitely changed everything as it triggered everything that happened afterwards.

Is going to the US a necessity if you’re a wakeskater and you want to progress and/or become pro?

I could’ve just answered yes and the reader would have been none the wiser, but honestly it all depends on your ambitions and what you want to bring to our sport. Let’s imagine for a moment that you’re good enough to get noticed but your technical level is inadequate in comparison to the years of training that top 5 riders of the Wakeskate Tour have…In that case I think it’s better for you to stay in Europe, film, discover new spots and help the European wakeskating community move forward in the right direction. For us European riders, the ideal would be to organize our own contests and our own tour based on the Wakeskate tour. This would allow us to get together and reproduce what’s happening on the other side of the pond. I’ve spent a fair bit of time over there with those guys and I can tell you that they get things done and they’re really making the sport move forward.

Is it possible to live from wakeskating these days?

My answer is a bit like the answer above. These days, if you can manage to make it into the top 3 of the Wakeskate Tour and have the means to go to all the stops and make it into the top 5 at the end of the season, then you can hope to live from it. It’s tough because there are no more budgets so you have to rely on the cash prize from the contests if you want to survive the season.

I still remember you wakeboarding at CWC when it was too windy to wakeskate, you were killing it on the rails! Why do you spend 100% of your time wakeskating when you’re so good at wakeboarding? You’re pretty much the French version of Daniel Grant when it comes to versatility! Hehehe...

Those were the good old days but they’re long gone now. I put on the straps this summer for a dozen laps and I couldn’t walk the next day! Throwing myself off gaps probably isn’t any better for me physically but it makes me smile and makes me want to keep going!

You’re now riding for REMOTE Wakeskates. Is being a part of the team the crowning point of your career?

It’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me and I’m confident it’s going to bring plenty more positive things into my life!

I imagine you progress loads when you’re riding with the other guys from the team?

Honestly I don’t think I would have ever been able to learn all these tricks and been this consistent if I didn’t have the opportunity to go to Florida and spend my days on the water riding with some of the best riders.

We all push each other to try new tricks, even when we’re riding with other crews.

There’s something really strange about you that I want to talk about and it’s not just a small thing either… You learned all of your flip tricks by learning them in switch first, seriously WTF!?

The first board I ever rode had wheels on it and I started by putting my right foot forward. Then I started water skiing and wakeboarding on a regular cable, and putting my left foot forward felt natural to me. When I started wakeskating I was regular footed, and when it came time to learn fliptricks, I felt more comfortable in switch because of skating!

You’re very close with the organizers of the famous Wakeskate tour. Do you know if a stop in Europe or even in France is feasible in the near future?

Yeah I’m very close with them actually but do you know anyone who has 35 000 euros to invest in an event????

You also skate a lot. Do you think skating helps you wakeskate or are they completely different?

I’ve been doing both for a while so I guess they end up complementing each other, but I think that it’s the vision that skaters have of their sport that we should be trying to copy; no offence but if wakeskating only exist because of wakeboarding, it’s also because of wakeboarding that wakeskating isn’t evolving independently.

What’s the wakeskating scene like in France?

It’s evolving really quickly and in need of its own events. I organized a wakeskate weekend last season to try and gather all of the French wakeskaters in the one spot so we could ride together and film a little video.

I’m not sure if I’ll be able to organize another event this year but if I can, I’ll definitely be doing it again! In the meantime, if other people are motivated and want to organize something then go for it! Even if it’s just one hour of wakeskating per week at your local cable or a winch trip at your buddy’s dam, it’s already a step in the right direction and it will make our sport evolve!

You recently went down to Spain, how was your trip?

Very cool and very roots, I hadn’t been there in a really long time and it felt so good to be back and see all of my old buddies again! I’m heading back down to Barcelona in 2 weeks’ time to pass my driver’s license and make the most of the awesome vibe they’ve got going on down there.

Have you got any big projects for the upcoming season? Overseas trips? Videos?

I’ve got a global project for this season but nothing’s been set in stone so I’d rather not talk about it just yet. But don’t worry, you’ll be hearing about it if and when it happens!

Thanks for your time Léo, and thanks for your latest video, it was epic!

If you have anything to add, these lines are for you!

A big thanks to you Raynald and to Unleashed for the ongoing support over the years! And I also want to thank my sponsors Remote Wakeskates, Sooruz, Rixen, Toshiba, Republic Wakepark, Landing, AWS, Aquarium and Line up for supporting me! Cheers!

And to all of you readers out there, stay positive and go wakeskating!!

Girls SHRED

By Victoria Collins

Here at Unleashed, we’re super stoked to give our first ever women’s cover to Courtney Angus as we believe she is a legit rider and an all round awesome chick. Courtney and many other girls are hitting spots that most guys wouldn’t even dream of hitting and they’re proving to everyone that women’s wakeboarding deserves a spot in this very male dominated world.

Courtney Angus - Pic: Ben Jacob - BSR - USA

Vanessa Tomaselli - Pic: Raynald Tanny - TND - France

Women’s wakeboarding has evolved faster in the last 5 years than it ever has before. More and more girls are starting to ride and it’s no longer uncommon to see a bunch of girls riding together, whether they’re riding cable or boat. So what’s changed? What is driving women to take up a sport like wakeskating or wakeboarding?

In a male dominated world, I think the answer is role models. Girls like Melissa Marquardt, Amber Wing and Dallas Friday were some of the first women to become pro on the boat tour and they inspired so many girls to get out there and try wakeboarding. Nowadays, chicks like Courtney Angus, Ange Shriber, Maxine Sapulette and the rad chicks from the wakebabes have proved to everyone that they can be just as good as the boys, all the while remaining as feminine as ever. They make wakeboarding and wakeskating look fun and accessible, and their presence on social media is a sure way for other girls to think “Hey that looks like fun, maybe I should give it a try”.

Another important factor that’s been getting girls off their butts and onto the water is the organization of ladies days. More and more cable parks are offering a “ladies day” which is a fantastic way for beginners to get out there and try wakeboarding without having the pressure of people watching them. We’ve all been in that horrible position of self doubt (well at least I have) when you have hoards of people watching you on the side of the lake just waiting for you crash head first into the water, so it’s nice to be able to learn when you’re surrounded by supportive coaches and other beginners. Ladies days are also a great way to get to know other riders and boost each other to make it to the next step.

Then there are girl camps and clinics. The awesome thing about girl’s camps is that they’re often organized and coached by pro wakeboarders, whether they’re male or female, and it’s really a fantastic way for women to progress and learn new tricks. Whether you’re into boat or cable, there are plenty of camps organized all over the world like Amber Wing’s wakeboard camp for girls who want to progress behind the boat, Jibtopia’s babe shredder camp in North America for girls who want to learn to jib, Courtney Angus’ girls camps at Cables park in Penrith, Australia, The Chicks with Tricks organized by Sylvain Antoine in France and the Breddas girl camp in Sweden just to name a few.

Not only are these people great role models, but they’re also super friendly people who aren’t afraid to go up to a beginner and say “Hey that what awesome, try this and that next time and you’ll stomp it for sure”.

On the competition side of thing, women are really well represented in cable. More and more women are signing up for events as there’s now a pro women and women pro features only categories in all the major events of the WWA and a pro women’s division on the Wakeskate tour. Sure, they’ll never get paid as well as the pro men categories, but it doesn’t stop girls from getting out there and showing the world what they’re made of. This is sadly not the case when it comes to boat competitions…

Up until 2014, women were included in 2 out of the 5 Mastercraft events in North America. It wasn’t much, but women’s wakeboarding still had its place which was a motivating factor for a lot of girls out there.

Unfortunately in 2014, Mastercraft, King of wake and Rockstar took the executive decision to exclude the pro women division (and juniors) from all of their events.

This meant that no matter how hard they tried, how hard they trained and how determined they were, the industry would never consider women as athletes.

This news came as a massive shock to a lot of people but as Amber Wing said “As I have always done throughout my career I am going to continue to push the limits of my ridding personally, travel around keeping girls amped on wakeboarding and teaching new ladies to ride. Hopefully work out a way, looking outside the box to create a Women’s pro Wakeboard event with Melissa Marquardt, as that has been her dream for many years. We will continue to fight for the sport we love.”

I’m not going to go on a feminist rant or anything, all I’m saying is that thank god that this deplorable decision hasn’t deterred strong women like Melissa and Amber from pursuing their dreams. Women’s wakeboarding will continue to evolve as more and more women learn to wakeboard and wakeskate and I really hope to see a positive change in the way the industry perceives women in the next few years.

Jamie Lopina - Pic: Justin Worral - Mc Cormicks - USA

Photos: Philippe Sirech Report: Dom Granger

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Wakepark Worlds AbuDhabi… how classy and exotic does that sound? Well the event was as good as it sounds last November 5-7. The heat was on high during this World Class competition, not only due to the hot desert climate of the Persian Gulf where Abu Dhabi is located, but of course because of the insane levels of riding and motivation that could be found at Al Forsan International Sports Resort during the Wake Park World Championships.

First time in the region for a few, old stomping grounds for others: getting your feet wet in Al Forsan’s waters felt good for everyone and competitors literally came from all around the world for the event. The broad range of competition categories (8 divisions in men’s amateur, 6 in women’s amateur and 5 pro division) truly attracted riders from all horizons, of ages between 5 and 46 years old from a total of 26 different countries. It was pretty amazing to see such a great variety of riders on the water during these three days. If we think of these people as a representation of the wakeboarding around the world, it only tells us one thing: our sport is doing awesome.

The WWA was the first big wakeboarding competition I ever attended and knowing that there was a 40 000 $ cash purse for the pros made me think that the atmosphere was going to be quite tense for the 3 competition days. I couldn’t be further away from the truth: even though the riders in the pro category took their heats very seriously, as they should, the vibe was mellow, everyone was smiling and cheering for whoever was on the water. Basically, it felt like the vibe of most major cableparks I’ve been to - just a big old bunch of buddies pushing each other to ride better: healthy and fun competition.

Alright let’s get to the real deal – the best moments. One name stood out of the rest during the event and no, it wasn’t a well-known Grant, Davies or Gunn (even though theses riders impressed everyone as always) – it was Omier Saeed. It probably doesn’t ring a bell for most of you I’m sure, but trust me, it’s one we shall all keep an eye on.

The local rider has only been riding for a mere three years and has recently been picked up by Red Bull, which is an achievement in itself. He made was the pride of his country when he stood on the highest step of the podium as the Amateur Wakeskate Champion and getting a special mention for making it all the way to the finals in the Men’s Pro category, a first for a UAE rider.

Daniel Grant

Photo: Raynald Tanny - Tampa - USA Aaron Gunn

Other highlights would include James Windsor going home with a 3rd place in Pro Wakeskate men (I don’t even think he was expecting it!) behind Andy Kolb and Daniel Grant (duh!). Mr Grant didn’t disappoint either, going home with a first place in the Men’s Pro category but surprisingly not making it to the finals in the Men’s Pro features, which was won by a deserving Aaron Gunn.

On the ladies’ side of things, well, let’s just say a lot of guys in this world would love to “ride like a girl” if it meant throwing down like these chicks. With names like Courtney Angus, Angelika Schriber, Julia Rick and Maxine Sapulette, the show was definitely on and not only were the girls shredding on the water during their heats, but we could also see them on the pontoon, involved with the next generation of riders, giving tips and encouragement to their little protégés and pupils during the junior heats. On the result side, Julia “the machine” Rick once again showed the consistency we know and, we could almost say, was a proof of German engineering at its best! She cleaned up the podiums and went home with the two soughtafter first places in Women Pro divisions.

Well folks, that’s it and if you missed it this year, you might want to seriously consider attending the next event happening in Al Forsan – stellar facilities, great times, sunshine… that’s without even talking about the massive karting track and all the luxury Abu Dhabi has to offer. One last argument: imagine how does saying casually “I’m tanned? Oh yeah, I was in Abu Dhabi last week” will sound…

Pro Wakeskate 1 Grant, Daniel THA 2 Kolb, Andy GER 3 Windsor, James AUS Women’s Professional 1 Rick, Julia GER 2 Angus, Courtney 3 Sapulette, Maxine NED Pro Women’s Features 1 Rick, Julia GER 2 Angus, Courtney 3 Schriber, Ange RSA Men’s Professional 1 Grant, Daniel THA 2 Fooshee, Tom USA 3 Powell, Chandler USA Pro Men’s Features 1 Gunn, Aaron AUS 2 Powell, Chandler USA 3 Fooshee, Tom USA

James Windsor

Interview: Raynald Tanny Photos: Kolya Tsarev

Nikita

Martyanov There are very few Russian riders who have successfully made it onto the ranks of the international wakeboarding scene. One of these riders in particular is Nikita Martyanov.

With his super clean and pure style, Nikita managed to get everyone’s attention. He is one of the most gifted riders of his generation and he is now part of a handfull of riders that are well known for their “steez”. Check out the next few pages to see what Nikita Martyanov is all about...

Hi Nikita, how are you today?

All good, staying back home in Russia now cant wait to go to Asia and shred.

We’re pretty proud to interview you because you’re probably one of the most stylish rider at the moment. You’re a boat rider, a cable rider, and a winch rider... Pretty versatile aren’t you? Is there a difference to you between being a cable rider or boat rider? Or you just don’t care, you just wakeboard?

Boat riding will be always the best, hardest, and most interesting way to wakeboard for me. I started riding more than 16 years ago behind an old ski boat and at that time almost no one knew what wakeboarding was, but as soon as rail riding was introduced I started to ride cable as well because of snowboarding. I already had board control on rails so it was not a big problem to start. I can’t really say what I like more, in boat you have a lot of tech, but rail riding for me is always a good way to work on my flow.

Even though you are always travelling around the world, can you tell us what the russian wakeboard scene is like?

I think that for all Russians, wakeboarding is the best way to spend time on the water. In these parts of Europe we don’t have the ocean, we don’t have waves and wind so thats why in summer all cables and boat spots are fully booked.

We know that there are some young russian shredders who are killing at the moment, could you give us the names of the riders who will probably be the best in few years?

I can say that we have a lot of talented riders all around Russia in cable and in the boat, and all competitions are very hard to ride. Also new generation riders like Max Sitnikov are killing it !

There seems to be more and more cablepark in Russia. If we wanted to visit some, where should we go ?

We have a lot sick systems, like Drop park or Kingwinch. Russia produce everything that you need to build the perfect wake park or system and its way cheaper compared to Europe. We have a lot factories around so for us its way easier to build. I think you will see more and more cable brands being built in Russia over the next few years.

Do you do other sports? Like snowboarding, skateboarding, etc?

I came to wakeboard from snowboarding ,7 month of snow back home gives you a lot of time to ride, plus we have sick parks around and one of the biggest mountains in the world.

You’re probably an influence for all the russian wakeboarders. How do you feel about that responsability ?

I spend a lot of time overseas but of course when I ride back home I try to help everyone to progress.

We do a lot of stuff with Red Bull to help people ride better. Its a big responsibility but I’m glad that I can help.

And which riders influence you the most?

Nikita Terskov and Max Sitnikov ride with me a lot.

Max on cable and Nikita on boat.

Which videos blew your mind the most this season ?

Oh this season shows how big wakeboarding is in the world. Drop The Gun, Debut, Prime…all of these movies push the sport to a new level! Its hard to say which one is the best as all of them are amazing!

Is it hard to make a name for yourself when you come from a country where wakeboarding is the biggest sport?

You know I never really try to build a name, I just tried to ride as much as I could and do things that I liked, competitions, trips, photo video sessions, thousands of friends around the world and now building a wake parks… all these things already make your life.

What about the cold weather you have in Russia ? How long is the wakeboard season ?

HAHA its a funny question, I can say that its the biggest stereotype about Russia! We have the same season as in Germany or Sweden. Of course we don’t have +35 all the time and some times we have to ride a lot in a wetsuit but we live in the european part of Russia.

You’re also a great photographer. Are you happy by the shots you see in magazines?

I love film photography the most. I respect a lot of US photographers because they still shoot on film. When you take digital camera, its so easy to be a «photographer», push one button and 100 pics per jump are ready, but take a film camera and try to make 1 single shot at the right time, thats real photography! Of course in our days, we have to shoot on digital cameras but I’m just trying to say that its always sick when photographer can use both film and digital just to keep with the true process.

You’re more known to be a freerider than a contest rider. Is it a choice or is it just because doing the whole wakeboard world tour is way to expensive ?

I do mostly boat comps and sometimes I ride cable but just when I want!

I take part in all IWWF competitions, Europeans, Worlds, World Cup, so I cant really say that i don’t take part in comps.

You’ve been riding for a long time now, what has wakeboarding provided you?

I started wakeboarding only because we were snowboarders and we needed something to do in summer. Its fun and I feel exactly the same as I did 16 years ago. And it doesn’t matter if you’re a pro rider or beginner, its all about fun and its always good when you can have enough money for your life and wakeboard helps with that.

What is your best memory as a pro wakeboader?

When I came 3d in the worlds in Korea 2013. I was so happy that I made one of my hardest pass in a comp. I think competitions are all about self contro, its hard to spent One days just waiting for 5 sets and the rest of the time you just wait! I think this is way harder than riding in the comp.

And your best memory when you started to wakeboard?

The first time landed an air railly!! Its such a gay trick but you have to understand that I did it in 2000 behind a ski boat without a proper wake and with huge middle fins!

And how did you discover this sport?

Everything started from snowboarding, we just tried to find some activity for summer. In Russia, water ski was very popular and every big city had a water ski club. As I said, we dont have wind or waves so if you want to do something in summer on the water you can go water skiing!

With the arrival of « big airs », what do you think about the evolution of the sport?

Unfortunately I haven’t tried it yet, but I think systems and big air are our future which is why I’ve started to build my own system at the same place where we ride boat. Next year DROP park will have its own big AIR. Could you speak about DROP Wakepark ?

Back home I have sickest lake to ride boat, but me and my friends we always thought about system riding. All European cable brands are too expensive, and in Russia you can build it way cheaper with the same quality, the same engines and the same electronic. Steel and all the materials that we need to build are produced in Russia, all that I need is a factory which can build exactly what i want. My very good friends FK RUMPS were the factory who build the first system for me, which we installed on our lake! Later we stared thinking about a park for this system. It always the same set up everywhere you go, 2 kickers 1 fun box and sometime it can be a pipe or a roof rail. When I thought about what I should build for my system, I thought about different obstacles and how they can work together. How many lines you can create just by putting two simple obstacles close together. I took my favorite lines and obstacles and created one big park that you can see in our video THE DROP Project. This is our way of creating something new in wakeboard rail riding. Now we are starting our own brand DROP, which produce systems and wake parks.

Where is your best destinations for your winter training? And what is a perfect destination?

I think the best places you can go to for winter riding are Usa , Asia and Australia, I cant wait to go some where!

Thanks for all your answers Nikita. Any last words?

Thank you so much UNLEASHED for this interview, and I hope everyone rides safe!

Photo: Hectro Urzaiz Calpe

Antoine Itw: Raynald Tanny

ALLAUX Maybe one of the best french riders, and probably even one of the best European wakeboarder, Antoine Allaux is part of the nicer wakeboarders you can see ridĂŹng.

Very humble, he is certainly not the one you will hear screaming loudly in party. No, where you will see him speaking the best is on the water.

Fluid, clean, stylish, creative, here is his interview.

Enjoy !

Photo: Hectro Urzaiz Calpe

Hey Antoine, happy new year! Can you give us a little recap of the year that’s just gone by? It was pretty intense right?

Happy new year Raynald, and happy new year to all the Unleashed readers as well! Yeah this year was pretty intense, I went to a lot of different contests around Europe including the FISE, Wake Of Steel, and Plastic Playground, it was really cool to ride all of these different setups! I went to a fair few different cable parks around Europe and I cut up a whole heap of metal too!!

Your video project STAIRWAY was really successful, how long did it take you to make it?

Thanks! It took us about a month to build the two rails and the stairs with the help of Hugo Charbit, Ben Bacquie, Guillaume and heaps of other guys. It took us a long time because I could only concentrate a small amount of my time to this project as I have a full time job and we had to make everything out of metal, nice and solid, so it could stay permanently on the cable afterwards. I really didn’t think that building a set of stairs would take that long! As for the video, the cable was shut to the public so we had two times two days to set everything up and shoot. The condiditons were perfect, it was awesome!

Who shot and edited the video?

It was Rémy Carillon from the « This Is How We Ride » collective. He filmed everything and then did all the editing. It was really cool to work with him, he’s a real pro, a real artist who has plenty of ideas when it comes to staging a video.

Did you partake in the directing and give your advice on the editing, or did you just ride and build the obstacles?

Rémy managed 99% of the artistic aspect of the video. I did give my advice on certain camera angles but it was entirely his video. I just had to build the obstacles and slide on them.

We all knew that you could land in a set of stairs like a « fire cracker », but going up the stairs like a « fire cracker » was a new one for everyone! Were you scared or were you confidant when you went into it?

I was sure it was going to work but building the stairs took a lot longer than expected and the pressure was really starting to build up. When I finally rode it on the last two days of filming, I was pretty scared I was going to do a face plant straight into it but in the end it was easier than what I thought and I was relieved after the first try!

Well it was a great success, I think it’s the best french video that’s ever been made! Do you have any new video projects in the works for next year?

Thanks, it’s nice to get some positive feed back. I’m really happy on how it all turned out even though the actual setup is nothing like what I had planned…I’d like to build an even better setup next year and shoot it on different spots around France with some winches and some buddies.

You’ve always had the tricks and the capacity to win contests, but for a while there it seemed like stress was stopping you from winning anything.

Nowadays you seem to have it under control and you’re back on top of the podiums. How did you end up managing your stress?

I think that I just got used to riding under pressure. I got used to having other riders watching me, falling, loosing, I know it’s part of the game even though its not always easy. I’m a lot less stressed out now when I go into a run because I tell myself to have fun and that’s super important. I must admit that I still feel a lot of pressure when it comes to finals but I’m taking it one step at a time!

Photo: Hectro Urzaiz Calpe

With the arrival of flexboards a few years back, we went from one type of flex board to a multitude of different types of « flex ». What type of board do you like? Do you like it to be soft, hard, flexible, with a lot of rocker?

I like big boards that are flat, with medium flex that’s spread out over the length of the board and a lot of rocker. I think that the Slingshot Reflex will be my weapon of choice for next season.

And what about the bindings?

I’ve been riding the Shredtown bindings for a while now because of the integrated liners and I don’t think I could ever go back to normal bindings…My feet have turned into princesses!

You ride almost exclusively in cable. Have you had the chance to get in a few boat sessions lately?

And there’s no winching in your video…Was that due to a lack of time or was it voluntary?

I started wakeboarding behind a boat and I rode a full season in 2007 and then I started riding cable.

Since then I’ve probably done one boat session per year.

I really wanted to have some winching in the video because I love going winching but we didn’t have enough time. The worst part is that I have a winch at work and some really cool spots nearby that we sometimes go and hit…but as I was saying above, there will definitely be some winching in next year’s video.

If you had to recommend one wakebaording spot in France, what would it be ? Or what would they be if you don’t one to name just one?

There are heaps of new cables that I haven’t had the chance to try out just yet and they all look like a lot of fun. I’ve spent a lot of time in Damazan (TND) and its definitely worth the drive. There’s a real riding spirit out there, the people are super nice and there’s plenty of metal on the water which is a nice change from all the plastic parks out there!

There’s also Cergy which has a really nice atmosphere, a good park and not too many people during the week. And of course there’s TNM, TNG, TSN, and Exo 77.

Have you had the chance to visit many parks overseas ?

Which one would you definitely go back to?

I haven’t ridden many spots overseas but the first country that comes to mind is definitely Thailand with all its cableparks. Whether its the food, the atmosphere, or the landscapes, Thailand is definitely worth it! This year I’m going to the Philippines for a change, the park looks insane I can’t wait! I’ve also been to a few different spots in the U.S and to Hipnotics. There’s a fair few decent spots close to France now too: Malamar and OCP in Espagne, and Liquid Leisure in London. Liquid Leisure is nuts, last time I was there they had 17 Unit obstacles, and more have arrived since…

Who do you ride with the most?

I probably ride with Cyrille Benzidane the most. He’s my boss and my sponsor (Allis Possible) and we go ride together at Cergy everyday after lunch time. We often meet up with some of the talented local kids like Yannis Duthier, Jules Charraud, or Laurent Barrois, who started not long ago and has already gotten pretty good. And this year I’m going to be able to ride with Paul Bichet again who’s just come back from a long injury. He’s a really good rider when his body works properly! Travelling also allows you to ride with heaps of different people and I think that’s super important.

Is there a rider in particular that inspires you and makes you want to try out new tricks?

Yeah for sure, we all inspire each other and I must admit that there’s way too many people to name just one. The reason I love going to contests is that I get to ride with heaps of people that inspire me and I only get to see them for only a few weeks every year.

If my memory serves me correctly, you’ve never really been injured. What’s your secret? Wrming up? Luck?

You’re made out of rubber!?

Ahah I don’t know, a lot of luck I guess! I always try to warm up before going for a ride, to stretch as often as possible and to eat the right foods.

You’ve been riding for Slingshot for a while now so when are we going to see you in their annual videos!? Jeff McKee, this question is for you too! hehehe Excatly, that’s a question for Jeff ahah!

Jeff McKee: Well you really backed me into the corner on this one guys! Haha. We are stoked on how quickly Antoine has progressed and this summer we will be traveling to Europe to do some filming around France and Germany for one of our Auto Reply video segments. We plan to have Antoine on board with the rest of the crew to help show us around and set the lines at all the parks so we can follow him and look like we know what we are doing!

Which contests will you be participating in this year?

I’ll be doing the same ones as last year like FISE, Wake Of Steel, and Plastic Playground, but I don’t think I’ll be doing more than that. I want to set some time aside to travel and film more.

I bet that you’ve got plenty of people to thank for your video project. These next lines are for you.

I’d like to start by thanking Unleashed for this interview. A HUGE thank you goes out to Cyrille Benzidane who pushes me and helps me do what I want through Allis Possible. My other sponsors Kanar for Slingshot, Mystic, Vinny from Corner Shop. We didn’t even have 5 minutes thank any one in the video so I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Rémy Carillon who invested a lot of his time into this project, as well as Yannick. The team at TND which included Cédric, Ben, Guigui, JM and Rose as well as Hugo, Salim, Boubou, Roman, Vincent, Yannis, Jules, Marc, Joss, Ludo, Jason, and every other person who gave us a hand to carry, cut, drill, sand etc…

Thanks to everyone who’s been there for me over the years, its a heartwarming feeling to have such amazing support.

Photo: Roman Lassus

WORDS

Photos: Yok Chaiwat Interview: Raynald Tanny

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with Sylvain Antoine AKA Shisme ttttt What makes a wakepark cool?

A friendly atmosphere and some cool locals can really make a spot, but variety is still the main thing. A pipe, a long and skinny flatbar and a hip can make my day.

What makes a trick look cool?

A steezy style can turn a simple trick into a great picture and a great feeling on your board. And it is even cooler when you land 2 or 3 good tricks in the same line. It feels like being a passager in your own body and the tricks are being done by themselves.

What makes a board cool?

People always say something about the shape. For sure it needs to be good, but the real question is who want to ride a flying rainbow?

I mean I see my board everyday under my feet so I want it to match my style and taste as much as possible, just like my favorite boardshorts. I’m pretty stoked with what I got with Double Up.

In Toulouse where I live, you can skate and wakeboard in the city and we’re 2 hours from the ski resorts and the beach to go surfing. And as my Australian girlfriend says « everything is old », which is pretty cool and I try to remember that we have all of this history behind us.

What makes a wake trip cool?

A trip in a country you’ve never been to before gives you the best feeling. Discovering a new country with some new parks and riders is awesome. Asia is good for that, it’s a totally different way of life and I always enjoy my time there.

What makes a video edit cool?

I like videos that show riders who land clean tricks with soft landings, it has to look easy even if it takes you 20 lap to get the shot. It’s also important to show some lifestyle shots, the country, the people and the fun they had there. Angles are also very important as it gives a new dimension to the tricks. The classic front view can be boring sometimes, so it’s always good to change.

What makes bindings cool?

Fast laces, flexible ankles and a strong hold on the top What makes a photo cool?

After you know your tricks looks good, the light is the of the foot. most important thing. It can transform a classic picture into a spectacular point of view. And I want to thanks What makes a riding session cool? all the photographers out there who help us captures A flat lake and friends.

It’s really cool to ride with a few friends and try to do these actions. the same tricks one after the other. We’re all different and we each have our favorite trick, so it’s always fun What’s the most important thing in order to get to see new tricks and try to repeat them. That’s what sponsorship?

Nothing, if you ride well and you’re kind with the peoI love. ple you meet, it will follow. Sponsorship is just a succession of meeting and commonalities.

What makes France cool?

Food is one of the most important things for sure, I mean it seems like the biggest cliché but I’m a real What’s the most important thing in order to profrenchy and I can’t live without cheese, bread and gress? wine. I also love the fact that we have a lot of different Back to basics, a rider who knows all the basics will learn way faster and will be more constant. kinds of climate.

Photos: Philippe Sirech Words: Tom Fooshee

TRICK TIP

HOW TO O

With Tom Fooshee

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FRON ROLL to INCLINED WALL 1. In order to perform this trick, you need to be mentally prepared for it.

This is one that shoots fear throughout my head every time. So I suggest that you mentally prepare yourself for attempting this as there is a lot that can go wrong and you can get very hurt. I try to get myself in a state of freeing my mind of what could go wrong rather then thinking of how I can get myself out of every situation, more of an optimistic way of thinking rather then pessimistic.

I would go either one of these two routes though so that you are ready for it.

Also one last way to prepare is to have a solid hip transfer on lock so that you can anticipate what the landing will be like.

2. When approaching the kicker portion to a hip transfer when planning on doing this trick, you should be more concerned with your line into the kicker rather then the edge. I cruise in with a mellow to medium cut with my knees very bent with my chest and head up. This is extremely crucial because it sets you up for step three which is for where you will land on the bank.

3. Once you hit the kicker, the spring off of your feet is more important then a hard cut. So as you come off the end, it is very important to push as hard as you can off of your toes. As you push off your toes, throw your head down towards your board while bringing your knees up towards your chin.

4. As you start to flip forward, release your back hand and grab your board.

My choice grab here is indy, you can grab stalefish or tail but indy makes it easiest to grab with your back hand in the direction that you are flipping so right in between your toes is perfect. As you continue to flip, remember to keep your head down and moving in the same direction until you come out of the flip.

This will give you the option to either slow your flip down or speed it up depending on where you spot your landing. If you need to slow it down, let go of the grab earlier, if you need to speed it up, then grab longer as this will keep you tucked up more and make the rotation of flipping faster.

6. Now for one of the hardest parts, finishing out the flip. When you are doing

a hip transfer, you have to remember unlike snowboarding and skateboarding, you have no edge control or the ability to change directions once you land on the bank. So as you land on the bank, you have to treat it just like you are dropping in on a mini ramp or a quarter pipe on a skateboard. That means do what you normally would never do wakeboarding, lean forward and drop your chest down, but keep you head up and continue to bend your knees. Your mind will try to tell your body to stand up, but refuse to do so and you will make it safely and cleanly back to the water. At the point, then you can change your position and pick your chest up as you will gain edge control once you hit the water. With this bank, you get a lot of slack in the rope, so it is all on your ability to lean forward coming down the bank and then once you make it to the water, edge back towards the bank after you pass it in order to gain tension again in the rope.

*** Flipping into a bank like this really requires a lot of preparation in

knowing where you are when you flip and how to spot your landing. With spinning, you are always able to see the bank, flipping into it will make you lose the sight of the bank for a very short bit, so please take the time to know where you are with this hip transfer by having a great indy Mexican roll off of a kicker and a solid backside air hip transfer too. Put the two together and 5. Once you start to come out of the flip, spot your landing on the bank and you have got the makings for something new with lots of progression to move start to let go of your grab. forward on from this trick. Enjoy!

Location: TWP - Thailand Rider: Tom Fooshee

1. Coming in toeside is easier to learn this, and pick the smallest kicker thing you can find. Bend the knees, using both hands on the handle can help too and always keep the handle as close from your hips as you can.

2. Coming in toeside is easier to learn this, and pick the smallest kicker thing you can find. Bend the knees, using both hands on the handle can help too and always keep the handle as close from your hips as you can.

3. When you get on the kicker try to feel your board sliding then go tail heavy and drop the front foot (the latest the better).

4. At this point I always stare at my board to make sure it’s moving the way I want it and not too quickly, it get’s tricky to put your front foot back on the board but you did #1 well it should come back on it. Dare with the split, always look at the board and push it away if it has a wrong momentum!

5. So now you board should be under your feet and ready to land, but make sure you front arm is close enough to catch the handle when you touch the water so the ride away part will be nice and easy.

Interview: Raynald Tanny Photos: DUP Wakeboards

EVOLUTION

AND NOW J

with Scotty Broome J

Hi Scotty! In each issue of unleashed we give voice to riders like you have seen a lot Indeed sometimes people don’t realise that boat Wakeboarding is even the same sport.

Sounds funny but I have had that conversation with people this past year. If we want of changes in the sport.

Wakeboarding to ever join the leagues of the Surfing World Tour then we need to start Hey Unleashed. Thanks for having me in for a chat. thinking outside the box.

We need the big companies of our industry supporting the sport on the whole. It all starts For you, what event has radically changed our sport?

It seems the growing side of Wakeboarding is now more and more specifically in the wake with the riders, and there are plenty of riders right now that are out there ripping in both park scene. Though there is still plenty of boat riders around the world and for sure plenty disciplines. If we can get companies to support Wake events in general, not just relating more getting into it, the cable seems to be more accessible for most people these days. to there disicpline, then we may just see the size of our sport grow enough for it to become From what I’ve seen in events I think the influence of events like Wakestock Canada and as big as the ASP world tour.

Wakestock UK that were big boat events, but also had a feature and obstacle riding section A Tige’ boat floating in the course at FISE with video’s on the main screen between heats had the biggest impact on this change. These were probably some of the most focused might not only bring in a bit more sponsor dollar to the event, but it will showcase Wakeevents in this new style early on with huge pool gaps, rails, ramps and more all under the boarding to even more people on the whole. We have seen this type of thing in events that tow of a winch. Many other events since have setup winch parks across the world but have the boat event near by or as part of the same complex such as OWC, but by thinking a they were some of the first big ones I remember that were big, scary and showcased this bit different and by having these companies supporting the big events on the whole might whole new style of shredding on a wakeboard and skate. Now Wake The Line, Wake Lab, just be the way to gain interest from a wider audience. Similarly if the wider cable commuRising High, FISE, Wake Open, Harbour Reach and so many many more sick events all nity and brands could support the big boat events, to promote the sport of Wakeboarding over the place are truly showcasing the sport to the masses standing alone away from the as one thing, then we may just generate enough interest and bring in a bigger external support that could help to create a large format world tour. traditional boat events.

Wakeboarding in both disciplines is in a good way but there is still a lot of silly stuff that goes on within the community. It’s not until we learn to let all that go and grow together For you which rider clearly marked sport the last 10 years?

Oh man what a question! So many people are deserving of a mention here. 10 years is a that I think the sport will be able to become as big as Surfing is now. Cable or Boat it’s all Wakeboarding in the end! long time.

Behind a boat you couldn’t not mention Byerly, Vandal, Parks, Darin, Kenney, Murray, Lyman, Phil, Harley, Dean, Rathy and on and on and on and on. There are so many people Wakeboarding in Australia has changed since you started? that have brought something new, kept things LARGE and done something sick behind For sure it has. I started out as a boat rider as that was probably the most popular style of a boat in the past decade. On the cable and in a Park, I’ve been blown away by so many Wake back in the day. There were a couple of cables but those riders kept too themselves people in the past 10 years. Again so many people are worth mentioning here. JD, Mitch, and we kept to our selves. Seems so weird looking back at that now, but that was how it Raph, DG, BP, Nico, Dom, Marc and so so so so so many more males and females that was for a while. The events were all geared around boat then too. Now there are bigger keep doing sick things on their boards with rails and feature’s. I couldn’t possibly say one and better Wake parks going up in every state and the boat market continues to push hard with better and better products each year. was more defining than the next.

And most importantly FAT wakes. There is plenty of water around Australia so it is the perfect place to go out for a day with your friends behind the boat. Plenty of cable riders And which brands and new shape’s marked the sport in the last 10 years?

Double Up! Haha. But seriously we are sick ! Again so many could be pointed out here. from then and now have made that transition and can crush it in both styles. There are These are some pretty loaded questions. I think the biggest and best change I see in board plenty more Wake Park events now and Australia has really become a destination for the tech is the use of timber in the core. Plenty of companies have done this as long ago as travelling riders with people visiting and often working here from all over the world.

1996/97 with Cordial producing full timber flexy shapes for use behind the boat. From Wake in Australia is healthy and here to stay. then the technical use of different timbers and the way we understand how to fiberglass in new ways is proving to make better and better product each year. Lighter, stronger, No I reassure you, you are not an ancestor of the sport ... But over the years and flexier. It’s all going in a really good direction. The influence of the snow industry on our injuries that could happen to you, did you change the way you ride? bindings has been awesome too. The support and hold you now get from the bindings has Haha. Thanks. meant the incidence of injury has gone right down and people who are just getting into I’ve definitely done some riding over the years and with that have a very long list of wakeboarding are now going to ride for a lot longer than the generation’s before them. injuries that go with it. Some that put me out from riding for 6, 9 and even 12 months at a time. I of course want to keep the level of riding I’ve built up too, but I am also realistic It’s awesome. about wanting to keep myself injury free and on the water. I guess that thought has slightly It seems that in cable wakeboarding has become more practiced than the wakeboard changed my approach to each time I shred now. Sure I still try new tricks, work on things and am always wanting to push myself. I definitely am my biggest critic on how I ride and boat. This is really the case?

I think it is rad where Wake has come since more riding started happening on 2 tower and want to ride all the time. I don’t think that will ever stop. full cable’s at huge events across the world. Wake Park riding has risen. But so has the But I want to keep riding, keep filming, competing and just having a good time on my riding level in big boats events with huge wakes. I still love boat contests and I hope that board for as long as possible. I’d love to go for a shred when I’m 80 too. That would be these events keep running alongside each other more and more. I would love to see these cool! So if I’m changing the way I ride a bit to make it happen in the long run, then I’m 2 sides of Wakeboarding work closer to each other for the greater good. I think both styles cool with that. of riding are as important and as sick as each other. They both bring something unique and And finally, you have an idea of how long you will do contests? special to Wakeboarding.

I guess for as long as they remain fun and I keep getting invited to ride in them. I still get a buzz out of it and have never been someone to not like doing events. I’ve not always been How can you explain that?

I think it was the refining of the 2 tower cable system, specifically the Sesitec 2.0 that has the best competition rider but it is a pretty good feeling when you make it through a heat really given rise to this new realm of wake contests all over the world. As well as this the or just ride your best on the day. ever increasing installation of full cable’s and the events on them all over the world. Wake- A lot of people talk down on that side of the sport but we wouldn’t all know each other, boarding is a global traveller’s sport even more so now. Where anyone can go somewhere get to travel together and have made those life long friendships if it wasn’t for most of tropical and shred for a week on there holidays. That has made a big impact on the increase these events. Even if most of the people I’m travelling and competing against now are in this style compared to the boat. There was, has been and will always be many more still teenagers, I’m pretty happy to be up there doing my thing with them and showcasing versions of the 2 tower cable system. But Sesitec refined it, pushed it and made it possible Wakeboarding to more and more people. for some of the biggest, best and most amazing events that we have seen around the world If you want to add a last word, these lines are for you! right now. That’s a pretty epic claim to fame!

Keep shredding and remember to keep having fun. That is why we got into it. Don’t get all What would we need for the wakeboard world tour to become as big as the world serious and start criticizing every aspect of what our sport is about. We are still growing when compared to the likes of the rest of the action sports realm. So just have fun. It’s only tour of surfing?

Cable, specifically the System 2.0 has seen a huge jump in the level of attendance at events Wakeboarding. Strap in and go have a blast! Finally a massive thanks to my sponsors for and for the progression of our sport in the past few years. It is where the majority of people keeping me doing what I love. I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for these awesome compaare now being exposed to it for the first time at events in big cities and in places deemed nies. DUP Wakeboards, O’Neill, Tige’ Boats, Hardline, Ethic Watches, CTi Knee Braces, Déjà vu Ski & Board Stores impossible to run large scale events before.

Photos: Jobe Wakeboards Interview: Raynald Tanny Spot: TNG - France

Julian

Cohen When you think cable, there are some riders that come immediately to your mind. Julian Cohen is part of those.

Versatile, creative, very technique and clean, motivated, Julian imposed itself on contests, but also on the web with his videos. Even if his brother Yonel seems to catch him, it is clear that julian is still holding the distance...

This month, we give him some pages to express themselves.

Happy reading!

Hey Julian, how are you today?

What does a winter of wakeboard training look like in florida ? Is it made up exclusively of wakeboarding?

I am great, my winter in Florida isn’t so much a winter. More like a breezy day.

What I do is put my wakeboard down for about a month or 2 and I go to sports training.

Will you be back in Europe this season? Which events will we have the pleasure of seeing you at?

I will come back, I will be at all the Fise events and Redbull events. Possibly even doing the WWA again. Who knows!

You don’t seem stressed at all during contests. Am I right or do you just hide your sress really well?

I never stress during contest, we know each other so well. It’s almost like a fun game. Of course it’s a big deal traveling 28 hours to Abu Dhabi for a world championship, but I never feel the stress.

I usually can’t wait till contest season to be able to ride with everyone again.

Could you recap your 2014 season?

Well my 2014 was much different then my previous years. I started the first half of the year strong with contest. Then I decided to back off from the traditional contest held by WWA and alliance.

I wanted to travel still but for different reasons. Reasons like making videos and What’s your technique in order gathering the footage up for a longer not to stress? edit.

Realize what your brothers, friends, teachers, and who ever are doing while you What was your favorite co mp you are in another country wakeboarding. I in 2014? promise you’ll be like.... Oh damn, I got I 100% preferred Fise in Montpelier. It it goooooood. was so ALIVE! Lets talk about something less You’re starting to get pretty famous funny and more serious. Do you around the world of wakeboarding. have a career plan for your career For those who are hungry of fame, after wakeboarding? can you explain how you went from Yes, I’ve just created a production combeing an unknown rider to a known pany called AirHouseMedia and my rider? team has already started making comAm I famous? Haha Awesome. mercials and Promotion videos (non Ummmmm well, I guess for any wake- wakeboard related). boarder to be a known wakeboarder there’s a couple different ways. Win contest I know you like these types of that are marketed world wide (Fise, wake questions. You just need to choose of steel, triple crown, wake park World one answers: Sushine ride or sunSeries), make viral videos and take awe- set ride? some pictures and send them to wake Sun set magazines (also upload cool content to social media) Contest isn’t a must anymo- Regular cable, goofy cable or sysre. Which is awesome. Now go buy your tem 2 towers? self a drone and start filming! Best online Regular site for all drones is «Drone Nerds»!

Video shooting or photo shooFor you, is wakeboarding a sport or ting? a lifestyle? Or both?

Video It’s definitely a sport. It’s my profession at the moment, and I love it. I guess do Ok, normal wakeboarding queswhat you love and get financially sup- tions are pretty boring am I right? ported to do it. Perfect combo, but what Let’s start with some good ones: makes it a sport is that it won’t be that Big fake boobs or tinny little real combo if you don’t take it competitively. boobs?

So for that, it’s more then just a life style. Real It’s my job too.

Blonde, brunette, ginger or no What can you tell us about your pro hairs? model board with JOBE? What kind Brunette and no hair down stairs of rider is it for?

It’s for everyone!! Haha. Well I’ll be ho- Living poor in America or living nest, when I created this board with help rich in Europe? of Neik Huiskes. I wanted a rail board Rich in Europe that was also great for traction control (air tricks, boat, landings) but still have a Being single but being the best wafun flex side to the mix. Most people who keboarder in the world or having know me, they know I’ve blown out both all the girls you want but being a my knees. So I needed a board that could dick on a wakeboard? absorb impact very well for soft landings. Being single and being the best wakeThat’s why it’s got a 2.88 rocker and is boarder quite wide. She’s a beauty.

Having an anus on your forehead You’re one of the riders that boosts or having a penis in your hand? the highest on kickers in the world. Hahaha I guess penis hand. Won’t be Do you have a secret for not brea- single for long with that attachment. king your knees at every reception?

I guess that’s awesome to be known as Wakeboarding on the snow or someone who goes huge on kickers. Aa- snowboarding on the water? ron and Daniel have got that dialed too. Snowboarding on water I would probably have to say, there is no trick to it. It doesn’t hurt going that big. Thanks for your time bro, if you You just need to be aware of where you have something to say, now is the are and prepare for a good landing. It’s time! too much fun and I recommend everyone Thank you to my sponsors, Polaroid, to learn to go massive!

Jobe, Protec, And Drone Nerds.

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Roland Barthes

Mathieu Montoro -Lacanau - France - Photo: Pierre Marie Caminati

Christian Deltell - Doublewake - Spain - Photo: Hector Urzaiz Calpe

James Windsor - TWP - Thailand - Photo: Philippe Sirech

Matthieu Montoro - France - Photo: Marie Rougier

Antoine Allaux & Edgar Pinyol - Barcelona - Spain - Photo: Hector Urzaiz Calpe

Sjors Van De Kerkhof - Holland - Photo: Jarno Schurgers

Daniel Grant - RWP - Philippines - Photo: Derry Malloy

Bartek Witt - WakePlace - Poland - Photo: Dennis Dulko

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