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ON THE COVER BOB SOVEN If I’m ever shooting the double-up, trying to keep the tow-boat in the shot, I’ll use my Nikkor 300mm lens because I can just barely get the distance needed between the towboat pulling the rider and the boat where I’m standing. Generally, as the towboat driver, you’d never want to turn on the rider while he’s in the air. But sometimes, with another photo-boat floating across the boat pattern, there is no better choice. The hardest part about this shot is safely eyeballing where the boat pattern will cross the wake (creating the double-up) while anticipating my own boat drift, then lining it all up and making it happen. Prior to shooting, It’d tell the tow-boat driver
our boat toward the best
boat rocking over on it’s
and rider the plan just so
“escape” direction.
side, in mid-turn, nar-
we could avoid any and
I’m glad we were all ready, rowly avoiding a collision.
all possible dangerous
because this shot of Bob
There was a quick burst
situations. Then sepa-
Soven on Wake Journal
of frames, followed by an
rately, just to be safe, I’d
Issue 11 was a little too
immediate panic to “gun
tell my own boat driver to
close for comfort. That’s
it” out of their way. Good
be ready to move out of
probably also why I like it
thing we had that safety
harms way, by pointing
so much. You can see the
meeting ahead of time.
CLEAR LAKE, FLORIDA APRIL 22, 2010 CAMERA: NIKON D3 LENS: NIKKOR 300MM ANGLE: FLOATING BOAT
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Kevin Henshaw ST. ZOTIQUE, QUEBEC
Here are 3 signs of a good time: 1. Riding doubles with a friend. 2. Hitting a rail over and over again with the photos and video to prove it. 3. Signs. 6
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Lake Powell Houseboats ARIZONA
Each year at the Liquid Force photo shoot, we’d navigate the houseboats through the miles of canyons until we found our own little secluded cove. If it turned out to be a good spot, we’d camp there for a night or two. As the days were packed with tons of riding, the nights were filled with lots of partying and random land explorations. With the moonlight and stars guiding the way, I stopped on shore and set up the tripod to document our floating party…beer in hand, of course.
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Chris O’Shea THE PROJECTS, FL
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This is one of those accidentally cool photos that will happen every now and again. With just the right angle of light hitting the water
Danny Harf LAKE MINNEHAHA, FL
housing that the camera was in, the circular reflection you can see is coming from a water droplet, close to the lens (to the best of my knowledge). Taking off the wake isn’t exactly your best position preferred in your typical wake photo, but with the “circular oddity” factor, I thought this shot of Danny could slide. 13
James Balzer ST. ZOTIQUE, QUEBEC
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Bob Soven LAKE POWELL, AZ
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Erik Ruck CLEAR LAKE, FL
This double flasher photo is an
comfortable, and certainly isn’t
housing flashes, it helps to not
organized headache of ropes,
“smooth.” It’s more of a controlled even think about the rider. Thank-
tubes and extra people lending
crash the entire time. With wind
fully, shooting a veteran of the
a hand. Riding on the tube while
chop and other boat rollers to
sport like Ruck, he’s the least of
shooting photos is the least bit
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Lack of rain in Lake Powell will
Force photo shoot, we had parked wider, begging for a photo. As I
make it difficult to find any natural our houseboats next to a penin-
set up some lights for a shot, it
rock pools or ponds. These days,
sula that appeared to be “grow-
didn’t take long for Reed to grab a
the water level will drop quicker
ing” by each sunrise. Day by day,
driver and his skate to pull off this
than it will rise. At the Liquid
the natural gap got bigger and
360-shuv over the Powell rock. Aaron Reed LAKE POWELL, AZ
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Trevor Hansen LAKE WINONA, FL
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Keith Lyman LAKE POWELL, AZ
Shaun Murray ST. JOHNS RIVER, FL
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Ben Greenwood LAKE MINNEOLA, FL
There are only a handful of riders who are dialed-in like Ben Greenwood. He’s the type of guy who you can always rely on. He’ll wake up early and on time, bring several cans of gas, and will be the first to uncover the boat, no questions asked. Top it all off, Benny G kills it on a wakeboard. It’s no surprise every photo of him is badass. How do you make “fetchingthe-boat” look good, you ask? Just have Benny go get it.
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Nate Perry THE PROJECTS, FL
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Dustin O’Ferrall ELIZA ISLAND, WA
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Jimmy LaRiche CLEAR LAKE, FL
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Wake Surf Barrel CLEAR LAKE, FL
Of all the inboard boats in the wake industry, the Tige 24VE has the best boat wake for wakesurfing. Need more mini-green-room proof than this? Okay, wait till the next issue‌ 28
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Meddock GoPro self-portrait LAKE CONWAY, FL