Wake Journal, Issue 36 by Wake Journal

WAKE JOURNAL

THE RUCK ISSUE

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ALL PHOTOS BY JOEY MEDDOCK (UNLESS SPECIFIED OTHERWISE)

ON THE COVER

ERIK RUCK

Mix a seasoned wakeboarding pro and the term “old school” together and you’ll get this giant oriental photo on the cover Wake Journal 36, courtesy of Erik Ruck. It’s one of his many throwback moves on a wakeboard that make Ruck one of the most well rounded, respected, and inspiring riders to photograph. While it’s not a double flip, switch 1080 or a combination of both, Ruck has something special that all the young whipping flippers of today don’t… Roots. The Ruck bag of tricks and photography bread crumbs that go along with his impressive career span more than a decade now. From the Full Tilt days with Weddington and Mikacich, Blindside and the Pointless boys, the Hyperlite era, and on to the Ronix family, I’ve been fortunate enough to capture many of those iconic Ruck moments. After you flip through these pages of Wake Journal and soak up the good vibes and nostalgic memories of one wakeboarding’s greatest souls, hopefully you will have been inspired to try a TS front flip… or a method… or an old school oriental like Ruck’s. Don’t just try the new trick of the week every time you go ride. Go try something old for a change, and get to know your roots.

—Joey Meddock

The following photos in this issue are captioned Erik Ruck.

CLEAR LAKE, FL JULY 29, 2011 CAMERA: NIKON D3 LENS: NIKKOR 80-200MM ANGLE: SITTING DUCK GET THE APP

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HEARI NG THE ANSWER

Shooting ads has always been a favorite of mine. We try to embrace the humor in every situation and hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a tiny portion of the numerous ads Meddock and I have done.

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Wake surfing in my backyard, Clear Lake,

Yellow Room Blues

has always been a great winter thing to do

CLEAR LAKE, FL

on the lake. It’s a great way to stay in shape and stay in touch with the water... Especially when you’re getting shacked up!

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Slob Front Flip To “Timeless” CLEAR LAKE, FL

There is nothing like a good slob front flip to fakie. It’s an all time great wakeboard trick that Thomas Horrell, Scott Byerly and Drew McGukin pioneered. I always loved watching them do that trick. They were the only handful of riders to embrace the front flip family of tricks.

Lake Conway Spins ORLANDO, FL

When I first started riding as a grom, Ryan Wolfe and Carlos Rivera were the first guys I met. We would shred the Conway Chain of lakes for hours on end.

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Contests For Kicks KEY WEST, FL

This was down at the Florida Keys for a Tige contest. Although I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say riding contests is really my thing anymore, booting off the kicker with a good old mute roll to revert will always be fun.

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SEQUENCE

ERIK RUCK

Off The Wall KERVILLE, TX

Shredding with the shred

and myself went on a crazy

Orleans in between. It was

town boys. Shane Bonifay,

road trip from Orlando to

a long drive and a crazy

Jimmy LaRiche, Meddock

Texas and stopping at New

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Sunset Shadows LAKE WILLIS, FL

Danny Harfâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parents house on Lake Willis is where I learned many tricks and where we filmed so much of Incomplete with the Pointless Posse. A lot of insane tricks have gone down on its waters and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m stoked to have been a part of it. 18

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Downtown Melons ORLANDO, FL

The best part about living on Clear Lake is the close proximity we are to downtown. Downtown O-town is where you can always find a few members of the wakeboard community... generally around 2am.

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Gooooaaaaaal! MAITLAND, FL

This was one of my career highlights for Billabong’s Out Of The Pond team video. The soccer goal was really fun yet pretty nerve racking on that first hit. After I got my line down, it wasn’t as bad as I thought. I got to session it for like two hours all by myself. So fun. 20

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Sneaky Pete CLEAR LAKE, FL

A Pete Rose is just one of those tricks that makes wakeboarding, wakeboarding.

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Chad Sharpe’s Creation LAKE WILLIS, FL

Unlike today’s world of legit Unit rails that are properly built, back in the day we made some janky stuff. This was one of Chad’s creations where you needed a kicker to get up onto it. Thank you, Chad.

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John Boat Back Lip LAKE HIAWASSEE, FL

Space Shuttle Atlantis ORLANDO, FL

This was a Meddock classic and a privilege for me to have been a part of. With the launch pad over an hour away, you can still see it from my house if the weather is just right. With Parks behind the wheel, and Meddock behind the

thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how we knew

lens, we kept the radio

it would line up. I did

and cell phones on

the first front, landed,

alert as the countdown

then cut back across

began. We only had

the wake for another.

three attempts to nail

This shot was from

it before the shuttle

the second try. When

was too high and out of

I cut back across for

frame. If I fell, we were

try number three, the

screwed. The second

shuttle was out of

we saw it peeking over

Meddockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s frame and

the tree-line, Parks

too high. We got super

gassed it until he could

lucky with the shot but

see the shuttle in the

the planning was what

boats rear view mirror,

made it all happen.

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Welcome To Radar Lake WASHINGTON, USA

Filming for the Welcome video was an amazing time in wakeboarding history that started a long trend of wakeboarding progression. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m honored to be part of Herb and Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s genius innovations.

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The Projects BITHLO, FL

Nose pressinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; at The Projects with the 2012 Ronix family. 30

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Braided Funk TWIN LAKES, WI

Crunchy jams with my bros at the Hedgepeth Festival. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll never forget playing on the same stage where WideSpread Panic later jammed. Relaxing and playing music with friends is where itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at.

MUSIC

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A Pointless Shot POLK COUNTY, FL

Lake Haines is where the Bonifays grew up riding and where I spent a lot of my time when I was a grom. Nothing but great memories from that lake with two of my closest friends.

Flashy Slayshy CLEAR LAKE, FL

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FOLLOWING

ERIK RUCK

D.O.B

April 13th, 1981

RESIDES

Orlando, FL

LAKE

Clear Lake, FL

FOOT FORWARD

Left

HOMETOWN

Twin Lakes, WI