Wake Journal, Issue 44 by Wake Journal

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GABE LUCAS

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GABE LUCAS

By Joey Meddock In the slow, not-exactlyflourishing world of Wake, you can make a living riding a board three ways. One, go beat Harley and win contests that will earn you prize money and potentially more sponsors. Two, be good and creative enough to get worthy video and magazine exposure that you could only hope means more sponsorship opportunities. Or three, have a real side job. If you are among the few lucky enough to do both really well, you probably haven’t had a real job in a long time, if at all. While he can’t necessarily hang with those winning podium positions, the podium winners can’t necessarily hang with the unique raw talent of CWB’s Gabe Lucas. Without a doubt, Lucas is one of the most creative riders out there. He constantly scouts

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new locations to winch while finding a variety of ideas to shoot all over Texas, California and beyond. He’s fun to watch off the wake and is guaranteed to blow your mind with one trick or another. Choosing the road less traveled, you have to step it up in other ways that will make your statement heard. You’ve got to have that “it” factor to ever stand

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a chance. Gabe gets it. He does everything on a wakeboard his own way. Gabe

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is innovative, marketable, smart, and rips on a wakeboard. Sprinkle that into his

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already natural creative genius and that real job will have to wait a little longer.

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Grant Roberts ORWOOD, CA

“Before any one really knew who Grant Roberts was, AKA “GR Wake Killer” (as affectionately known by

his Obscura counterparts), he was popping kneehigh ollies onto flat bars and doing big spins in front of my camera in Orwood, California. This was shot a while back. It almost brings a tear to my eye to think of how much he’s grown. Seriously… like two feet since the first time I met him until present day. But more than physical growth, Grant has proven himself to be a factor in the wakeskate community signing with companies like FOX and SPY. Also, look out for his new OBSCURA pro model for 2012. He’s accomplished a lot in his short (tall) career and I cant wait to see what he does next!!!” — Rodrigo Donoso

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Brenton Priestley CLEAR LAKE, FL

If you actually read the editor’s note in this very Wake Journal issue, you’d know how BP plays the game. In yo face Byerly!

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Brian Grubb LAKE JESSAMINE, FL

Livin the life and the life to live, Grubb makes the most out of everything, especially behind his boat and on the wakeskate. With the most legit brands in the biz backing him up, his day VIDEO

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SEQUENCE

GABE LUCAS

PHOTOS: RILEY BANGERTER

“About 10 minutes after we “borrowed” this pipe

wanting their pipe back. Gabe Lucas may be the

to shoot on, we got a call from a local business

king of freestyle, but he is a horrible thief.” — Riley Bangerter GET THE APP

Freddy Wayne LAKE WHIPPOORWILL, FL VIDEO

Boo! If I were to use a Freddy Kruger caption it probably wouldn’t even make sense to Freddy Wayne and I’d really just be dating myself.

FREDDY WAYNE

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FOLLOWING

JAMES BALZER

D.O.B

May 31, 1984

RESIDES

North of 49’ parallel

Body Glove

LAKE

Hatzic or Minnehaha

Nike 6 Obscura

SPONSORS FOOT FORWARD

Front

Monster Energy

FOOD

Snake Blood

Von Zipper

DRINK

Sam Meguil

COCKTAIL

Jeff Heer Special

DONUT STORE

Tim Hortons

CANDY

My wife

TRUCK

Ford F350 - Old and well-used

CASINO

Any one on the Rez

THING TO HUNT

Elk

INDIAN TRIBE

Gotta be the Hida or the Blackfoot

HOBBY

Speed Walking

BOARDSPORT

Surfing

HOTTIE

Rosie O’Donald

YOUTUBE VIDEO

The one where the person eats drywall

HOCKEY TEAM

The Canucks man

WAKESKATER

Rusty. He’s got the best Acid Drop

BBQ

Salmon

ARTIST

Picaso

BAND

The Highway Men

MAGAZINE

YM or Town & Country

MOVIE

8 Seconds

FLIP

The Double

RAIL

Huge gaps and skinny rails

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Rob Mapp DEERFIELD BEACH, FL

Rob Mapp may be an ol’ dog, but that doesn’t mean he can’t learn new tricks!

PHOTO: RILEY BANGERTER

Tom Fooshee SAN MARCOS, TX

Tom Fooshee really does have it better than most wakeboarders. He gets to travel the world riding the best cable parks, lives 10 minutes from Texas Ski Ranch, then when he feels like laying down a deep slaysh behind the boat, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got the Guadalupe River right in his own backyard! Must be nice to be King!

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PHOTO: RILEY BANGERTER

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Keith Lidberg ELIZA ISLAND, WA

Keith’s scarecrow scared all the birds away and that’s why you can’t see them here.

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Erik Ruck RADAR LAKE, WA

Front flip’n mastery from all angles.

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PANO

LAKE EOLA

Downtown Orlando FLORIDA

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ABSTRACT

RATTLE SNAKE CROSSING?

Lake Oroville CALIFORNIA

Just when you think you’ve seen it all... WTF, for real? It’s not like we need another thing to worry about in the water. I’ve seen drunken boaters, giant gators, water moccasins, otters, fresh water eel, occasional deer… and now a rattle snake, courtesy of California’s Lake Oroville. Thanks for adding to my collection.

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HOLGA

MATT MANZARI

Curacao, Netherlands Antilles

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