Wake Journal, Issue 45 by Wake Journal

WAKE JOURNAL

THE RODRIGO DONOSO ISSUE

GRANT ROBERTS

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ALL PHOTOS & CAPTIONS THIS ISSUE BY RODRIGO DONOSO www.rodrigophotography.com

You’ll like Rodrigo Donoso the first time you meet him. “Just a really good dude,” is what I would tell you. But you have to warn certain older folks, because he has a sort of Captain Caveman thing going on. Give him a Rockstar cap and stilts, and he’s a dead ringer for Scott Byerly. Not that it matters though. Rod has made his own name as one of the dopest lensmen on the water today. Now he brings a nice west coast flavor to this all-Rodrigo edition of Wake Journal. PHOTO: ROB CORUM

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GRANT ROBERTS

A short story about the cover... As told by the one and only Rodrigo

Texas is a winch spot powerhouse. It’s completely covered with bad ass spillways. The “Dunlap Gap” located in Texas has produced a bunch of really sick images in the last few years. I happen to love winch photos for the nontraditional feel that they have, and this place seems to have been built specifically for shredding. It’s perfect and has multiple options so the chance to get an original photo here is pretty much up to the rider and how much he wants to push it… and whether or not your photographer has done his job capturing the moment. I was lucky enough to hang with the Obscura team back in December at the Reed household in Wimberly, Texas. We had a blast the entire time we were there and got to check out a bunch of cool spots that Aaron had lined up for

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us. Dunlap Gap was one of them. Needless to say, I was stoked to get the chance to shoot this spot and try to capture a sick photo of my own here. After photographing this from a couple different angles, I ran across this perspective. I was instantly psyched on it because you could really get a sense of how big this thing was. I remember the feeling of knowing that I had gotten some really good

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images when we were leaving this spot and couldn’t wait to get them onto my

DECEMBER, 2010

laptop to take a better look. Whenever you have a successful day it’s only proper that you reward yourself with a good time. This trip produced some great times, and a handful of really sick images. Without the help of Aaron Reed, Stephan Schriever, Grant Roberts and Danny Hampson it wouldn’t have been possible.

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JOSH TWELKER

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Josh Twelker DELTA, CA

Josh Twelker is emerging as one of the best riders on the west coast. He has a way of putting a certain bit of english on his tricks that make them all his own.

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Tony Carroll DELTA, CA

Getting a birdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eye view on the Delta.

Justin Fisher NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

Fish is always coming up with ways to up his street credâ&#x20AC;Ś Here we visited the hood so Justin could show them how he rolls. Justin Fisher + Winch + Hood = Photos.

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Rich “Whispers” Facciano ‘INDIAN SLOUGH,’ CA

I’m seriously beginning to believe that Rich has found the Fountain of Youth. Back Bigs at the tender age of 40 never look so good.

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SEQUENCE

TREVER MAUR

Wrapped HS 5 DELTA, CA

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wrapping up is a cool way to make tricks look a little different. When approaching this trick, hold the T-handle close to your body.

Grab the “ish” out of the board

fluid feeling that comes from it.

So many options...

after you unwrap and BOOM,

You can always slow it down and

Never ending fun.”

POW haha…that’s it. It’s one of

hold the grab longer with a 360

my favorite tricks because of the

or speed it up and take it to 720.

— Trever Maur

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Derek Cook â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;RAILROAD SLOUGH,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; CA

Derek is always multitasking. Here he is stretching, trying out a new board, and plugging his sponsors all at the same time. Do work son!

RANDALL HARRIS

Randall Harris DELTA, CA

I’m not going to sit here and tell you that Randall Harris goes huge, or that he rides 93’ behind the boat where the wake is super wide, or that he rides at 28mph, and that he hits double ups at

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30mph… all while making it look super easy. I’m sure you’ve heard all that. If you haven’t, then just read this caption all over again.

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FOLLOWING

RANDALL HARRIS

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D.O.B

April 23, 1981

Rockstar

RESIDES

Canyon Lake, CA

Arnette

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Canyon Lake (back water)

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