APRIL 9, 2012
BOB SICHEL EDDIE VALDEZ / JEFF LANGLEY / ZANE SCHWENK
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BOB SICHEL
By Ben Greenwood Robert “Bob” Sichel... where do I begin? Bob and I have a history that dates back to about 2004. He showed up as a 14-year-old at the Wakeboard Camp in Florida. He was there for a solid week of riding. Keith Lyman and I were finishing up a glassy evening set when we first met. It just so happened that Keith and I were Bob’s favorite riders and he just got off the flight from the West Coast to catch a glimpse of us riding. He reminds me of that moment from time to time and I can’t help but think that was his “moment” when he really caught the wakeboarding bug. I think all of us can remember certain moments like that. Whether it was a new trick, meeting a hero, watching your first wake vid, it kind of helps to define our relative paths. To watch where Bob’s riding has progressed to where he is now (feeling as though I
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helped influence that journey), it’s something that I take great
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pride in. Even when Bob got his first highlight in a mag, he
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made reference to his influences. You can see it in his riding that he respects his elders, riders with his attention to detail, and desire to “do tricks the right way.”
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EDDIE VALDEZ
Pics from the pocket of Eddie Valdez.
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ON BOARD
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JEFF LANGLEY
CLEAR LAKE, FL
“This photo brings back awe-
coming from Oli that morning
the next day, Oli managed to
some memories… Early morn-
about his previous night. Working
keep a straight line long enough
ing, hot coffee, cold glassy water
behind a bar in downtown Or-
for me to tweak out
and great times with my buddy
lando, Oli brought some friends
this Batwing when
Oli Derome driving the boat for
in to visit for some tasty adult
Clear Lake was at
me. I’ll never forget the stories
beverages. Somehow at sunrise
it’s calmest.“ — Jeff Langley
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Gabe Lucas LAKE OROVILLE, CA
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Keith Lidberg ALLEN, TX
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FOLLOWING
ZANE SCHWENK
D.O.B.
July 17, 1975
HOMETOWN
Winter Haven, FL
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YEARS RIDING
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FOOT FORWARD
I was goofy, now I am regular
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Parks Bonifay in 12 Honkeys
CABLE PARK
Texas Ski Ranch
RAPPER
Jay-Z
ROPE LENGTH
80 feet?
BOAT WAKE
X Star
HOBBY
I need to surf more
CANDY
Kit-Kat
COSTUME
Corky The Clown
WAKESKATER
Reed Hansen
PET PEAVE
Groms leaving my boat gas empty
FOOD
Mac-N-Cheese from Beechers in Seattle
SHAMPOO
The stuff that supposedly thickens my hair... My mop is thin-to-none these days
DRINK
Yes I do, thanks. Makers Manhattan.
GUITAR
Musically retarded
FAN GIFT
6-pack beer koozie with a carrying strap!
CAR
Want an Audi R8, but I’ll settle for a paid-off Tahoe with 170k miles
HOTTIE
The Brazilian chick from Victoria’s Secret, Adriana Lima
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To watch? Harley. To hang with? Parks & Rusty. To bro with? Jeff & Derek. But my all-time favorite is watching someone get up on the water for the first time.
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ANGLE
CHRIS O’SHEA
CLEAR LAKE, FL
What’s different about today’s
ing and more clever promo-
extra “toppings” to the table.
pizza versus the one created
tions. In wake, it’s a similar
He can take the simplest of
14 years ago? Nothing. It’s still
challenge to keep coming up
moves and make them extra
cheese, dough and sauce. It’s
with new ideas and angles or
stylish and unique. Riding on
going to look like that tomor-
riders to shoot. Do you know
his home-away-from-home,
row and the year after that, and
how many Scarecrows I’ve shot
Clear Lake, enjoy this
the decade after that. The only
in the past 14 years? Probably
tasty piece of Austra-
difference are your toppings,
too many. Certain guys like
lian originality.
new marketing, fancy packag-
Chris O’Shea however, bring
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LAKE OROVILLE, CA
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DIRECTORY
WAKE SHOPS, CAMPS & PARKS
SHOPS / MARINAS
KC Watersports
Tommy’s
25825 Edgemore Rd.
3740 N Sheridan Blvd
Bakes Marine
Paola, KS 66071
Denver, CO 80212
6424 E. Lake Sammamish Pkwy SE
(913) 783-4300
(800) 592-7547
Issaquah, WA 98029
www.kcwatersports.com
www.gettommys.com
Riptank Boardshop
Wakesports Unlimited
2400 Glenna Goodacre Blvd. Ste. #106B
8199 Clairemont Mesa Blvd Suite G
The Board Shop
Lubbock, TX 79401
San Diego, CA 92111
269 Broad St
(806) 799-8265
(858) 277-5757
Lake Geneva, WI 53147
www.riptank.com
www.wakesports.com
Sail & Ski Center
Wakesports Unlimited
12971 Research blvd
4215 Harrsion St.
California Marine Sports
Austin, TX 78750
Carlsbad, CA 92008
1240 Kellogg St.
(512) 258-0733
(760) 434-5750
Suisun City, CA 94585
www.sailandski.com
www.wakesports.com
Sail & Ski Center-Lakeway
Wakesports Unlimited
1106 RR 620N
350 South Tustin Ave
California Watersports
Lakeway, TX 78734
Orange, CA 92866
4215 Harrison St.
(512) 266-1515
(714) 363-WAKE
Carlsbad, CA 92008
www.sailandski.com
www.wakesports.com
Sail & Ski Center-San Antonio
Wake Nation
141 Balcones North
201 Joe Nuxhall Way
Candlewood East Marina
San Antonio, TX 78201
Fairfield, OH 45014
204 Candlewood Lake Rd
(210) 734-8199
(513) 887-9253
Brookfield, CT 06804
www.sailandski.com
www.wakenation.com
Sporting Edge Ski & Marine
Wiley’s Water Sports
2005 Somersville Rd.
(866) 993-BAKE www.bakesonline.com
(262) 248-1703 www.bswake.com
(707) 864-4007 www.calmarinesports.com
(888) 5- LAGOON www.carlsbadlagoon.com
(203) 775-2253 www.candlewoodeast.com
CBK Watersports
Antioch, CA 94509
5075 Hwy 11W
(925) 754-8800
1417 S. Trenton St. Seattle, WA 98108-4849 (206) 762-1300
Kingsport TN 37660
www.thesportingedge.com
www.wileyski.com
(423) 224-2135 www.cbkwatersports.com
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CAMPS / SCHOOLS
The Wakeboard Camp
Texas Ski Ranch
848 W. Osceola St.
6700 North IH 35
Adam Fields Wakeboard School
Clermont, FL. 34711
New Braunfels, TX 78130
292 Northern Cove Drive
(352) 394-8899
(830) 627-2843
Littleton, NC. 27850
www.wakeboardcamp.com
www.texasskiranch.com
(252) 536-9063 Wake Nation
www.adamswakeboardschool.com
4411 County Road 418 AF Wake 1557 Hwy 903
CABLE PARKS
Rosharon, TX 77583 (281) 431-4444 www.wakenation.com
Littleton, NC 27850 (252) 536-9063
Hydrous Wake Park
www.afwake.com
580 North Cedar Drive Allen, TX 75002
The Boarding School
(214) 755-9905
19504 East Colonial Drive
www.hydrouswakeparks.com
Orlando, FL 32820 (407) 273-5920
McCormick’s Cable Park
www.theboardingschool.com
2020 McCormick Lakes Way Seffner, FL 33584
Hansen’s World Wakeboard Center
(813) 681-4441
19022 Orange Ave
www.skimccormick.com
Groveland, FL 34736 (352) 429-3574
Orlando Watersports Complex
www.worldwakeboardcenter.com
PO Box 771539 Orlando, FL 32877
Pine Lake Ski School
(407) 251-3100
Action Water Sports at PLM
www.orlandowatersports.com
3599 Orchard Lake Rd. West Bloomfield, MI 48324
Scotia Sessions Wakeboard Park
(248) 682-0095
824 Renfrew Rd
www.pinelakeskischool.com
Nine Mile River, Nova Scotia, Canada (902) 877-5477
The Projects
www.scotiasessions.com
19504 East Colonial Drive Orlando, FL 32820
Shred Candlewood
(407) 491-7312
7 Candlewood Hts
www.theprojectscamp.com
New Milford, CT 06776 (203) 648-6392 www.shredcandlewood.com
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