MAY 14, 2012
KYLE RATTRAY KEITH LIDBERG / GRANT ROBERTS / DANNY HAMPSON
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KYLE RATTRAY
By Trevor Hansen I have spent a lot of time with Kyle over the past 5-6 years. He has become one of my closest friends in the wakeboard world. Kyle has been killing it on his board for a long time. I guess you could call him a “jack of all trades.” He has had success in just about every avenue that you can take in the wakeboard industry. He has a passion for the sport that many riders lack. He loves to wakeboard and loves to see other people enjoying the sport like he does. There aren’t a lot of people that could keep up with the schedule or the job titles that Kyle has, and still maintain a positive attitude. While he is still focused on his own riding and doing well on the Pro Wakeboard Tour, he also is a full time coach at The Boarding School. He spends a lot of time at the school coaching the campers and improving his riding. He is also one the best boat drivers on the Pro Wakeboard Tour. So when he is not riding in his heat, he is
Kyle is a true work horse and I respect
LAKE MINNEHAHA, FL
usually sitting behind the wheel driving
him a lot as a rider, as a person and as
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the rest of the field. Kyle is also the
a friend. He works for what he has and
team manager for Roswell. He works
he isn’t afraid to get his hands dirty and
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closely with the magazines to help
do what it takes to get the job done. He
them with instructional material. I am
always has a smile on his face and his
not sure how he does it but he makes
attitude is always positive even when
tons of time to always be there for his
he is doing something he would rather
sponsors when they need him. He
not be doing. Kyle is a great dude, and
spends countless hours working for
awesome rider and I am lucky to have
Nautique, Byerly, O’Neill and Roswell.
him as a friend.
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GRANT ROBERTS
BULL SHOALS, AR
“This photo is cool to me for a
tell you which shanky morning
guy I grew up watching ride and
few reasons. It was a couple
this was or what party was the
trying to imitate. Non other than,
of firsts. It was the first time
night before because there was
Mr. Aaron Reed! Still to this day,
shooting with Meddock and
quite a few. This shot means a
nobody has got a
my first BroStock trip with
lot because the guy in the driver
poke like him.”
the Liquid Force and Obscura
seat was also the first to start
Team. I couldn’t even begin to
the the poke craze and also the
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FOLLOWING
DANIEL RAYMOND HAMPSON
D.O.B.
November 21, 1987
HOMETOWN
Plantation Key, Florida, IMB
YEARS RIDING
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CABLE PARK
The one they are building on the moon
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I always put my best foot forward
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JOSH PALMA
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There are so many ways to
When shooting for still photos,
It looked as if he was going
end your sesh behind the boat.
it helps to stop every once in
to try something on the whip.
One, get the crap knocked out
a while to talk to the photog-
“YES, let’s see this finale”.
of you and just stop because
rapher (me on the hillside in
Click, click, click… “Now that’s
your head is pounding and
this case) and adjust the boat
how you end a sesh”, I thought
you can’t see straight or your
pattern if needed. After a few
to myself.
leg fell off. Two, simply let go
passes and some confus-
Throw a bucket, try a trick, land
because you are in disbelief
ing hand signals later, Josh
on your head, laugh. Anything
that you’re still standing and
whipped into me on shore
is better than just letting go
really want to walk to your car
to discuss what needed to
and sinking into the water.
on your own two feet. Or three,
change. As I tracked him
How anti-climatic
you try something new and tell
through the lens cutting toward
is that? Do some-
yourself you’d be happy with
me, I could anticipate him
thing!
“ending on a crash”.
about to let go for ‘dismount’.
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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
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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
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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
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1106 RR 620N
350 South Tustin Ave
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Lakeway, TX 78734
Orange, CA 92866
4215 Harrison St.
(512) 266-1515
(714) 363-WAKE
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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
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Sporting Edge Ski & Marine
Wiley’s Water Sports
2005 Somersville Rd.
(866) 993-BAKE www.bakesonline.com
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(707) 864-4007 www.calmarinesports.com
(888) 5- LAGOON www.carlsbadlagoon.com
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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
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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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