Wake Journal, Issue 87

OCTOBER 29, 2012

BOB SOVEN GABE LUCAS / NICK JONES / DIETER HUMPSCH

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By Jeff Barton “Ya know, I watch that piece of D I G I TA L M AGA Z I N E www.WakeJournal.com Published every Monday.

cultural phenomena known as “Wake Bros” on MTV simply to learn more about my favorite Day Walker, Bob Soven. He has put his enigmatic stamp

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on the world of wake for nearly

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in personalities become prominent and numerous. To the credit of them both, it never became a point of contention between them as they found

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BOB SOVEN an appropriate perch among

that is cool, but never once have

a pleasantly warped approach

wakeboarding’s hierarchy today.

I seen him act in any other way

to life, comfortable in his skin

I have not learned crap about

than one who knows him would

showing the world that above all

Bob by watching his weekly

expect; Nothing contrived or

us, he’s the genuine article, the

follies on TV, and honestly,

done with the intent of making

real McCoy, the real Bob Soven.“

I couldn’t be any happier.

good TV. The bottom line is

—Jeff Barton

I have seen Bob in unique

this: Bob IS good TV just being

circumstances on that show, so

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not one of those mornings. The first reason was that I’d just gotten back from the China World

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Also, I was riding with a torn ACL and was scheduled for surgery the very next day! So yeah, I was stressing out a bit.

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