Wakepress, Issue 5

PART 1 LIOR SOFER WINCH TASTIC PART 2 DANIEL GRANT EFI LEVI

the extended issue

ONE INCREDIBLE WAKEPARK all you need to know FEB/Mar 2012

I S S U E 5 - PA R T 1

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FRONT COVER, DANIEL GRANT, DRIVING RANGE back COVER, DECLAN CLIFFORD, THAI WAKE PARK Š 2011 All content is copyright of Wakepress, all rights reserved All photos by Louis James-Parker unless otherwise stated Head Photographer - Louis James-Parker - louisjparker.com Head Designer - Zak Single - zaksingle.com

EFI LEVI, Melon Glide

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SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM OUR PREVIOUS OPENING PAGE. FROM THE FREEZING 3 DEGREES OF THE BRITISH WEATHER TO THE 30 DEGREES OF THAILAND, ITS ONE EXTREME TO THE OTHER. THAI WAKE PARK GETS ITS MOMENT IN THE SUN, LITERALLY.

I ts wi n t er, t i m es are h a rd, t h e day s a re s h o r t a n d we ’re g u e s s in g yo u h ave n’t be e n r i din g mu c h . Yo u ’re f ac i ng t h e t h r e e win t e r c h o ic e s .

Ge t d e pr e sse d, ea t lo a ds o f fo o d a nd w a i t fo r t h e s u mme r, br ave t he c o l d a n d r i de it o u t , o r g o t o ano t h e r c o u n t r y. I t h in k we a ll k now w h a t we wo u ld r a t h e r do, but i ts n ot a lw ay s a n o pt io n . In a ny ex tre m e sp o r t a t a pro fe s s io n a l le ve l , i t s i n t h e j ob de s c r ipt io n t o g e t to t h e b e st s po t s . E it h e r t o t r ai n, co m pe t e , o r ju s t t o wo r k o n t he tan . D a n i e l g r an t a lo n e we n t t o ove r 1 1 co u n t r i es in 2011 a n d t o t o p i t o f f , h e’s on ly 14.

A n y w a y, w e w a n t t o w e l c o m e yo u t o T h a i Wa k e Pa r k , s o m e m i g h t say the don of cables. So then it wouldn’t be so sur pr ising that it attracts some of the best rider s i n t h e w o r l d . We ’r e h o p i n g t o g i v e yo u a g l i m p s e o f w h a t T h a i Wa k e Pa r k h a s t o o f f e r, s o, h e r e i t i s .

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DECLAN CLIFFORD, Stalefish grab

Lior pressing the snizzle out of the rails

Perfection

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Thai Wake Park. Check out world renowned rider and general legend Lior Sofer DOING WHAT HE DOES BEST. NOT ONE TO BE MISSED.

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NATIO NALITY? Israeli LANGUAGES S PO KEN? Hebrew / E n glis h FAVO U RITE HO ME C O O KED D I N N E R? S paghet t i wit h sc hnit zel it s t he b es t !

HOW MANY C O U NTRIES DID YO U VI S I T IN 2011? 8 WHAT ARE YO U R PLANS FOR 2 0 1 2 ? S t ay in shape and t r y t o do t he sam e as 2 0 1 1 !

WHEN YO U TRAVEL, WHAT D O YO U M I S S THE MO S T FRO M HO ME? My c ar.

B ES T C O U NTRY FO R A NI G HT O U T? Thailand. It s just crazy.

FAVO U RITE C AB LE? I have a few, I c an ’t pick one bec ause ever y plac e is u n iq u e ( Hip- not ics, TWP, S ki Rixen, C WC , TS R) WHAT’S YO U R FAVO U RITE THI N G AB O U T WAKEB OARDING? Riding wit h f r ien d s .

FIRS T C LAS S , B U S INES S O R E C O N O M Y? B usiness, free drinks!

B ES T TRIC K? This year crow 9 , n ex t year who knows!

HOW DO YO U S EE WAKE B OARD I N G PRO GRES S ING? More out sid e of t h e st andard park, we can see a lot of n ew t y p es of park showing up...

WHERE DO YO U S EE YO U RS E L F I N 1 0 YEARS ? Hopefully riding, and wor kin g in a wakeboard company.

ANY LAS T WO RDS ? Thank you gu y s for ever yt hing and t hanks t o my spon s or s ; C TRL Wakeboards, Monst er, My st ic , Tev a S h oes , Proof S unglasses and Ayelet S p or t .

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GAME ON A FEW MONTHS BACK, THAILAND WAS HIT HARD WITH SOME OF THE MOST SERIOUS FLOODS THIS DECASE. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS WERE LEFT HOMELESS, OUT OF WORK AND OUT OF POCKET. AMONGST THE AREA OF RESTORATION WE LAID EYES UPON A SPOT SOME WINCHERS CAN ONLY DREAM OF - AN ABONDED DRIVING RANGE, COMPLETE WITH KICKERS AND OBSTACLES. WE WOULDN’T WISH THIS DEVASTATION ON ANYONE, BUT WHEN TIMES ARE HARD, SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOTTA RIDE.

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A FOOT DEEP OF WATER DIDN’T STOP DANIEL GRANT AND Antoine Sylvain FROM HITTING THE MAKESHIFT KICKER AGAIN AND AGAIN. TAKE A LOOK AT THE FOOTAGE FROM THE DAY.

Tantrum to blind, are you kidding me?

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