Wakepress, Issue 8

WAKESTOCK LONDONDOCKLANDS NICOVONLERCHENFELD

+OLLIE MOORE CK KOESTER LEWIS CORNWALL JAMES HARRINGTON SAM CARNE

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CK KOESTER, HANNAMS WAKE HUB

Fox Lake Adven System 2.0, Ed

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ONE OF THE BIGGEST BENEFITS OF A SYSTEM 2.0 IS ITS ABILITY TO BE SET UP JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE. LADIES AND GENTS LET US INTRODUCE FOX LAKES, THIS PLACE IS A HIDDEN GEM BETWEEN THE LUSH GREENERY OF SCOTLAND, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND TO BE PLACED ON SCOTTISH SOIL AND BOY DOES IT LOOK GOOD.

PHOTO: LEWIS CORNWALL BY SIM BRADLEY

docklands WITH | James ‘Mini’ Harrington | Nick Davies | Steve Dyer

James ‘Mini’ Harrington comes out to play.

Always comfortable. Nick Davies brings the style to the city centre.

Steve Dyer seshes the ever tricky UNIT Parktech Bank.

What a view. London has never looked better.

Matt Crowhurst, photo: Jason Lee

I N T ROD U CI N G

Nico von

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He y N ico , f i rs t t h in g s firs t ..

Age ? 1 9 Yea r s r i d i n g ? 1 3 Sp o n so rs ? M o n s t er E n ergy, L iqu id Force, S es i t ec , U N I T Parkt ech , E lect ric, 5iv e S k at es h o p Ok , n ow w e’ v e g o t t h at o u t o f t h e w a y; It’s be e n a p ret t y g o o d s eas o n fo r you th i s ye ar, w h a t was t h e h ig h lig ht f or you?

Th e s ea so n w a s awes ome in deed! One of the hi g h l i g h ts w a s t h e Sweden road tr ip that w e di d fo r my s it e. An d I w as really h ap p y w i th h o w m y even t ‘Ca$ h F o r Tr icks’ we nt , t h a t w a s a h ig h lig h t as w ell!

W h a t ’s n ex t in t h e b ig p ict u re? I .e pla ns f o r 2 0 13 , a n y t h in g ex cit in g ?

I am actu a l l y g e tti ng really deep in t o t h oughts a b o ut m o v i n g to Orlan do n ex t year. If that wor k s o u t 2 0 1 3 s h ou ld be an ot h er great ye ar.

Are yo u g o i n g a n ywh ere n ice fo r wi nte r?

Yes , b ac k h o m e to s n o wboard! R eally looking for ward to th a t, an d for wakeboarding I wil l g o to th e n ew cables in Ph u ket and I nd o nes i a .

W h a t d o y o u g et u p t o wh en yo u ’re not ridi ng?

When I ’ m h o m e I do a bu n ch fo r Sesitec a nd rev i ta l i z e m y body fro m t h e t rips that I j u s t cam e fro m . I pret t y mu ch keep m y self bu s y all th e ti m e , las t t h in g I did was the org ani s i n g o f ‘ Ca $h F o r Tricks ’.

W h a t d id y o u t h in k t o t h e UK in g ene ra l, an d t he cab l e s cen e?

I think that Tim Woodhead is doing an amazing job in growing the scene with a lot of new parks.

The UK trip this year was a lot of fun, especially when we all got together at Wakestock!

Wo r st in j u ry ?

A CL i n 2 0 1 0 a n d t h en men is cu s o n e...

“ When revitalize

bunch for Sesitec and my body from the trips that I just came from �

I’m home I do a

k too easy o lo it g in mak

“ That was insane. Winning in front of so many felt incredible.�

y ear after. Wor st p ar t a bou t th a t is the d ealing with you r h e a d, tr ying to not rem em b er th a t.

B e st w in?

Wake the Line 2011. Th a t wa s insane. W inning in fron t of so m any p eop le cheer ing f or you felt incred ib le.

W ha t inspire s you the m o s t?

I get a lot of insp ir ation f or r idin g from snowb oard ing a n d f rom looking at other wak e boa rde r s and thinking ab out wh a t I c ou ld d o d ifferently.

Where do you see wakeboarding in the f uture ?

Well, an interesting issu e is if it m ight get into the Olym pic s.

Either way, I think wak e boa rdin g will keep on growing a lot a n d there is still a lot of p ote n tia l f or m ore tr icks or gnar lier r a ils.

Ha rde st tric k ?

Actually I think Switch Ba c k L ips are p retty hard som etim e s. A n d of cour se, there is a lot of a ir tr icks that I can‘t d o.

Fina lly, you’re on a is l an d , y o u ha ve your boa rd, a sy s tem 2.0 w ith obsta c le s, you c an take 3 othe r obje c ts, w ha t a re th ey ?

One of the three thin gs wou ld b e a lov ely fem ale, not sa yin g that I want to red uce wom e n to ob jects. I would take m y S e site c m ultitool and lastly a ton of b ooks (counting a ton a s on e ob ject haha) to have som e th in g to d o and think ab out.

people cheering for you

It’s be e n a ple a sure a s al way s Nic o, w e hope to see y o u i n the UK a ga in soon!

I hop e so too, really wa n n a c om e b ack asap !

departure 19:43 until next time, Nico

Sam Carne clear for takeoff. Steezy does it. Photo: Jason Lee

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G N I C U D O R T N I

WAKESTOCK 2012, EUROPES LARGEST WAKEBOARD MUSIC FESTIVAL. IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS, YOU SHOULD. BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE, CARDIGAN BAY, NORTH WALES WITNESSED SOME OF THE FRESHEST MUSIC ACTS AND THE WORLDS FINEST RIDERS. TAKE A LOOK AT OUR ROUNDUP OF ONE EPIC WEEKEND.

Matt Crowhurst getting one of the sickest hits of the whole weekend.

Lior Sofer gets down & dirty for the crowd.

Dan Nott making easy work of the hand rail.

Ollie Moore breaking it down.

Steph Caller giving it some.

SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!

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