International InvitationalCarTrade24 MASTERBATTLE

The first wakeskate only weekend starts september 14th in Magdeburg/Germany at Cable Island. One highlight of this wakeskate weekend will be the international invitational contest, the CarTrade24 MASTERBATTLE, september 16th.

The winner of this competion gets
1000$ cash prize money!

The competition format of the Masterbattle is a mixture of a best trick contest qualification and a head to head final. During the best trick qualification each rider gets three trys on 6 obstacles (funbox, left kicker, slider, uprail, right kicker, two stage relentless slider) and the flat trick section to score a ticket to ride for the finals. Each obstacle holds only one ticket though. In the flats two people can qualify. Overall 8 riders will compete in the finals, which will be held as an head to head elimination throughout the hole cable park. The judging will follow the - riders judge riders - principle.

The timetable for this awesome competition is:

• 01:00pm Start of Best Trick Qualification
• 03:00pm Head to Head Finals
• 04:00pm Award Ceremony

Send participation requests directly to bachlonso or wakeskatedude on wakeskating.com or write a comment in this blog. For all invited riders, the accomodation on the area of Cable Island is free, they get free food and drinks and no entry fee for the contest itself.

The day before the Masterbattle the german wakeskate nationals will be held (participation will be possible for international riders if there are less than 50 german registrations), as well as a best trick contest by night on the glowing funbox (open for all wakeskaters) and a huge party with live music by Sticky Strings, Cor and Still Screaming.

Feel free to ask for invitation if you think you can manage all obstacles at our cable-park (see Cable Island obstacle park).

Sattelyte 08 Wakeskate Preview

Here is the first preview of the new 08 Sattelyte Engen. There are 4 more boards in the line for 08 that will be released at Surf Expo.

Check this threat on wakeskating.com for more information (picture is from there). To follow everything that’s going on around Sattelyte visit the homepage or stop by here from time to time.

Liquid Force 2008 Wakeskate Preview

Here the first pictures from Liquid Force 2008 wakeskate line. The Reed and Hampson skates above replace the Impulse skates in the LF range for 2008. Full heavy concave timber bases with grip tape decks. Each model comes in 2 sizes, should be out mid September. For all bi level wakeskate fans, it's mid of August in few days ...The SST will be available at the best wake shops in mid August...Liquid Force website.

Picture on top from wake.com.au.
Picture below and first moving picture from SST from Alliance Wake Mag.

RLAND - Wakeskate Movie or Art?

4 years in making, photographer and wakeskater Bryan Soderlind purchased a 16 mm camera that was made in 1951 and began filming his friends wakeskating. Over the course of the next three years, Bryan continued to capture the art of wakeskating and eventually compile and present the footage as a work of art in itself. The final product is a 16 mm wakeskate experiment titled RLAND. Here the list of trailers:

Brian Grupp Danny Hampson Aaron Reed Spencer Ross Gardner Shawn Perry

Jack Wes Brisco Projects J Paul Bo

For more information check official homepage www.rlandthefilm.com or this article on wakeskating.com.

Wakestock 10 - Toronto Canada 2007

The Oakley Pool was without a doubt the sickest wake pool ever built! Three pools and multiple rail sets covering over 400 feet of real estate. The new addition of the giant 80 foot funbox between the 2nd and 3rd pools was where the wakeskaters were throwing down huge stunts, with a new generation of skaters leading the charge. In a breakout performance, Stuart Shinn (left picture) claimed the Oakley Pool Jam Best Trick with a massive 360 Shuv over the funbox. Out of the best trick contest: Ryan Doyle kickflipped the gap, Manzari tried to ollie the massive stair gap, Matt Hooker landed a 3 shuv, George Daniels got a 3 shuv over the pyramid during the oakley photo shoot (first try), Kyle Hyams amazing back bigspin.

Shinn also threw down one of the best semi-finals runs in the Billabong Wakeskate Finals, including a flawless Backside 3, Cab 3, and Backside 180 to qualify into the top eight. Joining Shinn were Wakestock rookies Nick Taylor and Ben Horan who will battle established stars Brian Grubb, Aaron Rathy, Drew McGuckin, and Chase Gregory. Taylor took down Wakestock 2005 vice-champion Reed Hansen enroute to the finals. Taylor nailed a Frontside 3, Cab 3, Backside 180 and a kickflip.

At the finals, Grubb was flawless. In fact he didn’t fall all weekend and stuck the first toeside wake to wake frontside bigspin ever stomped in competition. Grubb’s performance easily earned him his fourth Wakestock title and belt.

OAKLEY POOL JAM – Best Wakeskate Trick
Stuart Shinn, USA: Oak Wakeskates

BILLABONG PRO WAKESKATE
1. Brian Grubb, USA: Malibu, Billabong, Red Bull, Reef
2. Nick Taylor, USA: Integrity, Nike, O’Neill
3. Aaron Rathy, CAN: Oakley, Hyperlite, Excel, Nautique
4. Ben Horan, USA: Oak Wakeskates, Nike

Information and picture from stokecity and Wakeskating.com.

stokecity.ca:wakestock 10 days 1-3 results
wakestock 10 final day results
wakestock 10 photos/videos
wakeskating.com: this threat
somewhere: pics from worldfreak (reef bikini contest yeeeeaaahh)

2nd skate'n'slide jam - Zürich

On July, 21st the 2nd skate'n' slide winch jam took place in Zürich sponsored by DVS, NeverRide, Rote Fabrik (location), Flaming Monkey and Mavericks.

The Red Factory is a great old factory building made of red bricks, which houses a lot of dancing clubs (one party started saturday night at 11p.m. and the people still partied at sunday 3p.m. :o), a cafe/restaurant, and many more. There's also a mid sized openair area directly at the lake where the jam took place. Two obstacles a kinked uprail and a straight rail were build. Around all that the trend village with their exhibitors showed the latest trends from the scene and the fine Catering cared for the well-being of the spectators.

The jam was like a jam should be, very relaxed and chilly. The training started at 9a.m. but the most rides arrieved around 11a.m. At 1p.m. the qualification for wakeskaters started the jam. After the wakeskate action the wakeboarders ran their qualification. From this moment on the timetable of the jam was out of scope but nobody cared and the skaters started their Qualification. Unfortunately the weather changed after the 6th rider immediately from warm sunshine to heavy rain and the skate part had to be canceled. The area was flooded within minutes but the smiling faces grinning from below the sunshades spoke volumes.
This was the end for the skate competition, but happily not the end of the whole jam. After one hour rain, the finals started with the wakeboarders and finished with the wakeskaters. At this moment all riders, the organizers and the rest of the visitors were like one big wet family. A good party at one of the clubs topped the jam off.

Special thanks to Patrick and his team from wakeskating.ch for the organisation. One hint at the end: a stronger winch would be better next year for all heavy riders.



For more news from swiss check wakeskating.ch. More pics and results from the event are on the skate'n'slide Homepage.

RMBS Jam 2007 First Video

Here the first video from the unbelievable Romboso Jam 2007.

Uploaded by alexrider57

12 Gauge Wakeskate

In the column small wakeskate companies today: 12 Gauge wakeskates. The founder and president Nathan Litmer says about his company: 12 Gauge was founded with the vision of bringing skateboarding to the water. I had been skateboarding for years, and started wakeskating back when the sport was founded. Whether I was looking for performance or durability, something was always missing in other boards. Above all else, I wanted a more skate-like feel in the decks I was riding. I knew what I wanted, but I couldn’t find it anywhere. I had ideas in my head that I had to get out! This led me to the development of my own product line in the fall of 2003. And now I’m translating my passion into some of the best wakeskate products on the market today.

Two composite 3 Stage wakeskates with a pbt top and bottom are on the market, GRUDGE and TRANCE. It looks like as if there is only one difference between them, the graphic. Here the specs:

• 2" 3 stage rocker
• tri ax wrapped foam core
  
• concave top
  
• pbt top and bottom
  
• 40.5" board length
  
• 14.75" center width
  
• 11.25" tail/tip width
• weight: approx. 8 pounds
  
• die cut jessup griptape
  

The wakeskates come with griptape, fins, and hardware. 12 Gauge has one kind of fins and a winch (deep water start specialist, 13hp - yeah nice) for sale as well. For more informations check the website Skate12Gauge.com.

Byerly Toe Jam Stop 3 Hippodrome

The pool looks soooo cool in the pictures, awesome! Here's a quick list of articles related to the 3rd stop of the Byerly Toe Jam Series (picture from Alliance Wake mag).

Wakeskating.com qualification boat best trick winch final boat	Wakeworld.com Byerly Toe Jam #3 day 1 of 3 Byerly Toe Jam #3 day 2 of 3 Byerly Toe Jam #3 day 3 of 3
Alliance Magazine Toe Jam #3: day one Toe Jam #3: day two Toe Jam #3: day three

More picture:

• check this threat,
  
• or this threat (sorry not aviable) on wakeskating.com

Last link in respect to the originator: Byerly Toe Jam

Wakeskate Shoe News

There are some news about wakeskate shoes on the market from DVS and Reef.

DVS has announced the Mesh Triumph. The Mesh Triumph is a truly great wakeskate shoe and skate shoe all rolled into one! Their breathable mesh upper in a classic performance skate style, with a round toe, protective toe and heel overlays, ventilating open cell mesh toe and side panels, side striping, and DVS logo details. Full lace up front with extra padded skate style collar and mesh tongue with keeper straps. Mesh lining, cushioning insole. Shock absorbing midsole. Deck gripping skate style sole. The shoe is tested and approved from the N.A.R.L.A. crew at DVS.

And last but not least a first picture from the new '08 Byerly wakeskate shoe (Unleashed France).

If you want more information about wakeskate shoes check the Alliance wakeskate magazine numero 2.2.