Casse Croute IV canceled

Bad news for France these days: The legendary wakeskate jam Casse Croute IV in La plaine tonique - Montrevel-en-Bresse was canceled, hope to see you next year back! For more information contact Fred Dum on WakeBoardMag.net.

New Schnitzel Jam 2007, Heuchelheim

Take a deep breath, a really deep one: Andy Kolb (Liquid Force, Germany) the "Kolbinator" stomped this weekend (1.-2. September) at the New Schnitzel Jam following tricks in a 20min head: Over the kicker fs 360 as well as bs 360 and bs bigspin and in the flat an unbelievable biggerspin a 540 shovit with 360 body varial, bs bigspins, fs bigspins, a varial kickflip and classic solid kickflips, AWESOME. But this is not enough Dennis Knasiak (New Schnitzel, Germany) showed up that he can do board to board tantrum transfers over the kicker and Christ Air really save! Here the Result:

1. Andy Kolb (Liquid Force, Germany)
2. Dennis Knasiak (New Schnitzel, Germany)
3. Andy Gnidowski (New Schnitzel, Germany)

For all german reader at wakeskate bomb check this german article at gap magazin.de.

Don't miss the German wakeskate nationals present by Ripzone and the CarTrade24 Masterbattle (15.-16. September, Cable Island, Magdeburg, Germany).
All information and pics are from gap magazin.de.

Cartrade24 Master Battle and German Championships

It’s hardly two more weeks until for the second time the German champions in wakeskating get crowned and the long awaited Cartrade24 Master Battle takes place. The nominees for the Master Battle are almost set and displayed in the list below. Well sounding names like Andy Kolb, Dennis Knasiak or Dominik Preisner will grant a top notch competition level. Once again the bar is gonna get raised.

Additionally this event attracts even foreign riders such as Pipo from the Netherlands and Patrick Vorlicek from Switzerland.
Everybody here (Cable-Island locals) is fiercely awaiting the weekend of the 15th and 16th of September to meet old friends, make new ones and for the most part party as hard as possible!!!
The collective freak out is already scheduled with the hardcore concert taking place Saturday night. So if you’re interested in premier wakeskating and severe partying - come on over!

Nominees for CARTRADE24 Master Battle:

Liquid Force 1. Andy Kolb 2. Sebi Süß 3. Lukas Süß New Schnitzel 4. Sebastian Lampson 5. Dennis Knasiak 6. Enric Dosta 7. Andreas Gnidowski Hyperlite 8. Sandro Reinhardt Treeknowledge 9. Jakob Bamberg 10. Franz Lacherbauer Gator Boards 11. Jan Grabski Billabong 12. Dominik Preisner

Romboso 13. XXX 14. XXX Wakekillaz 15. Cruz Allgeiz 16. Patrick Vorlicek 17. Zinti Ghoniem Clan 18. Tarik Ghoniem Jibbentails Dresden 19. Stefan Rost Dutch connection 20. Pipo 21. Diederick Stellweg last chance nominee 22. lucky last one nominated during the German championships

Wakeskate Cup 2007, Toulouse

The weekend around August 25th, the annual French wakeskate cup at the cable Toulouse- Sesquières was held. Jerome Laloz, producer of this cool video, captured all the tricks that where thrown down this weekend. Such as: bigspins, kickies, kicky-variations and even an fs bigspin 360 by Leo in the finals.
To conclude this event you can only say that this sport is blowing up big time! Just look at the age of them young finalists and you’ll see that this new breed with their super-tech maneuvers is finally taking over!

Here are the results from open men:

1. Leo Labadens (17 years old)
2. Jan Kissman (16 years old)
3. Kevin Calvez (19 years old)
4. Bertrand Oustrières (20 years old)

French speaking readers can check this post on WakeBoardMag.net.

New Schnitzel Wakeskate Preview 2008

Here are the first pics from the 2008 New Schnitzel wakeskates. There is no denying that the quality of the 2007 concave wakeskates wasn't the best. There have been to many broken concaves. Let's hope that New Schnitzel has a new manufacturer or has take more attention on improving the quality for next years skates (2008).

The complete preview catalogue can be found here. For more news and specs check the New Schnitzel homepage in the next months. Picture on top is from New Schnitzel homepage (teamrider Sebastian Lampson).

NeverRide Winches & Wakeskates 2008

One of the best (possible the best) winch companies is NeverRide. NeverRide starts with two winches and four wood wakeskates in the year 2008. The winches are:

• Riders Edition
  
• and a new X-Hive

For the first pictures of the winches check the NeverRide homepage, wakeskating.ch or here from time to time.
The wood wakeskates for 2008 are specially designed in Switzerland by NeverRide but they are produced by NewWakeskates in the US (really good quality in the past years). Here are some infos about the 3 classic wakeskates:

• slider base
• aggresive 3d concave
  
• comes with riding fins RHIMMS 0,75er alloy fins
• upgrade possible with shred fins SHRIMMS, mini alloy fins ------>
  

The Shrimms fins allow technical skate tricks like Nose-/Tailpress, Smith Crocked, 5-0 and so on. Nice add on for all obstacle freaks! For the detailed specs check wakeskating.ch. But that's not all, NeverRide has also a bi-level wakeskate next year. The bi-level is called DoubleDecker. But at the moment only the picture below exists, no pictures from top or side.

Volume Wakeskate Video Issue 5 - UPDATE

Update News - Volume Wakesk8 Videos Issue 5...

volume has updated the issue 5 with footage from the red bull
human trailers trip and some more trick tips.
check out the sneek peek video on their website..
incl. some pretty insane riding by Danny Hampson, Brian Grubb, Nick Taylor, Scott Byerly, Silas Thruman, George Daniels, Ben Horan, Tim Kovachich, Reed Hansen and many more...
..massive dobble kickflip by Matt Manzari...

the volume - website also includes some realy cool foto and video footage.. but guys! your colorsheme sucks.. aaahhh "augenkrebs"!!

see you at the lake

Ronix Bi-Level Wakeskate 2008

Here the ridiculous meaningless description of the ZARIEL bi-level wakeskate fresh out the 2008 Ronix catalog:

The heavy weight guardian of the water is coming in at over 13 lbs. Reed Hansen needed a stockier skate for the board control he was looking for on the water and leaving it. Ronix spent the last two seasons designing the first ever compression molded wood wakeskate – for the buoyancy of your favorite wood deck, and the durability of that wakeboard you have had in the garage since 97’. This bi-level shape creates a consistent, quicker swing weight than a traditional skate.

• Concave, starts in the center of the board and then tapers out the ends for a more controllable flip
• Rocker, hybrid arc means more time on the water and less in it
• Compression molding, the most durable wood skate out there
• 2 Zariel .8” wakeskate specific fins
• Reed Hansen designed and endorsed

Check this link for complete catalog from Ronix and for detailed specs (sizes 42" and 44").

Freakwave 07 Wakeskate Jam Win $ 500 Cash money + Sony PSP

On September 1st and 2nd a Wakeskate Jam will be held during the Freakwave Festival in Lochau, Austria. You will be towed by a boat on the lake of Constance, where an A-frame-box and a kicker are waiting to be hit by the glorious contestants.
The format of the Wakeskate Jam is really simple: Jam mode the hole time, rider judging rider!

The winners earns a Sony PSP and $500 cash!
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Picture from www.freakwave.at, check there or on wakeskating.ch for more information.

Hyperlite Catalyst 2008 Wakeskate

Here's the first picture from the new shape of the Hyperlite Catalyst 2008 wakeskate. Here are the specs:

• Shaped by Butch
• Size: 110 or 114cm
  
• EVA/ Griptape Blended Top
• Wide Profile
• Deeper Top Concave and Kicktail
• Blended 3-stage Rocker
• Dual Tip/Tail Channels
• Layered Glass
• Lifetime Warrenty

Check here or the official Hyperlite homepage from time to time for more information.