The Wake9 Experience

The Walker Smackdown. Jeff pulled it out in the end, but Judy ALMOST made her 360, and then it would have been another story!

Enjoy.

This was a great session with 3 great names in wakesurfing. Chase Hazen, James Walker and Johnny Stieg. This is the first division where James and Chase went head to head, James nailed his run, and Chase faltered a bit, but there is still the Open Surf division, and Chase came back hard for that one. It was great watching these guys battle.

View it in Hi Rez at the Festival Media section.

The Surf/Skim challenge is a great event, it shows up overall wakesurf skills, riding a surf board in one direction on the course, then a skim board in the other.

Special thanks to Wakeshredder.com for sponsoring this division.

We will be updating The Wake9.com Experience podcast with several videos from the festival, starting with the competition video from inside the boat. Visit wake9.com/festival for updates on all of the photos and video from the Festival.

Yesterday was a great day for wake9, a great day for the Garcias. First, Jesse is standing up on the board and she is so cute out there when she tries. She can stand for about 2 seconds before losing her balance and RJ has to jump out and get her. She is working for a 5 count. If she can stand up for 5 seconds wakesurfing, then Jessica will get her first American Girl doll. She wants it bad. She is always coming to my desk and showing me the catalog, and the accessories.

The other reason it was a great day is Jesse got to take off her splints, most likely FOREVER. If you don’t know about Jesse, you should read this post:

http://wake9.com/blogs/ragboy/2009/06/26/an-incredible-day-wakesurfing-on-lake-almanor/

We have always been told by the doctors and several therapists that Jessica will always wear those splints until she stops growing, around 18 years old. They are so painful, and smelly after a day of sweating. They really hurt her, and they are designed to force her legs to correct themselves. Here is a picture from last summer where you can see her in the splints.

Jesse in Her Splints

Well, no more splints. We celebrated yesterday and went straight to the mall and bought Jesse 3 pairs of regular shoes from the Vans store. Her first regular pair of shoes. So we made a video to memorialize the day and share it with all.

In our effort to provide the highest quality wakesurf event coverage, we have created a single video/episode for the Masters division. Youtube only allows 10 min videos, and you can’t take them with you, but in this podcast, you can download to your mobile device or to your living room in HD with an Apple TV or XBox 360. You may watch the Masters video here, or click on the links to the right and check out our podcasts in either format to enjoy wherever you may be.
For more info on this event, visit http://wake9.com/nwopen

What a great time we had at this event. The NWWSA put on a well organized event, and the lake conditions were about perfect. We are in the process of uploading lots of videos from the event, and Whitney made a short intro video to explain how it will work.

One of our main goals/directives at wake9 is to provide free safety information especially as it relates to wakesurfing. Is wakesurfing the same as teaksurfing? Can you die from carbon monoxide poisoning while wakesurfing? How does carbon monoxide kill you? How much does it take? Watch the video and find out. You can view updated information as we compile it at this easy to remember web address: http://wake9.com/cokills

Let me start this off by saying I am a huge geek. And when I say huge I don’t mean girth, I mean the measure of how much of a geek that I am. I am a software developer most of the time and love all things tech and geek. As an example, I got the first iPhone the day it came out, and then the 3G the day it came out, and yes the 3GS. I don’t even know how many iPods I have. I am writing this on my 2008 Mac Pro with 2 Quad core processors, a couple of TB of disk space, 16 gigabytes of RAM and 2, yes 2, 30 inch dell monitors. I have a server in my basement that holds all of my projects but also holds a large library of movies, both from DVDs and BluRay. I own them of course, no piracy here. Not to many people can rip blurays, but I can and do and have them on a large server and have 3 Apple TVs in the house that can see all of the movies at any time. One of them connected to my 1080p projector. I can even remote all of these apple tvs, and my receiver from my iphone. OK, do you believe me? I am a geek.

Well, if you follow this site at all, you know that I also love boating and wakesurfing with my family on our 2007 Tige 24Ve. Its a great boat, and makes a great surf wake. I didn’t buy it for its geekiness though, boats have never really set off that geek side of me like a car can, or my home theater can. Until now. Check out these pictures:

Tige Touch Screen Dash

Here is a bit closer, make sure you click on the image for full size, and look at the touch screen on the right:

Tige Touch Screen Dash (closer)

Here is a look at the cockpit from the side:

Tige 2010 side view of cockpit

OK, this one also gets me going. Look at the fit and finish of the interior. This has been a sore point with my tige, and others have had it, but this looks fantastic. Check out the Tige emblem:

Tige 2010 Cockpit

Now all of that is great, but what about the wake? Tige says they are going to have an option of 1000lbs per side, I think setup like my boat is now. How cool is that? Form AND function?!

Anyway, in order to understand this next comment, you are going to need to view THIS. Those pictures, and the idea of an awesome automated surfwake give me the need for a package check.

Here is a LINK to the press release I was sent.

Sean Cummings of Inland Surfer visits the wake9.com crew on Lake Oroville and shows us another great trick for our 201 series. This trick is a 180 shuvit and will really give you a sense of accomplishment if you land this. This was our last trick we did on his trip to wake9, thanks so much Sean. So get out there and practice this great wakesurfing trick. Make sure you watch all the way to the end.