If you could have seen with my eyes that morning, the sky, the water and the fully fatted X-Star, then only could you truly understand 'morning wood'. Even better still I was out first followed by Zane himself. I'd gone a month without riding and then suddenly in there I was in the warm with flat water and a huge wake. I was definitely like a kid in a candy shop with a blind owner; I went mad out there. When it came to Zane's turn he stuck a massive S-bend landing almost 25 feet into the flats!
Later on that day I met up with Louise again to go ride with Leslie Kent and wakeboarding photographer Josh Letchworth. We met up with Leslie at her place to pick up her X2 to take it down to the river and meet Josh. We had to get our skates on to make sure we caught the good light to get some awesome stills. With the boat in Leslie was up first. I seriously like this girl's riding as she never limits herself and her tricks are always progressing. Unlike other girls her grabs are tweaked and usually her rotations are technical. |
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Then Louise was up next. It's always good to see Lou riding as I knew her when she couldn't do wake jumps and now she's a multi-champ.
Time was flying by and it was already day four, and Dan Nott and I were both kitted up ready to ride with the infamous wakeboard photographer Thomas Gustafson. We cruised out to the middle of the lake, then Dan was up first with Thomas in the ringo to get those all important up close shots. Thomas had asked us to give him grabs and style and that's exactly what Dan did. He reeled off Nuclear FS Back rolls one after another while fitting in a Stalefish Batwing, which would make Necrasson try harder, and his slow grabbed spins. I myself, loving the Chicken Salad, Offaxis Half Cabs and HS Melon Off 3's. After our ride, Stew Mackie and Will Christien were back out again getting more footage.
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