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So we decided we would let the you the community pick the winner of the X-Dance Video Contest. All you have to do is vote for the videos you like and the video with the highest rating at the end of the contest is the winner. Below is a video explaining how to vote for your favorite submissions. To see all the current video submissions go here.
As we mentioned earlier in the season WakeUtah has partnered with X-Dance to guarantee a spot in this years film festival. See original post here. To enter your submission all you have to do is add a video to your my.wakeutah.com profile and tag it with ‘X-Dance’. What the video below for more details, and remember to submit a video you must have an account on my.wakeutah.com
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Team Wake Utah recently had the opportunity to ride with Park City TV for a segment about ‘Wakeboard Tips’. With the help of local riders; Ward White, Phil Chadwick, Marc Glover, and WakeUtah’s own James Kleinschnitz, we were able to film three separate pieces. During this session we worked on the heel side wake jump, backside 180’s, and the heel side front flip (View videos below).
Backside 180’s
Heel side wake to wake jump
Heelside front flip
If you have a suggestion of a tip you would like to see, or would like to help, please drop us a line for a chance to see it in an upcoming episode. Stay tuned to Utah’s own ‘High Altitude Entertainment’ station, Park City TV, for more ‘Wakeboard Tips’ with WakeUtah, coming soon. Make sure to show the love and support to Park City TV through emails and comments on these videos so we can keep this feature a regular event.
Huge thanks to Ori, and all the crew at PCTV who were involved with this project. Appreciation goes out to Taylor at Utah Water Sports for the use of one of their MasterCraft X-Stars. We would also like to recognize the riders for showing us all how it’s done.
Featured Rider For September is D.F.T.R. Josh
I had the opportunity to go riding with Josh on one of his Monday sessions, watching him ride and landing his moves, it was like watching someone ride who is just barely learning a new trick. He got a big old grin after each trick, you can tell this guy just loves to ride! If you have been around the sport for a while you have seen him, you might not have known but you have. He’s the one at the boat show helping set up, helping tear down, hanging out and having a good time with the people he’s around. Josh spends much of his time hanging out at the wakeworld.com forums, meeting people in the area and arranging rides behind different boats, with different crews. He’s also got some mad awesome video editing skills. Josh is an asset to the wake boarding community, if you get the chance to go on one of his Monday sessions, or any session, it’s going to be good times!
Josh has been helping WakeUtah.com in many ways, providing Trex for the Seven Peaks Rail Jam, we used his Jet Skis for the Delta Rail Jam. If you see him out on the water, tell him thanks for all that he has done for the community in Utah.
Check out his site www.downfortheride.com
Name - D.F.T.R. Josh
Age - 29 yrs young
Sponsors - Hyperlite Wakeboards, Liquid Force Bindings, Jet Pilot, Straight Line, Pro Tech Helments, Billabong, Bullet Lines, Oneal, Wakeutah.com, Wakeworld.com, Natural light.. Not really, these are the company’s that I support from buying and using their products to posting on their forums!
Board Set Up - 2006 Hyperlite Parks/2007 Roam while 2008 CT Shanes sit on top.
Hobbies other than wake sports - Video, Film, Internet, Basketball, Harley’s, My kids!
Biggest Accomplishments - My first pull behind an Inboard! I learned my first 2 inverts beind a 24′ Cuddy with no tower. It was a whole new program behind an Inboard with Ballast
Goals this Season - W2W HS Indy BS 180. Huge thanks to Ryan Shima for the pull and patience up at Willard till I finally stuck the landing.
Favorite Pro and Local Riders - Pro - Mark Kenny (RIP) The kid is the greatest. 2nd Randall Harris, this guy makes a Stailfish to BS 180 into the flats an art form. Local - Everybody I ride with, I got friends that can barely clear the wake to others going huge. I will shout a huge thanks to David H, Ryan D, Ryan S, E.J., Jim, Dewey (god I’m sounding like a boat whore), Mike, Shane, Wayne and anybody I missed with a boat that has gave not only myself but my family time on the water.
Favorite Trick to watch and perform - Any new trick landed for the first time. For some reason nothing else matters when you land that fist trick and your still on your board. Fist time I landed the BS 180 W2W I threw the handle and put my arms in the air like it was my fist trick ever landed.
About wakeboarding? There is nothing like pulling up to the lake and not a ripple in the water. It’s a sport that not only you can hang out with your friends but your family also can join in. My dad was on the boat for my first invert and I think he was happier than I was. It’s a sport that takes you to your limits till you succeed and push the limits even farther. Then somebody with a tube comes in and F’s up you line! LOL, Welcome to Utah!
What do you like about the local scene? For most of the people that I know they are more than willing to meet and ride with new people and discover new places to ride. We have some of the best spots to ride depending on the day and then you break out the winch and it is endless. My wife calls me last night that somebody was in the flooded park with a 4 wheeler and railing on a picnic table, I was to late with the camera. If this was you, let’s get this on film!
Who do you ride with? David H., this guy is obsessed with getting to the lake. It seems like anybody with free time he can make time to get to the lake no matter the day. We head out for a morning session to get him back to work early, as I’m walking in the house and my phone is ringing with David saying he got his work stuff done and wants to go back to the lake. Also I try to bum a ride with the Wakeworld Northern Crew sometimes! I want to throw a huge thanks for everybody that made the Monday Crew happen this year!
Seven Peaks Water Park was the perfect venue for a rail jam, the wave pool was heated so riders were warm, the rails were some of the best in Utah!!
Marine Products , Liquid Force , Zotes Sunflower Seeds , Rusty , Freds Marine , Kingdom Clothing , & X-Balm all came to the table and provided great SWAG for those who came out to ride and watch the show. WakeUtah.com showed up early and put in two 40 foot rails in the wave pool for some of the best riders in the intermountain area came out to ride, outlaw riders such as Blake Hansen , Marc Glover , Ethan Roberts , Jenacee Jackson, Cole Wadsworth and Andrew Wallace. But that wasn’t all, the brothers Allphin came up from Las Vegas to be a part of the event. Riders from 3 states came out to ride. And they did not disappoint! Over 1600 people got to watch the best riders hit some of their best tricks in the heated wave pool at Seven Peaks. Check out the photo gallery , and video will soon follow.
Blake Hansen took home the Liquid Force Press for winning the contest with a huge 540 over the back side of the Rooftop rail. Marc Glover and Kevin Alphin also went home with some great winnings from Marine Products.
Many thanks to the riders for coming out and killing it on the rails, we want you guys to progress and take it to the next level! Thanks to Liquid Force , Marine Products , Zotes Sunflower Seeds , Kingdom Clothing , Freds Marine , Rockwell Watches , Rusty , and X-Balm for all the great swag and prizes for the riders. Thanks to the riders who showed up early to help install the rails, and DFTR for sponsoring parts for the rails.
So here is the deal we are putting two rails into the Seven Peaks wave pool during one of their Friday night pool parties. Doors open at 9pm and the Rail Competition will start shortly after. After we wrap up the competition all spectators will be free to stay and enjoy the rest of the party, including DJ & water slides. All spectators will be required to pay the normal entrance fee. For more information on the pool party go here. So come check out the rails and all the swag from; Marine Products, Liquid Force, Zotes Sunflower Seeds, Rusty, Freds Marine, KingdomCrown, & X-Balm
without their help and all the help and cooperation from Seven Peaks this event would not have been possible.
Check out a sneak peak of the rails:
We are not ready for summer to be over so we have arranged for Fed’s Marine to bring out an Epic Boat this sat to Utah Lake. We will be meeting at American Fork Harbor around 10 am. So for everyone who has been wanting to ride behind an Epic Boat here is your chance. For more info contact dewey@wakeutaa.com or Fred’s Marine.
