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.

Last spring WakeUtah.com went through an overhaul, things were said, agreements were made, and people got involved! You have all seen the changes we have been making, improving the site, finding deals for us poor wakeboarders, and being the best source of information about what is happening in the wakeboarding world in Utah. Those are the things you have seen so far, we have some things in the works that will bring our community of wakeboarders together.

Part of the change is the merchandise section provided in part by Zazzle.com, where you can find some sweet wakeutah.com shirts, hats and mugs. We went with Zazzle.com because of the ability given to the customer, that’s you, to customize the shirt to your liking! You can move the wakeutah.com logo around the front, put in on the chest pocket area or delete it all together. Once you have your design, you can change the type of shirt, maybe you want it as a hoodie, or a sweater, it’s all good! You may have seen Dewey and I at the meet up events, practice runs, and IWA competitions in our stylish shirts.

The images on the back were taken from photos I took over the past few years attending events such as the Wake In the Snake of 2007, Deweys Rail Jam of 2007, and the Liquid Force Slider Show of 2006. Recently we released the first local rider edition t-shirt, the Marc Glover Edition. Marc was our featured rider for June, and in honor of his accomplishments I asked for a photo that I could use to put him on the shirt. He provided a picture of him kicking some mad air, railey style. After hours of working my magic, he is now on a shirt.

So I figured, why not offer this to others who have a killer profile shot of them doing a sick move, like Marc’s railey, and put it on a shirt at Zazzle.com! That is the game plan, if you have a picture, you think would look great on a WakeUtah.com shirt, email me, omj@wakeutah.com, and I will work some magic and create your own edition of the WakeUtah.com t-shirt!

Marc Glover is an enthusiastic young rider who is consistently rising amongst the local scene. He has won and placed in countless different events; including placing third, outlaw division, at the most recent IWA stop at Yuba, and first place in the 19 and under category at Idaho’s first rail jam, Wake in the Park, put on by Idaho Watersports. He also took home first prize in the IWA point series, advanced division, last year. Marc is an extremely nice guy who loves the sport of wakeboarding and is always ready to take a pull. Glove is a universal rider who can throw down and progress behind any boat or winch, including my own.

Glove has mad skills and a clean style on the wake and on sliders. Behind the boat, you might first notice his huge raley. Marc likes to get upside down with all sorts of tantrums, backrolls, scarecrows, toe side rolls, roll to reverts, and who know how many more. He can also spin in many different ways; backside 180’s, front and backside 3 heel and toe sides adding a slob and mute grab, a 540 or two, and even a switch 3. It doesn’t stop there, along with all this awesomeness Glove will throw in a grab on many, if not all, of these tricks.

Marc brings the awesome to slider sessions as well. No matter what rail creation he is hitting, whether it be mine, a competition, or a gnarly, Brothers Allphin, home brew set up usually with a huge gap, Glove can throw down something fierce. Clean board and lip slides will usually start Marc’s session. He doesn’t mess around too long before pulling out different 3 combinations, 5’s, and beyond, spinning both ways of course. Then comes the illusive 270 on, and many other stylish moves, and spins.

Check out Marc’s videos, send him a message, then call him up to have a session. With his deep bag of tricks and winning personality you will not be disappointed. Keep an eye on what Marc Glover will be doing this season and beyond. Stay tuned to WakeUtah for all the latest and greatest that will come from this outstanding local rider. – Great job Glove! Keep up the good times.

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Name – Marc Glover

Age – 18

Sponsors – UWS, Reef, Rockwell, WakeUtah

Board Set Up – LF PS3 137, LF Ultra Bindings, Goofy

Hobbies other than wake sports – Woodwhacking

Biggest Accomplishments – 3rd Outlaw at the IWA Yuba stop, 1st Advanced IWA Point Series 2007, 1st Wake in the Park rail comp.

Goals this Season – Tootsie Roll, Toeside Raley

Favorite Pro and Local Riders – Ben Greenwood, The Brothers Allphin

Favorite Trick to watch and perform – Crow Mobe, Heelside Back 180 to blind and Toeside Mute 3

What is it about wakeboarding? Getting to business while riding

What do you like about the local scene? The WakeUtah community

Who do you ride with? Anyone with a boat or winch, usually, Kolton Barney, Colton Brockbank, The Brothers Allphin, Dewey

 

The practice runs the night prior to the event were a bust, not for lack of riders though, the gusts of wind were horrible, only one rider was able to get out before we called it no good, and they kept blowing till the sun went down. Probably the most beneficial part of having the WakeUtah.com team out there was the ability to chat with an actual judge of wakeboard competitions. If you have ever had questions about your run or what they are looking for the guys who showed up the night before took advantage of that opportunity and learned something that might have given them the edge, Marc Glover was there, he rode in Outlaw for the first time this year and he took 3^rd…

The day of:

The day didn’t start out ideally, cold and wet, for a wakeboarder wet is ok, but cold, that’s tough! The consolation was that the lake wasn’t too choppy, and other boaters stayed away. Most riders I talked with had only been able to get out and ride 2 or 3 times because of the weather prior to the event, so I was worried about the level of skill I would see, but everyone did fine despite the short warm up season.

The morning was the only sore spot, by 11:30 the sun came out and warmed spectators as riders began their runs. Beginners went first and all did a great job, many finished their runs standing up, they did a great job. Then women’s with Jenacee Jackson first, then a newcomer to the Utah scene from Virginia, Nikki Willhoite. Then finishing out the division was Brook Bagley, all three had stellar runs. There is going to be some good completion on the water from the Women’s division this year.

Intermediate and Advanced divisions both got great water and all had great runs, as the tricks get harder the action gets better. The sun was shining and the spectators were cheering as the riders did their best to compete for the top spots.

As typical competitions go, Mother Nature threw out some wind, and more boats on the water throwing rollers, as Outlaw took the stage. Andrew Wallace volunteered to go first and got the best water, and came out on top with the best run.

From the moves I saw on the water last weekend, I can tell you, it’s going to be a great year, if only the temperature would rise a bit so we can get out and ride some more.

 

Utah’s own Marc Glover took the top prize in the 19 and under category in the Wake in the Park event put on by Idaho Water Sports on May 5, 2008. The rail jam was the first of its kind in Idaho and was held in a wave pool at a water park.

The rail was a 45 foot A frame rail, but there was also a kicker for those who were more comfortable hitting the kicker. Marc Spent his time on the rail, after having hit Dewey’s Rail all summer last year, it was his forte. There were about 25 other competitors, each had about a 30 minute window to hit the rail as many times as they could.

The wave pool at the park was set up pretty nice, no waves were being thrown, but with the kicker and the rail there was plenty going on. Marc reports that the event was put together pretty well and Idaho Water Sports did a great job putting it together, he hinted that they would be doing more for sure in the future. In his winnings Marc walked away with a Liquid Force Fish wakeboard. If you see Marc out on the water, tell him congratulations!