WakeWorld.com brings us “The Latest in Wake” (news). ‘WakeUtah.com Water Park Rail Jam’. (To view the full article click here, or link above)

If you are a Wake World viewer and rider, welcome. Please, feel free to browse around and check out the Utah riding scene. Click on the various pictures and videos to see more of what we are about. In the forum you will find, and can contact a diverse group of local riders, along with view their own media.

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To all the riders who rode WakeUtah’s Seven Peak’s rail, Dewey’s Rail, and were mentioned in this news story; congratulations on updating your legend status.

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!

 

Make sure to join us the night before, for the pre-party.

Cost will be $35.00 to compete, to help cover our expenses.

Helmets and life jackets will be required for all riders along with signing a liability wavier.

This event will be a pre-qualifier to the Seven Peaks Rail Jam, which will have a limited amount of spaces available.

 Come ride the Delta Res Monster

Check out the map for a better idea of the location.

Kolton Barney is one of those guys who is good at almost everything he does. He is an accomplished Moto Cross rider who is usually top five amongst his intermediate class, with a few podium finishes. Kolton can shred the sloped on a winter board. He has also been known, in his past, to bang on a few drums, winning a few local competitions, including the Utah Talent Competition.

Luckily for WakeUtah, his friends and family, and all the bro’s he rides with, Kolton jumped on a wakeboard a few years back. After taking top honors in the IWA intermediate class last year, Kolton has moved up to the advanced class where his winning streak continues. After a gnarly crash at the Yuba stop, Kolton took care of Saratoga Springs winning first place. He then took 5th at East Canyon and 3rd at the most recent Idaho Boardstock. His winnings include 1st place at Wake in the Woods.

Kolton is continuing to progress and gain his style. He has a huge tantrum, crazy twisted up shifty, a bunch of grab variations, and loves to spin, usually throwing back to back heel and toe 3’s. Kolton is also starting to throw down on the rail scene. He keeps it clean to the end of every rail, even the new 60 foot Delta Res monster, and is now starting to learn a new move every session. Kolton is all ready starting to put the steeze on, way out on the nose and tail.

Kolton is an upbeat person who has a good time out on the water. He is easy to get along with, and loves to take people out on the boat, especially the ladies. Kolton enjoys meeting, riding, and learning from fellow riders, and is more than willing to take anyone out and even teach them a few things. Make sure to keep an eye on Kolton, who will be bringing the awesome to all the local events and rail jams. Introduce yourself or give him a shout and take a session, it will be good times.

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Name – Kolton Barney

Age – 18

Sponsors – WakeUtah

Board Set Up – LF Lyman 135 with LF Watson Special Edition Bindings

Hobbies other than wake sports – Moto Cross, Snowboarding, Pretty much anything that involves the outdoors

Biggest Accomplishments – Winning IWA Intermediate Division last year, all my podium finishes this year, but most of all the progression I have had on the water and on the sliders this season

Goals this Season – Keep developing my style by going back to the basics to clean up my tricks, going bigger with a few big floaty 180’s. I’m also working on a heel side front flip

Favorite Pro and Local Riders – Lyman, Greenwood, Murray, Rathy / Marc Glover, Braxton Tomlinson, Brothers Bagley

Favorite Trick to watch and perform – Kgb’s, Tantrum to blind, big floaty tricks with hanging grabs / shifty, spins, big indy tantrum

What is it about wakeboarding? Wakeboarding has a real mellow vibe. It’s all about having a good time with friends hanging out on the boat. All the self progression while riding. It makes you open yourself and you mind. When you go big it feels sick.

What do you like about the local scene? It has introduced me to a great group of friendly people and riders. Everyone feeds off each other and gets ideas from each other. Riding with the local community is making us better riders, and friends.

Who do you ride with? Marc Glover, Colton Brockbank, Ethen Roberts, D.C. Bateman, any and all locals, more everyday, and Dewey the rail man of course

 

 
Big thanks to Park City TV for showing an interest, and sharing our sport of Wakeboarding to the world.