The IWA Awards Ceremony is this sat at Mo’s Bar & Grill on May 2nd at 7pm. Stick around for the live band after the prizes are given out.

In case you have not heard a group in Utah County that is looking to bring a cable park to Utah Lake.  They will be be meeting with the State of Utah to discuss the project on March 23.  They are asking people to join The Utah Cable Project Facebook Group as a way of showing support for the project, please do so here.  Check out the offical site for more info: utahcableproject.blogspot.com/

As the weather changes back and forth from semi warm to cold and back to semi warm, I start to get the itch to get out on the water.  I realized today as I was on my morning commute that I needed to put on my sunglasses, it then occured to me; Sunglasses in the morning?  It’s almost time to hit the water!  Then I drove by Utah Lake, I saw that most of it still covered in a thick sheet of ice and if Utah Lake still has ice on it the rest of the lakes are surely iced over.  The slight glimmer of light was that the west shorline looks like it has begun to thaw.  Only a few weeks ago I saw that Dewey and Down For the Ride rode their bikes out to the lake to check the status, check out the results here.

With gas prices lower this year, I’m expecting a stellar year on the water.  The WakeUtah.com crew is working on some big things this year, James already spilled the beans about the new site design, which is looking pretty sweet.  Its getting closer and I’m very excited for what is to come.  More sun, more heat, get your gear ready, let’s ride!!

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.

Grom Hayden Hargraves Harlee Wadsworth Alex Coop Eathen Bagley
Beginner Micheal Weeks Parker Tuttle Ryan McBride Braden Brockbank Wyatt Hargraves Sadie Wadsworth
Intermediate Ethan Farnes Quinn Clyde Justin Olsen Nick Cordon Taylor Benson Cole Barone
Girls Jennacce Jackson Nickie Willhoite Brittnee Clifford
Advanced Ward White Ethan Roberts Morgan Tackett Chance Bird Kolton Barney Matt Brady
Outlaw Dave Bagley Andrew Wallace Blake Hensen Ryan Webster Jason Coop Braxton Tomlinson

View East Canyon Photo Gallery

Found an interesting story about the Utah Wakeboarding scene in the Daily Utah Chronicle, check it out here. Thanks for the shout out.

As we where heading down to our practice sessions last Friday we made a quick stop off at American Fork Harbor to take a pull behind the new Super Air Nautique 230 with some of the guys from Croft Marine. If you have not taken a look at the new Air Nautique’s I recommended it. The new interior design has a lot to offer. Starting with the walk through swim platform all the way up to the play pen style bow. The next thing you notice is the ton of storage room and the numerous seating configurations. I like how you can can set up a lot of rear face seating. As Dewey jumped in the water to take a session behind the fully weighted down Nautique I took the wheel. As I hit the throttle the boat quickly got up to plane and the ‘Zero-Off‘ GPS cruise control took over. I was impressed with how well the Zero-Off held the speed with very little change. After playing with everything inside the boat I was excited to take the wake for a spin. I have ridden behind Air Natiques in the past as was expecting to get the same steep wakes that I had seen before, but this was not the case. The wake still has a ton of girth to it (even in Utah Lakes 5ft of water), but the new Nautique throws a clean wake with enough transition to be a comfortable launch pad for any level of rider. The real test would be to see how this wake shapes out in deeper water.

Overall you will find that the new Air Nautique has a lot to offer, and despite this being the first year Croft Marine has carried Nautique, they are very knowledgeable and eager to answer any questions you can throw at them. Don’t take my word for it, head down to Croft Marine and check one out for yourself. Croft will be out at American Fork Harbor a few Fridays this summer giving a pull to whomever is interested. Also make sure to keep an eye on WakeUtah for a chance to ride behind the new Nautique during a meet up session in the near future.