Checkout the really well done story about the Seven Peaks Rail Jam and the Utah Wakeboarding Scene.

Thanks to Marine Products, Oakley, Company Wake, Wakeology, Urban Rider, & Pulldozer for helping make this happen!

Checkout the WakeUtah crew answering question on Stokemeter.com

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WakeUtah Team Members will be on StokeMeter TV April 21 at 7pm, answering questions about the Utah Wakeboarding Scene.  When it is time head over to http://stokemeter.com/stoke_tv.htm and ask your questions in the UStream chat window.  Also on April 16 – 7pm Justin Stephens of Company Wake will be answering questions as well.  Either way throw some popcorn in the microwave and pull up a chair to watch us all answer question from the wakeboard community.

Our Friends at Rockwell Watches would like to extend a discount offer to all WakeUtah Members.  Check out this month’s killer deal below:

WakeUtah is looking for a volunteer intern to help with some of the WakeUtah graphical needs.  This is a volunteer position, and you should only apply if you are interested in getting involved in the Utah Wakeboard Scene and helping it grow.  Task would include banner design, flyer design, ad design, etc.  There is a possibility of paid work via my personal company, but no guarantees.  If you are interested please email meat james@wakeutah.com, with examples of work and how you would redesign one of the banner ads that we currently have on our site.

Last Friday was the First Day of Spring, which marks the official end of winter. The only way to properly celebrate this day is to strap on a wakeboard and have a session. Most lakes around Northern Utah are still under the ice, but with a bit of work, they are ridable.

Our idea was simple; break a few sections out of the ice to act as pools, then use the frozen ice slabs in between as huge slider boxes. Why, because no matter how many times you may hear it, it is not a true ‘freeze ride’, unless something is frozen. It takes a certain breed of people to accomplish a task such as this. I knew just who to call. An old buddy of mine who is always in for anything, and never has a shortage of ideas, Stubbs. You can’t tackle the ice without the Winch Master himself, OMJ. Last but not least, my off-season riding buddies, the Down For The Ride crew, Josh and David.

We were greeted by the Sheriff when we arrived. Although he voiced his opinion on how stupid he thought we were, he wished us the best of luck and went on his way. We fired up the Pulldozer Winch and it was time for awesome. Stubbs took care of the first set to make sure everything was legit. He even had a speedo run to prove how nice the weather was. Josh followed up with a 180 on 180 out on the first ’slider’ finishing with a back side 180 on the second hit. He later threw down some sick tail press action. I jumped in next with no awesome, but after switching to Josh’s Roam it was on with the back lip steez on the first slider to 540 on the second ice box.

This was apparently about the time when someone took it upon themselves to call the ranger. It must have looked like we were having too much fun. Needless to say, we were politely shut down and booted out of Jordanelle. The reason; we were not participating in the “normal usage of the state facility”.

I thought wakeboarding was normal.

Note: WakeUtah does not advise any sort of activity on any body of frozen water. It is dangerous. You may die. Also, please be courteous to any ranger, state park official, or sheriffs you may encounter in your wakeboarding, wakeskating, or winching activities. If they ask you to leave, please do so. Do not argue, you will not win, you will only give all of us wakeboarders a bad reputation. We must join together and go about our fights the proper way. I will personally, along with all of us must, always jump through any hoops in the proper order and submit the correct paper work to ensure everyone may enjoy and participate in our sport in years to come.

Thanks to DownForTheRide.com for the pics. Also make sure to check out a small video done by DFTR Josh on my.wakeutah.com.

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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!!

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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.

Join the forum and submit your own video to join WakeUtah’s ‘Get in X-Dance film contest’. Vote on your favorites to give someone a chance see their video along with the greats, in the X-Dance Film Festival.

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.