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B OMBE R EYEW EA R andTHE BOMBER CABLePARK BATTLES Written by: Vicki Dill

How many pairs of sunglasses have YOU donated to the lake, river or ocean? We’ve all been there unfor tunately. Finally there’s a solution to this dilemma…Bomber Eyewear - a line of floating sunglasses that they describe as “a mesh of fun, function, safety, and water”. They are perfect for riding on OR behind the boat…and can even be worn on those extra sunny days at the cablepark. Tommy “the Bomber” Bonacci founded Bomber Eyewear back in 1997. The four-time World Champion Jet Ski Racer made his first pair of floating sunglasses from torn off pieces of foam padding from jet skis. Now, their family-run company uses a patented foam lining technology to offer water sports enthusiasts, fishermen and everyone in between eyewear that is comfortable, durable, stylish and able to float. All of their eyewear comes with patented flotation technology and hard coatings to protect them from scratches. Their flexible frames, coupled with Bomber’s patented foam lining technology is what makes their eyewear ideal for comfort while keeping them lightweight. They also have wraparound styles that provide protection against debris, wind and glare as well as polarized options, bifocal lenses and a large variety of custom lenses are available. In addition to offering innovative eyewear BOMBER EYEWEAR BENELUX organized a competition series unlike any other. The 2015 Bomber Cablepark Battles were a series of team battles between the 5 cableparks in Belgium. 5 riders from each park competed in each battle representing their very own cablepark. Each park hosted a battle making it a 5 stop tour. The teams competed against each other and were judged on their skills in 3 different disciplines: Freestyle/Airtricks Battle, Rail Battle, and Kicker Battle. For being such a small country - Belgium has 5 full sized cable wakeparks. The 5 parks are Terhills Cablepark, The Spin - 1st Belgian Cablepark, Lakeside Paradise, BCP Belgium Cable Park, and the newest park, Goodlife Cablepark. The competitions took place within 2 months and it was great way to bring together all the riders, both French speakers and Dutch speakers, from every corner of Belgium. By gathering everyone five times for the events it created a stronger wake boarding community for the entire country. The world needs to watch out - there’s some hardcore riding going on in the little 33

country known best for their chocolate, beer and waffles! The 1st stop of the event was at the very well developed, Lakeside Paradise. Lakeside offers all the bells and whistles that anyone would want from a cablepark. They have several technical rails with the most well known being their Unit pool gap. Not surprisingly Lakeside also won the event for that day. The 2nd stop was held at Terhills Cablepark, a park set in a very natural environment with high class accommodations and the most amazing food. Terhills Cablepark shared the top spot with Lakeside Paradise. The 3rd stop was held at The Spin, a very lively park with a spirited partying ambiance. The first place position at that stop went to the Terhills team with Victor Salmon, a Bomber Eyewear Team Rider giving the team a strong edge. The 4th stop was at Belgium’s newest park, Good Life. It was a sunny day in Belgium and the crowd enjoyed Goodlife’s beach like vibe while watching Lakeside take the win. The 5th stop was at Belgium Cablepark, a park that offers the advanced Unit Henshaw rail and Lakeside dominated on the water that day. At the end of the 5 competition series the winning team, Lakeside Paradise, brought home victory & honor to their cablepark thanks to the innovative competition series created by Bomber Eyewear Benelux. Kevin Crombez, Bomber’s charming importer & distributor, presented the winning team with their awards and 1000 euro check. Bomber Eyewear Benelux has taken on some of the best riders in the world to be a part of their respected team. Expect to see well known wakeboarders like Lior Sofer, Victor Salmon, Sanne Meijer, Tommy Swaan, Antoni van der Wekken & Joachim Bertelsen wearing their stylish shades on and off the water. “Like” them on Facebook at We Are Bomber, follow them on Instagram @we_are_bomber and check out their website for all the latest styles, www.bombereyewear.net.

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Interview by: Vicki Dill

Carro is 24 years old and born and raised in Stockholm, Sweden but for the past five years she has been living in her board bag all over the world. Wakeboarding is her passion but she also loves tr ying things she’s never done before and discover ing places she’s never been. Rock-climbing in Thailand, surfing in France, and experiencing the exhilaration of tr ying something new are an impor tant par t of being happy in Carro’s point of view.

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T o dd W at s on RONIX Across US by: Tood Watson

A road trip from the East coast of the United States, to the West coast. Two smelly dudes, a bus that barely worked, a trailer with a full rail jam setup hardly latched on the back, it was sweltering hot, no A.C., no brake lights, over 80 hours on the road, and a couple of Ronix Wakeboards. It was pretty damn awesome. Only Jus tin Teich and I were leading the ship, but we ran into many amazingly great people along the journey.

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Dany Harf © Tood Watson

We didn’t waste any time. We kicked it off Next stop, Bloc Wakepark, in St. George, with a heavy bang in a little town called, Utah. The place of beautiful canyons, Las Vegas. We put together a rail jam and beautiful Mormon woman. I don’t demo at the Professional Bull Riding care what Justin’s Tinder said. There’s championships. We were the side show, only one other place I’ve ever felt more but by the end of the weekend, I think at home, and that’s Bloc. It has 3 system we turned 2.0’s, and into the main talks about NEXT STOP, BLOC WAKEPARK, IN ST. show. At a full size G E O RG E , U TA H . . . . T H E R E ’ S O N LY least that’s cable within ONE OTHER PLACE I’VE EVER FELT MORE AT HOME, AND THAT’S BLOC. what the a year or two. Monster girls The family were saying that owns it about Justin Teich. If you know what completely loves wakeboarding and they i’m sayin’. We got a surprise visit from are some of the most amazing people. Danny Harf and he rode with us. The 5 hours from the California beaches, 2 one thing I’ll always remember is him hours from Lake Powell, 2 hours from telling us “The best thing about Vegas Vegas, with snowboard mountains is leaving Vegas”. Man he was right. I down the road. It’s incredible. The one would go into more details about that thing we did notice there, was every stop, but, what happens in Vegas stays single customer that came was trying in Vegas. to swindle a deal on their passes. Who does that??

Justin Teich _ Bloc Wakepark ÂŠ Tood Watson

MR DANIEL GRAN T A K A TURT T LE , TAIL LIPSLIDE O N TH E BLACK PIPE THAI WAKE PARK BANGKOK . Photo : Karl Herman

D O N AT IEN B IL L AU D L IP S L IDE O N T H E F L AT B AR C AS T O R WAKEPAR K F R AN C E. Photo : Ben Switson

YON E L C O H EN X TR E M TA I L P R ES S , UP R A I L LA S O U RC E F R AN C E Photo : Ydwer van der heide

AND NOW SOME SIMPLE QUESTIONS: Cable or boat? Boat. Tail press or nose press? Nose. Rails or kicker? Both. St. Petersburg or Moscow? Definitely Saint-P. Germany or Philippines? Actually I haven’t been to Philippines yet, but at the end of this year I plan to go there. In Germany I’ve been to many wake parks, so right now my choice is Germany. Full size cable or System 2.0? System 2.0 or full size cable like The Bricks. Any advice to the young guns that are on their way up? Wakeboarding is growing very fast and a lot of kids do tricks. I learned only at a later age. In wakeboarding it’s very important to not be afraid to try new tricks, keep your head up and believe in yourself!

Who would you like to thank? Thanks to my parents who have spent their entire lives supporting me and helping me to grow! My coaches and friends! Thank you to my sponsors: Quiksilver, Liquid Force, Traektoria Boardshop, which also made a huge contribution to me! Thank you all!