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Jo e J o e Battleday
When I grow up
I will be
a Pro Wakeboarder Interview by: Phil Sirech
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I T ’ S C L E A R T O S E E T H AT WAKEBOARDING IS HEADING AWAY FROM AIR TRICKS AND MORE T OWA R D S F E AT U R E S . I T H I N K A I R TRICKS WILL ALWAYS BE A PART OF WA K E B OA R D I N G B U T I T L O O K S A S IF STYLE IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE IMPORTANT.
O LI VI E R D E RO M E , H U G E BAC K S I D E AIR OV ER T O KYO Photo : Rodrigo Donoso
E N RIQUE DOSTA : WA LL R I D E ON WAKESKATE S PA I N Photo : Hector Urzais
S E PE I BA N E Z H A N D PL A N AT WA K E PA R A D I S E Photo : Hector Urzais Calpe
YAN N IK PAT O N IS O N F IR E, B AC KS ID E AIR M AL AM AR WAKEPAR K B ARC EL O N A . Photo : Hector Urzais
I’VE ALWAYS BEEN SORT OF AN ADRENALINE JUNKIE AND WAKEBOARDING DEFINITELY SUPPLIES MY DAILY DOSE.
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Tell us about your recent wakeboarding travels...anything planned for this winter? I spent this past spring in Sydney at Cables Wake park, helping with the grom camps and coaching. Then went up to Bli Bli on the sunny coast of Australia and didn’t want to leave. After that I did a little bit of traveling to Florida and Cali for the Triple Crown stops, then I spent some time in London filming and coaching at Liquid Leisure, which was such a sick park. I plan to ditch the cold again and go back to Australia later this winter, then check out the Philippines and maybe Fise in France and Plastic Playgrounds in London. What do you do during your so called “off season“ to stay conditioned? I try to run every morning (or every other morning) but I mostly spend my time at this Ninja Warrior gym in Houston. It’s a parkour gym. Do you have a favorite edit that you watch over & over? The other night I watched some old school Alliance wake “Pull” episodes, it’s cool to see how far wakeboarding has come since then. But, honestly I don’t watch very many edits. Who are some people who inspire you, motivate you or just plain light a fire under your ass and make you mad enough to prove them wrong? My dad is someone that really inspires me, he’s such a hardworking guy and super supportive of me chasing my dream. He makes me feel limitless. Also, women’s wakeboarding in general is motivating. The progression of the women’s side of the sport is getting so competitive, seeing other girls on the water go BIG lights a fire under me and makes me want to push myself that much harder.
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Before a t t empt ing t h is t r ick I recommend t h a t you l ea r n t o do a n ent ire l a p of t h e ca b l e r iding swit ch a nd l ea r n a t oeside b a ck rol l . Start underneath the cable and take a progressive cut at the kicker and stay slightly crouched. Let off your edge about 3 feet from the kicker so you hit the jump with a flat board. To avoid rotating on the kicker focus on your front foot coming off there top of the kicker before you throw the trick. Come off the top of the kicker with more weight on your back foot so you can tuck your front knee to reach the nose grab with your front arm. Try to lock your back elbow into your back hip to keep that handle in close. Throw your head back like you do on a toeside backroll. Starting with your chest low allows you to throw the flip harder and spot your landing earlier. Focus on riding away from the cable as the tension will hold you up so you don’t fall on your bottom. Try and land it first go ;) Best of luck, Courtney For extra steezzz bone out your back leg 85