If you’re a teenager, hanging out on a boat with an iPod full of music, a cell phone to text your best friends and a world wakeboard champion to critique your moves would rank pretty close to nirvana.
At Freeride Wakeboard School, campers do just that. Wakeboarding wizard Billy Garcia picks them up in his version of a limo — a Malibu boat with built-in ballast tanks that create the perfect wake for flipping and jumping.
On this day last summer, he welcomes 13-year-old pals Tori Showalter, Sara Shaw and Claire Prewitt aboard at the Loop 360 boat ramp on Lake Austin. Once the girls settle in, boat driver J.D. Day revs the engine and they buzz up to Emma Long Metropolitan Park to pick up a fourth camper, 15-year-old Taylor Ferris…Â More info
Airing Sunday, February 15, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time (5:00 pm Pacific Time), and re-airing another several times during the week, pro wakeboarder Chad Sharpe stars in FUEL TV’s signature 30-minute series “Firsthand.”
In this episode of “Firsthand,” we join Canada’s own Sharpe in the most progressive wakeboarding “Firsthand” yet. We begin in scenic Western Washington where Chad re-visits his roots riding on picturesque Lake Samish, then he heads down to Ronix Wakeboards’ own Radar Lake for a unique night-time rail session.
From there it’s off to Florida for a behind-the-scenes adventure as the Billabong team shoots for its up coming film Out of the Pond. …Â More info
Living on Treasure Island, George Graef sees just about everything going on on the Lake. So when he saw this bicycle skimming across the waves, he wasn’t necessarily surprised, but he did pause to take a picture. “The inventiveness of Canyon Lake water ski enthusiasts is something to admire,†he says.Â
According to Al Van Beenen, who often is involved as a boat driver when something unusual is taking place on the water, Mike Murphy and Tony Klarich are behind the latest contraption…Â More info
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