New THAILAND edit coming VERY soon...

For the last month or so I've slowly been putting together the follow up to our "One Week in Thailand" edit that was released while we were actually still in Thailand. I've had a lot of fun working on this project. It was such a great trip, and so hopefully this video will do it justice! Stay tuned, if all goes well it should be uploaded and ready to share by tomorrow.

In the meantime, just enjoy the teaser one more time...

One Week in THAILAND from Johny Bonney on Vimeo.

Rooftop party photos!

Here are a few photos from that rooftop party we attended last Friday in Bangkok. The city skyline provided the perfect backdrop; us and the whole Thai Wake Park crew were surely the life of the party! Thankfully our friend Kanar was there with his camera so we could piece together a great night that started with Tibo buying that ridiculous hawaiian shirt...

Bangkok.

(Bangkok!)

After Friday night's crazy rooftop party (pictures to follow), I took the day off from riding on Saturday and went to visit Bangkok. We spent most of the day just walking around, checking some markets, and sampling some street food. Bangkok is a crazy city! After we finished shopping, we took some tuk-tuks to a bar where our friend Kanar is friends with the owner. 

(the crew)

However we had to stop at a tailoring place on the way because the tuk-tuk driver gets a commission for bringing people to the store. I knew before coming to Thailand that you could get a cheap tailored suit so with that in mind I was stoked to go check this shop out (www.bironibangkok.com). And sure enough I bought a suit for 4,000 Baht (140$) after Kanard bargained a sick deal down from 6,000 Baht. It's 100% silk cashmere custom fit of Gucci or Hugo quality I was told. My second fitting is scheduled for Monday night, I'll make sure to get some pictures. Can't wait, this suit is gonna be pimp!

But perhaps the coolest thing that awaited us on this night was the full moon lunar eclipse! Absolutely epic!!

Anyways here's a few more photos from today's fieldtrip...

"Welcome to the Kingdom of Thailand"

After a 35-hour odyssey that started in Ottawa, Ont., at 4:00 a.m. on Monday morning, I finally arrived at my destination: Thai Wake Park (Bangkok). The long flights are now but a blur, and the sleep on a hard rock mattress was well worth it. My reward? Waking up to a beautiful warm sunny morning! ahhhh....

Surprisingly the trip over here was pretty uneventful to say the least. But I mean let's be honest, flying commercially from North America to Bangkok is pretty tame by today's standards. Perhaps the biggest adventure at this point would have been deciding what movie to watch or whether to eat the airplane food.

It was not until I landed in Bangkok and stepped out of the comfort realm of an international airport did I feel as though my trip had finally started. Needless to say that it took me over two hours to leave the airport after waiting for Yan Tibo and Benjamin Leclair who were flying in from Montreal, Qué. As it turned out they arrived an hour earlier than anticipated and decided to forgo the one hour and a half wait for my ass.

So anyways with the boys MIA at Thailand customs and immigration, I decided to grab a cab to TWP. I thought for sure by having a map the cab driver would know where to go. Hmm yeah, not so simple. 

For those who don't know, Thailand is coming off some of the worst flooding the country has seen in decades so getting around Bangkok is not a given. Luckily for us the floodwaters have receded considerably, but the aftermath is clearly visible and to see it first hand was pretty heavy to say the least.

After much convincing, the cab driver finally agreed to take me. After taking a little detour to avoid a washed out road, my dude pulled up to TWP and I couldn't have been more relieved. I was greeted by a sweet lady "Canada? Yan? ya ya, here here," she said. 

Sure enough I find them in a room no bigger than a janitor's closet, two bunk beds, and my mattress on the floor. Still running on North America time, figured I'd pop a gravol to help the transition. At last I was comfortably asleep before I could even begin decipher exactly where I was in the world and how I ever got here.

"Got my ticket sonnnnn"

Looks as though Tibo and I won't be alone on our trip to Thailand next Monday. Benjamin Leclair a.k.a. Ti-Ben has decided as of today that he is coming too. For those who don't know Ben, he is an 18-year old up and comer riding for Slingshot wakeboards out of Valleyfiedl, Qué., who has just made the best decision of his young life! 

I'm also gonna be meeting up with a buddy who's been in Australia for the past year. I first met Ted Beadle a few years back when I was living in Australia. The wakeboarding world can be very small sometimes. 

Bonus is that there's a good group of riders already at Thai Wake Park right now. Tibo and I have a mutual friend from France named Kanard/Frenchie who I first met at the CWC during my second trip there. 

"Attache ta tuque!"

Ben Leclair september sesh 2011 from ben leclair on Vimeo.

Backyard shredder: Benjamin Leclair!

Ben Leclair. 2011 from Justin Loiselle on Vimeo.

Check out this little edit of my little buddy Benjamin Leclair (AtWater, AXIS, Slingshot, Billabong) shredding at his local spot chez les Deromes in St. Zotique, Québec. Kid's got talent!

new edit! Backyard Sunday session with Benjamin Leclair and Johny Bonney

Backyard Sunday session with Benjamin Leclair and Johny Bonney from Johny Bonney on Vimeo.
Put together a little edit with some of the footage we got on Sunday. Another super fun day at Pop Wake School shredding Julien Derome's Backyard System in St. Zotique, Qué. The video features my friend little Benji who is killing it right now for Slingshot wakeboards...And don't forget the WHAT UP video release party on June 17th at Babylon nightclub in Ottawa!!