RAPH.

RAPH from Liquid Force on Vimeo.
what the f*#k can I say!? the kid is a game changer.

2012 Canadian WAKE Championships

2012 Rockstar Canadian Wake Championships presented by Nautiques from Jono Boysen on Vimeo.

While I was at the Canadian Cable Championships, all the talk was about what had all went down just the day before at the Wake Championships. In this video make sure to check out Oli and Raph Derome battle it out on their home lake in St-Zotique for the 2012 canadian wake crown. Ultimately it was Oli that took the title, but Raph ended up wining the rail contest and so I guess everything worked out just fine.

The National.

Tomorrow is the (drum roll please, trumpets sound) 2012 Canadian Cable championships, taking place at my adoptive home cable le Beach Club in Pointe-Calumet, QC. I will be there tomorrow, riding, and therefore "competing". 

Not sure if that's exactly what I'll be doing, but I'm cool with that. Instead I'm gonna focus on expressing the aesthetic significance of wakeboarding, a.k.a STYLE. I'm not going to lie though, having the opportunity to showcase your talent on the national stage is pretty fun and awe-inspiring.

The ultimate goal however is progression, you want wakeboarding to be that much better at the end of the contest than when it began. The 2012 Wake Championships going down right now at the Derome's in St-Zotique, QC, have already proven so. And so I truly believe that with the talent set to descend upon the Beach Club tomorrow, we will have witnessed the best, most complete, most progressive, and most styled Canadian Nationals ever. 

At this time I would like to commend the efforts of Wake Canada, Waterski and Wakeboard Canada, and all those involved for bringing together the 2012 Wake and Cable Championships in one amazing weekend of riding. Well done.

from www.wake2wake.ca

On the road.

Gearing up for a five-day road trip that's going to take me from the Derome's to Toronto. I've been looking forward to this trip ever since I got the invite from Guillaume Paré and crew. The purpose of the trip will be to film an episode for wake2wake.ca's own t.v. show that will be airing on RDS later this summer.

Coming along for the trip will be Joe Ferguson, Yan Roy, Yan Lecomte, Ben Leclair, and Guillaume Paré. We will be meeting up with our G.T.A. bros Jono Boysen, Jordan Lavery, Braden Loi, Drew Austin, and the rest of of the Ranch Wake Park team.

Luckily for me I'm going to be at the Derome's with Charlie Sirois and Kelsey Chiappa on Wednesday. We'll be driving there in style with Charlie's sweet monster van! After that I'll wait up for the wake2wake camper van and we'll take to the 401 west on route to Toronto.

After talking on the phone with Jono the other day, looks as though we have a sweet trip planned out for us. Thursday and Friday we'll be hitting the streets looking for some urban spots to winch. Then Saturday/Sunday we're gonna be camping out at the Ranch for some cable riding. Not before attending another Lipsmask premiere party that's going down in Bobcaygeon (wherein I saw the constellation) Friday night.

Stay tuned to www.wake2wake.ca for the whole story....

New rails, new fun @ the Derome Cable!

Wow Plaza chez les Derome's is gearing up for a new season with some new rails. They modified the previous flat bar into a sick looking flat up down. The A-frame has been changed as well with the addition of a flat down/up flat section. If this weather keeps up, we will be able to hit these new beauties in no time!! Thanks to www.wake2wake.ca and Marc-André Besner for the update!

What Up! - teaser

What Up Tease I from Craig McCallion on Vimeo.

Check out this teaser for the new video Craig McCallion and Half Cab Productions have put together showcasing Ottawa's local wake scene. This is Craig's second full length release after producing Legit the movie in 2009. The production quality on this new video is crazy with everything being in full HD and then some. Justin and I are super stoked to be a part of this project with a chance to showcase some of the footage we got last year during our 4th stint at the CWC together. WHAT UP will be available for FREE download following it's official release party at Bablyon nightclub in Ottawa, ON on June 17th, 2011. Stay tuned to halfcab.ca for some fresh news, as well as THE BOOMBOX DREAM for some fresh BOOMBOX touched teasers as well...