The Road Dream.

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....

Ontario Wake Awards: the pre-game.

The second annual Ontario Wake Awards will be held tomorrow night in Toronto at the Red Bull 381 Projects on 381 Queen St West. I will be making the trip this year given that I have been nominated for both Cable Rider and Video of the Year.

However, the outcome of such a nomination is pretty much irrelevant at this point. Whether that's modest, corny or even cliché to say I don't really care because just the fact that I'm even being recognized is tops for me. 

I think this event goes a long way in helping to nurture the resurgence and progression of wakeboarding in Ontario. Not to mention that it's a great excuse for getting the whole Ontario wake crew together for a night of good fun. What more can I say than 'SIGN ME UP BRO!'

Special thanks to the entire Ontario Wake Awards team for putting this thing together. I'd also like to thank everyone who voted for my Video of the Year submission. The support has been overwhelming, and very much appreciated. MERCI!

(Ontario Wake Awards Video of the Year finalist)

Now although it will be a quick 24-hour trip, I'm not going to pass up the chance to ride at The Ranch Wakepark in Newmarket, Ont. They've got a brand new feature (pictured below) that I can't wait to get nice with on Saturday morning. Let's just hope that I won't lose the keys for the rental car this time around eh...