Wakin' the Streets! Episode 2

Episode two from the Wake Dans' Rue series. Check out your boy keeping it real in french! 

#WDR x BROssard

--Props to YANN ROY for the clean snaps @ le Wake Dans Rue in Brossard, QC!--

Wake Dans Rue #2!

The second stop of the Wake Dans Rue urban wakeboard series is going down tomorrow in Sherbrooke, QC! Myself, Craig McCallion (Half Cab Productions), Kelsey Chiappa, and Charles Sirois will be making the trip from Ottawa with Charlie's van.

Regardless of the contest outcome, we are in for a sick weekend of riding, partying, camping, and more riding. On our way back from Sherbrooke we will be stopping in at the Derome's for a cable shred. I cannot wait to check this year's setup!!!

The first stop was in Drummondville on June 10th, 2012. Peep the highlight video at http://www.sbcwakeboard.com/video_display/video:6220/Wake-Dans-Rue-Drummondville. 

Men's :

1- Benjamin Laclair (1000$)
2- Yan Thibault (500$)
3- François-Olivier Jutras (250$)
4- Alex Savoie (125$)

Women's:

1- Kelsey Chiappa (300$)
2- Marie Line Ouellet (200$)
3- Camélia Barrière (100$)

Wakin' the Streets of Québec!!

ProAm Productions have announced the official tour dates for Canada's premiere wakeboard and wakeskate winch tour: WAKE DANS RUE.

I'm super stoked for this summer's tour because I have been asked to recruit some fresh Ontario talent for each event. Rumour has it that there might even be a tv show deal in it for us! So if there are any Ontario riders interested in attending the Wake Dans Rue series, please send me an e-mail at bonney.jonathan@gmail.com if you would like to come along for a super fun, poutine-filled road trip through the belle province of Québec.

Information:

The WAKE DANS RUE series travels across Québec during the summer months in an effort to discover and develop the talents of wakeboarders and wakeskaters from across the country. Each event/tour stop offers an exciting and unique entertainment experience for both the riders and spectators alike. With more than $20,000 up for grabs this year, WAKE DANS RUE  is fast becoming the most prestigious urban wakeboard and wakeskate contest series in North America!

Dates:

June 16 - Drummondville

July 7 - Sherbrooke

July 14 - Trois Rivières

Aug 3 - Brossard

Aug 18 - Victoriaville (grand finale)

Cash Prize:

Men            Women

1- $1000      1- $300

2- $500        2- $200

3- $250        3- $100

4- $125

**This year will also feature a point system in order to determine an overall tour champion and the WAKE DANS RUE grand prize winner.**

Format:

QUALIFICATIONS: 5 minute jam session wherein the top 8 best trick advance to the next round.

FINALS: 8 riders will go head-to-head in a best of three format to determine the winner for each stop.

Registration:

You can secure your spot online by registering at www.proamproductions.com, cost is $50 /event.

**If you have any questions, or need help with french translation, please contact me directly at bonney.jonathan@gmail.com**

Free ridin' gypsies Pt.2 - new edit!!

Free ridin' gypsies (Pt. 2) from Johny Bonney on Vimeo.
July was crazy fun month for me. I was fortunate enough to be able to travel from Ottawa to Timmins, back to Ottawa to Winnipeg, back to Ottawa to St-Zotique and to Trois-Rivières, and then back again. Confused? Tell me about it. Shit at the end of all that, it was already August!

Here's part two which features myself, Johny Bonney riding at Beach Club and the Derome's, Charles Sirois, Craig McCallion (Slaysh, Halfcab Productions), and my bro Justin Bonney (Billabong) at the Derome's as well. The footage from Trois-Rivières, Québec, is from a winch contest called Wake Dans Rue (Proam Productions) and features Ben Leclerc (Slingshot, Axis, Billabong, Etnies, Dragon), Yan Tibo (CTRL wakeboards, Axis, Go Fast energy drink, von zipper), Alex Savoie (Liquid Force, Sharks, O'neill, Dragon), and Max Cartier (O'Brien wakeboards).

Needless to say that I got lots of riding done, visited some cool places, and met some even cooler people along the way.


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Wake'n in da street dere in Trois Rivières, Québec!

This weekend's mission took me to Trois Rivières, Québec. A small, and quaint little town pretty much halfway between Montréal and Québec City. I made the decision to go after waking up Saturday morning and having nothing really better to do on a beautiful hot sunny day. The reason for my slight hesitation was that I would first need to catch a bus to montreal at 11 am, then  board a "train de banlieu" for a 35min ride to Deux-Montagnes to meet up with Tibo, and then finally make the drive to Three Rivers. Amazingly everything lined up smooth as!

Once in Deux-Montagnes, Tibo was nice enough to drive some new friends I had made on the train and who were looking to make it to the Beach Club. So after dropping them off, we were on our way to Alex Savoie's, a.k.a Mr. Wake QC. And being the environmentalists we are, we all decided to pack into Savoie's truck and car pool our way to the 2011 edition of Wake Dans Rue in Trois Rivières.

(Arnauld going down, shoulder first)

(Marie-Line holding it down)

As per usual the setup was a good mix of fun and sketchyness. But it was really cool to know that this year's setup was designed by Raph Derome himself. Both boys AND girls were throwing down with of course the odd entertaining bail. (props to our boy Arnauld who sustained a dislocated shoulder, we wish you a speedy recovery bro!).

At the end of it all it was Yan Tibo in third, Alex Savoie in second, and p'tit Benjamin Leclair taking first place with 500$!

(Tibo's test run)

So after a few beers and having to pick up our man Arnauld at the hospital, we decided to call it a night and head back to Montreal. The next morning I headed over to check out Tibo's pimpin' new pad and for some delicious peanut butter toast. We then headed to the Beach Club for a shred on the cable with Seb Toots (yes he can also rip on a wakeboard!). So ya just another super fun trip and mission on a whim in the belle province of Québec! 

thank you Tibo, Savoie, and Stacey for some sweet québecois hospitality!! à la prochaine mes amies...