GETTING THE SHOT

Behind the Shot-Graeme Burress from Graeme Burress on Vimeo.

BRADEN IOI

Braden Ioi is keeping things rolling this spring with a fresh new Toronto winch edit to help us all get back into the swing of things. It's been one hell of a year for Braden after taking home the 2012 National Wakeskate Title, placing 4th at the Worlds, helping resurrect Levelthirtn wakeskates,  and most recently being named the 2012 Ontario Cable Rider of the Year. And I don't think he's done yet folks. Enjoy!

GONE WINCHIN' w/ HALFCAB

get the full story at halfcab.ca and wake2wake.ca...

Good Ratio - the REMOTE team video.

Good Ratio Teaser from Remote Wakeskates on Vimeo.
I'm sure that touring America for almost two months has afforded them some pretty knarly and unique footage...needless to say that I am looking forward to seeing what they were able to condor up after all that time and talent on the road!

Winches and Stitches: the movie.

Charlie Locks from Craig McCallion on Vimeo.

This is the follow up to the story and pictures from Winches and stitches I published back in April when we had a winch session in the Rideau Canal. In addition to some really good snaps, the whole day was also being documented on video. Hear the full story from the boy himself!

#WDR x BROssard

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

SHOT x Alija Bos

Last month during my trip to Toronto with Wake2Wake, photographer Alija Bos was on hand to capture some of the winching madness. Check these bawss (no pun intended) shots of Yan Lecomte and Braden Ioi hitting the humber river spillway! 

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$)

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....

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...