The Wakeboard Camp Blog

Hayley Smith – 2010 Aussie Rider of the Year

Billy Park — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:25:47 +0000

Huge congratulations to Hayley Smith for achieving the Australian Rider of the Year award! You can see Hayley ride this spring and summer right here at The Wakeboard Camp.

She’s been going huge and learning all kinds of crazy stuff on her new Ronix board. Yew!!!

Bob’s Box

Billy Park — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:40:37 +0000

Recently, our own Bob Sichel spent a little time updating his towable box. He made it super streamlined, lighter weight, and changed the color scheme, all new for 2010!

So he hit the lake with our friends Kevin Henshaw and Danny Harf to test out the new setup. Kevin and Danny had some great hits on it for their first run with the box. Each of them had a pretty scary near painful experience. Bob, being the expert of his own design, showed the possibilities of what can be done with some plywood and a bunch of 2×4’s floating on a big old tube. Check out the video below that was captured by Alliance’s Patrick Wieland.

TWC Girls

Billy Park — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:52:47 +0000

The ladies of The Wakeboard Camp have been hard at work during the US off season. Things down under have been nice and hot, and Amber Wing, Hayley Smith, and Bec Gange have all been riding well.

Amber took top honors at the Australian Pro Am with Hayley finishing second and Bec rounding off the podium in third. The girls are doing a lot of free riding this year so look for them to be bringing some new wake maneuvers back to the US for the 2010 summer season!

Here are a few photos of Amber and the girls.

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The video below is from Alliance Wake and shows some wakeboarding on the sky blue waters of Abu Dhabi. Enjoy!

Ben Greenwood Video!

Billy Park — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:27:58 +0000

What’s up young riders? Check out what The Wakeboard Camp team rider, the one and only Mr. Ben Greenwood has been up to this winter. Footage courtesy of Trevor Hansen.

10 Tricks with Ben Greenwood from Trevor Hansen on Vimeo.

It’s Warming Up

Billy Park — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:42:31 +0000

Hey fellow riders! Here at The Wakeboard Camp, we had a pretty cold holiday season. That seems to be well out of the way. Over the past week, the water temperature has risen 15 degrees Fahrenheit (about 6 degrees Celsius) from 50 to 65 (10 to 16). It’s going to be hot over the weekend and stay up in the 70’s (20’s) for a while in late January/early February.

So take this chance to get out of your cold weather and join us in tropical Florida! Click here to book your trip to ride with us!

Alliance 2010 Gear Guide Board Test

Billy Park — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:03:16 +0000

Have you got the 2010 Gear Guide issue of Alliance yet? You know that chunk of totally radical breakdowns of how each board behaves on the water behind the boat, on the cable, and on rails? Well the boat portion was conducted right here at The Wakeboard Camp!

You can watch a quick little video and see how it all went down on that cold wintry (by Floridian standards) day. Riders included Chad Lowe, Nick Whitt, Derek Cook, and the mysterious Agent Orange. A lot of time was spent out on the lake that day. Hopefully it helps you get that perfect setup for this year’s shredding!

Obscura Demo Day January 17

Billy Park — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:12:18 +0000

It’s a new year and we’re starting things off right with a winter wakeskate demo day. Obscura wakeskates will be hosting a big old day of riding and eating free stuff right here at The Wakeboard Camp this coming Sunday, January 17, 2010.

The event will run from 10am to 4pm. Come ride all the 2010 Obscura gear with the guys whose names are on the boards! Aaron Reed, Danny Hampson, James Balzer, Travis Doran, and Kyle Hyams will be here to show you the way. We don’t want you going hungry while you’re here, so Monster energy drinks and Chipotlé burritos will be handed out free of charge to all who are here. That’s right, free food, drinks, and all the pro wakeskaters you can handle!

Check it out on Obscura’s site here. Plan your weekend around coming out to Clermont! See ya here!

Have You Searched for Bob?

Billy Park — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:14:38 +0000

Alliance Wake just released the results for the most searched wakeboarders of 2009. Second on the list, only to the legend Parks Bonifay, is The Wakeboard Camp’s own Bob Sichel. Nice work on getting searched a whole bunch of times Bob!

Bob recently signed on with Company along with the fourth top searched rider, Randall Harris. The other riders on the list are also friends of the camp: Robby Jacques and Aaron Rathy.

Nice work getting out there and pushing the sport guys! Check out the article here.

Stokemeter Instruction!

Kyle Schmidt — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:49:55 +0000

It’s time for another episode of Stokemeter Instruction hosted by yours truly. Join me tomorrow night at 9pm EST/6pm PST for an hour long video chat. Hopefully I will see you at Stokemeter.com.

Bob Sichel featured in “Shred Town Road Trip”

Kyle Schmidt — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:12:05 +0000

Check out our young up and coming coach/cook/ripper Bob Sichel in wakeworld.com’s newest story. Check out the video below to get a taste of the newest trend in wakeboarding. Wenching trips and urban style wakeboarding are popping up every where in the industry and Bob shows his versatility by jumping (literally) into the mix.

Click here to view the embedded video.