the filler

Well Texas is definitely the SPOT for winching, people. Clint T. had so many spots he couldn't even remember them all. Clint's section is probably going to end up being real gnarly and real sick, so get ready. That little Texas journey is pretty much exactly what we needed. Collin Gee is rowdy, he's my homeboy. First time ever winching for the young 'un, and it was just what he needed. Dude was shoving down a 5-footer first time ever hitting a drop. Talk about potential. Nick Taylor does what he does, which is shred harder than anyone with an uber-smooth style. Tell that kid happy birthday if you see him, but don't feel bad if you miss it, cuz nothing says Happy Birthday like a trip to the Philippines to wakeskate in paradise. Anyway, I hear Keith is in Bradenton right now, probably passed out in Sparta... can't blame ya buddy. I'm heading that way now for a little sailing journey, maybe KL and I will cross paths, maybe I will also come across some other dudes like Travy, Yimbo, maybe even Gombu, who knows???

Keep murking and lurking people

-dave

Texas #1

Just filled up the first tape from our Texas trip, and we haven't even gotten into the nitty gritty yet. The next three days are gonna get really sick. Nick and I are in some high school library across from the courtroom where Collin had to attend to some business... dont ask. But anyway, yeah, more like libr-hairy if you ask me.

I'm hungry.

Collin's parents are awesome, they fed us good and treated us like family. Good people for sure. and Collin's brother Clint is awesome too, and not too shabby at wakeboarding. This morning we walked down Collin's neighborhood to find the most perfect two gaps in a row... it was real gnar. unfortunately though, no winch. story of my life.

this place is fire:


later dudes
-dave

Winch Gaps and sich...

Started the day out at TSR today, just mellowing out after the weekend-long brodown that is the Texas Toe Jam. I played some ping pong and guitar with Ross Gardner, along with some gnarly tech decking around the facility. We spotted Davey creepin on the beach with his fro, so we called him up to the balcony where he spilled a little bit of his soul into the air with the help of Ross' guitar. Collin Gee was out on the water kicking ass with some of the smoothest kickflips in America and some rail steez for dessert. Collin gets me hella stoked every time I'm around him. My new homie Jim was out there shredding too, putting down some sick 3 shuvs and box hits on his 08 Island Style Integrity skate. Kid is way baller. Frogskins and neon boardies. After taking a few shots with my still cam, the wind let up a bunch and the line got short, setting the wakeskate mood for me and apparently the trick ski mood for Ross. Pretty intense. I threw my fins out at Backdoor a few times and got a few laybacks as well, a pretty good frontside sesh, hopefully it makes it into the vid.

We (Me, Bret Little, Collin Gee, and Dave Hanson) dried off and left the TFR (Texas Fun Ranch), to go out to dinner at Chili's (Failville, USA). Our waitress apparently can't comprehend simple concepts such as "No vegetables please" nor "Can I get that receipt please?" so I was less than stoked to deal with that, but the quesadillas were good... whatever.

We went back to Bret Little's place for me to finish packing all my stuff and it turned into an indoor old school skate sesh with Davey doing some gnarly sidestepping on the stuntwood. Late shuvs for Collin G. We listened to some island style reggae and I shoved all my stuff into 3 small bags to get myself back in travel mode. We are about to spend 5 days on the road, riding in Houston, winching in Dallas, and generally shredding Texas a new one. I gave Dave some shit for not updating this dealy more and in turn he handed me the laptop with the blog controls ready to rage. It's 1 am and I wanna go to bed. I haven't been sleeping much since I got to Texas. Too much fun shit to be doing...

I love wakeskating.





`nicky T

sorry

wow, so the last time we wrote on this thing was the beginning of the georgia trip? that's just sad. Well pretty much Nahunta is awesome, and we got free reign over Ben's pool gap for as long as we wanted. The trip was nice and chill, and quite a few tricks were put down for sure. It was good vibes all around. We even built a new rail on the pool that was real sick. Travis shredded anything he wanted to. We took our last day to hit up the great city of Jacksonville, where we were greeted with big neighborhood drops and crazy little cement ledges and drops. Pretty much some unexplainable stuff. And more needs to go down. Jacksonville, we will return.

okay so noooowwww I am in Texas for a week of filming with Clint Tompkins, Nick Taylor, and Collin Gee. All winching, baby. I've been hearing a lot about Texas winching, so let's hope it lives up to what i've been hearing. No doubt it will. So all I really have to say so far is that Collin is the man, Nick and him and Clint are going to shred some serious shit, and just wait for the footage! Fun Boots! 2008, baby, we're makin it happen.

beginning of the georgia trip

well, we spent last night at hooker's, and i awoke at 7am to rally the troops to get on the road and get to shredding! unfortunately we had a little issue to deal with when we got to the car, being that both my truck and KL's SUV had gotten burgalerized! Our windows were broken in and several things are now missing, including Roland's computer, several ipods, two skateboards, and two freshy oak wakeskates! If anything shows up, let us know! It was definitely a downer but we still made the best of the situation by riding on hooker's lake until the window was fixed on the truck, so now finally we are about to walk out the door and make some moves towards georgia... couldn't be more stoked.

fun boots, baby

-dave

ignition

ok so we are at hookers chillin with travis doran, rolando lugo, dave, and myself, needless to say we are taking it easy. tomorrow we are goin to benjamin horans to film a little wakeskating. i think we might get some footage but you never know.  heres rolo...

thursday night at hookers. what more could you ever ask for. im pumped, super pumped for this little trip and i think that the hardest decision i have to make is upon me. shall i ride with hooker and KL for the ultimate in maxin out relaxin or shall i shred the road with travis and dave-o? tuff choices these days. heres trav...hes about to be interviewed so look out

chillin at hooker's 

all i got t say is all day at narc chillin

dave back at narc and no more nan hairy.stu shinn is the shit he just landed a new trick 5 min. ago(w2w mute grab, no grab body varial 360)all i got to say.PROGRESSION

nigga Td' 

trav'

ok so you can tell all the guys are pretty pumped so get ready for some blogs because i am in the spirit to throw some out! if you live on anna maria island you are the shit.

kl