Articles
by Sim Bradley
03 / 07 / 2010
Ooooooohhhh Damn! Relentless Wakestock 2010 has begun and
boy did it kick off with a bang! Friday was absolutely gorgeous in
Abersoch and even though it was a little windy, everything went off
great. Down at Pwlheli Marina the qualifying rounds for Men and Women
took place in pretty choppy conditions, but sunny all the same. People
did well with the course, especially Amber Wing who made the huge
Rooftop rail look easy, along with Jack Hammersly who did a beautiful
back board to front board along the 100ft beast. We'll know the results
soon but at the time of publishing this article I had no idea.
by Sim Bradley
02 / 07 / 2010
If you’re one of the very few people who aren’t in
Abersoch & Pwlheli for this year’s Relentless Wakestock then I have
some good news for you, the new issue of Alliance is out today! In the
biggest issue of the year we have an interview with the best rail rider
to come out of the UK and Alliance Cover-star, Mr Marc Rossiter. Rossi
has made the big move over to Florida and is 100% focused on his riding.
Things are going well, he’s moved in with some genuine wake-royalty and
is destroying every single rail in Clear Lake and Bithlo filming for a
part in the new Company Wakeboards team film, ‘Good Company’. There are
some epic photos from the likes of Bryan Soderlind and Jason Lee, so
this is a feature you absolutely cannot miss.
by James Bowler
25 / 06 / 2010
The Scottish tour got underway last weekend at the
stunning waterside Loch View Motel in Dumfrieshire. Two days of constant
sunshine provided wetsuitless riding, with pro coaching on Saturday
from Liquid Force shredder and all round nice guy Kurt Graham.
Sunday saw sore heads all round following yet another epic Loch Stock
party with some riders struggling to find their game face! One rider who
did however was Loch Lomond Wakeboard’s Raymond Colhooluhan, who made
an unexpected appearance in his favourite orange ski mask throwing a
huge in-out fashion airs. Fortunately the organisers and boat crew were
also on their game and ensured the awesome Mastercraft X2 (with graphics
that wouldn’t look out of place on an AC/DC album) left the dock on
time all day long.
by Pat McGucken
24 / 06 / 2010
So an impromptu trip to visit family this weekend saw me
with an opportunity to track down an old friend who escaped over the
imaginary border between the North and South a couple of years ago. Not
only has ‘Solid’ Jim Sedgwick gone south, but he seems to have fully
embraced boinging around on the cable so I thought I’d better go and
investigate.
by Jules Haley
23 / 06 / 2010
With our sport progressing so quickly these days, its
easy to forget where it all begun. For this reason, and to honor days
gone by, members of Quayside Wakeboard and Waterski had an ‘old school’
funday on the May bank holiday! Armed with slalom skis, kneeboards and
inflatable’s, they took to the water dressed in hilarious getups of the
good old days.
by Matt Crowhurst
14 / 06 / 2010
On the 12th June the very first Relentless Wakestock
Qualifying event took place at JBSki in Surrey, in association with LDB
Wakeschool, Malibu Boats and Mystic Boarding. Riders from across the UK
and Republic of Ireland descended on this world famous wakeboarding
venue to fight it out for the remaining spaces set aside for the first
day of boarding action at this year’s Relentless Wakestock in just under
three weeks time.
Six spaces for the guys and 3 spaces for the girls were up for grabs. It
is a true testament to the growth and attraction of Wakestock in the
wakeboarding world over the past decade. Not just from becoming a WWA
World Series event, and from having more riders than can fit into the
main 3 day event, but also for the insane level of riding required just
to get a foot in the door.
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