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Dered · Frontside 180 Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Posts: 439 City: Calgary

im going to Kelowna from the 1st till the 15th... which means I will be hitting up the pro tour stop for sure... so long as it is still july 7 - 9... either way I am super freaking pumped.

HatzicScape112 · Posted: Jun 15, 2006 12:29 am Post subject:

hey dered....ridehatzic and myself mgiht head up there... if we do we will definately tell you

wakemitch · Posted: Jun 15, 2006 12:20 pm Post subject:

my girlfriend leaves for a week today. im going to miss her. but i guess that means more riding.

Slyder · Posted: Jun 16, 2006 12:47 am Post subject:

<rant> I fvking hate my ex girlfriend. We broke up last September and I found out today that she's still talking sht about me behind my back. It's not that I'm worried about my reputation with my friends back home, honestly, I've moved on from my entire home town, I'm having the time of my life in college and don't give two shts about what those people thing. But it's just annoying. Why can't people just drop things and move on. What a whore Very Happy

<rant>

bjr · Posted: Jun 16, 2006 12:57 am Post subject:

o man.

jboss · Kickflip Joined: 22 Jun 2004 Posts: 3210 City: Chalmette

I'm diiiiiiiiizzzzzzzy with anticipation for the new Bis. I've been bumpin into walls all day and I looked like this Crazy Eyes

and then some cops were like, "DRUGIEEEEEEEEEEE, BUST HIS PUNKASS" then I was like, "huh huh huh huh huh huh" from running and then the cops were like, "There's a black guy smoking crack, BUST...HIS...AAAAAAAASSSSSSSSS!!!" but the guy he was simply feasting on a tasty burger and I ex-scaped safely and I looked like this Shocking

Slyder · Posted: Jun 16, 2006 3:12 pm Post subject:

jboss, bwhahaha

Slapdown · Kickflip Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 4240 City: Austin

Slyder, My ex is a worthless pos whore too! Birthday

nick · Posted: Jun 16, 2006 8:34 pm Post subject:

Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.

Slyder · Posted: Jun 18, 2006 7:34 pm Post subject:

1. This is my favorite thread ever.
2. Sorry if this gets a little long-winded.
3. I want to give a big thanks to wakeskating (and wakeskating.com for connecting me to riders everywhere). I was just thinking about how much the sport has influenced and continues to influence my life every day. There is an entire culture to it that people who aren't involved don't even realize exists. Everything from the photos I take, to the music I listen to, the sketches i draw(although kind of ulgy) and even sometimes the way I think is affected by wakeskating.
Sfumato gave me the Postal Service, still some of my favorite music to this day. I've also learned to appreciate hip-hop and ambient chill music through wakesports. Now it's not uncommon to find me blasting some Aesop Rock or Sigur Ros (who is probably one of my top 3 favorite bands ever) before getting out on the water.
Wakeskating has definatley expanded my horizons on what I know I can do as well. I've always had this odd confidence problem, but with wakeskating I'm not worried about it. Everyone I've met in the sport is awesome, it's one of the few sports you can meet the people you read about in magazines and see in videos and just hang out with them. I'd like to see basketball or football have anything remotely like that. Everyone is willing to help you, nobody is in this to be better than another person, they just enjoy themselves and hopefully it will stay that way. (Granted, we have our little squabbles about what deck is better, what company we're currently touching ourselves to, etc. but...) You don't have to be at any certain level of riding to be considered a true wakeskater, it's just where you want to be.
A lot of this extra confidence translates to off water activities for me as well. Simple things like meeting new people isn't much of a task for me anymore. I've had a lot of trouble with that in the past and now it's relatively easy for me. I just basically see myself as a better person because of this sport. That sounds a bit ridiculous but it's the first thing that I've been able to stick with for more than a few months and still enjoy as much as the first day I tried it. Finding something you love that much really is a life changing experience.
I found my group (which I've never fit into any my entire life) and it is incredible.
But there is one thing I know for a fact:

I am a wakeskater.

TYLER** · Posted: Jun 18, 2006 7:41 pm Post subject:

i was ridin really good today and then went for a 3 shuv....lazy, just enjoying myself in a little bit of chop. i went up and then all i can remember is bein kindda drug abouot 2 feet, a lot of splashing, and a slight pop in my knee. well now im layin in bed scared shitless of the outcome of the pain in my knee.

freerider4 · Backside 180 Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 2462

TYLER** that is how I toar my acl.

DoubleDown05 · Posted: Jun 18, 2006 7:43 pm Post subject:

i wonder alot of times if ill ever be good enough to even get sponcered, and as much as i ride for fun and not money or blahh, i still would let to get good enough for a store to say ' hey that kid can ride, we should sponcer him', i dont even care if i get free shyt out of it i just wanna push my self to a level i didnt think i could get when i started.

TYLER** · Posted: Jun 18, 2006 7:51 pm Post subject:

freerider4, exactly what im scared of

freerider4 · Backside 180 Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 2462

TYLER** is your knee really loose like it is not stable and you can wobble it around?

scottyb · Posted: Jun 18, 2006 7:55 pm Post subject:

Slyder, hell ya man

i landed my first varial yestarday
i love wakeskating
ive never been so stoked in my entire life
i need a hug Sad

TYLER** · Posted: Jun 18, 2006 7:58 pm Post subject:

freerider4, no so much loose.....its a really wierd feeling, not always pain but a wierd sort of weakness i guess but i can walk on it fine and put pressure straight down but it hurts to straighten and put pressure on it if im like squating down and if i turn me leg sideways i can barely support the weight of it.....if that makes sense

yeah one sentence.....suck it im in pain

DoubleDown05 · Posted: Jun 18, 2006 8:30 pm Post subject:

TYLER**, u tore a muscle/ligament

that happened to my wrist and knee, only surtain postions or pressures in different ways make u feel the pain, but it acts normal most of the time to

TYLER** · Posted: Jun 18, 2006 8:32 pm Post subject:

DoubleDown05, so how long were you out

and do you mean complete tear or maybe just partial

DoubleDown05 · Posted: Jun 18, 2006 9:21 pm Post subject:

i was out for 2 -3 monts with my knee, and 2 weeks with my wrist.

but i still feel it every now and then