West Coast Open and the Z3

[tnvolgrad]

Padowan Learner, that so cool, I would be higher up the food chain but I tried to start Ragboy's truck with the pontoon keys...

Z3 was awesome. I had a clinic with Sean Cummings on Friday and the wake is so powerfull I felt I could ride one of Ragboy's laptops. clean, big, and the same every time no matter what side you like to kill it.

Finishing my rant I think Chris may have more hours driving your boat then you do.

Squid - still waiting on those videos of my daughter . Just kidding I know that you have been busy, but I love the pontoon story. Great times and my daughter really enjoyed riding the Z3, although she keeps,calling it the RZ3 and asking why I did not go with the RZ3.

[Bruizza]

Incredible pictures and vids ragboy! You guys take surfing to a whole different level.

[ragboy]

Sunday Highlights, All Pictures are Posted

So we were going through all of the photos for Sunday to get them up and I hit this picture of Raleigh Hager doing a bottom turn. Now, while broadcasting I saw her bottom turns and dropped my jaw. This little girl is like 11 yrs old. If I stood up next to her you would think it was a promo for a new Godzilla movie or something. She is tiny, cute, and that board is small, but she rocks it. Before I show that pic, you can now view ALL of the pictures from the event organized by day and division here:

Wakesurf Open Photos

These are in order of appearance. I already posted that amazing recovery video by Ford Chupik riding his Shred Stixx Nano, but check out this great air.



OK, mitch didn't land this, but its a cool pic, and we love Mitch.



I love the intensity of Dominic Legace's shots, and the hair just enhances the whole thing.



Here are a few of Keenan Flegel. I love watching this kid surf especially when he throws his skim tricks so high in the air and with such ferocity.







I think this is my favorite picture of Bri Chmel from the event, she won the Open Women Skim division and did it with style.



OK, this is my favorite picture from Sunday. Serious, RJ can take bottom turn lessons from Raleigh Hager. I love it.



Raleigh doesn't quite get as high as say Ashley Kidd, but she throws some respectable airs. Did I mention she was 11?



Ashley Kidd was on her game on Sunday, and threw huge airs and shows lots of style and ferociousness. She really attacked that Z3 wake.



Speaking of style, I thought this picture was awesome. As a father of 4 girls, 2 working up in competitive wakesurfing, I saw this as "I can surf better than any dude, and still make it look good". Way to inspire the girls Ashley.



Korina busting a great indy grab on her new TWP Bomb Pop. If you haven't seen Korina do her backside switch 360, you gotta check out that video when its up. Korina won the Open Women Surf division.



Keenan is working on his new surf style board and I give him tons of credit for trying to do something new. Keenan is definitely not a follower. Can't wait to see him keep progressing surf style.



Chris Wolter shows in this picture that he can hang with the big boys in the air, that is serious air. When Chris really starts nailing his tricks consistently, he is going to be a force to be reckoned with.



James Walker won the Open Men Surf division and definitely had the most beautiful board on the water. James had a fever on Saturday and seemed a bit off, but that was not the case on Sunday.



I was disappointed he didn't land his Big Spin, but only because I REALLY wanted to see it in person. He really had a great run and did it in that JW style especially when you see him perform so smooth and really stall out several tricks revert longer than he needs to just for effect.



Most riders lose a bit of air when they go for the grab. Well, except for Chase Hazen. Chase was riding an off the shelf Liquid Force production board and still had a great run.



Check out this grab, roast beef I think. Still tons of sky below his board and with a grab like that, only Chase.



So many great pics. For the record, I choose the highlights purely subjectively. I just pick out the pics that really get me going. Nothing scientific about it.

[majestic]

Ragboy, I would love to see the video of Korina's Saturday run when she did the backside/ switch 360 through the rollers.

[Timmy!]

Gosh dang, look at these kids! Here I am thinking I will be good if I can get the fins out of the water someday and they are 3' in the air and spinning the board at the same time! Very impressive! I don't know how you kept your eyes on the water majestic, I would be staring into the mirror or watching the riders and crash the boat!

[majestic]

Gosh dang, look at these kids! Here I am thinking I will be good if I can get the fins out of the water someday and they are 3' in the air and spinning the board at the same time! Very impressive! I don't know how you kept your eyes on the water majestic, I would be staring into the mirror or watching the riders and crash the boat!

My hat was too big and I felt it was more important to give them all a straight run. I did peak at the Tige touch a few times though

[ragboy]

The videos will hopefully be up on tuesday, after the weekend. That is the plan anyway. The bad weather right now is making that easier. ;-)

[Allan Kendall]

Tnvolgrad,

video on its way! Sorry it took so long. Was holding off tell in received my new MacBook Pro. RZ3..Im sure she will love your RZ2! can't wait to see kaeley on her new board.

I liked How majestic used his tomato picking hat to shield the sun and all the action. Again, strong work driving bro!