It’s no secret that for the better part of three decades, the mecca of the wakeboarding world has been based in Orlando, Florida. And while O-Town may still set the tone for what is current within the sport today, it was the Hawaiian Islands that...
1992 was a pivotal year for the new Sport of Wakeboarding. Up until then only a handful of contests had been held. A couple in Hawaii, and a few in Colorado. The Sport was pretty much unheard of in the rest of the country. Tommy's...
We'd like to give a BIG shout out to Wake Journal for adding our awards ceremony at Expo in their digital publication! If you'd like to subscribe to Wake Journal (and trust us, you do), simply go here. Screenshots from the issue: ...
Adaptive: 1. Relating to or exhibiting adaption. 2. Readily capable of adapting or being adapted. I had never heard of Adaptive wakeboarding. I was just a guy from the midwest who loved to wakeboard. But after a tragic jet-ski accident and the loss of my left...
I first met Rob Mapp at one of my South Florida wake events. I had heard he was one of the best Cable riders in Florida but was shy off the water and preferred to let his riding do the talking! On the water, Rob...
New Year’s Day - a symbol of renewal, hope, and rebirth; but for many people the yearly resolution to improve oneself wears off in a few days or weeks. Not so in the case of legendary waterman Shannon Best. New Year’s Day 1991 was the...