NEW ZEALAND team adrift

bigpimpinalberta · Frontside 180 Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 291 City: P-town

perhaps u have seen it already but theres a swet gallery on DVSwake. http://www.dvswake.com/

is grubb sponsered by DVS now?

senorbueno · Backside 180 Joined: 28 Sep 2004 Posts: 1593

bigpimpinalberta, not sure, the event was put on by Red Bull... which sponsors him.

Greg T · Skeezer Joined: 13 Sep 2003 Posts: 2448 City: ohio

DVS wakeskate team riders Thomas Horrell, Aaron Reed and Jim Leatherman just returned from New Zealand where they spent the past ten days. The primary purpose of the trip was for the guys to compete in the Red Bull “Adrift” contest, but somehow they also managed to have an all male dance party and a karaoke sing off...we may need an explanation on this one.

For the Adrift event, Red Bull built a rail that has never been constructed before and got together some of the world’s top wakeskaters to see what they could do with it. The construction of the rail was the very intricately built on top of a barge consisting of a 70-foot pool which had a huba ledge, straight rail along with a manual box off the end. The premise of the rail was that you could hit it while being towed by a boat as well as having the barge set “Adrift” at the same time.
Needless to say, there were many great photos and video footage shot of things never seen before on a wakeskate. To name a couple from Aaron Reed, there was a backside tail slide, blunt slide as well as a front boardslide bigspin. Fortunately, you will be able to witness the event that took place in Orakei Korako in an upcoming limited special issue of Alliance Wake. The issue will also come with a DVD featuring the event.

And if that wasn’t enough, Fuel TV will be running a half hour segment on Adrift as part of the “Pull” series. The show will cover the contest and include all of the antics that accompany most DVS trips, including this all male dance party and karaoke sing off mentioned previously. Still wondering about this one…

Last but not least, the DVS wake site now has a NZ trip photo gallery, and will soon have special interviews and a 3-minute video segment available in iPod format!

Grubbs not on DVS. "Some of the best wakeskaters in the world" (put in quotes to avoid arguments) were invited, not just the dvs team.

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10756 City: Jefferton

Gads, I read the informational e-mail they sent out to promote that thing, and they said that reed made a backside tailslide. That's freaking crazy...that event is just nutty. It said it would be covered in a special edition of alliance, and it would come with a free dvd. I'm psyched...

Greg T · Skeezer Joined: 13 Sep 2003 Posts: 2448 City: ohio

worrrrrrd

bs tail slide

crazy

special alliance? does this come with the regular subscription? hope so.

mario c. · Guest

reed with the backside bluntslide. looks like thomas is riding the new bi. in the one pic of him, the top deck seems to have a shape similar to the 05 flat deck. Birthday

bjr · Posted: Mar 08, 2006 10:36 pm Post subject:

niceee.

RedXIII · Posted: Mar 09, 2006 7:47 am Post subject:

lol the last pic is funny its just so random

Bad Luck · Posted: Mar 09, 2006 7:59 am Post subject:

LOL at a "bs tail slide" having never been done before on a wakeskate, thats the dumbest thing ive heard in a while. its a sick trick, but hardly the first time its been done.

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10756 City: Jefferton

Have you or your friends done them? You should post some pics because it's a nutty maneuver. Personally speaking, I've never seen or heard of anyone doing one on a wakeskate, so I'm pretty "jazzed" none the less.

Are you jazzed?

soy escuala · Backside 180 Joined: 16 Jan 2006 Posts: 2248

grubby left DC for vans, vans was a better deal for him. END THREAD!

holmespika · Frontside 180 Joined: 09 Feb 2006 Posts: 381

i am thoroughly jazzed.

Bad Luck · Posted: Mar 09, 2006 8:04 pm Post subject:

electricsnow, im jazzed, and i'll try to take some pics next week.

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10756 City: Jefferton

badass. I definitely look forward to seeing them.

In the meantime, I'm just going to keep feeling jazzed...because jazzed is a funny word and I've been meaning to make fun of it for quite awhile, but it slipped my mind.