This Has Everything To Do With Wakeskating...

labellethrasher · Posted: Jun 25, 2012 10:38 am Post subject:

Way to take it past an idea! and if you build it... they will come.

Who "they" is at this point, I don't know but I can't wait to see.

Will you stick with the container theme upon completion and rent them out? How much to sponsor one as the 'La Belle Motel'
Laughing

itch · Posted: Jun 26, 2012 10:22 am Post subject:

I wonder how the property faired after the tropical storm?
Labell
That's a great idea

tad · 360 flip Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 5031

itch, we stopped by Sunday night. The bottom pool is flooded a couple feet over normal level and holding water just fine.. the forest is flourishing and took it like a champ.

Twisted Evil

TexasBlazed · Frontside 180 Joined: 13 Nov 2008 Posts: 384 City: DFW

thats always good news. glad nothing got fizzle up. id love to make a trip there one day!

Sagittorious · Posted: Sep 20, 2012 11:33 am Post subject:

Any updates? New pics?

nick · Posted: Sep 23, 2012 2:55 pm Post subject:

As most of you probably noticed, the final stop of The Wakeskate Tour didn't happen at my place, instead taking up a last-minute Plan B at the Projects and naming the event The Contingency...

Right up to 10 days before the event was scheduled, me & my crew had been in Suwannee working relentlessly up against non-stop rains after already severe flooding to get our winch park operational in time for the Suwannee Pro. With that 10 day mark, I had to face the fact that we weren't going to be able to finish in time, working under the tropical conditions we were dealing with. I made the call & we got to work on the Contingency setup & that event was grounds for some of the most epic & filthy wakeskating I've ever seen...

So even though I was super bummed we couldn't hold the final stop of the debut year of The Wakeskate Tour at my park, I was very glad to give ourselves the chance to make everything out in Suwannee *perfect* before showcasing it to the world, and also very pleased with the raging success of the Contingency & of The Wakeskate Tour itself... Whether the Suwannee Pro is the first stop of 2013 or the final stop, it will be one I hope nobody wants to miss.

For a few days in mid-June, my forests were 4ft+ deep with moving water, in some spots going overhead towards the south end. Now the flood waters are receding & the high ground is slowly drying out, but it's still raining every day and we won't be getting back to work until November.

The old-timers in Suwannee are calling it the 100-year flood.

It seems like this ad, printed in the first issue of The Wakeskate Mag, predicted the fate of our first event

Future site of the Grommy Gap & the Rail Park

We've employed a few wizards to help us clean up the aftermath of the floods

We were fortunate to find a large enough dry space for this particularly graphic Roman Candle battle

I've decided to hold off on posting photos of the actual double-drop setup we're working on right now, just because it's looking rough & I want it to be looking as epic as it's going to look when it's done, before I go showing it off, and it's just not there right now...

I'll post more when we get back to work on it, thanks for the stoke

`nick

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10751 City: Jefferton

I thought that ad was a direct reference to your event being rescheduled.

Did you know your land would end up under water like this? Are you re-designing your set up in response to it, or is this a rare event? (aside from that 100 year flood comment.)

Raven · Posted: Sep 24, 2012 6:57 am Post subject:

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-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Sep 24, 2012 8:31 am Post subject:

such a bummer nick, i was really hoping you to got showcase you and your guy's work!

dirtyohioriver22 · Backside 180 Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 1705 City: cincy

any action shot photos, all i see is trees Birthday

GnarShredd · Backside 180 Joined: 24 Jan 2009 Posts: 1529 City: Seattle

That place looks amazing. A secret wakeskate paradise tucked away in to the Florida jungle. I can't imagine the photos that are going to come out of there.

nick · Posted: Oct 07, 2012 9:02 am Post subject:

electricsnow, The 100-year flood comment is exactly what it sounds like. No one alive has ever seen anything like it out there, and so we didn't count on that much water ever coming through... It'll be taken into consideration as we move forward with construction, but honestly- when there's that much water covering the entire county, there's not really any practical way to keep our property from taking it on. Florida is mostly very flat.

The ad's text had the strike-through as a graphics choice by the designer, only later did we divine it's true meaning Shocked

-=AlexXx=-, I was bummed at first too, but this will really give us a chance to do it right... Quetzalcoatl willing, next year will be here soon!

dirtyohioriver22, Read what I wrote beneath the pictures of trees...

GnarShredd, Mmmmmyup Twisted Evil

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the other luke · Pop Shuvit Joined: 13 Sep 2011 Posts: 140 City: Cincinnati

when do we get to see the final product of this?

nick · Posted: Dec 21, 2012 5:39 pm Post subject:

the other luke, As soon as it's done!

I'm going back up there after New Year's to finish everything for the wakeskate park, everything for the skate park & start working on my cabin... I can't wait to get back up there Very Happy

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11RANDOMNESS · Posted: Dec 21, 2012 7:21 pm Post subject:

nick, When do you think you will have it up and running?

TexasBlazed · Frontside 180 Joined: 13 Nov 2008 Posts: 384 City: DFW

the other luke · Pop Shuvit Joined: 13 Sep 2011 Posts: 140 City: Cincinnati

nick, i'm so stoked on this whole thing still! good luck with it, and i hope it all gets worked out Very Happy

nick · Posted: Jan 01, 2013 7:17 pm Post subject:

11RANDOMNESS, By now, we know better than to put deadlines or timeframes on project completion...

but I'm gonna say that we'll be shredding it up by the time the wetsuits come off this year Birthday

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Travis B · Frontside 180 Joined: 29 Mar 2009 Posts: 321 City: townie

11RANDOMNESS · Posted: Jan 18, 2013 9:24 am Post subject:

nick, I don't know about you but my wetsuits been off for a few weeks Laughing