wakeskating will be on NBC today...

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10752 City: Jefferton

hopefully you saw this on the remote blog, but in case you didn't:

http://www.remotewakeskates.com/

• Wakeskating Pioneers: Wakeskating is an adaptation of wakeboarding in which riders are not bound to the board in any way, allowing for more technical skateboarding-influenced tricks like kickflips, as well as the use of water obstacles like rails and ramps. Wakeskaters can be towed behind boats, jet skis or even specially designed on-shore winches, making the rapidly growing sport much more accessible. Wakeskaters have typically worn skate shoes that provide maximum purchase on their boards but quickly get heavy and waterlogged. Teva riders Matt Hooker and Matt Crowhurst sport the Teva Gnarkosi which is a high-performance wakeskate water shoe and show us that the progression of wakeskating has no boundaries!

WOAS 2011 broadcast schedule on NBC*:

DATE TIME

July 16th 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET
September 10th 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET (NEW DATE AND TIME)
October 9th 5:00 – 6:00 PM ET
November 13th 3:00 – 4:00 PM ET
December 18th 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET

fastgreens · Kickflip Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 3563 City: baytown

awesome...

thanks, electricsnow!

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10752 City: Jefferton

word! Thank remote/hooker for posting it. Laughing

Frye · Guest Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 3335

Pikes peak and wakeskating?!11?111!!!!! Exclamation

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10752 City: Jefferton

It's a pretty extreme combo, frye. I think those electric face emoticons are pretty appropriate right now!

Sagittorious · Posted: Jul 16, 2011 12:29 pm Post subject:

wakeskating blowing up like a atom bomb!

thatwasrad · Posted: Jul 16, 2011 12:48 pm Post subject:

Set to record. Stoked

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10752 City: Jefferton

frye, I bet you liked that pikes peak thing. I apologize for my dry sarcasm because by "hill climbing" I thought they meant some sort of weird extreme hiking or something...I didn't read the full description. You never know--they might have been using teva boots or something so it made sense in my mind. Laughing

So on that note...pikes peak AND wakeskating truly was an extreme combo. Laughing

Frye · Guest Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 3335

Haha I didn't even notice any sarcasm in your first post, I thought you were just as pumped as me.

On a side note, I missed this but I have it recorded at my friend's house 3 hours away. Mad

How was it?

jeff · Posted: Jul 17, 2011 12:22 pm Post subject:

it was ok. footage was nothing you havent already seen.. and it was basically a teva commercial.. still cool to see it on tv, but I wouldnt drive 3hrs to watch it.

texasT · Posted: Jul 17, 2011 12:34 pm Post subject:

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10752 City: Jefferton

I would agree with what the others said. They did hit some cool gaps, and I think some comparable footage is on the vimeo thing for the stompin grounds video. And it was cool to see wakeskating on TV, but it seemed like it was directed more at the layman who didn't know what wakeskating was.