Longest winch contest ever- Visalia- March 24th-26th

wakeskate242 · Pop Shuvit Joined: 31 Dec 2005 Posts: 232 City: OC

I just got word from some friends that their shop is holding a contest in northern california the weekend of the 25th. From what i gathered, it's gonna be another huge pool/rail/pool setup with most of the industry attending. Just curious if anyone has heard anything about it, because i only got that much out of him due to shiznackle cell phone service. If anyone hears anything or decides they're going, let me know.

ollieshuvitz · Posted: Mar 07, 2006 5:54 pm Post subject:

There is one such event in So Cal on the weekend of the 25th. I'm sure it will be big. Chances are it will be mainly wakeboarders though.

wakeskate242 · Pop Shuvit Joined: 31 Dec 2005 Posts: 232 City: OC

nah, this one is in northern california for sure. it's being put on by watersports warehouse & is both wakeskating and wakeboarding. kinda like the blacktop oasis that was in so. cal. i'm etting up with them tomorrow, so i'll post the info when i get it.

HYPOXIC FILMS · Posted: Mar 07, 2006 6:20 pm Post subject:

Ok lets clear this up. Nor or So Cal. Ive got some riders wanting to stay at my place but dont know what airport to fly into. Is this even a real event? Smile

scott a · "a" is for angel Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 4126

its in visalia. the black top oasis is gonna happen again at california correct craft, but thats a totally different matter.

scott a · "a" is for angel Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 4126

here's some more info...sound like if you guys have some free time this one might be worth checking out. doesnt sound very skate-friendly, though.

rider list includes harf, watson, sharpe, ricky g, trevor hansen, jimmy wolf, silas thurman, colin wright, schwenne, cook, ennen and bonifay. more people will be trying to qualify on thursday the 24th. the comp is sunday march 26th. ive been told there's gonna be 300 feet worth of rails and pools. there's some wall rides and some rails are 10 feet above cement. judging is based on the cleanest, sickest line of tricks.

danny- check your PMs.

tahoe · Posted: Mar 07, 2006 11:32 pm Post subject:

there is a winch jam best trick im tryin to get into on the 17th i think... hopefully i get in Exclamation

wakeskate242 · Pop Shuvit Joined: 31 Dec 2005 Posts: 232 City: OC

that's it, exactly. visalia. haha yeah not very northern califrnia. as for the rails... i heard exactly the same, a lot and a good setup, nothing but complements. I'm sure if enough wakeskaters show up for qualifying (if and when they have it) we can increas the numbers. i'll ask the people putting it on tomorrow what the situation is. if anyone goes, please let me know about hotels & rates you come across. I'll do the same.

wakeskate242 · Pop Shuvit Joined: 31 Dec 2005 Posts: 232 City: OC

so i saw pictures of the course today and all i can say is wow. it's by far the longest winch contest ever. They are going to have a wakeskate class, but some of the rails are pretty crazy. The one that stuck out the most was the 15ft land gap with a launch ramp or a rail on the side as your 2 options to get to the second half of the course. I'm pretty sure i heard there was somewhere around 5k in prize money. wakeskate was 1k for 1st and 500 for 2nd & wakeboard with a top 3 & larger amounts. Not 100% sure on those figures though. It's in the back lot of Elco (sp?) Marine, in Visalia. Friday is qualifying, saturday they're having a huge sale, and then sunday is the contest. definately not one to miss...

tahoe · Posted: Mar 10, 2006 12:26 pm Post subject:

wuts the dates of that. i want to ride it

wakeskate242 · Pop Shuvit Joined: 31 Dec 2005 Posts: 232 City: OC

friday the 24th is qualifying, saturday the 25th is the sale & sunday the 26th is the comp.

tahoe · Posted: Mar 10, 2006 1:47 pm Post subject:

dam... ill be out of town.. o well
did u ride the other day?

wakeskate242 · Pop Shuvit Joined: 31 Dec 2005 Posts: 232 City: OC

nope, not since last sunday. & this sunday it's supposed to be raining. But If it's not too windy i might try to go even if it is raining & throw the camera in the underwater case. we did film at marine stadium wednesday, but unfortunately didn't get a chance to ride b/c filming was a priority.

Bad Luck · Posted: Mar 10, 2006 6:24 pm Post subject:

damn...

can someone post the address of the place where this is taking place?

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

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scott a · "a" is for angel Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 4126

here...

and i believe qualifying is on thursday. and its an invitational so you might have a bit of trouble trying to enter.

wakeskate242 · Pop Shuvit Joined: 31 Dec 2005 Posts: 232 City: OC

i was told that pretty much anyone can enter, you just have to make it through qualifying. all of the guys listed are already automatically qualified, so from what i gathered, everyone else has to try and qualify on friday. i brought up the thursday thing & they said friday. watersports warehouse is booking us our room & they're only going from fri to sun, so i donno what the deal is. just out of curiousity, howd you come across that flier? chad (the dude putting it on) said he didn't have them done yesterday, crazy...

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

too bad there aren't more wakeskaters on the bill...

scott a · "a" is for angel Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 4126

email. HL rep-> local team rider-> me. maybe this copy was done real quick so that he could send it out to everyone for informational purposes and wasnt the final product? i dunno. but youre right about the qualifying. i checked the email and it is on friday. i dunno why i thought that it was on thursday. oh well.

PIRATE · Guest

so who's going to this ????