Category: Wakeboarding

Summer of Wakeboarding in the UK

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We’ve had a great summer in 2022! The UK opened up and it opened up good. Real good. And I loved it. The weather showed up gracing us with many a heat wave and then I even managed to get abroad for the first time in three and a half years… THREE AND A HALF YEARS!!!? But that’s for another time.

This summer has been filled with as much lake time as I could fit in. I’ve said this before, but my wakeboarding time usually runs from when the lakes open around March / April and runs through to July. And then I seem to get crazy busy and pick it back up again in September, through until the lakes close for winter. (Holler at me lakes that stay open through the winter!)

Kit wise I’ve been on the Hyperlite Soul Mate which I absolutely love, System Low Backs and Gooey Boots. I then ride in Mystic boardies, the Luna Shorty or the Jayde 3/2mm full suit. Paired with the Star Impact Vest and the MK8 X Helmet for safety.

I have had some epic lines this summer too! I’ve been working on tricks that I had solid way back when before I had children… 10years ago. As you can imagine I have been pretty stoked this summer to get them dialled in again! Now its the big leap of learning new things – things that start to hurt again haha!

Wish me luck.

Board Review: Hyperlite Soul Mate

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I am riding the 2020 Hyperlite Soul Mate this year and so I thought I would fill you in on what I think of it!

I started off on the 2020 Hyperlite Pleasure in October last year, which rides like an absolute dream, and the Soul Mate is its sister board as its women focussed.  It is a little lighter and so its great for spins because you won’t get spin-lag. The board has a wood core and also comes with Hyperlites custom Satin Flex so we can get deeper into those presses in the park.  With sized-up technology, meaning the technology has advanced so much that the board can be made longer but with no extra weight, it comes in a 142cm which makes it super soft on landings. Its got a sintered base and urethane sidewalls, which means its extremely durable and will hold up for all those park sessions.

Similar to my riding on the Pleasure, its the most snowboardery feel I’ve ever had on a wakeboard. Its narrower profile means the Soul Mate carves through the water just like you would be throwing out big turns through the fresh pow.  This alone puts the biggest smile on my face.

The Soul Mate is the most fun I’ve had on a wakeboard in a long time and honestly rides like no other board I’ve ridden before.  If you have the chance to get on it… definitely give it a go, you’ll have a smile on your face in seconds.

 

Learn to Wakeboard UK 2020

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Over winter I tend to hunker down and give myself a rest from wake work, which is due to a few of reasons… one: its cold, dark, gloomy and the lakes around me close down, two: I need a rest/break from the season and focus on other things, and three: I have a family who are in school, and leaving them for a few months to go to the souther hemisphere to wakeboard would be frowned upon I feel?

As you know I’m a Wakeboard Coach and I run Wake Daze, which are wakeboard camps for women, usually combined with some lakeside yoga, and you’re fed and watered too.

So I digress, but this is the time of year when the cogs start turning and I plan my season ahead.  So here we are.. I’ve got some of the dates confirmed for Wake Daze 2020 and they are: 16th May, 20th June, 25th July & 5th September.  These will be held at the lil wake haven that is Xtreme Wake.

Interested?  Want to learn how to wakeboard?  Want to improve your riding?  Then read on…

Beginner: Beginners are welcome with open arms as its a great way to give the sport a go for the first time.  You’ll be on a straight line cable and so you are the only person wakeboarding at that time, so all the attention from the coach (yours truly) is on you, and also the speed can be tailored for your ability, which means we can start off super slow.

Intermediate: Been riding a couple of seasons? Got your own kit? Stuck on what to do next or a certain trick? Then sign up as there is loads for you to learn from your first wedge/kicker or rail hit, to kicker grabs and 180s, to pressing on rails and of course, we can’t forget about the good old basics of some surface tricks to get those board skills up.

Advanced: You’re ready for air tricks and bigger kicker spins or flips?  Or you want to try that air trick that is just a little too daunting to try on the 5-tower cable?  Then come on down and lets work on them together so you can progress with your wakeboarding career.

So, if you’ve been thinking about trying wakeboarding, or you want to improve your riding, come and join me this summer!  Get in touch here for more infomation or to book on.

See you on the water xx