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2024

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As the year comes to an end, I love looking back on the highlights from the past twelve months. So here are a few of my favourite moments from wakeboarding, surfing and traveling!

Kicking off 2024 with a New Years Day wakeboard!

Spending my 40th Birthday with all my lifers at a Great Gatsby intimate dinner party, AND heading to The Wave for some landlocked surfing!

Actual surfing in Tenerife. The warm waters were heavenly.

Wakeboarding at Xtreme Wake all year.

Wakeboarding at Box End Park all year.

Hosting Wake Daze Events where I get to see familiar faces and meet new ones every year!

Coming 2nd at the UK Cable Wakeboard Nationals at Spring Lakes Wake Park! In Open Women!

Surfing in Portugal. Always epic.

And one OF THE BEST MOMENTS EVER was representing the British Cable Wakeboard Team.

At the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS.

In PARIS.

And coming away with a BRONZE MEDAL!!

Photo Credit: @iwwfed & @wasuwat29

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Winter Wakeboarding // Box End Park

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First ride back on the water! Well apart from New Years Day, but its been nearly three months! We’ve been having some cold weather over here and on the weekend I had earmarked to shred, I had the choice from a frigid 3C Saturday shred, or a balmy 12C Sunday shred. I chose Sunday.

I was able to enjoy some quiet laps in my full winter attire, jacket and all. Even gloves for my first set out until my hands grew custom to conditions. Ah nothing quite like fresh laps on a Sunday morning before Spring has spring to dust off the cobwebs.

The park at Box End was mostly in, the winter does hectic things to cable parks throughout the winter, like freezing over, storms, high winds etc…. but it was seriously enjoyable for an introduction back into wakeboarding after some time off.

I rode for an hour and had all the fun. I only came in because my lower arms were like noodles. Forearm pump from the laps with gloves, and then my ‘grippy’ muscles started to go. No matter what I do over the winter, nothing seems to prepare me for the arm pump – let me know what you do to combat this please!

As always, I had a great time on the water, always better to go out for a few laps than not to get the stoke levels up!

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.