Shredding at McCormick’s Cable Park in Tampa, FL

So I was out at McCormick’s a couple weeks back for a photo shoot on a Tuesday. The cable was closed, but they opened it for a bunch of us to ride and get some sick shots. There was probably about 10 local riders there and just about everyone was riding Slingshot gear. At first, I was kind of shocked to see such a large majority of riders on Slingshot gear, but it makes total sense, because the boards and bindings totally rock, especially for cable riding.

Patrick Hertel was shooting and got some beautiful photos. He set up on a barge with a few stacks of scaffolding on it and shot everyone hitting the 30-foot uprail, the 60-foot flatbar, the 100-foot A-frame and the massive kicker. I had a great time on the 141 Reflex and D3s that day. While there were a couple of wakeskaters there as well, most people were riding either the Response or Reflex boards, as they are both amazingly fun and high-performing on the obstacles.

On the other hand, both boards are super sick for air tricks. Bummer that Patrick was only shooting obstacles, but maybe some other time…

I was back out at McCormick’s this past Saturday and landed my first grabbed front-to-blind. It wasn’t nearly as hard as I made it out to be in my mind. If I was riding a traditional molded board though, I think it would have been much harder to get so much pop, as the 142 Response and D3 setup gives me insane pop off the flatwater.

I can’t wait to ride again…

Brian Wheeler

Shredding!

Hola everybody, The weather has been sick lately and I have been ripping the water up a ton! I have been working and riding out at the boarding school for the past 2 weeks pretty solid and am going to be back out there next week as well before I head out to Wakelab in Tempe, Arizona. I am super stoked on the reflex and the d3’s and you should be too! Shred on and feel free to follow me on twitter! http://www.twitter.com/robjacques

Holler,
Robby Jacques

Utah Powder Sessions

Just got done with the South East Collegiate Kiteboarding Tour and decided to get a change of pace and head out to Utah with fellow slingy rider Tripp Hobbs. I’ve been all around Park City and Snowbird but its been almost three years since i’ve seen snow, so here we are with a full quiver of Fuels and RPM’s and some scrappy-snowboards.

We’re staying at this place called the Peruvian Lodge in Alta which is just past Snowbird in Little Cottonwood Canyon, its a ski-only resort thats run by a bunch of great vibed ski-bums. The second we unloaded our gear and mentioned to the front desk we were looking to kite they hooked us up with the resort bartender Jay-Ray who just so happens to be the only guy on this mountain that kites and also happens to tear it up on SS Rev’s!

Basically the past three days have turned into the Ultimate snowkite/utah experience thanks to Jay-Ray and another badass local named Dave. We’ve ridden everything from 5-6 knts to 35-40 knts on the 8-10-12 RPM and Tripp’s been sporting his 11m Fuel when its dialed. Yesterday we tried to get some shots off this sick parking lot kicker, but it was a complete whiteout with sideways snow so nothing was too quality… I’ll post the pics in a day or two. It started snowing yesterday at noon and is still a whiteout, we hit the mountain at 7:30 a.m. today and got a guided tour by the head ski patroller from snowbird nothing but freshies thanks to Dave who turned out to be the local North Face rep.

This is way too long and i’m going to get a beer as my stoke is through the roof but if your in Utah and want to check out the latest slingy kites hit us up at waterculture@gmail.com and we’ll hook you up with a demo for sure! Forecast tomorrow 20 – 25 knts with 2-3 feet of fresshy powpow!!! Pics and vids to come soon!
Peace!
MattSexton

Tripp Hobbs

THE ONLY WAY 2 SNOWkite!

The Midwest crew has it dialed!

Rider:Katie

Dubai’n it up

What’s up everybody? I recently just took a trip to Dubai to do some demos for Mastercraft. It’s hard to believe, but people actually do wakeboard over there. I usually forget my digi. everywhere I go, but I made sure I had it for this trip. Dubai is the craziest/coolest place I’ve ever been. Here are some images for your personal enjoyment.

Peace.

camels

Burj Al Arab

WIN A TRIP WITH BEN WILSON SOMEWHERE IN INDONESIA

Time is running out to enter for the all expenses paid trip to Indo with the team from BWS this coming July.

The competition is being drawn on March 31st so get your entry in, for your chance to score some of this – http://www.benwilsonsurf.com/winatripwithben.htm

BEN WILSON – BALI ACCELRATOR WAVE CAMP

Come to Bali this winter and kite great waves. Limited places left.

Join my coaching team and I this July for a week of surf, kiting a consistent reef break, great accommodation and awesome food. Oh and the beer is even better. Plus Virgin is doing cheap airfares from Australia from $600 aud.
Check out all the detail here – http://www.benwilsonsurf.com/coaching.html
Check out last trip on this youtube clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_exFkTcOHR8
For more info, e-mail – bruce@benwilsonsurf.com

The new Ben Wilson Movie trailer – “Coming Together”

Ben Wilson Movie

The latest film by BWS is nearly here; the film’s title is a reference to those days when you score the perfect combination of wind and waves. Full-length film available in April.
Starring Ben Wilson, John Amundson, Bertrand Fleury, Ryland Blakeney Mauricio Abreu, Jake Gordon, Grant Baker, Josh Mulcoy, Reo Stevens, Marc Ramseier and Martin Vari.
Check it out – http://www.benwilsonsurf.com/coming_together_dvd.htm

One set at OWC video

So I edited this little video a month or so ago and I just remembered I made it today so I thought id share it on here. Its a little video of me taking a quick half hour dry set at owc after not being in town or around wakeboarding for about a month. Im a little rusty in the video but my editing is on point! hahaha. Enjoy.

-Kaesen Suyderhoud

And the new schoolers Nate Perry and Kris Salteski are killing it.

So, check out what Bob Runman, principle engineer of the Redbull Wakelab, has to say about a couple Slingshot shredders… And watch this video of them ripping up the Projects after you read the stoke!!!

CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO

Wade,

I love the product you guys are building these days! I work for Pat Panakos at A-Box and was the principle engineer of the Redbull Wakelab. I’m telling you this because I have seen the Slingshot Team in Action at the Projects many times. And the new schoolers Nate Perry and Kris Salteski are killing it. Word at the Projects is that Nate will be the best rail rider in the world. The stuff he is doing is amazing. I would love to see more of him and Kris…….. Let me put it to you this way when those 2 go out to the park and ride the wakeskate crowd goes out just to watch…….. That’s what you get when you put a snowboarder on a sling shot and pull him in the best rail park in the world every day.

Thanks for the great Product and keep doing what your doing (making this sport that I love legit)

Ask Nate about his new moves on the UGP rail.

Later Wade.

Bob Runman