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For the longest time, I have been at my plateau with wakeboarding. Stuck at trying to do 2-wake jumps is not a pleasant place to be in. You are in a state of being better than average yet having nothing really to show for it and being laughable in that proper wakeboarders have mastered this essential skill. My frustration broke when I was able to nail my heelside 2-wake jump. My instructor¹ pushed me to the toeside wake jumps almost immediately which I appreciated since it pushes me to keep trying something new. I think he wants to make use of the new found confidence I have.

Quite right as now I am finally trying to pull off grabs and 180 wake jumps. Thankfully El Revez was in town to shoot some good shots of me pulling off something a little more spectacular than bunny hops. I am a little gutted that the Wakeboard World Cup² is taking place in Singapore this coming weekend and I’ve agreed to help my old company with their event. Not only am I missing out on some excellent displays of waterbourne aerial acrobatics but also a prime photo opportunity.

Gutted, gutted, gutted.

1. Bobby Mah, Lauch Wakeboard at www.launch2002.com [↩]
2. Wakeboard World Cup in Singapore. [↩]

Tags: 2-wake jump, heelside, photo opportunity, toeside, wakeboard, wakeboarding