Whats up this is Bryan Hutton. Just wanted to give an update to what I have been up to. Had a good start to the year with, a trip out to California, wakegames and the first mastercraft pro tour stop in Acworth GA. I recently moved into Zanes house and we are riding a bunch getting ready for the next pro tour stop in Texas. I normally ride with Zane, Jimmy, Jeff, Derrick, Will, and Sam. A typical day for me over here would include waking up at 8 am pushing the boat through the canal, which is a good leg warm up because the canal is only 2 feet deep, taking two sets with Zane pushing the boat back through only to do it two more times that day. After all that riding I head of to the gym for a hour or two and then come back to the house and relax.
My trip out to California was a lot of fun. The first day I was out there I stayed at CM’s house. Did a little riding out there with some of Cm’s bros Shon, Matt and Brent. As well as CWB team rider Nick Jones. The next day I had to head up to the West side spring ride. This place was in the middle of nowhere but a really nice place to ride. I had been hearing about this x star called the BONE CRUSHER. This boat got its name from the massive wake so massive that it claimed a broken leg. I was stoked that I was going to get a ride behind this massive X star wake. Needless to say but the BOne Crusher lived up to its reputation. This boat had the Big Block with a ridiculous amount of lead in it along with the pro tour ballast. The wake was massive. The contest was fun I drove the double ups for the contest and was serving up some meaty dubs. I am going to claim it I was driving when RIcky G busted the first Indi Pete Rose in a contest. It was insane. After that contest I headed down to Steve Bates house in Cannon Lake. Stu Shinn and I stayed there for about a week. WE did A LOT of driving in 7 days. I think we drove about 1800 miles. During the week I got to ride with Ricky G, Randle Harris, Jacob Valdez, and I got to watch Steve Bates take a set. Steve is a really good wakeboarder. ALong with the riding I went to the Rusty office, Shot for the daily habit, did a demo in long beach, and went to the ROyer Rumble. YOu can watch that week on CWBtv. YOu will get to see behind the scenes of FUEL, some good riding, and footage from the contest.
Archive for May, 2008
Monday, May 26th, 2008
DG is BACK!!! & Random Thoughts from me.
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
That’s right it’s true DG is back anbd killing it..yesterday I watched him rip down some 7s whirly 5s BS 5s roll to blind he is coming back strong…the shot about was professionally taken by me today while driving the slammed X Star that’s him on a whirly 5….any way I am happy my good friend is getting his stees back. Today Robbie Carter knocked down a nice grabbed crow 5 too then I watched him stomp a few 7s and 9s….. Will is here in the USA as well finally got her green card sorted so she;s been over helping me ride some. We’ve all been shredding our faces off at the house, JD has been over the past few days…speaking of did anyone her about the Redbull B-Day party they threw him in Orlando….I seriously have to give them and JD credit for the raddest Birthday party ever!!  Couple of hundered friends on top of some sick building in downtown catered and open bar…it was out of control (see pic of CB napping as a result from JD’s event). Any way back to business there’s been some serious hours going down on the X Star the past few days, gotta get those skills dialed for the upcoming PWT in ATL next week! Speaking of ATL I was up there this past week and the crew from Ambush/BuyWake seriously knows how to have a good time in ATL!! Any way next up I am off to the Royer Rumble in CA….should be good will try to get some more pics….ZS
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Raod Trip pt. 1
Thursday, May 1st, 2008Once again hello fellow wakers. On this entry I am going to talk about our friendly road trip that me and a couple of your favorite wakeboarders and filmmakers are on. And also touch on a topic that has been on my mind for a couple days now.
To start off I am on a road trip. This road trip consists of four riders and a filmer all in one 2007 Honda Odyssey. The crew is Andrew Adkison, Jimmy Trask, Jeff House, W.I.T. Productions filmmaker Spencer Norris, and myself. We started off the trip the Monday after Wake Games in Orlando. We all got into our trucks and caravanned to Panama City, FL where Andrew owns a house on an incredible lake called Lucas Lake. We stayed there for two nights just hanging out, doing some riding and shooting and just having a good time. We actually went and rode on the lake that Andrew learned to wakeboard on and got to meet Delbert who is one of the raddest person I have ever met. He is around 50 years old or so and rips it so hard you could not believe it. He started out with a huge 180 into the flats and from there on out throwing a huge variation of rolls and spins. We also got to meet up with and ride with our old friend Devin Rogers who we all haven’t seen in too long. So for it being the first leg of the trip it was better than I could have even imagined. I mean we got to shoot guns and I picked up a new hobby all in one day. Photography is my new hobby by the way. I am in love. I just need to get a camera.
On Wednesday morning we got up around 6 a.m. got into the van and got on the road to Hammond, LA. This is the only place where we actually have to do something that was planned out before. We are stopping in Louisiana to take photos for WBM’s My Scene. Where they pick peoples local spots and feature them each month in their magazine. THIS PLACE IS AWESOME!!! I have been alot of places through wakeboarding and this is on my top 3 favorite. Not only is it perfect conditions no matter what every day. They have a fully loaded Mastercraft X-Star, a pond with three rails radass rails to hit behind the four-wheeler, and also a step down pool gap with a banked rail on one side and step down A-Frame on the other. I mean its a full winch park and wakeboarding paradise. Ok I was excited and kind of got ahead of myself and forgot the most awesome part. And that is Chip Smith. He is the owner of Rukus boardshop in Hammond, LA. IF it wasn’t for him this would not be possible. He hooked us up so hard with everything from a place to stay, two brand new sea-doos to shoot video and photos, a brand new X-Star, and he even got some of his crew to build us two of the sickest rails just for us to hit and session as much as we want. As I am writing this it is 10 o clock at night and I am watching Jeff House and Andrew sessioning a rail under stadium lighting. Remember that song about the skatepark in heaven. I hope there is a heaven for wakeboarders because this would be it. We got to ride twice each day and session the rails as much as we could handle. And tomorrow to our disappointment we are leaving and going to the TSR for Cablestock. I shouldn’t be so bummed though because the the TSR is another one of the sickest places to wakeboard. It’s literally a compound dedicated to action sports and its awesome. And the people who run it have the right vision and want the right thing for our wonderful sport. And not to mention they are great people. So as we reach our halfway mark of the road trip it is obvious that this is the funnest trip I have been on in my career. I am surrounded by good friends (I wish a couple more could have fit but thats how the cookies crumbles), incredible riding conditions, and lots of laughs. I will fill you in with more in the next couple days about the rest of our trip.
Now to the point I wanted to get across thats been weighing on brain for the past couple days. Traveling around and meeting new people is awesome. Especially when everywhere you go you are surrounded by amazing people who share the same interests. It is like everywhere we go we are surrounded by good friends. Even if we have just met the people we are with because of wakeboarding we instantly have a common bond that brings us closer than so many things. Its amazing that everyone we meet we instantly get along with and can have an amazing time. I love this sport and the way it brings everyone together. Thank you and adios amigos.
DG
