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I just recently moved down the street from my old house into a new house. Im pretty excited about it, and I think it going to be great. My new roommates are Spencer Smith, the world renowned photographer, and tech phenom Phillip Soven. We have been nesseled in our new spot for about a week now and have been riding everyday. Its nice to be riding better than Phil cause I spent most of the winter riding in Australia where its warm. We have also been shooting a whole lot with Spence. I also really want to make it down to Auberndale and ride with Andrew and his new whip, that boat looks sick.

Corey

Im finally back in Orlando and I went riding yesterday with Ben Greenwood out in Clermont. Mike Schwenne was out there as well. I was a little bummed to have to put a full suit back on. I havent ridden in a wetsuit in awhile and Im not a fan of it either. The water temp here in central Florida is about 64 degrees, so its not too bad. However, I think we are all looking forward to spring, which for us is in about 2 or 3 weeks where we can ride in shorts again. Anyhow, its just nice to be riding back in FL again and im looking forward to a good 09 season.

Corey

So after leaving Australia, I decided to fly into the hotlanta, where im from. I flew in Tuesday and pretty much did nothing for the first couple of days while i slept off the jet lag. On Friday, I went out downtown Atlanta for my buddy Diamond’s birthday. We went to a red bull party at this bar, Door 44, which is a cool bar right in downtown. I ran into Ryan Lamos who is the Red Bull wake team manager. He just happened to be up here for the Atlanta supercross, which was awesome, more on that later. Needless to say, Friday and Saturday night were both really eventful and epic nights. Probably the best nights Ive had in the A.
Supercross was sick too, James Stewart won as usual. He’s nasty on that new San Manual Yamaha ride hes got this year. In the final moto, Stewart lead the race every lap.

Anyhow, overall it was a great weekend, and Im flying back to Orlando on Tuesday and it will be my first time home in 56 days. What a great start to 2009.

Corey

I wish I could have blogged a bit more from the land down under, but unfortunately there is a lack of internet flowing though the country side of Australia. Anyhow, this has been an awesome trip, and an experience of a lifetime.
Yesterday, Harley Clifford, and his brothers Ty and Ethan, and myself went to a contest at a cable park in the sunshine coast, which is an hour north of Brisbane. The park is awesome, there are 17 different rails and kickers and it seems like every lap, you can choose a new line. Every rail is so sick, it seems to be the closest to a skatepark that you can get for a wakeboard. Anyway, I entered the contest expecting no good results, cause lets face it, cable contest turn into kicker contest, and I just dont hit kickers often. To my surprise, I made it through the first round and into the finals. In the finals, there were a few local boys, Mitch Langfield, Harley Clifford, and myself. It was a really fun format. There were 10 carriers on the cable and each person had a carrier and did 6 laps. If you fall, you had to get to shore and run back to the dock. It was really fun for me because I had never done an event like that. However, I must say it was a bit embarrassing because all those cable guys were doing 7’s and 9’s off every kicker, and I was doing 3’s and 5’s. So needless to say, I didnt podium, but I had a bunch of fun and you could possibly see me entering more cable contest in the future.

So I am still in Australia at the moment. I have been here for about 5 weeks now and I am leaving to go back to the states next week. The last few weeks have been super busy with the pro tour and clinics. But this week, I am getting to relax and wakeboard a bunch and surf. I just got done riding on the river with Harley Clifford, and before we went out, I told him that I had to learn something new today. Well I did just that, I learned a HS BS off axis Indy 540, and a HS BS off axis indy 720 all wake to wake. Ive do the BS 7 off of the double up a lot, but never off the wake, and I have never done a off axis BS 5. So my set this morning turned out pretty well. I tried to post pics as well on my last post but it turned out not so good. I will work out the bugs and post pics of Australia soon

Corey

Hello from Australia.  Sorry I havent been posting much on here lately, but I can say that this post will make up for lost time.  Over the last few months I have been riding a lot in Orlando.  it has been a good off season mainly because  I am not in school and I am getting to ride a bunch and there is much less stress in my life, so life is good.  For example, I am in Australia right now with Trevor doing the Aussie pro tour and and traveling around with Justin Abbot and the guys at Surf Wind Fire, who are the distributors of CWB here is Australia.  

There has been some cool things that I have experienced since I have been here over the last few weeks, 1.  Kebabs are the best food ever and I may open a shop in Orlando, 2. The women are beautiful, 3. I got my first barrel surfing at straddie island, 4. Trevor can not to save his life make a good music mix for a long car ride, Oh and #5, Kangaroos infact do exist.  

So Trevor and I have spent quite a few hours in a car together over the last week.  Given that every radio station sucks, we decided to play a game, its called “Lets see who can put a blank CD into the computer and make the best mix for the road trip game.”  Its actually pretty entertaining.  Trevors first CD was a complete bust, his computers battery died after only burning 4 1/2 songs.  So Trevors track record started very crappy.  Then I made my frist CD, which I thought was gonna turn out to be a hit and to my dismay turned out to be a flop, I was a little bummed, but I got over it.  Then Trevor completely redeemed himself   with a new CD that we jammed out too for a few hours, it was good and justin Abbot and I were stoked.  Then I answered with an even better CD, so by now we are on a role and we think we have figured out what everybody in the car likes, WRONG, all of a sudden Trevor comes out with this god aweful CD that puts everyone to sleep and basically pisses everyone off, it is complete crap and I almost had to punch him.  Bless his heart, but that might of been the worst mix in the world, needless to say, I threw it away.  I have not made a third CD which has not been played yet but tomorrow we find out if my new CD is worthy.  until then here are a few photos of the trip so far

Corey

Hello, well, today which is Oct. 17th, I am driving to Destin, Florida with a couple of friends to attend Andrews wedding. Him and Iris Walker are tieing the knot tomorrow. It should be a pretty fun party considering the people that are going. Im so proud of Andrew, I lived with him for quite a few years and we have had a lot of good times together. (I feel like im writing his obituary, well i kind of am.) Anyhow, it should be a good wedding and I like his soon to be wife Iris, shes a sweet heart and I wish them the best of luck.
Moving on, The last month at home has been awesome, I have been riding my little heart out and have been doing a lot of shooting with different photographers. Its sure is nice to sleep in my bed as well. What else, ummm, I am working on a new trick that has never been landed before, so Ill have to keep you updated on how that goes, hopefully Ill land it soon and get it on video. Oh yea, next week, I am attending Rustys wedding as well, so, that should be fun, (whats going on here, I feel like im losing all my friends) And then Im losing another one in November, that would be Trevor.
Alright, well Im gonna keep living up the single life and probably turn out like Ben Stiller on the Heartbreak Kid.

Corey

Man Down

So last week after I left Oklahoma where the WWA World Championships were held, I flew to New Orleans to hang out with the guys from Rukus board shop in Baton Rouge. We were gonna spend the week riding the rivers that are always butter but unfortunately Hurricane Gustav had just passed through just days before leaving all the rivers and lakes flooded. So we couldnt wakeboard behind the boat. Luckily Chip Smith, the owner of Rukus has build these two rail ponds that can be pulled by a 4 wheeler. The first pond has a homemade pool that goes into a long slant rail and an a-frame. Then the second lake has three rails, a long incline flat bar, a relentless rail, and up to gap flat bar. All the rails were really sick and were so much fun to hit. Gabe Lucas and his boys stopped in as well and we sessioned the rails for three days getting some really good photos from our good friend Bok. All in all it was a good trip and we got to meet some really cool new friends and now we are back in Orlando getting ready for surf Expo this weekend. Should be filled with fun and fun parties

Corey

So I am off to Tennessee again for the second time this month only this time Im headed to Knoxville for a MasterCraft rail jam. I am going to be greeted at the airport by fellow CWB teammate Derek Grasman, and the world renound, Jeff House, who is from those neck of the woods. It should be a fun time, like Derek said, there should be about 300,000 people there and we will be competeing to $10,000 in prize money. Im sure I can expect some ATLeians to be there as well. should be a fun weekend.

CoBra

So I spent the last week hanging out in Connecticut. One of my good friends, Massive, is from up there, he now lives in Orlando. So I get up there and immediately we start blowing shit up and having a blast (sorry for the cursing). Im gonna have to figure out how to post pics, but I got to shoot some guns, that most people will never see. I got to shoot a Smith and Wesson 500, which is a .50 cal round, but the bullet is the size of a stick of chapstick, and it kicks harder that a deer rifle. I also got to shoot a Smith and Wesson 460. This was a hand gun as well that kicked harder than the 500. Next I fired some sort of semi auto firearm that had been converted to full auto. We opened up 30 round clips into 2 propane tanks beside each other and a barrel of 110 octane gasoline on top of those….that was quite an explosion. Then I got to shoot a fully automatic Oozie with 30 round clips. You could empty all 30 of the bullets in the clip in 3 seconds literally. The guy Steve, who had all the artillery was an ex navy seal who spend 10 months underwater on a submarine working on a nuclear reactor. Well apparently he saved the best for last. It was some sort of 308 full auto, kill anything that got in its way gun. This gun was so loud and he said that it would cut right through a car given enough rounds. As soon as I figure out how to post pics, Ill let you guys see them. This was day one.

Over the next few days, I spend a lot of time riding motocross. I rode at some track up there that they were calling Tony’s. Im getting fast on a bike and Im gonna ride the AMA outdoor Nationals in Southwick Mass next year..I wish. On Thursday, we headed to NYC, Ive never been there so it was quite a trip. We bought first class train tickets there from New Haven CT. We got there early enough to be at the closing bell of the market on Wall St. Then we did a little shopping, which I never do, but theres a bunch of cool stuff there. After dinner we headed out on the town and let me tell you, that place doesnt sleep at all, I think we left the bar early at 5:30 am and there was still a bunch of people out.

Friday, we went to Killington Vermont to do some downhill mountain biking on the ski resorts, which was hard due to the night before.

Saturday and Sunday, I spent the afternoons in Southwick Massichusetts (spelling) watching the AMA Outdoor Nationals Supercross event. Those guys that race those 250’s and 450’s are incredible.

Now its monday and Im sitting in the Hartford Int’l airport and Im delayed due to the weather in Atlanta, go figure. I guess im not supposed to land until midnight now. Nice.

Alright, that was my fun trip, that really consisted of no wakeboarding, but over the next 2 weeks, Ill be riding my but off getting ready for the World Championships in Oklahoma.

Corey

So far the month of August has been a pretty good month, of course most of them are good so I guess this month is hardly any different. I started off the month at home getting ready for the U.S. Nationals where I rode decently, I made it to the semi finals, which isnt to bad. From there I headed to Garden City Beach, which is a quaint little town with nothing to do just north of Charleston. I was there to spend a little time with the family for vacation. Then I headed to Nashville, TN. The country music capital of the world. I went there for a contest put on by TNT Watersports. The whole weekend was just a huge lake party with wakeboarding going on in the background, it was awesome. There are so many people stocked on wakeboarding. I got to meet a bunch of cool new people and ride with some really good riders from Tennessee. After the weekend, I stayed an extra day to get some riding in with Matt Simms and some other local Tennessee rippers, and had a really good time. I left Tennessee this morning to fly to Connecticut to meet up with my best friend Dave AKA Massive. Massive is 6′7″ and wakeboards an races moto, he’s a cool guy, anyway, he is from up here, and he is visiting home so I decided to come visit to shoot guns and ride tractors, and go out on the town in New York City. We are also going the Outdoor Nationals Motocross race at the world renound South Wick, which is in Mass. I have a feeling, its gonna be a pretty good week up here in New England. Im then driving back to Orlando to ride and start getting ready for the WWA World Championships held in Oklahoma City…yay cant wait to go there. Anyhow, its been a pretty fun month and now we are closing in on Surf Expo at the beginning of Sept. and the end of another good season.

Corey

So far the month of August has been a pretty good month, of course most of them are good so I guess this month is hardly any different. I started off the month at home getting ready for the U.S. Nationals where I rode decently, I made it to the semi finals, which isnt to bad. From there I headed to Garden City Beach, which is a quaint little town with nothing to do just north of Charleston. I was there to spend a little time with the family for vacation. Then I headed to Nashville, TN. The country music capital of the world. I went there for a contest put on by TNT Watersports. The whole weekend was just a huge lake party with wakeboarding going on in the background, it was awesome. There are so many people stocked on wakeboarding. I got to meet a bunch of cool new people and ride with some really good riders from Tennessee. After the weekend, I stayed an extra day to get some riding in with Matt Simms and some other local Tennessee rippers, and had a really good time. I left Tennessee this morning to fly to Connecticut to meet up with my best friend Dave AKA Massive. Massive is 6′7″ and wakeboards an races moto, he’s a cool guy, anyway, he is from up here, and he is visiting home so I decided to come visit to shoot guns and ride tractors, and go out on the town in New York City. We are also going the Outdoor Nationals Motocross race at the world renound South Wick, which is in Mass. I have a feeling, its gonna be a pretty good week up here in New England. Im then driving back to Orlando to ride and start getting ready for the WWA World Championships held in Oklahoma City…yay cant wait to go there. Anyhow, its been a pretty fun month and now we are closing in on Surf Expo at the beginning of Sept. and the end of another good season.

Corey

So I went out today still pumped from yesterday and I did the regular toe 9 again and then today I learned a switch toe 9. It only took me a few tries. Hopefully I can keep them consistent, so far they seem pretty easy. It sure is nice to be home for a few weeks where I can ride out at the house everyday and and learn new stuff.

Corey

So I was out riding today after a long night last night, and I finally did what I thought I would never do, a toeside 900. I have been able to do several different 7’s wake to wake for a while and Ive done regular and switch heel 9’s of of the double up, but today marks a milestone in my wakeboarding, I did a 9 wake to wake, now I know your thinking, well everyone does wake to wake 9’s and your right, but for some reason I never had, I think it was a brain fart for me, but today it wasnt. Another motivator was that there are a few girl riders that are getting close to wake to wake toe 9’s and ill be damned if a woman did one before me, no offense to womens riding. So Im pretty confident that it is going to become pretty consistant, and I think tomorrow im gonna go out and learn a switch toe 9.

MasterCraft X-Stars wakes are the best

Corey