This is my section from Spencer Norris’s last feature film Hi Light. It was right after I got back from a near career ending injury. I pushed through it and didn;t let it stop me though. I wish I had more bangers but it was a hard year getting used to my new physical attributes after the injury. The whole video is amazing. We are beginning to think about starting to make another full length video at some point. And you know The Co_op will be a part of it. Anyway this is my section from the movie. I have posted it before but just stumbled upon it looking through Spencer’s old video and thought I would post it. Hope you guys enjoy it. Soon I will get Spencer to start releasing other riders sections for free online like Jeff House’s, Robby Carter’s, and JD Webb. You can buy the video by emailing me at DerekGrasmanBlog@gmail.com
Did you know that Jeff House and myself have been roommates for five years now. Our fifth anniversary was on January 5th. So I guess you could call this our golden anniversary. Well tonight we are doing a Stokemeter together. If you don’t know what Stokemeter is it is basically a way for you to ask us any questions you want. We sit on a webcam and you guys can all ask us questions. So tonight go to www.Stokemeter.com at 9 p.m. and ask away. – Derek Grasman
Spencer and myself had an idea. An idea we wanted to share with you all. Last year Spencer Norris released Hi Light and now we decided we would release it for you for free. Section by section. Not all at once but every week or so release another section. This is my section. Which was frustrating to make since I had never been really injured or had to come back from an injury until then. If you really want to support us you can buy the video here: buy Hi Light
Welcome back to team CWB – Club 506. Derek Grasman, Jimmy Trask and Zane Schwenk are up to it again, with even more fun and shredding in Part 2 of our Crew video.
Welcome to Club 506. Since almost the beginning of their pro careers, our CWB team riders on Lake Eloise in Winter Haven have been riding together. Derek Grasman, Jimmy Trask and Zane Schwenk are the definition of a “crew.” Check it out as they get into some mischief at Cypress Gardens and have some people over to shred with them and stay tuned for Part 2, coming soon.
Steve Bates my CWB team manager is becoming pretty much a media mogul. He shoots all the CWB_TV videos and edits them. As well as managing the team and shooting lifestyle of it all. The lifestyle is more for just us though. Every time I talk to him he is dealing with new stuff or new cameras. He had a small Sony and then a P2 and now he got this little gem. A Canon 7D I think. It’s a very high end picture camera and also shoots high definition video. Which is crazy. And the quality is unreal. Like this shot he took of me the other day just driving the boat. Yeah Anon. It’s really rad having Steve get into all this because I am also getting into it but he is far more advanced than me but he is able to show me things in a avery simple way. And explain things to me a lot easier than I could get from reading a book. He goes over the top a million times compared to any other team manager. And he’s funny as shit.
n the ten years that I have been wakeboarding I have ridden a lot of different wakeboards. Ranging from all shapes to all sizes. And also a ton of different bindings. And this is literally the most amazing set up I have ever ridden. The board is based off of an older model of the Absolute. It rides like how I feel a wakeboard should ride. No gimmicks or ridiculous stuff thrown on it to make it sell. It’s just an amazing shape. So fast with amazing pop and some of the softest landings ever. And also the Marius boots that they just made are the best boots I have ridden. I always had a problem with boots that are made like a snowboard boot. And the problem was that you couldn’t ever get them tight enough because there was just to much foam and fabric. And also in the heel are it constantly fell like I couldn’t get my foot all the way down because there was so much material there as well. And they always had heel lift. These don’t have any of those problems. And they have a lower lace that seriously pull your ankle directly into the back of the boot holding it perfectly. I couldn’t believe it the first time I ever tried them on to be honest. So amazing. It is probably one of the greatest things that has ever been put on a binding. The Pure wakeboard and Marius boot by CWB.
What do pro wakeboarders do on a daily basis. Well if you have been paying attention to Alliance you would have noticed that they shoot tubing promotional videos. This whole past week was shot working on the new Connelly tubes promotion. We have literally filmed multiple times on every tube in the line. And greatness has occurred. Robby Carter actually landed his very first wake to wake barrel roll off a double up on the Fat Boy tube. He stomped it perfectly and was an easy five feet off the water. Stay tuned for the video. Oh and we also did some wakeboarding I guess. Our team manager whose birthday was today is seriously becoming the greatest team manager ever and has become a media machine. Not only does he shoot al the CWB.TV videos, he shoots all the other promotional videos as well. He now has a new still camera he has been figuring out. Just to shoot lifestyle stuff though. Although he did shoot this.
I always thought it was cool how in surfing each rider has a slew of different boards for different types of conditions. And now in waking I kind of have that. One board to shred the wake and then one to shred rails and getting my grindage on. Although both can be used to do either. I actually ride both of them on wake and rails. I just prefer them this way. The Pure is probably the best shaped wakeboard I have ever ridden and the Vibe has just enough flex in it to make it fun and not like a wet noodle like some flex/rail boards. By the way CWB has a flew board now. Here’s my setup. The CWB Pure 140 and the CWB Vibe 147. Size 11 CWB Marius Bindings.
I think it’s time for me to start writing on here more. Robby and myself both proclaim that. This is a little video I made a month or two ago. Just one set with a couple CWB team riders. Trying to fit in the before the rain like everyday down here. The riders are Robby Carter, Nick Jones and myself.
My favorite board in the entire CWB line is the Pure. It’s an amazing board that rides how a wakeboard should ride. Here is some sneak peek shots of it. The 2010 version that is. The base graphic is amazing.
Here is the 2009 CWB Pure and CWB Torq bindings. Which come in a package on the cheap. I prefer to ride the Zeus’s and next year I will shred the lightest bindings on the planet. They are lighter than air so to put them on your board you actually have to hold them down. Ask Steve Bates. Get your learn on. I ride the Pure and it is awesome. It is the bottom shape from the 2003 Absolute with a different top shape. I rode this board back then and I still ride it now, for one reason. It is probably the best shape I have ever ridden or will ride. Sometimes gimmicks are just gimmicks.
I am road tripping right now. Driving from Orlando to Atlanta for two days then Knoxville for four then to my hometown in Michigan for my birthday. Then some clinics in Fargo then back to Wisconsin for the second stop of the Mastercraft Pro Tour. Should be a good couple weeks. Let me know if you in any of those cities. Better to be bus than bored right.
