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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Just wanted to let everyone know you can enter to win yourself a pair of CWB patented Hinge tech boots of your choice on my blog. Check it out and enter the contest. You will probably win. I can’t guarantee it though. Good luck. Go to www.derekgrasman.wordpress.com. Or just click the picture below.

We were doing the clinic series last week in Winter Haven Florida. Steve Bates parents live in Winter Haven as well so lucky for me I never have to drive more than five minutes during that week. The problem is two riders live an hour away from Winter Haven and are not stoked about having to make the drive every morning. But hey 80 percent of the team lives in the Winter Haven area now so whats the point of making us all leave. Heres Andrew, Stu, and Zane talking about something unimportant. Andrews happy. He’s a newlywed.