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.

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I made this tonight. I dig it. Got that big CWB logo

This is a picture my friendly Justin Doornbos posted on facebook. The picture was taken from his dock and the sketch a-frame was in front of my house. That’s me getting dirty like its 2002 on it. Those were the good days back then. No responsibility except being the best rider I could be. And all the time in the world to do it. Normally those days it was just Justin, his cousin Zach and me. We always started out the glassy days with a super fast tubing session behind the Sea Doo giving each other gnarly whips all around the lake on the glassyness. Then after that it was normally three or four set each day. It was so much easier back then. With only three of us. Nowadays at any given time there can be five to eight riders looking to shred.

This is what hurts the most. This does.

What hurts the most

One thing in my trials as a career wakeboarder is that bigger is better. Wakes that is. Of course the bigger the wake the more fun right. I think so. Sometimes you are without a big wake though. And when that happens it comes to the attention that instead of being bummer or angry you should make the most of the situation. Occasionally I ride small wakes and although you can’t do all your crazy maneuvers on it you can still have fun and goof off. A small wake is the best thing to learn your basic. Learn some in to out three’s. Learn how to land blind switch and regular better. Goof off. Flip off rollers. Wakeboarding should always be fun. Even if your not on the perfect setup. Just push the boundaries whenever you can. Sorry for trying to get so introspective. Here’s one of my favorite shot’s of me ever. It’s just me goofing off but you can get the sense of it. Fun doesn’t have to be going huge remember. Spin to win hahaha. Shot by Spencer Smith! www.derekgrasman.wordpress.com