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I have spent time with both these guys and they are constantly smiling, happy and stoked to be riding! Meet two of South Africa's premier wakeboarders and wakeskaters, Dylan James Mitchell and Dale Nieuwstad. Filmed around South Africa with their Spanish friend in tow, this gives a good vision of who they are, where they come from and how they ride!
Riding under an ancient medieval Cistern is a first!
The 1500-year-old Basilica Cistern also called Basilica Palace hosted
Frederic Von Osten and Dominik Gührs, two of the best wakeboard athletes
in the world. The two Germans rode their wakeboards between historical
columns and worked their magic for this special project.
The 2012 Cash for Tricks Cable Wake comp went down at the Interboot Trade Show in Germany. I love the format for these events, with the biggest tricks being rewarded. It really pushes the progression of the sport and the riders. Make sure you watch till the end as there are some massive 720 and double backrolls towards the finals.
Not sure what to do with your Saturday in Cape Town? Well then, I have your solution! Come down to the Milnerton Aquatic Club for the Pro rounds and finals of the SA Open Wake Championships. The countries best Wakeboarders and Wakeskaters will be challenging for the SA Open titles and there should be some pretty epic riding on display. Guys like Dylan Mitchell and Dale Nieuwstad, who were on my radio show on Monday eve (Podcast for download), have promised that it will be worth coming to watch!
Check out some of our best in the local Wake video Tropical Roast:
Drop some of the best Wakeboarders in the business in the middle of the swamp with an Airboat, water cannon and lots of toys. This is what happens...
Drop four world-class wakeboarders and a reliable airboat into the misty swamps of Louisiana and let them rip.
JD Webb, Adam Errington, Brian Grubb and Parks Bonifay met up on the Tickfaw River in the the eerie swamps of Louisiana for the ultimate wakeboard playground that is, until, the gators wake up.
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South Africa's hot new Wake movie is here and guess what - its free! Watch the movie (15min) below or follow the download instructions below. Enjoy!
Recipe for a Tropical Roast:
Add 1 x River butter
4 x Wakeboarders
1 x Mastercraft cream
2 x 4metres rocket air
1 x Handful crushed bones
1 x Litre coconut milk
1 x 420g sun sweat
3 x Litres fish blood
Capture and mix everything together in a Red One camera.
Add a tad of sea salt and rum for extra flavor.
Scrape all of this, and the juice into an Apple Macbook set at 180˚c.
Cook for 4 months.
Dinner is now served with extra hot Tropical sauce.
Tropical Roast is brought to you by Break Your Crayons & Sport Unlimited.
Read the description in You Tube to see how to download this video.
The local Wake dudes have just blown my mind and now the foreigners get in on the act! This trailer is totally mental. Killer track, helicopters low flying over boats - I am salivating to see the full video. Check it out...
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Also, don’t forget to tune into SuperSport 5 at 7pm this Wednesday, the 21st of September to catch Episode 3 of theGoodLife featuring coverage of this year’s Quiksnow in Lesotho, the Masters of Dirt qualifiers in Joburg, the country’s best unseen bodyboarding from the Tand Invitational as well as premier footage from the new Tropical Roast DVD featuring South Africa’s top wakeboarding.
Dominic at a "Secret Spot" (Photo: Red Bull Media)
Wow, this a very cool little piece. these guys must have froze their balls off on the Glacier! Really nicely shot and put together to.
Dominic Gührs and Frederic von Osten - two wakeboard pros and best buds go on a search for new wake spots. On their first spot, they shred the Weißsee glacier lake near Uttendorf, Austria.
Let me see, what should we do today? Oh I know, lets gap over the Harbour Wall, what a great idea. These guys are nuts really, but it does look fun. I reckon Hout Bay is just asking for an event like this.
Red Bull Harbour Reach is a new wakeboard event in its first year enabling wake boarders to ride in a place never wakeboarded before........a Grade 1 listed seaside harbour. Positioned on the South Coast of England Lyme Regis is you typical English fishing village. Red Bull aims to push Wakeboarders to break boundaries by jumping the harbour wall.
Make sure you catch our second show of theGoodLife on Supersport 7 (South Africa) tonight at 8pm. This episode covers the Ultimate X event in Cape Town this past February. Action sports on display were Skating, Wakeboard, BMX and FMX. Also on the show, Rolling Retro with RVCA at Llandudno beach, the most popular surf CON test of the year.
Big thanks to ABSA our presenting sponsor and Old School productions our event partner for everything in Action Sports.
Check out Dylan Mitchell's latest offering of Wakeskate magic. I have no idea how these guys do these tricks with no bindings let alone without ramming their sphincters through their noses. But, I gave wakeskating a go and it was pretty fun, there was no flipping though, except for the old guy on skis behind me flipping me the bird!
For more from Dylan go here: http://vimeo.com/user2726588
Shew! What an epic little teaser. I am glad someone finally got some budget and real gear together in our tiny little action sports community. I will definitely be keeping an eye on this one and getting some interviews and info on this project soon. In the meantime enjoy the teaser! I did!
Tropical Roast is a 10-15 minute wakeboarding short inspired by the whitelaw brothers. It is a non-profit video edit directed by: Marc Whitelaw. starring: Dylan Mitchell, Nick Burton-Moore, Devon Nassif and Ryan Whitelaw. Misverstand Dam plays host to the Break Your Crayons crew who have set out to capture some of South Africas finest riders and display it the way it should be.
this year, we raise the bar and take everything to the next level.
Crew: Marc Whitelaw, Pierre devilliers, Patrick Spillsbury, Peter Lambert, Eugene van der Elst, Ross Hillier, Mike Jones, Roscoe Vercueli.
Go here for more - http://www.youtube.com/user/muggymation
Ultimate X is fast growing into the best action sports event in South Africa. 2010 was a watershed event and the guys from Old School Productions built on that success for 2011. This year saw the return of BMX, skate and FMX, and the addition of Wakeboard and the massively popular BagJump. A couple of thousand Capetonians rocked up and boy were they not dissapointed!
The FMX boys blew the crowd away! (Photo: Pierre Marqua)
I started the day with a backwards jump off the 7m platform of the BagJump and that kept me awake and going for the entire day. The BagJump is a huge inflated bag used for stunts and training for snowboard, skiing and BMX. ABSA, the primary sponsor for this years event, was asking everyone there to fill in some forms and you got to jump for free all day. It was an amazing addition to the event as a whole.
BagJump is FUN! (Photo: Pierre Marqua)
Moses going big on his way to the Podium. (Photo: Pierre Marque)
Next up was the skating with a great street course built by Jamie and the crew from Dope Industries. A lot has been said over the last few weeks about the level of skating in SA, but I have to say I was suitably impressed by what I saw and filmed. Skating has always been one of the trickier sports to film, as you have to shoot a lot to get the gold. However, when you get the shot with the high level of difficulty involved in skating, it all becomes worthwhile!
Wake in the city! (Photo: Pierre Marqua)
Using the canal at the event location for the Wake contest was pure genius. People were able to watch from both sides of the water and the big kicker and monster rail put the riders to the test. I love when outdoor action sports are brought into the urban environment and I am pretty sure we will see an even bigger setup for 2012.
Cape Town's Hotties came out form the event! (Photo: Pierre Marqua)
Anyone who doubts that BMX is alive and well needs their eyes checked! We must have some of the best guys in the world right now and once again they blew minds at Ultimate X! Hardly any wipes, lots of huge combos and super high quality riding across the board! I look forward to filming with these guys again!
The BMX crew went large! (Photo: Pierre Marqua)
Last, but certainly not least, were the FMX crew from Jozi. Cape Town hardly ever gets to see FMX and these guys had the crowd frothing for more. The level of riding has exploded since last years event and many insane jumps were seen, with "Sick" Nick de Wit pulling off numerous back flips. We are definately going to need to get these guys down to the Cape more often!
Can you say - HUGE? (Photo: Pierre Marqua)
The event was finished off with much ice cold Black Label draught, YUM! (Yes, I am a beer slut) and great performances from Reburth, Taxi Violence and PHFat. I cannot wait for next year already! Look out for the full web video soon, our next episode of theGoodLife on Supersport in April, which will have this event on it and here is the Teaser video to wet your pipes!
