Hello to all, hope you’ve been enjoying the Spiked experience so far in 2009. From the vision of a few little more than a year ago, it has become a bloody great success in my opinion. Two issues under our belt, covering every Action Sport under the sun, spreading the good word and giving us, in this wonderful world, a voice to share our good times with all you guys.
OK, that’s the preaching out the way and now to my first Blog. Magazine articles I’ve been doing for a good number of years now but I’m still getting to grips with this social networking media age. The odd Blog for websites hear and there and now I’m a full blown Twitter addict - www.twitter.com/mcwakeboarder - and here we go with the first of my Spiked Blogs. The reason behind them, well, there is lots going on in the world of Wakeboarding, which is kind of my thing, as well as the Freesports scene in general. I’m lucky enough to be fully entrenched in both scenes and want to make sure you guys are as well informed as possible with the hope being it inspires you to get out there and get stuck into which ever Extreme past time takes your fancy!
We are a good three quarters the way through the wakeboarding season, having had the Think Tank Wakeskate Jam, Student, Open & Grom Nationals, Wakestock, Cable and Boat Euro Champs and still there is a mass of big events to come. What do we know from the summer so far though? That was a rhetorical question because I’m gonna tell ya! We know that the UK has some of the best wakeboarders on the planet. It has been the Davies show in 2009 with a World Title on Cable followed by back to back wins on the World Cable Park Series, a National Title and finally claiming the Wakestock honours on its 10th Anniversary. It doesn’t stop there for British accolades in ’09. Team Silver at the Cable Euros and a whole host of medals from all age categories for the UK. Team Gold at the Boat Euros for the umpteenth time and leading the fight was Britain’s Wakeboard contest stalwart Dan Nott, taking the European title for the third time, Davies in 2nd with medal placings on the podium, once again, in all of the other categories.
A few disappointments this year however, all surrounding the current fiscal strains we as a planet are facing. At the top of this list was the lack of the Rococo Rail Tour stop at Relentless Boardmasters. I was down there all week presenting for www.mpora.com experiencing the best Boardmasters Newquay has ever seen. Unreal weather, good waves, lots of people and just an overall fantastic festival. The wakeboarding will be back there next year don’t you fret!
It is all go, go, go over the next few weeks with a slight lull right now, the quiet before the storm. We have the London Night Jump - www.londonnightjump.co.uk - on the Bank Holiday Sunday and just before that I’m being treated to a festival jolly courtesy of Relentless and Volkswagen at Reading – that is going to be a heavy weekend. Then September will come around with Windfest, the King Of Cable and rounding off the season as always Glass Butter Beach in Abersoch, North Wales.
I promise each of my Blogs won’t be this long but wanted to give you the full run down before I get down to some serious Blogging from now on. Don’t forget to check out the next issue of Spiked with the 3rd instalment of my 2009 diaries and a whole lot more besides!
Stay Classy Spiked people – MC
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