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Red Bull Wake Open- post your pick for overall winner
Who do you have your $ on to place 1st ,2nd ,3rd , and why?
INVITED RIDERS: Shane Bonifay Harley Clifford Nick Davies Raphael Derome Olivier Derome Adam Errington Clay Fletcher Tom Fooshee Dominik Guehrs Danny Harf Randall Harris Collin Harrington Kevin Henshaw Dominik Hernler Cody Johnson Steel Lafferty Jimmy LaRiche Keith Lidberg Rusty Malinoski Shaun Murray Chris O’Shea Nate Perry Brenton Priestly Aaron Rathy Brian Reeder Marc Rossiter Erik Ruck Chad Sharpe Dean Smith Phil Soven Bob Soven Kaesen Suyderhoud Shota Tezuka Nico Von Lerchenfeld Shawn Watson JD Webb I'll post my picks later. I know I'll be right so I hate to influence your picks... |
Raphael Derome.
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overall is limited because few got invited for all the events.
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Could really care less about big air. Want to take my son down there for the boat. However some places say not open to the public. Does anyone know whats going on with this. Will it be somewhere watchable or not.
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The boat portion, held on Thursday, is closed to boat traffic. The way theyre setup would force everyone to be in the channel between davis & harbour islands anchored up which stinks. So that day the best view is from jacksons or convention center.
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Thanks for the heads up I will drag my family down there.
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Unfortunately the boat comp is being help privately somewhere in Pasco (not in the bay) on Thursday and is not open to the public. I am not sure what is happening on Friday but Saturday will be the big day out in front of the convention center.
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Good question. I hope Tom Fooshee makes the podium for big air and cable. I'm guessing it's going to be more of a wake-the-line setup for the cable comp. 1 maybe 2 ramps and a mashup up rails/boxes in the middle. Although it's not the typical cable setup that Tom crushes, I bet he'll transition well. Anyone know if the big air will be towed from a boat or cable? If it's cable, he'll probably do well there too. I hope to see some doubleflips from the riders!
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Raph Derome
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Better watch out for these bad boys. Biggest bull shark Ive seen caught out of the Tampa Bay waters lol was caught this weekend by the HF bridge.
http://img.tapatalk.com/c6e4c820-3782-48c1.jpg Ive seen 3-4 footers but not 10' 400lbs. No wonder the fishermen are always tellin me not to dangle my legs on my sup in the water. Apparently more aggressive than great whites but hollywood makes you think other wise. Happy boating:) |
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Ur source is right. I was told Blue Lake which is kinda odd and its out in Clermont
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Here's the thing: why try to host a wakeboard boat event when the conditions could be terrible as they might be in Tampa Bay (I think somebody said something earlier about the choppy waters of Red Bull Fluetog last year)? Especially if it's going to be on NBC. Can you imagine if it's so choppy the best riders in the world could only land their most basic tricks with a large TV audience watching? I think a made for TV wake event is a good idea. With really good water conditions, we're going to see some pretty crazy riding. And this was never meant as a live/large audience event, it's all about TV. Good or bad, you decide. Think along the same lines at Red Bull Supernatural, Travis Rice's made for TV snowboard contest from this winter.
And it's not the Blue Lake from Defy near Clermont. Apparently there's another blue lake closer to Tampa. Everybody start the Google Earth search..... now! |
Blue lake hudson(pasco county)...my source new it was blue lake and when i thought of ronix i thought of their lake in clermont
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And yes...conditions out there for flugtag were terrible. Anchors breaking lose, strong tidal currents and it took me everything i could do to paddleboard that day when the winds picked up.
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The Malibu Facebook page earlier today had the address and everything for the Boat portion on Thurs. I was going to head up there on Thursday(Almost 1.5 hour drive). But when looking back later today I began to see that the Boat Portion was closed to Public. I like Tampawake was going to take the Family. My 5 year old tried getting up this weekend for the first time. He tried for 30 mins, then finally got about a 20ft ride. He is already wanting to go back and try it again.
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I'm flying in on Friday morning. Anyone else going for friday and saturday?
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This is the address they gave I google earthed it and cant seem to find what would be a boat lake.
Boat Venue Sunwest Harbourtowne 17251 Old Dixie Hwy Hudson, FL 34667 727-863-1556 |
So does this mean the boat event is now open to the public or did Malibu blow this?
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https://maps.google.com/maps?q=17251...rce=gplus-ogsb
I have always wanted to know where this lake was. Anyone live up there willing to make a pass and see if they are setting something up? |
But im sure if you show up with your kids, theyll let u watch it.
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@LR3 I ride over on Lake Carrol and gonna be bringing my 5 year old to McCormicks to ride the junior very soon
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Not sure who you are out there. I just come up with my kids to watch they are finally getting the itch to try it. I have ridden up there 5 or 6 times. Saw your profile I am a big bolts fan so Mike and I have been chattin.
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Chat - I am going Friday @4 and Saturday @ 7-8 AM to beat all the knuckleheads at the ramp. If you would like to hop on the boat let me know. If no one else does I will try to post pics of the boat event tomorrow.
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I wish I was out there today vs stuck in the office. Never knew this sweet looking lake was only 30min away..think this is the area where the proposed cable park is suppose to be.
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Harley just posted that he won today.
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Yup, Harley, Rusty & Raph Derome podium. Pretty crazy that Raph won his semi-final heat against Adam Errington, Phil Soven and Danny Harf.
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Raph has to be sitting pretty good as a favorite at this point then.
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That's a stacked heat... Raph is kicking ass this year all over the globe. Glad to hear his boat riding is catching up to his park. He's got this one in the bag but it will be a hell of a show.
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That spot was the sickest lake I have ever been to. LR, yes that is the proposed site for the cable park. Apparently they want to build a resort as well. What's crazy is that I found out from someone who is from that area that it is a bit sketchy and they have pulled out many many bodies and cars out of there. Supposedly there is still an ambulance down there. :)
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Also the comp was sick. A couple of highlights were Rusty's osmosis 3 and Adam Eringtons HUGE 3 to rewind which he unfortunately did not ride away from but to me, that was the sickest thing I saw all day. I will be curios to see how much they show on NBC. That reminds me I need to set the DVR.
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I'll be down there in whatever the VIP area is supposed to be. I'm sure I'll be wearing some axis stuff.
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I'll be wearing a black billabong trucker hat with some Jamaica looking stripe on it. I'll probably look hungover too. Hollar if you see me!
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I will not be in the VIP area but bringing my kids to the Big Kicker contest. Tried to swing VIP I have a friend Miles Dasher a Red Bull BASE and Skydiving athlete.
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Harley already won the boat, but I definitely would have guessed him or Phil since those two have won basically every boat comp for the last five years.
Raph is my pick for the rail part. Big air could go to anyone. If there's an overall winner, I think Raph is the easy favorite now after a surprise 3rd in the boat comp plus being the favorite for the rails and having landed double inverts off the kicker in comps before. |
Raph won Big Air today as well. With park being his strongest event, you gotta think he has it sealed up.
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