The Vandal

(thane_dogg) · (thane_dogg) **Join Date: Jun 2002** 11-13-2006, 9:12 PM

I got to watch the Vandal ride today, from the boat. It was incredible, and enlightening. After playing around on the wake a little bit, busted a melan half-cab off the wake 40 feet into the flats, and 10 feet up. Next, did a huge grabbed slim chance, and threw a switch heel mobe 30 feet into the flats, like it was nothing. Incredible. He was throwing wrapped heel 9's off the double-up that were just massive. it was rad.

(Message edited by thane_dogg on November 13, 2006)

(tparider) · (tparider) **Join Date: Aug 2003** 11-13-2006, 9:25 PM

sweet. did you get any video?

(twakess) · (twakess) **Join Date: Mar 2002** 11-13-2006, 10:10 PM

Thane, I love to watch the Vandal ride. My best treat was when I got to ride with The Vandal, Mike Rogers, Steve Walman and Igor. I will never for get that day.

(matt_c) · (matt_c) **Join Date: Sep 2006** 11-13-2006, 11:30 PM

thats why he's who he is...

Just insane madness

(kevin_garduno)

well said

(brodie_chaboya)

Where were you guys riding?

(jarrod) · (jarrod) **Join Date: May 2003** 11-14-2006, 5:58 AM

Post some pictures T.

K.B.C. 11-14-2006, 8:40 AM

lucky man, that would be so killer to watch the vandal ride in person

(byrd) · (byrd) **Join Date: Dec 2005** 11-14-2006, 8:54 AM

I'm going to do it, so somones else doesnt have to...

Upload

(duffy) · (duffy) **Join Date: Feb 2006** 11-14-2006, 9:40 AM

Byrd that would be like you or I posting who we got to ride with Friday, then not posting any pics.

(woreout) · (woreout) **Join Date: Aug 2006** 11-14-2006, 9:52 AM

I rode in the car with Dale Jr. today at Daytona, we had to cut it short because of my boxing match with Muhamad Ali that afternoon. Damn I forgot my camera.

Just kidding thane, get some pics

(Message edited by woreout on November 14, 2006)

(solo) · (solo) **Join Date: Oct 2001** 11-14-2006, 10:15 AM

Thane said RAD....

(thane_dogg) · (thane_dogg) **Join Date: Jun 2002** 11-14-2006, 10:49 AM

I didn't get any pics or video, there were people shooting stills, and filming. I just watched and let the images burn into my memory. I've never watched him ride, and I don't know when I will be able to again, so I figured I would just enjoy it fully, rather than looking through a lens, and I didn't have a camera. I wish all of you could have seen what I saw.

Brodie - backwater at Canyon.

Hahn - I'm trying to bring RAD back.

Duffy - I would like to know who you rode with on Friday.

(anodyne) · (anodyne) **Join Date: Feb 2006** 11-14-2006, 11:14 AM

Duffy,

if you got to ride with one of the most influential riders in wakeboarding who hadn't been out in the open much until recently, you're telling me you wouldn't let everyone know???

(electricsnow) · (electricsnow) **Join Date: May 2002** 11-14-2006, 12:33 PM

for those that don't know, rad never left...

thane, I've heard it's pretty incredible to watch (and hear) him ride. when the LFTAA came through my neck of the woods, I was talking to the art director about randy and he said it's insane because you can hear his board slap against the water at a fair distance away (he said something about the backwater at canyon lake). This was back in 03 so I don't recall all of the details, but it proves to be true when you watch "blacklist."

(byrd) · (byrd) **Join Date: Dec 2005** 11-14-2006, 1:01 PM

Anodyne, we did ride with, IMO, one of the most influential riders, and no we did not post to let everyone know...At least not until Duffy opened his mouth. JK

Duff, are you up for an early AM ride on Saturday if it's nice?

(Message edited by Byrd on November 14, 2006)

K.B.C. 11-14-2006, 2:49 PM

c'mon Byrd, you can't leave us hanging like that

(twakess) · (twakess) **Join Date: Mar 2002** 11-14-2006, 7:01 PM

chef, yep your right on the slap of the board. I rember a time in like 03. We were sitting on one side of Vics at the delta. We heard a smack and my friends were like the the heck was that. In the back of my mind I was thiking it was Randy. Sure enough around the split of Vic he came going shore to shore.

(aidan) · (aidan) **Join Date: Feb 2004** 11-14-2006, 7:42 PM

Thane, I guess everything happens for a reason, you should see all the crap I got done on my house on Monday.........small leak in garage. Upload

(thane_dogg) · (thane_dogg) **Join Date: Jun 2002** 11-14-2006, 9:13 PM

JT - no doubt.

(rideit4life) · (rideit4life) **Join Date: Dec 2005** 11-15-2006, 12:03 AM

The Vandal has such a sick and unique style of riding. Watching him ride would be a treat. Lol. JT, nice pictures of the urinal with the LF wakeskate in the background. Classic. Lol.