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Old    nething2blind            11-15-2005, 10:34 AM Reply   
Does anyone know what happennd to him. Is he cut from cwb where did he go? If he were to switch companies I think that he would finally deserve the respect he needs. Ever tour event he got raped by the judges. Hes only 24 not even to his prime yet (ripe at a y0ung age) Rob if you are out there where did you go. Did gordy pull the plug on you I wish he cut the 40 year ooolld zane and sonja instead. If they want to be reps let them be reps. but dont have control over boards. gayagyagaygayagay

peace much respect Rob.


R.I.P Mark Kenney dont let anyone forget that you were gonna BLOW UP! best rider in the US now lookin down on us from up above. Therefor best rider in the Universe!
Old     (birger_celis)      Join Date: Aug 2005       11-15-2005, 11:03 AM Reply   
Here is a nice little clip of Rob I found.
http://www.dpcfilms.com/VideoPlayer.asp?i=124
Old    nething2blind            11-15-2005, 11:42 AM Reply   
is he still with cwb
Old     (buffalow)      Join Date: Apr 2002       11-15-2005, 12:29 PM Reply   
We will have a tiny bit of him in DS-2. He did not make it back to finish filming with us. He is married with child and working a real job now. I still love watching him though.
Old     (stephan)      Join Date: Nov 2002       11-15-2005, 12:52 PM Reply   
This came up a little while back. Rob married his super hot girlfriend, had a kid & is back living in Ohio. I believe he is working in the family business, real estate or something. He definately kills it on a wakeboard.

As for capping on Zane & Sonja, what the hell? Zane is probably the funniest guy in wakeboarding & is still a ripper. Have you ridden his Absolute? To say he shouldn't have board design control is retarded as the Abso is off the hook. CWB puts all aspects of its line to its riders & even I have had some input on a few things & I suck.
Old     (wakestar8878)      Join Date: Oct 2003       11-15-2005, 1:13 PM Reply   
*start high-jack*

I got to meet Zane the week before last at the SEMA show in Vegas. Super cool guy, but I was so caught off guard that I didn't get a picture with him and had no idea what to say. I was like ummmm your ummmm Zane right? ummmm yeah I ride myself and ummmmm, I'd really like to come to your camp sometime ummmmmm.

I such an idiot. lol

*end high-jack*
Old    nething2blind            11-15-2005, 4:29 PM Reply   
Zane is f ing funny but that doesnt give him a board! He did rip and still does yes. However, if CWB wants the respect they deserve free up the big dollars and sign someone for the future of riding. Over the years there have been so many amazing free agents and they signed some incredible riders. I think in 03 when they got Andrew, trevor, and their grom team was the biggest improvement. now take it to the next level 86 the two of them and sign a name that will make them the top company. Keep zane as a rep, hell make more $$$ but give someone else a promodel.
Old    nething2blind            11-15-2005, 4:30 PM Reply   
Does ROb still hang out with the Backstreet Boys??(J C Shaze for life)
Old     (kevin_bird)      Join Date: Dec 2002       11-15-2005, 4:53 PM Reply   
This is odd, I, nor you know what Zane is being paid or if he is a rep or whatever. You started your post about "where rob went" and then in the same post before any response you start talking about how people should pull plug on Zane and Sonja. Not to put words in anyone's mouth but i would venture to say that Rob has no problem with Zane still being on the team.
Old    nething2blind            11-15-2005, 4:58 PM Reply   
i agree that rob doesnt have a problem but if you read up above he doesnt ride with them anymore he is in real estate. I was just throwing in my 2 cents about the future of the company. Just what I would do if I were in the shoes of a ceo.
Old    nething2blind            11-15-2005, 5:01 PM Reply   
ps kevin you dont know me! so dont think i dont know what i am talking about. $$$$$
Old     (mjmurphy53711)      Join Date: Mar 2004       11-15-2005, 5:15 PM Reply   
ryan, you dont know what your talking about if you dont think the absolute is one of the most influential shapes out there.....and zane did and does continue to design it.

why would they cut a pro model that is one of the best selling most loved boards out there? Business is for profit too you know....

additionally, maybe cwb keeps the older riders on as a sign of respect, not like these other companies that always drop people like flys for the next greatest thing.....have some respect.
Old     (dakid)      Join Date: Feb 2001       11-15-2005, 5:19 PM Reply   
using ryan's logic, hype should get rid of byerly and sign some up-and-coming rider.
Old    nething2blind            11-15-2005, 5:21 PM Reply   
mike I agree with you about your last comment. I think that it is a good sign of business to keep the riders that they do. It shows some assurance to a team that you are not going to be cut. However, even though zane rips hes not the best and no where near. So promote his ass to a higher position where he is in charge of R and D(because unless the riders have say in the cwb products their keep him as a rep b/c he does that very well. and sign another rider.
Old    nething2blind            11-15-2005, 5:33 PM Reply   
apples to apples/ Zane and Scott..ummm nooo. and I think you should be hung for saying that.
Old    cdubs            11-15-2005, 5:42 PM Reply   
Im glad i dont ride cwb boards for sure. They had to custom build all my boards because i would break 25-30 a season. Remember that stuff ryan, haha. They would even get mad at me for product rnd basically. They couldnt take double ups and triples and thats all we do. A wakeboard company should not be run by a bunch of bankers or whatever they are now in my opinion. I had to ride 8-9 lb decks because they wouldnt even send me the normal store bought boards. Plus i remember when it was time to pick graphics i think the riders should get a voice especially if its a signature board.
Old    nething2blind            11-15-2005, 5:44 PM Reply   
old school chris, i remember. that on you wake to wake haha.LIke you Ill stick with Hyperlite.
Old     (ldr)      Join Date: Nov 2002       11-15-2005, 5:50 PM Reply   
I think Rob has ameritus status when it comes to CWB even though he might not be riding right now i'm sure he's still well connected with CWB. And i don't think it's a situation where they cut him. His life has just taken him in other directions.
Old    cdubs            11-15-2005, 5:53 PM Reply   
lol ryan, remember that one time i broke two boards in two passes. Dock start, then barely get to speed for the double up, snap. Mount a new board and exact same thing, make it to speed and first trick on the double up again. lol. Plus the same thing happened at an owc comp awhile back. Third trick ripped both the inserts out on a whirly so had to drop the handle and get two minutes to fix the problem, then i switch inserts to a narrower stance and it broke again first trick so i never got to finish my first pass at that tour stop.
Old    nething2blind            11-15-2005, 5:53 PM Reply   
nice boat matt. have you seen his wife. DAMN f*&#@ smokin
Old     (magellan)      Join Date: Feb 2003       11-15-2005, 6:17 PM Reply   
"A wakeboard company should not be run by a bunch of bankers or whatever they are now in my opinion."

Winner of the most ignorant post of the day!
My friend, if Hyperlite were owned by a group of bankers, maybe they wouldn't have gone out of business three years ago. Now, to keep in business, they are owned by a group of bankers. At least the designers, reps, sales staff at CWB ride. Hyperlite is a marketing company with a great team.

You are about to run out of gas in your bridge burning torch young man.
Old    nething2blind            11-15-2005, 7:38 PM Reply   
I never knew that herb obrien was a banker. Damn what a good post.
IN addition to your comment I never knew that sales staff and reps where different. hmmmmm must not have gotten that memo.
ANd last but not least this one is great. A marketing company can out sell cwb. hahahahhah that says a lot about.

ps/ who makes their boards? oh wait you dont speak CHINESE
Old     (cyclonecj)      Join Date: Jul 2001       11-15-2005, 8:00 PM Reply   
Rob Stru is a good guy, I've spent time with him and I don't know why he gets ragged on here, makes no sense. I hope he's doing well and I'm sure he is.
Old    nething2blind            11-15-2005, 8:03 PM Reply   
sTRU IS AWSOME NO ONE IS RAGGING ON HIM. WHAT POST ARE YOU READING.
Old    keepitreal            11-15-2005, 8:05 PM Reply   
Anyone who says Rob deserves a pro model more than Zane is off the rocker. Theres a reason he still has one. A large company doesnt keep a pro model just because. Zane designed his whole board from the ground up and its the best seller in the line. It over sells the transcend and marius combined.
CWB never dropped rob struharik, so Ryan your argument is completly out of context. Rob had bigger things going on in his life than dealing with designing a new board. I think kids are more important than a new pro model. No rob is not with CWB anymore but they parted on good terms.
As far as taking Zanes pro model any giving it back to Rob that is the most ludicrous statement i have ever heard in my entire life. Zane has always ridden better and done more for the company that rob ever will.
As far as chris saying he doesnt want to ride for bankers, Hyperlite is owned by the same investor as CWB, Bob Archer. So looks like your riding for bankers anyway there champ. So i guess bankers suck but going on the internet to bash on a company makes you a better person than that banker. Also Ryan theres a reason your not a CEO. Lets see if you know why.
And Zane kills it. If you ever get to watch him freeride take that offer up. Its legit thats for true. Youll realize why he still has a pro model then. hes done so much for this sport that noone will ever see or hear because he cares about it and loves and. And is better than you.
Wakeboardings cool bashing on someone who has changed it for the better is NOT. Keep it real.

Old    keepitreal            11-15-2005, 8:06 PM Reply   
Herb Obrien doesnt work for hyperlite anymore
Old     (wakedad33)      Join Date: Oct 2005       11-15-2005, 8:35 PM Reply   
I belive Herb is still an employee & collecting checks from HL as part of a no compete agreement with Bob Archer, Paul is comitted to keeping the HL team togather.
Old    spokentrue            11-15-2005, 8:37 PM Reply   
RYAN YOU SHOUDL BE OFFICIALLY BANNED FROM POSTING. Everything you said wasnt true at all. Just because your hyperlite rep told you doesnt make it true.
Thank you for clearing it up Socalrider.
Youll learn soon that the company your in love with(Hyperlite) has taken the biggest step towards being the company your raggingon
Old    roadking            11-15-2005, 9:27 PM Reply   
FYI, Herb is gone, been gone and Paul has will be gone soon. You will not see any 06 HL product until mid january, as the boats from china are slow.
Old     (cyclonecj)      Join Date: Jul 2001       11-15-2005, 10:01 PM Reply   
Ryan, don't know the source of your Oprah-like histrionics, but Rob was seriously dissed on this site a while back. Not in this post, but it was something that bothered me and I just felt like sticking up for him a bit. Look up the last Robbie Stru post, you'll see what I mean.
Old     (whitie)      Join Date: Jul 2004       11-15-2005, 10:27 PM Reply   
Zane is a pro on all levels. His relation with the fans and future riders of our sport is first class. I am not a big fan of cwb boards but I would ride Zane's pro model over most pro models out there just because of who he is and how he represents the sport. True pro in my book could care less if he only did w2w grabs
Old     (kevin_bird)      Join Date: Dec 2002       11-16-2005, 8:32 AM Reply   
well said Greg.

Zane does do all the mobes in the book and can do nines and everything grabbed with style. Also if it wasnt for Zane, Scott, gator and a select few then wakeboarding would not be where it is today.
Old     (justin_n)      Join Date: Aug 2005       11-16-2005, 9:45 AM Reply   
Ryan,

I was sitting looking through some old resumes and found that you had applied for the CWB Sales Rep job in Southern California after Scott Bain left. So if you had been hired would you be a lot less bitter towards us?

On the subject of Rob he still gets paid royalties by us for his board sales and still rides our product, so I do not where you got the info that he no longer rides for us.
Old    jlm            11-16-2005, 9:57 AM Reply   
Remember when grammar, typing, and paragraph structure were taught in school.
Old    time4wake            11-16-2005, 10:06 AM Reply   
Id have to say IMHO Ryan may be what's wrong with wakeboarding these days... Guys who think they know the low down or have the "Inside" info and aren't smart enough to know when to keep it to themselves or even just keep it grounded...
If I were new to this sport or even just this site it would be a shame to be run off by a member like that that blows a lot of smoke...
my $0.02 Robby Stru still kills it and while Zane may not win any pro tour stops in the near future, he's still a true professional and at the end of the day I'm sure if you ask his sponsors he's bringing in more money thatn they are putting out...
Old     (socalwakepunk)      Join Date: Dec 2002       11-16-2005, 11:18 AM Reply   
Justin - Good call, Bates rocks!!!!
Old     (dakid)      Join Date: Feb 2001       11-16-2005, 11:21 AM Reply   

quote:

Ryan,

I was sitting looking through some old resumes and found that you had applied for the CWB Sales Rep job in Southern California after Scott Bain left. So if you had been hired would you be a lot less bitter towards us?




busted!
Old     (hymaeringo)      Join Date: Jul 2004       11-16-2005, 11:32 AM Reply   
rob stru's section in the facton is SICK! osmosis 5's!!!!!! COOOOOOME OOOON. he hits a double up, spins a 180, throws the handle, spins another 3, and catches it and lands. the camera pans out and who is on the shoreline looking on, nodding his head in approval, but mr. shaun murray.
Old    nething2blind            11-16-2005, 10:40 PM Reply   
Joe im happy with my job no bitterness. Scott was the man tought me a lot. I worked with him for 4 years. Like you im a loan officer to. Countrywide. Why did you change ;)
Old    nething2blind            11-16-2005, 11:30 PM Reply   
Hey justin hows that Sport Chalet Account>>>>
lets ask greg dick lol wheres the cwb
Old     (dakid)      Join Date: Feb 2001       11-16-2005, 11:32 PM Reply   
ryan, give it up dude.
Old    sbvfive            11-17-2005, 12:48 AM Reply   
i haven't posted in awhile. Apparently I missed me some good old fashioned pissing contests...
Old     (stephan)      Join Date: Nov 2002       11-17-2005, 8:34 AM Reply   
Ryan, you must not be getting out in the So-Cal riding scene very often. If you were then you'd know exactly where CWB is, #2 and quickly moving up. Go to one of the Canyon Comps next year & tell me what you find. The rep that does So-Cal is a better rider than everyone here, he is a super cool guy and funny as hell. There's two reasons CWB is taking off down there, 1. A great rep & 2. Awesome product. How about this, with 2006 product coming out, lets talk next summer after C-Dub has blown up.

Don't worry Scott, it's not much of a pissing contest. One of our contestants could barely muster much of an arguement.
Old     (innov8)      Join Date: May 2005       11-17-2005, 9:26 AM Reply   
Ryan, never on wakeworld have I seen someone come across as a bigger shi# for brains as you have on this post.Its clear to me and iam shure everyone else on this site that you have no clue what you are talkin about. CWB has great product and stands behind their product, their riders, and most important their shops 110%. All I can say is thank god they dident hire you for the rep job in So. Cal.They should get rid of Zane and his pro model board?( ya right) Zane is the man!!!!and the Absolute is one of the best sellin boars on the market!!
Old     (mjmurphy53711)      Join Date: Mar 2004       11-17-2005, 9:27 AM Reply   
end thread.

Old     (nj_alex)      Join Date: Aug 2002       11-17-2005, 10:07 AM Reply   
End the thread now? I finally have something to contribute!
I think the Murray approved osmosis spin Ringo mentioned is in Cocktail, not The Faction.
Ok, that's it. Back to the ad hominem vituperations.
Old     (guido)      Join Date: Jul 2002       11-17-2005, 10:25 AM Reply   
Zane is a pimp.... The guys still throws down in a major way. Rob Stru is also a pimp. I love his style. He's got huge skills.

That's that...

Oh, and CWB is building product that is off the hook. The new Zeus' are soo nice. Not to mention the fact that you can actually buy the '06 stuff now since its not stuck on a boat.
Old     (team210)      Join Date: Dec 2005       12-03-2005, 8:05 PM Reply   
Rob is alive and well located in North East Ohio. He's a family man now, cool rider to watch in the vids and even a better rider in person!
Old     (whitie)      Join Date: Jul 2004       12-04-2005, 8:34 AM Reply   
12 honkeys is the vid on of the greatest vids out there still, less porn like and nacrason section is sweet
Old     (ak4life)      Join Date: Nov 2003       12-05-2005, 6:05 PM Reply   
-----------start quote----------------
By Jason Buffalow (buffalow) on Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - 12:29 pm:
We will have a tiny bit of him in DS-2. He did not make it back to finish filming with us. He is married with child and working a real job now. I still love watching him though.
-----------end quote----------------

that's too bad you weren't able to get more footage of him, that DPC clip was awesome.. looking forward to DS2..
Old     (hymaeringo)      Join Date: Jul 2004       12-05-2005, 7:59 PM Reply   
no i think it was the faction anyone gonna back me up?!

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