Style with Eaze!! Some of our Favorites looks in Gear

We've been workin on a 2010 board line up and got caught up in some of the sickest lookin Gear of 2009/2010. In no particular order of favorites we have the Fox Racing Women's Comp 5 Boot, 2009 Liquid Force Mellissa fallowed by the 2010 Liquid Force Mellis, Roxy Team Binding, K2 VA VA Voom Rocker Snowboard and the Armada T-Hall and ARW ski.

Look forward to the 2010 gear guide on the website soon! Happy Shreddin

-Em C

Wakeboardin in Key Biscayne, Florida

Last week I was hanging out in Miami, FL for a family event and had a chance to get behind a boat with Marcos Moran of Gator Bait Wakeboard School. I spent the entire morning on Key Biscayne, behind Marcos' 2009 Super Air Nautique 230 Team Edition. The bay was calm, and, needless to say, as warm as bath water. I was totally stoked on the wake, the water, and Marcos' driving and coaching. Marcos has been a rider for fifteen years, a coach for twelve, and a professional tournament driver since 2005. He worked with me on nailing my ollie 180's and working on HS and TS 180's. Toward the end of my ride, Marcos had me throwing tantrums, my first invert attempts. I have to say, going inverted is a lot less frightening and way more fun than I expected. I threw about eight before smacking and slicing open my thumb on my board's edge and thought that was a good way to end the day.

After helping me hose the saltwater off my gear, Marcos gifted me a couple t-shirts, courtesy of Gator Bait. My favorite of the two, black with white text: "I [heart] to pee in my wetsuit." I don't know if I'd claim to love the act, but it's a classic t-shirt nonetheless. If you're ever in the Miami area and itching to get a ride in, give Marcos a call. I had a great time hanging out on his boat and made a lot of progress in just a few hours.

molls

www.gatorbaitwakeboard.com
305.582.5706

Another rad summer!

yoyo hows everyones summer so far? mines been crazy with several head injuries, trying to ride 3-4 times a week and competition every other weekend it seems like. I took a pretty gnarlly fall at WA INT State Championships a couple weekends ago putting me out of riding for 2 weeks. I got careless, caught the toe of my board and face planted knocking me out and when i came to, i had a bloody nose and gnarlly ear pain. yup this would be severe concussion number 4:( but its a part of the game...go big or go home right!?! well its been 2 weeks and I am back out on the water. Working on some new tricks, HS 3's and trying to grab eveything, hoping to step in up a level for my upcoming competition M-Town Throwdown held Sept 12th in Memphis, TN.

Other than that, life has been pretty good! Took a set with Kaileen Johnson yesterday from the OR coast. Shes ripping it wakesurfing and competing at the NW Wakesurf Open today on Lake Sammamish! I plan on competing in NW Novice Championships today at Koppert Lake is the weather permits. A couple of upcoming competitions for me: M-Town Throwdown Sept 12th at Mud Island on the Mississippi River, INT Western Regionals Oct 2-4th in CA, and Fall Classic Oct 17th at Koppert Lake.

If your ever in the Seattle area let me know. I can find us a boat if your up for riding! Hope to see everyone at Fall Classic in October! Its all about having fun:)

<3 PC

2009 NW Competiton results and info

Whats up ladies! Sorry its been so long but its been hella busy here in Seattle. Girls are killing it wakeboarding, skating, and wakesurfing on Lake Sammamish, Washington, and Stevens this summer. Now thats what I'm talking about!

Summer competition recap:

July Aquafest was held on Lake Stevens and we had 12 female competitors splitting it into 2 divisions, Novice and Intermediate. woot woot ladies are stepp'n it up!! It was a successful event thanks to Grass Roots Outdoors out of Everett, WA. Check them out if your up that way!

August we have had 2 events so far, WA INT State Champions at Bow Lake and Free Riders Ball at Koppert Lake.

WA INT State Champions in the Beginner female division is Tricia DeMarco, Novice division is Priscilla Stultz aka PC, and Wakeskate division is Casey Stone. Check out the Western Regionals INT competition www.intleague.com for more information on when and where.

Free Riders Ball was another huge turn out in the female division with 9 riders. If I remember correctly, we had the biggest division at the competition! NW4 definitely represented with stickers from www.diecutstickers.com and tank tops. This competition is always fun! If you didnt make it, Fall Classic is Oct 17th so you definitely have time to practice, get off from work, oe whateves so NO excuses this time!

As I write, NW Wakesurf Open is going on at Vasa Park on Lake Sammamish. I was out yesterday with a handful of girls practicing and it looked like the female division was pretty stacked! Not gonna lie, I can't even toss the handle haha. Good Luck ladies!

Also another event happening today is NW Novice Championships at Koppert Lake. I am heading down as soon as I get off from work to check it out so I will get back to you on the results from the female division, and yes I am riding:)

Until next....remember its all about having fun!

Peace~PC

WOW WE SUCK AT THESE!!!

what up guys! sorry none of us have been on here. This is the first blog all of us have done and we forget pretty easy! Thanks for reminding us though!!!

I just got back from the second weekend in a row at Lake Dexter. We had a small group of four both weekends. Young Miss Holly who was there both weekends did so GREAT and I'm super proud of her! Learned two new tricks almost everyday!!! Hard work and practice definitely paid off...

Let's see... Right now it's monday which leaves 4 more days until the FreeRiders ball at Koppert Lake. Weekend after that is the INT events and than the last weekend in August is the NW Novice Championship at Koppert! Big month!!! Most of these events have beginner levels and NW4 will be there with gear most likely...YOU SHOULD COME!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just wanna really tell everyone to get out there and try something new! You'll never progress unless you keep trying new things! Remember you can always slow the boat down!!!!!!! This will make things hurt a lot less, help ingrain muscle memory and most importantly improve the probability of you stickin your trick!

Aight, Have fun everybody!
EmC

NAtional Board Days!

June 20th National Surf Day! Couple of us had an epic day surfing the Oregon Coast! Cross training is key right!

June 21st- National Skateboard day. Hopefully evERyOne got to get out and take a session! No injuries occured for the NW4 staff, always a good day when no one get hurt... :D

On the days you can't wake go out and skate... Heres some pics from finals week from the phone. Sorry it's phone, no action shots









I haven't been able to ride wake in a couple days so I'm dyin but that'll change here tom! Remember the INT comps are also goin on this weekend along with the ProStop.

The INT events are really chill and hopefully we'll get alot of girls out. Thats really what I wanted to holla about. These events really are cool and very open and friendly. Come meet some people, watch some of the outlaw guys, get your shred shred on. Any level is welcome at the stops so you should def come out and ride or atleast come hang out!!! If you have any questions def feel free to ask! Thats what we're here for right?! ;)

Aight guys, I'm tired. gonna go to bed so I can get my wakeskate on tom. I felt like leaving you with something special I found though... Enjoy :)

EmC

WA INT League Stops 1 & 2

YoYo whats up ladies! So I just got back from WA INT league stops 1 & 2 competiton held at Winlock Lakes just a hr and a half south of Seattle and a hr north of Portland. It was a epic weekend hanging out, camping, networking, etc. Met a lot of great people even found 4 other boats to ride with on Lake Sammamish where I shred. What what!

Yea so Sat 6/6 round one, we had just a couple of girls riding in the female divisions. Unfortunately there was only one female rider per division so we all took home a trophy. Sun 6/7 round two was a different story! Several more girls showed up in the female novice division giving us all something to push for. Now thats what I'm talking about! It was a exciting division and I was able to redeem myself after my horrible ride the day before in round one. First rider in the female novice division set the bar stomping her w2w h/s and t/s several times getting a couple indy and tail grabs in for steezzzz. I was the third and last rider in the female novice division and after having a horrible first round, I finally stepped it up after working on several tricks the past months and redeemed myself in the second round. I had a epic run stomping my h/s w2w with a indy grab, h/s w2w roast beef grab, w2w half grab, then h/s w2w 180 to take home the trophy. It was such a great feeling!

My first INT competition was a success and I am so excited for the next WA INT comp. June 27 & 28th at Moses Lakes. We need at least 75 wakeboarders to be able to hold the competition at Moses Lakes so if you up for riding and love to camp, come on out and have fun! Check it out www.intleague.com/washington I would love to see more girls out riding. Its all about having fun:) Hope to see you out there!!!!

Also if you live in the Seattle area and want to ride let me know. I am out at least 3-4 days a week and always looking for girls to ride with!

<3~PC

NW4's new blog!!!

Aight Guys! so on here you'll get updates from all the staff on anything cool that NW4 has been up to! Each blog should be signed so you know who its from and what part of the Northwest it's in! Have Fun!

-Em C