San Diego! San Diego! SAAAANNNN DIEGO!

SO...... As some of you may know I spent my winter term traveling a bit. I got to hit up Tahoe and Vegas but my main stop was San Diego! I LOVE San Diego! Honestly you can't get too much better than life in PB or close to the bay! Mostly cause it's warm! So while some of you we're shreddin Pow Pow I opted for the warmer version of happiness and got to ride with the Wakeboard San Diego and WakeDiva crews.

I feel very fortunate to have been able to go on this trip, mostly because my riding got soooo much stronger and more consistent. I was able to ride about 4 days a week, sometimes even two sessions a day! I got my Double Ups pretty consistent on the smaller WakeDiva boat and had strong set after strong set riding behind WBSD’s X2.













WakeBoard San Diego's Norway Boys

Also my SD roomie and I got to go to the Freeze ride in Carlsbad and after the LF rep proclaiming he's never even heard of a Russian Wakeboarder Olga got super into it and started riding all the time, super great since she hadn't even heard of it until January!
Carlsbad...

Olga bein shredtastic!

So, what I can offer you from my experience is just to go out there and ride, as much as you can, on different water, behind different boats and with different riders! And as always ask if you think there is something you can be doing differently. They're suggestions might not help, but than again they might make all the difference in the world. One from the WBSD guys changed my riding forever, so, ya never know…

Also while I was down there Kaileen and I got started on work for the Rail jam and Wake swap, we’re hoping this event will be goin off in late may so look forward to more on that!!
Happy riding guys! See everyone at the Koppert Spring Classic!

-EmC

Sickest Wakeskate Machine Ever!!

Povi Loved it too!

PROgression!

(pic left - The Trick Board. J.GilanFarr)

"Get your whole crew involved. Push Each other." Words from a Miss Jen GilanFarr in an article she wrote for alliance. The article emphasizes how important it is to always have somethin in your pocket to work on. It's a good reminder to always work on making your bag of tricks bigger.

Another thing I liked in the article was talking about if you don't get it right away don't stress it too much. I see so many people that spend a whole set working on ONE trick and they end up gettin bent the whole day. Don't give up too easy but "If your not feeling it move on to another one on your list. (J. GilanFarr)"

On a side note outside of Jen's article, I got ride in Carlsbad Lagoon for their Freeze Ride this weekend. And yes, for SoCal, it was pretty cold but Nicole, Olga and I got to ride with Liquid Forces SoCAL rep, the whole day he was all "Once you got it solid reg go do it switch." Just makes a good point, ride switch, ride it often and have some fun!!

To check out Jen's whole article and her awesome invention go to-> http://www.alliancewake.com/skate/the-wakeskate-trick-board/

Happy shred shred!

EmC