Tor and the rest of the Young Clan have been over in Thailand getting some family fun in on the cable, and preparing for this summer’s season. James Young has been getting pretty nifty with a camera and laptop recently, and the pair of them combined make a good little athlete/filmer collaboration. 2012 looks to be a great season for the Young-sters

Bernhard “theMachine” Hinterberger throwing down some sick riding at ThaiWakePark.

Video by Edittude.tv

Steel Lafferty breaks down the Toe Side Poked Front 360 in this week’s Trick Tips. Real Pros with Real Tips!

Sweden riders head to Thailand for 3 months to ride and shred Thai Wake Park.

Riders and Edit
Benjamin Hoppe
Mattias Hoppe
Jeremia Hoppe
Ken Ekblom Johansson

The dude’s over at JBSki work hard all summer to provide you guys and girls with a sweet cable and rails to play on, so it’s only right that they get to play too, and they’re pretty good at it. Check out what happens after-hours in Thorpe with George Newell, Matt Stevens, James Murphy, Tom Clark and Gregg Young.

LOCH LOMOND WAKEBOARD UNLIMITED RIDING WEEK CAMP

Ride one of our 3 Nautiques including our brand new 2012 Super Air Nautique 210 on 26 miles of fresh water on our unlimited riding week wakeboard camp.

Loch Lomond is the UK’s biggest inland Loch (lake to some of you) and we are blessed with amazing flat water and breathtaking scenery. For an all inclusive £299, the week wake camp is the best value for money package that we offer, ten 3 hours sessions of riding behind a mixture of Nautique 196, 216 or 210 and 4 nights accommodation is a lot of bang for your buck.

All sessions are fully PRO coached and will include our various guest PRO coaches who are up with us throughout the season.

Email week@lochlomondwakeboard.com or call 07545 561360 for more information.

Terms & Conditions

Unlimited riding week wake camp from Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm

£299 per person
1 x Morning session 9am to 12pm then 1 x afternoon 2pm to 5pm
Mixture of boats -ALL NAUTIQUE 196, 216 & Brand New 2012 Super Air 210
4 nights accommodation in bunk room onsite at Rowardennan Hotel
All sessions fully PRO Coached
Guest PRO coaches all season – check for availability
2012 Liquid Force & O’Brien demo boards to try

Available from 30th March to 29th October 2012. £50 deposit – balance when you arrive

Alliance Girl Shelly by Joey Wright

Every year at Alliance we host a board test for the gear guide issue in an effort to bring you the most accurate on water results we can as it relates to these products. This years test was conducted by a group of 4 hand selected riders who have little to no current affiliation with any particular manufacturer, but at the same time ride at a high skill level both on rails and on the boat. Between the 4 “chosen ones,” they have a combined 56 years of on water experience. They are your friends, they are everyday people: The guys you stand next to in line at the cable park, the guys that get blisters on their hands from too many laps, and the guys who just like you have holes in their wetsuits, broken buckles on their vests, and are in dying need of a new board! Below are 5 of their favorite boards from the 2nd Annual Alliance Board Test, boards that scored high enough to earn the Alliance Approved Stamp.

Liquid Force Shane Hybrid - Sizes 134cm, 138cm, 142 cm

“Perfect blend of a hybrid board for boat and cable. Stiff in the middle for consistent pop, flexy enough to soften the landings and press out on rails.”- Kevin Whipplinger

“”Fun at the cable, but I was hoping for a bit more flex.” – Ben Bazis

“Rides fast like a continuous rocker, but gets the pop of a 3 stage.” – Travis Propst

“Danger danger danger…” – Alliance 

www.liquidforce.com

Slingshot Response – Sizes 137 cm, 142 cm, 145 cm

“Awesome all around board. Soft landings for days.” – Travis Propst

“Fun to press out and has buttery soft landings.” – Kevin Whipplinger

“My favorite board in the Slingshot lineup from the test.” – Kyle Alberts

“If you ride it naked, send us the photo’s…unless your a dude.” – Alliance

www.slingshotwake.com

Liquid Force Harley – Sizes 131 cm, 135 cm, 139 cm

“Rides like a smaller board, so you might want to go a size up. Fast and responsive, though…Plus it does every trick in the book and counting.”

- Kyle Alberts

“For some reason I couldn’t do a 1080′s on it.” – Ben Bazis

“Really fast board, the speed actually helps soften the landings.” – Kevin Whipplinger

“All around great board with lots of pop.” – Travis Propst

“If Bieber bought a board, there’s no doubt it’d be this…” – Alliance

www.liquidforce.com

Hyperlite Marek Bio – Sizes 135 cm, 140 cm, 145 cm

“Felt like a rocket edging into the wake. Tracks really well and I was impressed with the landings.” – Kevin Whipplinger

“Aggro!” – Kyle Alberts

“Lots of pop and speed.” – Travis Propst

“Like it or else…” – Rusty Malinoski.

“Actually, we just made up that Rusty quote.” – Alliance

www.hyperlite.com