This week in the Alliance Photo Battle, we have a round of the abstract. This photos aren’t your typical “wakeskate action” photos, but we thought both were pretty cool in their own right. It’s up to you web browsers to determine which is the best of the two. Jessica Jacquay’s 4-wheelin’ wakeskatin’ muddin’ gem, or Riley Bathurst’s up close POV of a little wake ollie. Vote and decide.
Photo one by Riley Bathurst
Photo two by Jessica Jacquay
Who deserves some goodies from Oakley?
- Jessica Jacquay (65%, 217 Votes)
- Riley Bathurst (35%, 115 Votes)
Total Voters: 333
This month’s photo battles brought to you by Oakley. The winner will receive a pair of Gascan Sunglasses, a Square O T-shirt and some stickers. To submit your photo for the photo battle, check out the submission guidelines here

















March 1st, 2010 at 6:38 pm
why are all the photo battle pics always terrible? does the delete button on new cameras link straight to this section?
March 1st, 2010 at 11:26 pm
Jessicas looks better cropped, and the rider shoulda dropped a shuv in the background
March 2nd, 2010 at 7:07 am
Yo hater, ur picture must have been great considering it didn’t even make it 2 the top 2. Don’t talk trash just because ur picture didn’t cut it!
March 2nd, 2010 at 8:41 am
And why did the obviously less impressive photo win last week? I think we need a recount. The voters did not understand the ballot
March 2nd, 2010 at 8:55 am
is this a joke?
March 2nd, 2010 at 9:14 am
Jessica’s picture totally kicks the other picture’s ass!!!! Whoever you are Jessica you’re badass with your photography skills!!!!
March 2nd, 2010 at 9:41 am
wow guys … how is a cropped (well could have just been a poorly taken picture) photo considered abstract????? And a dude riding in a creek while looking down.. that is abstract??? This is not hating – this is serious confusion!!!
March 2nd, 2010 at 2:41 pm
umm thats not a guy and second i know ur not hating or wat ever u waNT TO SAY BUT ITS HER SHES REALLY GOOD AND WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOUVE EVeR SEEN SOMEONE riding a wakeboard in a creek with a 4-wheeler compared to a boat in a lake
March 2nd, 2010 at 3:26 pm
nobody is arguing how good anyone is. This is supposed to be a photo contest.
p.s. wakeskate not wakeboard. and riding in a creek is nothing new…
March 2nd, 2010 at 4:01 pm
Jessica’s shot is in the middle of a field. Thats what makes it unique. No creek. No ditch. Rider- Brandon Nall. Driver- Brandon Fowler.
March 2nd, 2010 at 5:21 pm
Oh ya her shot is just so Unique , I bet it took her quite awhile to figure out what angle she was going to use….THE PHOTO ISN’T EVEN IN FOCUS.
March 2nd, 2010 at 5:42 pm
Always have haters! Go do something exciting for once…This was more complicated than it looks…
March 2nd, 2010 at 6:57 pm
hahaha jessica’s is sick! it should be a Kawasaki add lol
March 2nd, 2010 at 7:30 pm
alliance wake i am starting to get really dissapointed with some of the things yall are putting on this site…… put some cool shit on here!!!!!!!!
March 2nd, 2010 at 8:40 pm
If you have better pictures to enter send them into to win! We only post what is submitted for the photo battle. You the viewers decide if their good or not.
March 3rd, 2010 at 7:19 am
I know for a fact that this photo was submitted and can’t believe it never made it on here before these photos. And yes this tre-flip was landed.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48030298@N03/4404089710/
March 3rd, 2010 at 9:34 am
If I had a nickel for every time I’ve seen a 360 flip shot from a chase boat, I’d be able to buy a new coat made from your mama’s pubic hairs. Everyone on here probably likes their hot tubs cold and gets mad when someone has two cars and they only got one. Riding a wakeskate in a field ain’t the coolest thing I’ve ever seen, but you guys might as well just call in a bomb threat to the Special Olympics, maaaan.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got to go home and put some water in Buck Nasty’s mamma’s dish.
March 3rd, 2010 at 9:39 am
I will Be looking to see You in your sun glasses
March 3rd, 2010 at 9:51 am
Silky Johnston …. crack kills! But for real it is about time we had a decent debate on here. Hats off to Garrett for getting our juices flowing. I can expect that there will be hundreds of photos submitted this week due to this thread!
March 3rd, 2010 at 9:54 am
Yo this contest isn’t about the trick it’s about the photo. Lighting, position, frame, etc…. Nothing special about these photos at all…
March 3rd, 2010 at 11:51 am
Love the 4 wheeler shot – looks like lots of fun and its an interesting scene.
But the reentry ollie is killing me: no pop, no angle, no creativity. There had to have been better submissions than that. That is what you shoot your first day with a camera trying to be “abstract” and then an hour later realize its stupid.
Nice Frye photo though.
March 3rd, 2010 at 12:49 pm
you gotta give props to that 4wheeler though its bad ass.
March 4th, 2010 at 8:50 am
That is bad ass! im gonna try that this summer.
Ride on
March 16th, 2010 at 2:46 pm
who won?
March 17th, 2010 at 10:18 am
Whoever has the most votes…