“Raph”- Raph Derome 2012
Raph Derome once again blows our minds with innovative riding and creative thinking. Sit back and get ready to have your mind blown!
Filmed Justin Loiselle – Jonathan Ferguson
Directed Jonathan Ferguson
Produced Liquid Force
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September 9, 2012
Next level.
September 9, 2012
ive watched this about 15 times in a rowit is soooooooo sick. mad props to everyone that made this edit happen. probably the best edit ive ever seen. coming from a long time fan of the industry and the sport, siiiiiiiiick as fuck. wow is all i can say. im sharing this with everyone i know, no matter if they ride or not. send this to alli sports and get it featured on tod richard's "Awsome on Alli" show on youtube. it is more than worthy. again i cant explain how sick this edit is. Thank you!!!!!!!
September 9, 2012
mind blasting!!!!!!!
September 9, 2012
This is unreal. It reminds me of parks on that first sketchy pointless rail. At that time nothing could compare. This has that same feeling. wall ride to Indy tantrum was unreal.
September 9, 2012
This is so rad in so many ways!!
September 9, 2012
very sick. glad to see no lifejacket/kneebrace shots
September 9, 2012
So basically raph wallrides and bonks bigger and better than any rider we've seen yet…unbelievable. I really dig the shredtown dudes, but they might want to start consulting with this guy and not the snowboard gods. Omg! Wtf?
September 9, 2012
I guess the STILL NOT FAMOUS crew is finally famous!!!! Raph and Jo Ferg (homies) you are killing it. This sport needed that… Originality, creativity and style… This edit blows mind. Thanks for making wakeboarding as legit as any other boardsports! SNF rules !!!
September 9, 2012
toe back sevens anyone? shredtown is creative but aint got shit on this
September 10, 2012
that was the best wakeboarding ive eve seen. Orgasmic
September 10, 2012
Sick! I have no idea why all pros don't film full parts every year regardless of if they are in a full length movie. Good work Raph!
Jamie, I'm pretty sure everything in this edit for rails was taken from snowboarding. Eero Ettalla did a wallride to rodeo (tantrum to blind in wakeboard language) like 3 years ago. So I'm pretty sure they all consult the snowboard gods…
September 10, 2012
Web Video of the Year
September 10, 2012
super dirty
September 10, 2012
Amazing dudes. Awesome stuff.
September 10, 2012
I laughed, I cried, I felt things I havent felt in a long long time. Thank you Raph creating a new standard and making this sport worth watching.
September 10, 2012
So much better than Shredtown, they just hop around like retards and do fake tailslides. With that said… I agree with the other guy that said all these rail ideas were stolen from snowboarding, it's true. Might want to change the description about this video and take away the words innovative and creative. Still really good wakeboarding, nonetheless.
September 10, 2012
Great, now there is blown mind all over the god damn floor.
(should have gotten the paper towel BEFORE i sat to watch videos on the internet)
September 10, 2012
STOP COMPARING WAKEBOARDING TO SNOWBOARDING NOWWWWW!
September 10, 2012
agreeing with the "Next Level" comment
September 10, 2012
Finally someone who rides a wakeboard like a BOARD.. not a waterski
September 10, 2012
Outstanding.
September 10, 2012
My girlfriend cant make me feel as good as this video made me feel. If anyone hates on it, I'm cutting off your favorite nipple with a butter knife.
September 10, 2012
thank u raph. did he build all those rails too? every trick in here is better than trick of the year reel
September 10, 2012
Raph was snowboarding on water. Thank you. Making wakeboarding look great.
September 10, 2012
Attention park rats, good bonk and press is only novelty without that boat riding steez…! Raphs got it.
Got no boat? Be friendly, get an invite. Thats how its done in our sport.
September 10, 2012
Killing it, originality and tech that was sick!
September 10, 2012
SHRED TOWN WHOOO? Alliance mise well not even bother to post another video on their site ever because Raph just shut everyone down forever. HOLY LLLLLYYYYYY SHITTTT
September 10, 2012
wow……….about time wakeboarding gets interesting again
September 10, 2012
fuck shredtown.Raph pushed wakeboarding to a hole new level.On each shot,there isin't only creativity but there's style,and skills.All I can say is wow.
September 10, 2012
What camera was this filmed with?
September 10, 2012
No need to compare raph and shredtown. Both are pushing the sport in a good direction. It doesn't matter if it has been done in snowboarding or not, anything that is a first for wakeboarding is good for all of us to see and get inspired by. We should all be glad that raph and shredtown are out there doin work and constantly building creative obstacles. More people need to contribute…! Stop posting on alliance and go help the sport with your new creative ideas!
September 10, 2012
Randall who? THIS is wakeboarding.
September 10, 2012
def has that "pointless" vibe to it. well done raph, killer riding!
September 10, 2012
Creeper rail in the beginning was dope
September 10, 2012
only pvc rails…Future. #BOSS
September 10, 2012
I'm definitely not saying his stuff wasn't from snowboarding, but it's the way he reapplied it and brought it to the water, compared to other people's interpretations/attempts at bringing that snow styled flavor to wake. His alley oop wall rides were balls to the wall, no screwing around, especially compared to other attempts in wake. But really it's all a play off of what they said in their transworld thing. I generally think they're a lot of fun to watch. And raph is known as 'the' dude to consult with, bounce ideas off of to see if it's cool. I either read that recently or in an old Canadian mag–i can't remember which.
So in jest, maybe skip the snow gods and go straight to raph. 😉
September 10, 2012
This video was sick. I think it is dumb that people think Raph and Shredtown can't both exist in their own ways. I'd even like to see them ride together and see what happens. It's not like there can only be ONE creative rail rider, just as there isn't only one boat rider. Both crews are sick.
September 10, 2012
No need to pit Shred town vs Raph. They are both doing great things to make wakeboarding more legit.
He's from Canada so hes def stealing from snowboarding but that is a good thing. A lot better than stealing from trick skiiing…
September 10, 2012
Tons of Zeaching going on, but the sketch factor allows a pass and an enjoyable video! Great edit and shots! Keep it up Raph just keep the grabs legit and stay 90•
September 10, 2012
So sick best riding I have ever seen on a wakeboard backflip off the wall ride was insaine
September 10, 2012
Shut up. Zero zeaching. Post a video of your legit rail skills bud.
September 10, 2012
Go Zeach on some pole u goof. You probably can't even do a legit press Truth. In my opinion snowboarding is defiantly cooler, but wake is finally starting to come into its own thanks to raw dawgs like raph and shredtown let's keep it rolling. Now if we could only go back in time and re-name all those goofy ass tricks we would all be soo cool lol. Haha
Go CANADA!!!!!!!!
September 10, 2012
I feel like this is finally where wakeboarding should be! I'm so happy right now.
September 10, 2012
Nobody should be comparing one single person to a crew of shredders. Phenomenal riding but everyone should stop trying to find negative out of this! Killin it Raph!
September 10, 2012
If only Jonathan Ferguson could be as good as a hockey player than he his as a filmmaker, we would have won that cup!!! Go SNF Go…
September 10, 2012
ok for the guy that said Randall who just needs to smack him self, and yes you can put shredtown vs raph because shred town is elementary and raph college
September 10, 2012
Wakeboarding is not a contest.
September 10, 2012
Best edit Ive ever seen. Keep it coming Raph.
September 10, 2012
next person who talks shit about randall is getting a punch in the sack!!!!!!!! i cant stop watcing this
September 10, 2012
Wow!!!
September 10, 2012
I think we should all just say a big thank you for putting together an amazing section, and sharing it with all of us! That must have taken weeks to film and edit…The rails are super creative and ground breaking… This is what inspires all of us as riders! I just think these web videos get the progression out quicker than any other means and set the bar higher to help propel the sport quicker!!! Young riders are viewing this thinking to themselves okay this has been done already…what can I do which raises the level?!
I only worry about the injury curse…It seems as if whenever someone gets great/groundbreaking at sport the suffer a major setback…See Parks Bonifay, Danny Harf, Nick Davies, Aaron Rathy, Tiger Woods, Travis Pastrana, Shaun White, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, etc…I know Raph has already come back from a major injury so hopefully thats it for him..I wouldn't want to see Raph or Harley get injured right now…they are making this sport jump leaps and bounds at the moment!
September 10, 2012
chain rail- LNP in Romes shred remains
wall ride inverts- Eero ettala and heikki sorsa Cooking with gas
dope vid but those ideas werent his
September 10, 2012
I Just wasted more time reading all these comments than the video was long. And it's sad to see so many blind people post stupid comments.
Awesome Video, Riding and awesome vision!
Shredtown vs Raph? WTF? They have both done so much for our sport and made it fun again and legit! Without Shredtown, Raph even all of us wouldn't have pushed ourselves and the sport so hard so fast so soon. I am amazed how many people now winch, 2.0, cable, rails and boat. It's fucking awesome!! We all should be so happy that an activity that we all love and have so much passion for can be at such an amazing level!
Just think about that first time you rode. You remembering it? Remember how bad you SUCKED! But did you care? Fuck no, you loved it and couldn't wait to do it again! Lets change and spread the love not hate the fun someone else is having!
Now, I'm going to watch that video again to clear my mind of writing this "pointless" response. Some of you had some great comments and made me laugh. Thanks! Go Ride! And if you hate this watch my videos and tell me how bad I suck!
P.S. I heart Shredtown & Raph & anyone that rides a board bitches.
WSR 4 LIFE! Respect!
September 11, 2012
So sick! See Mr. OTT's comments. Enough said. Raph is the man!
September 11, 2012
Alright LF get Justin out of Utah and behind the lens of some high speed cameras and drop another team film and give raph like an hour and then and the rest of the team 10 mins to divide up
September 11, 2012
More ovaltine please
September 11, 2012
haha Marc
September 11, 2012
Im getting a headache reading the comments on this video
September 11, 2012
YES! Love every bit of it. Way to raise the bar for next 2013 already.
September 12, 2012
Where is that system 2.0?
September 12, 2012
It's not a 2.0… It's a TTS and it's in St-Zotique quebec, Canada
September 13, 2012
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM BANG
September 14, 2012
Raph Derome vs. Jon Dickey… two of the best rail riders in the sport. Someone please get these two together and make a video NOW!!!
September 15, 2012
who is jon dickey?
September 16, 2012
hahah, thanks dood I appreciate it 🙂 Hopefully my video gets put on here Matt, but I'm Jon Dickey <3
September 17, 2012
Jon Dickey is the undisputed rail king at McCormick's cable park. He just made his first video recently which is why people are talking- I'm sure it will be posted here soon so you can see what the hype is about
September 17, 2012
you knew inna 5 minute-er you were gonna get some sick leaf shots…
how good do you have to be before you can pull off a collared shirt while riding??
September 18, 2012
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=jon+dickey+mccormicks+cable
Jon dickey is good. Maybe one of the best cable rail riders people haven't heard of… but there are probably 30-50 people that are that good at hitting rails on cable. Nobody else is putting video parts together like Raph just did- boat, 2.0, creativity, big stuff, winching, etc. He's right at the top of all of it.
September 18, 2012
just go to google and search "Jon Dickey"…. you will see his video called "WAS HERE"… very unique rail skills… I'm not comparing these two riders… just complimenting their talent… I would like to see them together hitting the same obstacles
September 18, 2012
I don't know about 30-50 people hitting rails that technical. As for Raph's video, I completely agree. I'm just talking about the progression of rail skills and how impressive it is becoming. Plus, even if there were 30-50 cable riders out there hitting rails that good… which is a large estimation, that would still be impressive considering the thousands of riders in the sport…
September 18, 2012
Hey guys, I've just watch that Jon Dickey video. Probably one of the worst style ever!!! If you want to see some tech tricks with style, go watch all the Raph D. videos on this link : http://vimeo.com/user1803053 Raph's done tech stuff like that 2 years ago.
September 21, 2012
Has anyone ridden this board? I really wanna get it but i cant find any reviews and im skeptical of getting a board with no reviews
September 28, 2012
HAHAHA jon dicker r u kidding? did u not just watch that vid of raph ? how can u compaire yourself to that, fuck me dude u have no steez with the straight legs and basic tricks u is doing RAPH IS DOPE get some respect u have got along way to go b4 u r evan close to the RAPH … yewww