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California Watersports will be hosting their annual Freezeride the 27th of this month. If this is your first time coming down to the lagoon here is the run down, for $25 you will get a wakeboard pull on the beautiful Carlsbad Lagoon. With your ride you will be able to demo all the new 2010 Liquid Force product! Then after you get done shredding the butter, you will be treated to an infamous Greasy Greg meal. They will also have the basketball, ping pong, and horseshoes in full summer swing! If you are in need of any gear for the upcoming season the guys at Wakesports have got you covered with great deals on last years product as well as all the new 2010 gear! See you the 27th!

You heard right the Obscura Wakeskate team will be rounding out its demo days series this week at Mission bay Aquatic Center. The event is happening on Friday the 19th between 10 am and 2 pm. Come enjoy free riding on the new Obscura boards and getting instruction and life lessons form Obscura riders Danny Hampson, Aaron Reed, and Grant Roberts. Our friends at Mission Bay will be barbequing up some food and as with all the demo days Monster Energy Drinks will be on hand to keep you jazzed as you ride yourself silly. Obscura will be giving away lots of free swag so this is a day you definitely don’t want to miss. If you are under 18 you will need a parent or guardian to accompany you to sign the release form that allows you to ride or contact Mission Bay Aquatic Center to have a release form sent to you prior to the event. For more information including directions visit http://www.mbaquaticcenter.com/wake.htm

We hope to see everyone their! Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity!

Daan Rigter 2009/2010 Thai Wake Park from Ricky Lukassen on Vimeo.

Film Credit – Ricky Lukassen (LF Holland)
Rider – Daan Rigter

On February 13 & 14th Texas Ski Ranch hosted the seventh annual FreezeRide to kick off the 2010 season. After a long off season, FreezeRide always launches the Tournament season at TSR and reminds us just how fun TSR can be when the sun is shining and people are riding! This year riders from as far away as California, Minnesota and Florida joined the always-present group from Kansas City Watersports that are anxious for the start of their season. Local riders such as Tom Fooshee and Bret Little had an ever-increasing group of riders that made it even more difficult to defend their home site. Aaron Reed is still recovering from an injury that has kept him sidelined, but was a huge part of FreezeRide by hosting the second of three Obscura demos for this spring. Obscura brought in heavy hitters like Danny Hampson and Grant Roberts to promote the new line from Liquid Force. While Danny was also recovering from injuries, Grant competed in both the boat and cable competitions whenever he wasn’t tied up with the wakeskate demo that was being held on the Rixen Little Bro two tower system. Add all of the unbelievable riding to the Texas Hold’em Tournament, Spring Break Style Show and festival atmosphere and you get one of the best FreezeRides ever.

The morning began with frost on the grass and the competitors being able to see their own breath. FreezeRide lived up to it’s name with morning temperatures in the 30’s, but as the sun rose over the cable lakes, the temperatures climbed and the smooth glass conditions were ideal. Marshall Lewis (TSR) distanced himself from the other intermediate riders while Ryan Sanders (KCW) was able to beat out the advanced field made up predominantly of Kansas riders. Ryan will be attending Texas State in the fall and Mike Olson (KCW owner) was demanding some sort of trade all weekend long as the fear of losing one of the top cable riders in Kansas was almost to much for him to handle. The only consolation we could offer was the first and second prize in the Texas Hold’em Tournament that went to Mike and Bob Sanders, Ryan’s dad, who took the prize money and felt the game should be renamed Kansas Hold’em.

The pro divisions were as impressive as always with most riders showing no signs of rust from the offseason. Bret Little uncharacteristically had two falls, which opened the door for the rest of the wakeskate field. While Oury Yarbrough landed flip trick after flip trick it was Grant Roberts backside three and backside bigger spin that took the title. Grant had won boat competitions at TSR before but this was his first ever win on the cable. In the pro wakeboard division 80% of the riders rode a board that had Tom Fooshee’s name on it which may explain why he walked away with the FreezeRide title. 2009 USA Wakeboard National Champion Cody Johnson rode well and Josh Rice, 2005 World Games Champion, made a strong showing after a long lay off to finish second and third respectively. While the three riders are among the top cable riders in the world, Tom showed that his domination of the WWA World Series over the past two years will be showing no signs of slowing down for the 2010 season.

While the action was going on outside, things inside were heating up with the 2010 Spring Break Fashion Show. TSR displayed the latest fashions from Nike 6.0, RVCA, Reef, Volcom, Billabong and many more. The shop also hosted a “Style Your Sole” event where customers could hand paint their TOM’s shoes with whatever unique style they desired.

On Sunday TSR hosted their first boat lake competition in some time. This was the first event in which TSR utilized three different lakes for riding, if you don’t include our winch pond. As always the event was pulled by the Nike 6.0 X-star from MasterCraft, and with a full lake the wake was better than ever! Marshall Lewis and Marshall Waters took home the intermediate and advanced wakeboard boat titles in the first events of the day. In the wakeskate division Oury was able to flip the script behind the boat and beat out Grant Roberts who had won the cable event. Bret Little was able to salvage the tournament with a podium spot and third place finish. On the wakeboard side of things Tom Fooshee was able to edge out the defending champion Brett Hickey for yet another title. If Tom wasn’t such a nice guy we might get tired of seeing him on top of the podium and writing his name on the checks!

In the end everyone was ecstatic to have the boat lake back and be able to have multiple tournaments simultaneously. A tradition that TSR began back in 2003 with Cable, Boat and Winch events all in the same weekend! If you missed FreezeRide there is much more to come in 2010. On April 23-25 TSR will host the Corpus Christi Invitational as part of the Texas International Boat Show with over 40,000 spectators and $15,000 in prize money. Also here at Texas Ski Ranch we have the 8th annual Cablestock competition and festival coming up May 7-9. Wakeboarding, live music and girls in bikinis walking the beach are just a few of the many attractions that make up Cablestock. For additional information visit www.TexasSkiRanch.com. For information on sponsoring events please email blake@cablewakeboard.com

Pro Wakeboard Cable (Top 5)
1 Tom Fooshee
2 Cody Johnson
3 Josh Rice
4 Kyle Cameron
5 Ryan Smith

Pro Wakeskate Cable (Top 5)
1 Grant Roberts
2 Oury Yarbeough
3 Matt Davidson
4 Bret Little
5 David Roehm

Pro Wakeboard Boat (Top 5)
1 Tom Fooshee
2 Bret Hickey
3 Logan Ferris
4 JB O’Neill
5 Jake Sonnevelt

Pro Wakeskate Boat (Top 5)
1 Oury Yarbrough
2 Grant Roberts
3 Bret Little
4 Collin Gee
5 David Roehm

Intermediate Cable (Top 5)
1 Marshall Lewis
2 Colton Moran
3 Kyle Patterson
4 Colby Minch
5 John Brookes

Advanced Cable (Top 5)
1 Ryan Sanders
2 Holland Finley
3 Jade Whirley
4 Bryan Perez
5 Collin Haas

Intermediate Boat (Top 3)
1 Marshall Lewis
2 Bryan Perez
3 Austin Dodson

Advanced Boat (Top 3)
1 Marshall Waters
2 Ryan Smith

(Photos below by Swami)

Cody Johnson

Grant Roberts

Matt Davidson

Tom Foosheezy

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Film Credit – Lieuwma Productions