Monthly Archives: August 2014

Wake Culture: Breddas New Wakeboard Edit Breddas released a new wakeboard edit and it is DIRTY!! Last winter we went to THAILAND for some filming for two months. Jeremia Hoppe, the youngest brother, had an injured knee so Mattias and Benjamin Hoppe went "solo" on this one. This time we focused more on style instead of the "hectic landing new tricks competition". We wanted to have some rail hits in this video but the obstacle we were working on for 5 month didn't finish IN TIME.. We do love rails! RIDERS: BENJAMIN Hoppe Mattias Hoppe Edit: Filip snabb Filming: Andreas Fernbrant Sponsors: Rixen cableways Obrien wakeboards Ridestore Jaybird headphones Black mountain wakepark GOPRO Jetpilot Blåkläder Gest riders: Dominik Guhrs Lior Sofer

Viral: Epic Party in Michigan. HINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WITI) — 20-year-old James Taylor of Mecosta County, Michigan, says a massive rave he hosted was “apparently worth it,” despite police saying there were at least six drug overdoes and one sexual assault. What are your thoughts? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ What started as a birthday party for a friend apparently turned into the biggest rave West Michigan has ever seen. In proper Project X style partying, James Taylor's century old Farm turned into a party of epic proportions, with 2,000 Plus in attendance. The home was so crowded that people couldn't get from one room to the other, and Officials say there were at least six drug overdoses and the reported sexual assault of a 19-year-old woman, and people falling off the roof. Despite the downfalls of the giant party, James Taylor is accepting responsibility for both the good and the bad. He's ha

Wake Culture: Surf City Cable Park Competition ELEVATED Team Wakeskater Erik Nilsson took 1st place in the Surf-City.no Cable Park competition over the summer in Norway. Erik is a super talented Swedish Wakeskater who has been getting after it like crazy lately. It's awesome to see him out and about, traveling Scandinavia and many parts of Europe to ride different cable parks and enter numerous competitions. His skill is outstanding and he's got the victories to prove it. This is a really fun and short edit depicting the typical competition day in Norway. Wakeboarders, Wakeskaters, SUP'ing, and of course lots of fun. Check it out and give it a share. Congratulations on the win Erik!

Wake Culture: Austin Polterock - Journeys Beginning ELEVATED CLOTHING Team wakeskater Austin Polterock has been on the grind this summer, that much is certain. It seems his schedule has been non-stop travel, wakeskating, and in general honing in his wakeskating skills on boat, cable, features, and winching. And the victories have surely followed his hard work this summer. At 16 years Old, Austin is already competing with the biggest names in Wakeskating and will no doubt be mentioned among them around the world in due time. We're super stoked to have him as part of the ELEVATED family, and are always thrilled to see his progress in video form. What's even cooler is when another teammate puts in the effort to help Austin with his visibility by spending numerous hours filming and editing. So a special thanks is due to ELEVATED team rider Drew Glickman as well for the special touch in filmmaking.

Wake Culture: Velocity Island Park Crew The long awaited opening of Velocity Island Cable Wake Park is finally here, and we've got just the video to show you the goods. Trever Maur spent some time filming with the local park crew and put together a super fun and sleek edit; getting some rounds in for himself of course too. The video shows the wide diversity of the park's features, including the signature Kaesen Suyderhoud feature from Unit Parktech. Speaking from Experience, this park is dope. They gave our ELEVATED Crew the VIP treatment when we were there filming our West Coast Edit, and we are stoked that they're finally open to the public. This is for sure park you'll want to shred. Check out the following video featuring Trever Maur, Kaesen Suyderhoud, Anton Ryzenkov, Elevated athletes Tanar Pigrenet and Matt Tonne, Dylan De Kalb, Andrew Hartmann, Jay Miguel, Calli Turner, Jennifer Gillantar, and Kyle Feder.

Wake Culture: Matt Manzari Recovery update For those of you who don't know, Matt Manzari is a super awesome Pro-Wakeskater. He's currently in the hospital recovering from a really tough accident that left him badly burned but in high spirits. We're praying for you Matt. It seems the week of July 4th was hard on the Wakeboard Industry. By now you've hopefully heard the story about Pro-Wakeboarder Brad Smeele who shattered his vertebrae while wakeboarding on the Big Air kicker and is in the fight of his life to recover from paralysis. You've hopefully also been able to give or help in some way, even by just sharing his story. Read more here. Well coupled with that incredibly traumatic event is the