Tabla de contenidos para September 1, 2015 en WAKEBOARDING

THE EVER-IMPORTANT INTERACTION We’ve asked the question many times: What does it take for someone to be your favorite rider? If it were based strictly on riding ability, it would just be a straightforward wakeboarding contest, right? Just go check out the current PWT rankings. Well, it’s not based on that, and that’s what is so awesome about the Readers Poll. It’s your voice, your opinions, all piled into one equal grudge match to find out who everyone loves the most. Turns out, it’s pretty close to who we love too! Aside from the Readers Poll being one big popularity contest, it’s really a matter of how many people a rider can have a personal touch with throughout the year. It used to be that meeting someone in person was…

SOCIALLY SPEAKING | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM METHOD CONTEST There’s nothing more iconic than a method. It’s a timeless, stylish move that can say a lot about your riding. For this Inbox contest, we decided to reach out to our Facebook audience to see what kind of style was lurking among our fans. How does your method hold up among your peers? Check ’em out! Brenden Leib Jay Olsen Kenneth C. Russell Sjors van de Kerkhof Danny Collins Kyle Woehler (Winner) Billy Park You like my method? Ha-ha! Well . . . That was unexpected. Since your “frankenmethod” gave us all a good laugh and your copy-and-paste skills are on point, we decided to reward your efforts with a free 2016 subscription and a Wakeboarding magazine prize pack! Congratulations! Billy Park…

TWIST AND LEAN It’s about time you learned some toeside tricks. We all know how easy it is to procrastinate and just focus on going big and sticking to the heelside tricks that we can do in our sleep — but those days are now behind us. To keep your riding from plateauing even further, you’ve got two options: You can either work on your switch riding, or you can get some more toeside tricks under your belt. Today, we’re going to help you with the latter — although you should also be continually looking at ways to chip away at your switch tricks, too. We’ve selected two achievable toeside inverts for you to work on this summer: a toeside back roll and a toeside front roll. Before you get…

PHOTO-FRIENDLY There are certain guys who just look good riding their boards, no matter the situation. Jacob Valdez has some of the best style, and almost every image of his that comes across our desk is worth putting in print. A lot of it is talent, but a good amount of it is also trick choice. Trick choice is a topic we could go on and on about, but suffice to say that those two words can make or break a rider’s career. A lot of riders are capable of doing a ton of tricks, but they lack a sense of when to do what trick and why. Jacob was lucky enough to come up under some pretty legendary guidance from guys like Ben Greenwood, Randall Harris and Collin Harrington.…

TOP 3 Italian movies: 1. Vacanze di Natale 2000 2. Sole a catinelle 3. Che bella giornata Italian songs you like to sing: 1. Anything by Ligabue 2. “La canzone dell’estate” 3. “El cimino” American TV shows: 1. Friday Night Lights 2. Breaking Bad 3. Californication Things you wish a robot could do: 1. Cleaning 2. Driving 3. Massages Group texts you’re on: 1. Too many. 2. I don’t know. 3. Ha-ha. People you email the most: 1. Facebook 2. Delta 3. Bryant Thomas Celebrity crushes: 1. Katy Perry 2. Miley Cyrus 3. Ariana Grande American pop icons: 1. Puff Daddy 2. Biggie 3. Justin Bieber Italian pop icons: 1. Fedez 2. Mario Biondi 3. Davide Van de Sfroos Funny movies: 1. 22 Jump Street 2. Dumb and Dumber 3.…

PRO MEN WAKEBOARDING 2015 WAKEBOARDING MAGAZINE READERS POLL Harley Clifford is just about as good a wake-boarder as our sport has ever seen. You can’t doubt the kid’s natural talent for doing whatever he wants to on the water, time in and time out, and he has nerves of steel when he gets into a contest setting. That doesn’t always mean he’s a fan favorite, though, right? Riding well in contests and being a general freak on a wakeboard historically doesn’t give you credit and acclaim everywhere you go. The point here is that Harley has become the full package in terms of what it means to be a professional wake-boarder. He’s personable, down-to-earth, humble and a true pro when you see him off the water. That’s not something that’s…

Almost Famous When we first had this image come across our desk, we all immediately said “cover.” Unfortunately, things don’t always happen like that. Since we’re lucky enough to have that beautiful foldout on each issue’s cover, having the subject on the right was this photo’s inevitable downfall, and we had to come to terms with it not making the cut. This is one of those once-in-ablue-moon images, so we had to show it to you in all its glory.…

How This 6.2-Liter Monster Is Altering the Motor Story We’ve all grown up with the mentality that horsepower is everything when it comes to engine power. It’s the common denominator among cars, trucks, motorcycles — everything that has an engine, right? These days, Indmar’s new Raptor engine series is rapidly changing that old-school mentality when it comes to tow boats. Sure, horsepower is everything when we’re talking about high-speed and high-RPM performance, but when it comes to activities that involve low-end power, “torque” is the magic word you need to remember. For an engine to pull a fully weighted boat out of the hole and onto plane, low-end torque is the name of the game, and your engine needs to have a ton of power when it’s at lower RPMs.…

LAST Place you wakeskated: Min-Aqua Bats Ski Show in Minocqua, Wisconsin. Song you sang: “Dinosaur” by Hank Williams Jr. Person you high-fived: Shaun Murray. Photo you took: One of my new sight on my bow. Practical joke you played: I snuck up on my mom in a parking lot and acted like I was a thief. I immediately regretted it; you shouldn't prank your mom. Periscope you fed to your fans: Wakeskate set from the Hitcase Periscope. @ mention you got from someone: @kramkr posted a picture of my wakeskate and a bunch of ducks sitting around it, so I liked it. Wakeboard set: I was out on the St. Johns River with some friends and got inspired watching Will Green wakeboard, so I strapped in. Thanks for asking that…