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WAKESTOCK 2011WE TAKE A PEEK AT EUROPES LARGEST WAKEBOARDING MUSIC FESTIVAL

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FRONT COVER, AARON RATHY, WAKESTOCK 2010

LEE DEBUSE, WAKESTOCK

DANIEL GRANT, WMSKI

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Wakestock , one of the UK ’s most prest igious events in wakeboarding. Each year, Cardigan Bay, Nor th Wales boasts the f reshest music ac ts and the wor lds f inest r iders, a l l in one place for one epic weekend. Heres a few of our favour i te pics f rom the event . Check out the pool gap f inals here.

LEE DEBUSE, POOLGAP

LEE DEBUSE, POOLGAP

MATT CROWHURST, POOLGAP

Even the boat owners stack up to check out the talent

BEN HITCH, PWLLHELI MARINA

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GARY STELFOX, WAKEMK

WP: Ful l name, age and sex?

DC: Declan Cl i f ford, 19, male.

WP: Job

DC: I work at a car body shop part t ime at the moment in hope of th is whole wakeboarding th ing working out for me.

WP: Any hobbies?

DC: Wel l when I ’m not wakeboarding I ’m in the gym or on the t rampol ine.

WP: Sponsors

DC: Box End Park, WakeMK,and most important ly Jobe but I ’m st i l l t ry ing to f ind more…hit me up!

WP: So how long have you been r iding?

DC: I ’ve been wakeboarding 6 years now and st i l l lov ing i t as much as when I f i rst started. So much fun r id ing with a l l my mates and t ry ing new tr icks.

WP: Proudest win

DC: Any win.

WP: Whats your favorite cable?

DC: Has to be Hipnot ics, Box End and WMski , great p laces.

WP: Best tr ick

DC: Not sure real ly, I guess it would have to be Mobe 5 or 315. I did land a switch toe 1080 off the kicker the other day.

WP: Out of the cables you’ve been to, which has been best for the babes?

DC: That’s a hard one but I am going to cheat and say any cable that ’s hold-ing an event. Throw a s ick party and the g i r ls wi l l come…

WP: Any claims to fame?

DC: Meet ing Ed Sheeran and Example at Wakestock 2011.

WP: This’ l l be good, do you have a party tr ick?

DC: Hahaha, wel l I seem to a lways do a s ick back f l ip off the wal l when I ’m drunk and th ink to my se l f in the morn-ing, God that’s going to go wrong.. .1 day, haha but t i l l then party hard! WP: If you were abandoned on a small island with a cable surround-ing it , and you were al lowed three objects, what would they be?

DC: That’s an easy one, b indings, wake-board and a hot chick to hang out wi th.

WP: Favourite chocolate bar?

DC: Don’t do chocolate I am an ath-lete….mi lky way, mi lky way, yummy nom nom nom.

WP: You just won the UK nationals, well done by the way. What’s next in the pipe l ine?

DC: Yeah so happy, best result so far, thanks to everyone who made it happen. The next big one coming up is the Euro championship in Serbia, wish me luck!

WP: Wil l you be joining us for the lovely UK winter? Or have you got other ideas?

DC: Nope, I ’m out of here! I ’m going to be stay ing with my f r iend Jamie Smith at h is in Singapore, then off to Austra l ia to r ide unt i l I run out of cash, can’t wai t !

WP: Sounds epic! Final one, I f you weren’t a wakeboarder, what would you do?

DC: I would be a professional dolphin whis-tler, not sure why just sounds fun haha.

WP: Haha, sick. Well we’l l see you out on the water soon either way. Good luck in Serbia!

DC: Cheers brah!

Check out Dec k i l l ing i t at box end park here.

Dec giving us an S-Mobe

LIAM SMITH, BOX END PARK

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