Race to Space

In Dogtown 1974,When Peter Schultz of Con Surfboards and Dean Edwards of Blue Cheer shaped the first Shred Stixx,[they only let me sand and polish], I never thought getting air was possible while "FreeBoarding",[what wakesurfing was called from 1955-late 90's].While judgeing the first Centurian contest at Yosimite Lake in 03, I was enlightend by Keith Bradock by his air attack. From then on, "It was on". I thought these pics would be helpfull to the Groms coming up so they could see the direction "Surf Style" is going and be practicing ther chops for all the upcoming contest. So far all I have seen get this kind of air is this kid, Chase Hazen,Josh Sleigh and James Walker. But by the end of this summer there will probably be a hundred or more the way things are going. Would love to see posted, any "Race to Space" pics anybody out there has. PS, these pics were taken behind Chase's dad's barefoot boat with two 250lb sacks. Does he really land these pics and ride away? Ask Jeff and James Walker. They were in the boat when Chase won the INT contest two weeks ago. Congratulations Jeff, for your outstanding work getting us into the INT. Your "WakeSurfer of the Year" in my book!!

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I'm going to help Jerry out. Here they are:

I followed and watched Chase the other night, with that same boat set up as in the pics, he was killin it! Surf Style all the way!

Thanx Jeff, Had to send one more to redeem myself. First time poster ya know. This is a "air 180"

Good job Jerry! One thing you might try. When the upload client appends the text to your message, place that on a separate line, in that way you won't get the strange hanging text - like the word "180" aligned with the bottom left corner.

Back in May when I first posted this, as you can see, no one contributed. I am thinking because airials just got big this summer. I am seeing some nice airs now on this site. So come on folks, Air it out and post'em!!

I've posted them before but here's what this 30-something is capable of. (thanks Jerry, I was looking for an excuse to post more pictures of myself

These are two pictures of Jeff Page of Inland, I think he's older than I am!!!!! He's killing it on that new 4-skim.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALK'IN ABOUT!!!!! Sean, You need to come to the Delta and ride with Chase and I. YOU would need an oxygen mask on a "Thresher" Bra! 30's just getting started in this sport! Ain't that rite Jeff?

Josh at Delta

I hear you Jerry, I just turned 50 on Saturday, but you'll notice...I'M not busting ay air.

This is my fav pic of James in flight.

Apparently Josh Sleigh, when riding a Shred Stixx knows a thing or two about boosting air, also.

Happy B-Day Dude! I thought you were older than me. Your a whippersnapper. Respect your elders at the next contest.....Great pic of The James

Ok, I'll throw my hat it (at 36).

By the way, in that pic of Josh, he's riding switch!

Hey Mark, it's too bad you folks don't have any decent water to ride in!

One more from the Shred Stixx collection:
"Heidi Deetzel, Air ain't just for guys"

This is sick, Keep,em coming!

Two more of James...I also want to find some of Chase from the INT contests.

James just corrected us Mark, in the pic of Josh he rides in backside regular, throws a body varial, grabs the board and "aligns" it and lands frontside switch. I guess I'll just have to show him how to ride, huh?

Chase Hazen from the 3rd NorCal INT League stop.

I'm still wondering how to get air?!??

I'm with you Tanya, I can do lots of tricks and ride pretty aggresively, but can't figure out how to get air. I'm 6'3" 200 and ride a blue lake. I demo'd a stixx and Walker Project and got closer but still didn't feel like I had the right technique or approach. Perhaps the board was too small? Anyone care to enlighten me, less I be doomed to spins and balance tricks only.

Tanya and Scott,
I'll take a more detailed stab at it later. Until then make sure you're carrying as much speed as possible and crank the bottom turn as hard as you can. Another thing you might want to try is setting the perfect pass a notch or 2 faster then you normally ride. Like most boardsports speed is your friend and you're not going to get off the water without it.

WOW! Does anyone have a vid clip of Chase bustin that thing sidewayz? That is crazy cool. I know I have the wake, and thanks to Jerry I now have the board, but I am only getting about half of that air. Here in the midwest my crew is pretty much on our own trying to learn this stuff.

It was cool to see James ride in person this summer, but I was busy driving the boat.

Scott,Sean, Jason,
The trick is a fast board, as Sean said, AND
learning how to "Ollie". This can be best learned on a skateboard. Jason, your store will be getting a video with a bunch of Chase soon, if you have not got it already. wakesurfmag.com has some good video of him on there site too.

Thanx, I need as much inspiration as I can get! The water temp is already down to 60 so it's getting harder to get enough motivation to get back in the water.

hit a couple of air minors consistently today with the help of sean & shannon... may thanks !!!!

Jerry Price, do you happen to know a Chris Barcellos?

I think so, Have a pic or him?, Where does he live?. Know some Chris's but not their last name.

check out this sequence pic of james... he really pulls his knees up (the front even more so and the rear will follow to get the height)..



(Message edited by clubmyke on October 11, 2006)