well i made it thru fridays heat in first place only to choke today and missed making it by one place. i guess im starting to figure out the game though. yesterday i rode just ok and fell in the middle of my second pass and still placed first, so there is obviously room for improvement on my end. check this out, this was on the “prowakeboardtour.com“s web site. you dont see this very often.
i just got some custom preventative knee braces in the mail courtesy from CTI2. stoked on the hook up! thanks boys!
CTI2 headquarters in foothill ranch, california. they are literally the next hill top over from my biggest sponsor oakley.
just a few of the different specialty model knee braces they make.
me getting fitted.
the final product. thanks CTI2!
i was up at ft. benning, ga. not to long ago to watch some buddies of mine kick some ass at the 2009 armys best ranger contest. if you have ever watched the military channel you have most likely seen an episode from previous years and you know how unbelievably grueling the event is for the competitors. imagine keeping your heart rate over 120 for a solid 3 days and thats about what these guys went thru. they basically dont get any sleep for 3 days straight. the event began at 530AM on friday and ended on sunday at about 1800 (thats military time for 6pm!) i was able to capture some of the events but not all of them on my camera, unfortunately some of the video i took my not be lyrically appropriate so i will have to find a way to sensor it. but it is amazing how frickin kick ass these 2 bad asses are.
both walt and dan have actually won a best ranger before, but with different teammates. so for this year they came together to try and do something that has never been done before, they would be the first team EVER to have 2 repeat best ranger winners. however they barely fell short of that and ended in second place over the home team, the 6th ranger training brigade who is from and stationed at ft. benning. so they knew the terrain and had the home field advantage, not to discredit them because for them to beat my boys even with their home field advantage is a feat in itself. they proved themselves to be extremely tough competitors, so everyones hats were off to those 2 young kids.
here are some photos of walt and dan.
stress shoot with some old school M1 garands
a little bit of rest before the 20 mile road march with 80 pound ruck sacks on their backs and M4 rifles in hand.
just the everyday traffic at ft. benning. bradleys coming thru.
stryker coming thru.
hahahaha my friend and oakley product manager for the military erick p stuffed in the back of a mini cooper!
“crap, they really want us to climb this 100 foot wall in 100 degree heat?!”
finished with “stakes”.
“man that sucked.”
a mock black hawk down search and rescue.
a couple minutes of shade and rest.
“victory pond”
combat swim to shore with their 80 pound rucks in a poncho.
“that sucked too”
me and my buddy justin just doing what we do best…….. looking like bad-asses! hahahahaha
come to find out dan has a knee hole like me! apparently he had the same screw rejected by his body after an acl reconstruction.
my knee hole.
congradulations boys! and thanks effie and jim for a great weekend.
come to stokemeter.com tonight for a webcast for the masses. 9pm east coast time……do it!………..doooooo it!
we try to talk like Japanese people all the time. its awesome!
this is how my fly core board arrived in the mail…it looks like someone at liquid force has too much time on their hands!
check out OAKLEYS site for some more info and pictures.        Â
be sure to watch fuel tv tonight (5-11-09) at 9PM est. the oakley teams movie, push process, will be airing for THE FIRST TIME tonight! watch the ALL NEW re-edited version and enjoy team oakley and justin stephens masterpiece.          
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