Wake The World

Greg Hodgin has organized this event the past 2 years and I am proud to say I am involved with it.  Many of us out on the water take that for granted and when you get a chance to allow these kids to experience something they never have before it really does put things back into perspective for myself and everyone involed.  Greg’s article goes into it more so here it is and again if anyone would like to help by volunteering their time, donating anything from shirts to food, or just donations for a great cause contact Greg.

This article was published in Wake Riders Connection 2009. http://www.wakeridersconnection.com

T Shirts

I dont have anything yet, but I have been thinking about designing and ordering some High Rock Lake T shirts.

Just wondering if anyones interested or would like to help design them.  You can email me at smb1679@uncw.edu or let me know on here.  I would guess they would be about $10 or so, I would just like to see if theres any interest.

-Shaun

Benj Trogdon

I want to do a post on here for some of the people I ride with and that I know on High Rock.  First up is my favorite person to watch ride, Benj Trogdon.  When I met him almost 3 years ago he had just started wakeboarding and only had a few tricks like a heel 3 and your basic wake to wake stuff.  Since then he has progressed more than anyone I know, learning all kinds of inverts and spins.  He has several 540′s down, all the basic inverts, awesome backside 180′s and spinds, some mobes, a huge batwing, and very recently a Whirly Bird.  I know he will keep getting better and I seem to ride better around him.  He has a great attitude about the sport and towards anyone involved.  Benj usually rides on Tuckertown behind his brand new 09 VLX but comes up to High Rock on occasion.  Keep up the great work Benj!

Photo by Scott Hutson Wake Riders Connection

A Thursday Morning on High Rock

My good friend Greg came up one morning this summer to ride with myself and my Girlfriend Jordan before I had to head to work.  Since we were done by 11 we had great water and this is the article he wrote for the local wakeboard mag about it.  The Magazine is called Wake Riders Connection and can be found at www.wakeridersconnection.com.  Anyways here it is!  Thanks Greg

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Heres one of the only videos I have but this is me hitting the slider last summer, or at least trying to.

High Rock Pics

These are just a few things weve done this summer and some of the people hanging out around the lake.

and boat driver

TAKE OFF!

Blogs are the cool thing to do these days….therefore HRL needs one and I figure I should be the one to do it.  The internet is here to stay so anyone reading this feel free to send me content (Pictures, Text, Video, Anything) you might want to see on here and well make it happen. 

This is basically going to capture the beauty and fun of High Rock Lake seen through the eyes of its users.  People who like to have fun and people who take pictures of it.

So here we go with some pics from highlights of my summer so far.  These are some from White Lake early in the year around the end of April and this will bring you all the way up to this past Labor Day weekend on High Rock.  Thanks to all my friends who have helped make this the best summer yet!