Harris Vid

Maestro · Posted: Oct 12, 2006 9:25 am Post subject: Harris Vid

Just came across a recent Randy Harris video clip on the alliance site. Definitely nice to see the Vandall going huge again - I forgot how impressive it is to watch him throw down. For your viewing pleasure:

http://www.alliancewake.com/default2.aspx?pg=videos

Josh R · Posted: Oct 12, 2006 9:42 am Post subject:

Dang...

That just got me real excited about wakeboarding.

Ctipping · Posted: Oct 12, 2006 9:46 am Post subject:

hs bs 5 to th flats?! Nothing wake to wake....that was sick.

LFADAM · Posted: Oct 12, 2006 9:56 am Post subject:

my computer SUCKS! Can someone put this vid on youtube? My computer wont fully play anything from alliance's site, wb.com...some wakepics, etc. (I dont know about all of them but I have the latest version of Adobe Flash player which is what alliance uses)

Craig-R · Guest

its amazing that nothing he does is w2w, its all into the flats, my body couldnt take a beating like that Shocked

awesome

timmyDecker · Outlaw Joined: 22 May 2006 Posts: 187 City: Manhattan...KS

So he was just taking everything out into the flats?...It looked to me like he was going from one side of the LAKE to the other Shocked

...sick riding

alafiaboarder · Posted: Oct 12, 2006 11:39 am Post subject:

and people wonder why i go and buy older video's with randall harris in it...

thats why....

Thomas P. · Addict Joined: 16 Feb 2003 Posts: 717

how does this guy still have knees? given the recent evidence, i just dont think that they are his real knees.

LFADAM · Posted: Oct 12, 2006 11:47 am Post subject:

nvm...got it to work. I think my problem is my firewall. Sick vid. That HS front was HUGE

jlaws · Addict Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 832 City: NC

wow, thats crazy

8824 · Posted: Oct 12, 2006 12:09 pm Post subject:

The Vandal is core for sure!

Sinkoumn · Posted: Oct 12, 2006 12:17 pm Post subject:

Vandall was, and still is, GNARLY. I love watching him ride. Plus, what's he going? 28.5 or something around there? Sick none-the-less.

LakeIolaLuke · Posted: Oct 12, 2006 12:34 pm Post subject:

He only lands that far in the flats because its a nautique. Twisted Evil

Sinkoumn · Posted: Oct 12, 2006 12:36 pm Post subject:

Isn't that the opposite of what nautique wakes do? Up, not out...so basically what you're getting at is that Vandall is a freak of nature defying all physics Very Happy

LakeIolaLuke · Posted: Oct 12, 2006 12:37 pm Post subject:

Ok bad joke. nautiques have narrow wakes.

kmagnuss · Posted: Oct 12, 2006 1:48 pm Post subject:

I got it LakeIolaLuke.

kmagnuss · Posted: Oct 12, 2006 1:56 pm Post subject:

That was sick. Wow.

tommie_tantrum · Outlaw Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 102 City: South Africa

Forget the 1080 videos, ive been waiting for this for years. Amazing, welcome back Vandall.

Buergday · Guest

That right there is some wakeboarding. I gotta say, I'm getting a little bored watching the pros throw everything w2w. w2w 7s are pretty standard now. They're impressive, but not overly exciting to watch. I know landing in the flats is harsh - blah blah blah. But I'd much rather see a really stylie 180, 360 or 540 taken huge like Randall than a w2w 7 or 9. Thanks for finding that clip!

Justin 25 · Addict Joined: 29 Aug 2006 Posts: 797

Man...everything in the flats. Awesome riding. Thanks for that clip.

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

Awesome stuff. Reminds me of watching Kenney. HUGE.

WHY · Outlaw Joined: 27 Sep 2006 Posts: 138

i agree with Maestro i harris is amazing to watch. the first time i saw his section on a movie i watched it over and ove agian because he is just so insane.

Pacco LF · Soul Rider Joined: 13 Nov 2005 Posts: 399 City: Dallas

wow,no wonder he's got knee braces on both legs.my knees wouldnt be able to take those hard landings for that many years either.he reminds me of keith lyman,dude goes HUGE

prior40 · Addict Joined: 20 Feb 2004 Posts: 579 City: Palo Alto

Everytime I watch him ride I am amazed. This guy has the sickest style and goes too huge! And his board hasn't changed in what, like 7 years? That shape goes all the way back to Thruster I think

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

He is sick fo sho...but what's w/ all those pansy inverts? Laughing

RUSSIAN · Posted: Oct 12, 2006 8:30 pm Post subject:

Good to see him riding again

intotheflats · Posted: Oct 13, 2006 10:55 am Post subject:

He still has the biggest, cleanest slob front to fakie I have ever seen.

For you youngster who have not seen Mayday or his section in natural born thrillaz, check it out. He is bad ass no doubt

dmb · Posted: Oct 13, 2006 4:53 pm Post subject:

Haha that's so huge it's almost comical, glad to see Randy out on the water again though...

tarb24ve · Newbie Joined: 13 Oct 2006 Posts: 15 City: Indianapolis

the vandall is so sick, he goes even bigger than lyman.

i wonder how much that boat is weighted down for the wake to be that big that far back at that speed

alafiaboarder · Posted: Oct 13, 2006 7:40 pm Post subject:

lyman says that he looks up to randalls style, thats saying so much.... if a guy like lyman said he enjoys watchin your riding... thats pretty crazy

Epic · Addict Joined: 21 Aug 2005 Posts: 765

Garrett Cortese · Moderator Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Posts: 300 City: Orlando

I posted this on the other site in response to some questions:

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I was lucky enough to be out on the boat that day to watch Randy and shoot some photos. You can read about it in a little article on the Alliance website: http://www.alliancewake.com/default2.aspx?pg=article&id=346

It was seriously some of the best (if not the best) wake riding I have ever seen. Watching Randy ride totally changes the way you think about the sport (and that is definitely a good thing). It's not all about how big he goes, though. Just look at the tricks he does and how he grabs them. Mute BS 180 to switch mute BS 180? Plus to take them both 15' into the flast like that? It's ridiculous. Download the video to your iPods so you can watch it wherever and whenever.

That was out on Jeff McKee's SAN 210 with the weight set up for how Jeff normally rides, which I think is about 24 MPH at 85-87'. Randy was riding about 27-28 MPH at 87' I think. The wake was actually shrinking a little with the increased speed. Goes to show you that if you know how to edge and pop off the wake right you don't need it to be the biggest.

It's pretty cool being out there and realizing you're watching somebody ride who nobody else in the world rides like.

Sinkoumn · Posted: Oct 14, 2006 7:02 am Post subject:

Garrett Cortese, what was the deal with the chase boat? Not running right or what happened to it? Sick photos, that indy shift pic is bonkers Shocked

Ricky V · Outlaw Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Posts: 169 City: Fort Myers

its about 90% sure that he is moving into the apt next to me (with ricky g)....im gonna have one hell of a new riding buddy.

ty540 · Addict Joined: 14 Feb 2003 Posts: 603

I had come to terms with the fact that the season is over (for me)... and then I watched this video.