Shuan Murray

wakedad1 · Addict Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 667 City: Discovery Bay

I went to a Boat Show today in Pleasanton Ca. Shuan Murray was there at the Hyperlite booth. All I can say about this guy is he is for real. He took the time to talk to me and my kids and was such a cool guy the whole time he autographed a bunch of stuff for us. My youngest son is 8 years old and while I walked around, he and Shuan hung out for over an hour just talking about wakeboarding and wakeboarding unleashed. I don't know too many pro athlete's that would take the time to too hang out with a little kid like that. It really meant a lot to me and my son. Shuan is the man!!!!!!

BIGMAC · Posted: Jan 31, 2004 9:34 pm Post subject:

wakedad1, Your in for a treat! Wait till you get to meet most of the other pro's. They are just as nice!!

scott a · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 9810

amen to that. i cant say enough things about shaun. hes definetly a great guy.

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Another thing I've noticed about Shaun is the amount of repesct he has for other people on the lake.

The other day alot of fisherman were on the one of the calm stretches of water, and he went to the part where it wasnt as calm so he wouldn.t disturb the fisherman. Thought it was cool.

wakedad1 · Addict Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 667 City: Discovery Bay

Yeah this is whats cool about wakeboarding you can be a legend on the wake or a no name kid from disco bay and just hang out with each other and chill. Next weekend Parks and Chad Sharpe will be there. I'm goin' back fo sho!!

Lynsey · Posted: Jan 31, 2004 11:15 pm Post subject:

Murray is definitley genuine. I talked with him for a bit at the Irvine stop and he apologized for having to cut our conversation short because he had to go take care of something.

I think a few years ago he became friends with this younger kid who had a terminal illness and taught him how to wakeboard and they hung out together and stuff. This kind of generosity and kindness goes a long way.

koltman · Addict Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 902 City: Sydney/Orlando

Though I've never met him, his story about Randy Petru (tell me if I got his name wrong) says alot about the guy.

WaKeOrDiE! · Posted: Feb 01, 2004 7:23 am Post subject:

Murray is a really cool guy i have seen him at pro tour, back yard tour and the perfski evening of the stars and he is really nice talks to everyone and after he went to o-dub and he was so cool he didnt skip anyone in line (bc the cable operators asked if he wanted) and not just nice he is a really talented wakeboarder. Very Happy

jeffrey_25 · Addict Joined: 05 Oct 2003 Posts: 811

My brother knows this one guy who is an amazing wakeboarder and I guess when he was at B.C. Shaun had lunch with him and everything and just spent the day riding with him.

holdsworth · Posted: Feb 01, 2004 4:40 pm Post subject:

every single pro boarder is really outgoing and all around cool......shaun is always nice to anyone...so is parks, watson, adkison, stru, and a bunch of others

Maestro · Posted: Feb 01, 2004 8:22 pm Post subject:

You got it right Koltman... anyone heard anything about the little guy recently?

wakedad1 · Addict Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 667 City: Discovery Bay

Its too bad other sports didn't have cool professionals like wakeboarding does. I bet you'll never hear about Randy Moss or Terrell Owens getting up close and personal with thier fans like Parks and Shaun do. Oh well its thier loss if they don't want to keep it real with the people that support them.

CHiLi DaWg · Posted: Feb 02, 2004 8:35 am Post subject:

Shaun is definatly cool! I met him at the Vans Triple Crown in Indianapolis in August. Chatted w/him briefly. Then he gave me some pointers for hitting my 1st slider. Too cool! I also met Parks, Erik, Chad, and Gerry Nunn. All very approachable guys, and more than willing to talk. Cool

bizzuck · Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 593

i talked to harf at the boat show for a while, he was super cool, even though he'd been there all day and prob. talked to 5000 people.

tiqueman · Posted: Feb 02, 2004 2:57 pm Post subject:

All the Pros have such great attitudes when it comes to the fans. JD grew up on the West coast of Florida in the Anna Maria Island area. I rode with him when he was like 10 and I was 21 or 22 and he was amazing then. His dad is really cool too. I often ride in Orlando on Lake Willis which is where Harf lives. I havent had the opportunity to ride with him but I have seen him on the lake. If anybody knows about Mikes parties on the lake, Harf is usually there and a cool person to hang with. Check out Mikes web page at Mikesdbigdeck.com if you get the chance. There needs to be alot more sports with these kind of people...

koltman · Addict Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 902 City: Sydney/Orlando

Maestro the last I heard of Randy Petru, was that he was doing well and his cancer was in remission, but that was ages ago. I wonder how he is now.

BillJ · Posted: Feb 03, 2004 1:32 am Post subject:

I brought my 13 year old nephew and his buddy down to Shaun's Backyard Tour stop in San Diego this summer. Shaun walked up and introduced himself to the kids and then asked them if they had played his video game. They hadn't so he took them over and played against them. It was definitely one of the highlights of their summer. The Backyard Tour is an incredible event and just another example of how much Shaun gives back to the fans. If you get a chance to meet his dad Lloyd, then you'll know where Shaun gets it - his dad is just as friendly and outgoing as Shaun.

Definitely great people!

bmartin · Addict Joined: 05 Feb 2003 Posts: 794

No doubt the pros in this sport are much more approachable/accesible in wakeboarding than in most other sports. Kind of nice aint it?!

Levi · Criminal Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 65 City: Boise, ID

Randy Petru is doing great. The cancer is in remission and he out being a kid again. I've spent some time w/ him and his family when I was back in college - Awesome people. Randy and I even watched wakeboard videos while he was in the hospital getting Chemo. Shaun and him are good buddies and they talk on the phone often. I'll always respect Shaun a lot for what he has done for Randy and his family, not to mention many others. There is so much to that story and the other Pros. Like Darin giving Randy the board he one the Worlds on and many other similar stories. You hear all kinds of awesome stuff from these guys and in some ways I'm glad wakeboarding is still relatively small so the pros have access to their fans. I'm not one that gets all starstruck, but I sure can be turned off by celebrities if they have attitude.

holdsworth · Posted: Feb 03, 2004 3:06 pm Post subject:

BillJ, my dad and i talked to lloyd and he is very nice....we talked for a while and he gave me a free, brand new, jet pilot hat....it was awesome....it's pretty much my favorite hat Very Happy

we were tlaking about how we flew down from around where i live to columbus in our plane and he was tellin us how he was a commercial pilot.....very very cool guy and a really cool kid Smile

Matt S · Posted: Feb 03, 2004 3:16 pm Post subject:

I am going to a boat show next weekend and Scott Byerly is going to be running the local shops stand Very Happy

I can't wait! We were supposed to go to the lake, but I refused, and told my parents I am going to that boat show no matter what they say!

NorCalStud686 · Posted: Feb 03, 2004 5:40 pm Post subject:

I also talked to Shaun when i was at the Boat show in pleasanton, he is a awesome guy. i almost asked him if he was ever in stockton if he wanted to come out and ride, but Embarassed

lol trhat would be sick, learning from a pro like him.

K-dub · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 14760

Parks and Harf will be at the Pleasanton show this next weekend.

wakedad1 · Addict Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 667 City: Discovery Bay

K-dub,
Yeah Shaun was telling us about Parks but Danny Harf is not going to be there he is doing something else. Chad Sharpe is gonna take his place, so its still all good. I'll be there for sure. Tino Santori was also there last weekend he was representing Tige. Tino is also a super nice guy he gave me a few pointers... I just wanna talk one of these guys into a winter set out here on the delta.
L8R

K-dub · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 14760

yeah...you're right, I just found out from the HL rep that it'll be Sharpe and Parks instead.
I hung out with Santori a bit on saturday, really cool guy too. Glad you had fun at the show wakedad1...

JRock*Girl · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 1340

Tino is very cool.....wish I could have made it...but I crashed my car lol. I hung out with him all day at the Irvine stop. We look like twins....it's kinda scary.

wakedad1 · Addict Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 667 City: Discovery Bay

K-dub,
Are you going back this weekend?

K-dub · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 14760

wakedad1, I am working here...posting from the show right now actually...
I'm in the Centurion booth right next door to Hyperlite.

wakedad1 · Addict Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 667 City: Discovery Bay

K-dub,
I'll look for you Saturday.

K-dub · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 14760

wakedad1, see you there.

wakedad1 · Addict Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 667 City: Discovery Bay

Well I went back to the boat show today. Here is a list of the Pro's I met today:
Parks Bonifay
Danny Harf (Chad Sharpe didn't make it)
Mike Schwenne
Bret Van der Heuvel
Jerret Brantley

It's like everyone said all these guys are too cool!
Oh yeah K-dub was there too and he's really cool too, nice meeting you K-dub.
I'll post some pics from the show.

wakedad1 · Addict Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 667 City: Discovery Bay

Here's the pics!!

graphik · Addict Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 727 City: miller lake

Bret V is pretty cool. He has some photo albums posted on wakeskate.com. He replies to the posts there too. I guess the good thing about wakeboarding is that it is not super huge and the pro's aren't untouchable. I mean, try getting next to Tiger Woods, or Wayne Gretzky. They've all got handlers. Wakeboarding is as real as it gets. They are all people just like us... with maybe a few KGB's and Mobe's thrown in.

wakedad1 · Addict Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 667 City: Discovery Bay

Speaking of Bret V I left one pic out here it is.