Great video on The Wakeboard Report

whitlecj · Outlaw Joined: 26 Apr 2004 Posts: 112 City: Columbia

Check out the video that has been posted of a 21 year old Scott Byerly wakeboarding. It is great.

http://www.wakeboardreport.com/archives/2008/02/exclusive_footage_of_a_young_s.html

holdsworth · Posted: Feb 25, 2008 1:39 pm Post subject:

i should bookmark that link and paste into the topics that people complain about their tiny wakes.

this goes to show that YOU make the tricks work, not the wake.

good post on the WakeboardReport by Erik.

thanks whitlecj for posting it.

LF_WaKeR · Outlaw Joined: 01 Feb 2008 Posts: 191 City: Mil-town

I love when he does those super short cut ins. It isn't really a progressive edge and he just charges it. Just goes to show how time has progressed the sport with ideas like progressive edging, newer tech in boats and boards, and definetly tricks. Not many grabs goin down. Cool Vid All The Way!!!!

Wakeboarding=Life · Outlaw Joined: 08 Jul 2007 Posts: 200 City: Castle Rock

Scott Byerly is the man.

Erik · Posted: Feb 25, 2008 2:40 pm Post subject:

I'm glad you guys like the video. I have the super hi-res version (well, relative to what Google Video did to that thing). But yeah - like I said in the post, us wake size elitists (me among them, for sure) should take note of what this guy is pulling off behind what we joke on here as a Bassmaster (its actually a Malibu Flightcraft I believe). The boat is designed to produce the smallest wake possible and Scott hits a double up and launches about 12 feet into the air at one point. And nails most if not all of the inverts in his quiver with the standard wake. No ballast. Just 4 dudes.

I also thought it was funny that while the various inverts impressed people in the boat, the lineover/stepover tricks BLEW THEIR MINDS.

Also please know that I say about 10 audible words in this video, mostly telling people to move so the guy could get an even wake, and I think I said "f***ing mobius" at one point because it was the first I had ever seen. Then he did one switch. Sandal plates. Directional board. The rest of the voice over you hear is just some guy that was at the clinic and talked a lot. His color commentary wasn't very useful but in parts it was funny so I left it in rather than add an audio track.

I will try to SendSpace the full AVI so that people can have it for archival purposes. That was an awesome day and I am glad you guys are enjoying it. Its a bit long but I didn't want to edit it down too much and cut out parts that may have been of interest to someone out there so I put up the whole thing. Kudos to Google Video for not enforcing a time limit.

Glad you're enjoying it. That was the point.

It's a good idea to press play, and go get a soda or beer and let it load, then watch it. It takes a little while to fully buffer and play without any stop/starts.

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

I was just having a debate on dallaswakeboarding.com over people who need oversized wakes. This would be great fodder for my argument. Damn impressive what technique will do when the elements aren't there. Most of us are spoiled POS.

alafiaboarder · Posted: Feb 25, 2008 5:28 pm Post subject:

matt1808 · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 05 Feb 2004 Posts: 1981

Erik, great video, thanks for sharing.

bass69 · Addict Joined: 28 Jan 2008 Posts: 529

thanks for that video, he has a ski pole and a small wake and he is still doing flips

LF_WaKeR · Outlaw Joined: 01 Feb 2008 Posts: 191 City: Mil-town

Thanks for re-establishing that bass69, if we haven't figured that out yet...we know now! Rolling Eyes

devon · Posted: Feb 25, 2008 6:40 pm Post subject:

cool vid
how short do you think that rope was?
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HHI Dave · Posted: Feb 25, 2008 7:10 pm Post subject:

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

holdsworth · Posted: Feb 26, 2008 4:51 am Post subject:

jryoung · Ladies Man Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 7664 City: Man Jose

Erik · Posted: Feb 26, 2008 9:31 am Post subject:

LF_WaKeR, not so bright?

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

LF_WaKeR = 15 years of knowin' it all

HHI Dave · Posted: Feb 26, 2008 10:36 am Post subject:

Scooby · Posted: Feb 26, 2008 10:44 am Post subject:

Wow what a great video it just help reaffirm his legen status. Byerly skills were and still are sick.

I love the speed adjustments needed just make me realize of overspoiled we are with a lot of our current setups.

Anyways, great video addition Erik

flounderbout · Outlaw Joined: 30 Sep 2006 Posts: 224 City: London

Should be obligatory viewing not only in the large wake/tower debates, but also in the many and various "I need to upgrade my 2007 pro kit to 2008 pro kit to help me land that elusive HS180 - what shall I get?" debates... I remember when I was at school (a long time ago now sadly) and I used to hanker after all the new windsurfing kit (eek wrong-sport-mentioning-crime), seeing a vid of Robby Naish forward looping a huge old-school raceboard. And it kinda made me realise that I needed to get out there and work on my technique a bit more and worry about the latest model board and all the latest magazine reviews a bit less...
Byerly cranking that horrible piece of plywood with bungees for boots was awesome. I will think of it every time I see some guy with "all the gear and no idea" dragging round the cable...
Very Happy

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

Erik · Posted: Feb 26, 2008 12:05 pm Post subject:

Except instead of hanging out and having fun they'd be fist fighting. K-Dub portraying the woman on the left here.

holdsworth · Posted: Feb 26, 2008 1:02 pm Post subject:

jt09, that's not cool man. i like rob and big Sad

sandm · Outlaw Joined: 12 Jan 2008 Posts: 141

nice vid, and enjoyed trolling around the wakeboard report site..

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

Erik, I have a better right hook than that. Laughing

HHI Dave · Posted: Feb 27, 2008 12:57 am Post subject:

Chad H · Posted: Feb 27, 2008 2:13 pm Post subject:

Finally got around to watching the video. I am definitely going to ride my old directional board some this summer.