Deprémonville Wakeskate TNS 2018

The riders : Léo Labadens,Bertrand Oustrieres, David Alegre, Alex Djé Ruffray, Benji Benji and Nouals Francois. Video made by Eagleeye Production !

Check out the Spanish trip of Clément Deprémonville now on Unleashed Wake Mag !

More About Clément Deprémonville , “Frenchie”

 I grew up in the South of France, ten minutes away from the nearest cable park. I started Wakeskating when I was thirteen years old; at first it started off just every other weekend or so, and then eventually it was an everyday “Must have” . I became very captivated in every aspect of the sport, it completely consumed me. After one year of riding, I was convinced I was good enough to compete. Little did I know, I knew the sport better than I thought. 
        After I began competing, I realized I was simply living best of both worlds; I was doing the one thing I couldn’t go a day without thinking about and I was building a Career for myself. I had a lot of motivation and persistence to continue to progress, so I took it to “my next level” and went across seas. Once I arrived, I started my first WakeSkate Tour.It was then that things began to move a lot quicker than I expected, I started to travel the states finding any body of water to tear up. I was riding sometimes 10-12 hours in a day- just because I enjoyed it. Today, I am now still working my hardest in Wakeskating, there are endless possibilities in this industry; the world is my playground!
          I want to continue my career in Wakeskating for a lot of reasons, but first and foremost I want to inspire kids all around the world that watch my videos, to put down the video games and go outside to Wakeskate. I want to help show kids that anything is possible; you can become anything you want. The world lays at the end of your fingertips you just have to work to get to where you want to be. The only journey that is impossible is the one you never begin.  

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Clément au TNS 2018

Avec les riders Léo Labadens,Bertrand Oustrieres, David Alegre, Alex Djé Ruffray, Benji Benji et Nouals Francois. Le tout filmé par Eagleeye Production !

Pour revoir le Spanish trip de Clément Deprémonville, ça se passe sur Unleashed Wake Mag !

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Meilleurs tricks 2018

From FISE on Youtube.

Le Festival International des Sports Extrêmes

Internationale et multidisciplinaire, la tournée FISE World Series presented by Honor et organisée par Hurricane Events rassemble les meilleurs athlètes de BMX Freestyle Park et Flatland, Skateboard, Mountain Bike, Roller Freestyle, Parkour et bien d’autres. Ainsi chaque année, c’est plus de 2700 amateurs et professionnels d’une quarantaine de nationalités qui enchaînent les étapes accueillies par des villes emblématiques, qui démarquent ainsi leur implication pour la jeunesse et les sports. 

Cette année, la tournée a été précédée d’un « Launch Event» à Jeddah en Arabie Saoudite, qui a pris spécialement un format d’Invitation en mars. La première étape officielle de la saison s’est tenue à Hiroshima (Japon) en avril, avant de poursuivre par Montpellier (France) en mai, Edmonton (Canada) en juillet, Budapest (Hongrie) en septembre pour nir par Chengdu (Chine) en novembre.

Le site du FISE.

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The background

As the cold weather and snow begins to arrive in most European countries, Down Under cable park in the Netherlands decided to organise an end of season competition whereby the locals could show off their tricks. Down Under is one of the most famous Dutch cableways and has previously hosted competitions such as the WWA Protest Cable Call and the Dutch Nationals. There’s already been two Local Hero contests this year to support and push the many talented local riders. Unleashed was one of the brands that supported the final contest of the season, which took place on the 14th of October.

The competition

The local hero contest kicked off with a fun competition during which the competitors were challenged to jump, dive, roll or fashion air with a wakeskate off the kicker to earn the status of local fun hero of the year. Raymond Giessen came first with a very spectacular performance. A solid warm up for the main competition.

Recently, there’s been a lot of ‘best tricks’ competitions so Down Under decided to devise a ‘best run’ contest instead where riders were able to exhibit, not only their level but also, their variety of tricks and steeze. One by one the riders boarded the water, whilst receiving support from their fellow riders, families and friends.

Injured Slingshot rider Tommy Swaan (24) performed a dual role during the competition. Firstly, he shared his humour, tricks and quotes through the mic; and secondly, he took up the role of a judge. This guy proved he’s still engaged and knowledgeable in the sport.

The riders impressed the spectators and judges alike with mobes, bs 720’s in and out, a huge fs 270 chicken salad to blind off the kicker (Wassim’s signature trick), backside 3 transfers, dancing on rails and sweet presses and grabs. There was even a group of youngsters who only started riding this year, yet all took part in the competition!

Equal prize giving

The day ended with an award ceremony over on the picnic bench. As Down Under supports gender equality, the same amount of prize money was assigned to both categories. We hope this trend will be upheld in future years in the sport.

The young guns Wassim El Hodayebi (16) and Melissa Peperkamp (15) can now call themselves ‘Local Heroes’ of Down Under after becoming the winning riders in the open categories. In the junior category Zino Vallen (16) stole first prize, meanwhile in the kids division Storm Baas (14) deservedly achieved first place. A particularly outstanding win for Storm, who only started wakeboarding this year.

 

Winners speach

Melissa Peperkamp (15), winner of the Open Women:

“I started wakeboarding when I was 8 years old. Quint de Waard was my teacher when I started beginners’ lessons. How do I prepare for competitions? I always start with a warm up and just have a lot of fun. I have to say I am constantly trying to push myself to do better than in my training sessions. It stresses me out a bit, I just want everything to work out as I want it to. My secret is having a lot of fun and always trying to give it my best. My goal is to be in the European Cup next year. It means I’ll have to learn airtricks. I love being able to travel and fulfil my passion at the same time. I hope that one day I will be able to wakeboard at an international level and achieve a lot of places on the podium”.

Wassim El Hodayebi (16), winner of the Open Men:

“I started wakeboarding when I was about 10 or 11 years old. Before a competition I always try to prepare myself in a variety of different ways, although it hadn’t paid off prior to this contest. Normally I try to spend time relaxing the day before so I have enough energy for the big day. I think the most important thing is to eat well, like a Moroccan tajine or pizza. But unfortunately during almost every competition I know I still suck and fall on the simplest tricks. I think this is partly because I overthink certain tricks and I don’t manage to get into the right vibe. At the Down Under Local Hero competition I had such a good day. Thanks to Yasemin Tanriverdi for organising the event.

At the contest I competed in the Open Men’s category because my homies (Tom Franke and Lodewijk Waterhout) and I wanted to wakeboard at the end of the day, when the wind had died down. Lodewijk is still 14 years old so when I suggested the idea he was like “but bro wtf if I want I can still ride with the mini boys”. When I first entered the competition I wasn’t focused on the competitive nature of the event, I just wanted to enjoy a good wakeboarding session with my friends at my home cable. This relaxed my mindset and gave me lot of positive energy. I think everyone had a good day and rode really sick! Shout out to Max Halm for taking second place and Rodi Kosterman for achieving third place.

My goal in wakeboarding is to stand out from the status quo, by inventing new tricks and producing videos. As a member of the ‘Shaka bro’s’, we are working on a new video together. Tom Franke does the filming and editing and I am trying to put my own vision on progress and wakeboarding into the video. I hope it turns out well!”

Down Under cable park words

Thanks to all the riders, sponsors, supporters, judges and operators who made this season a blast! A special thanks goes out to Joey Scholman, the head operator who is making a career change after 6 years of putting a great deal of energy into our cable and local riders.

 

Results

Open Men

1. Wassim El Hodayebi

2. Max Halm

3. Rodi Kosterman

Open Women

1. Melissa Peperkamp

2. Damy Schreijer

3. Amira Lamin

Juniors

1. Zino Vallen

2. Carsten de Greef

3. Tristan de Koning

Kids

1. Storm Baas

2. Jayden Zingel

3. Darnell Davids

 

More about Down Under cable park

The big cable
The main road has a large cable line with a length of 720 meters hovering 10 meters above the south lake. From the starting point, the cable pulls you counterclockwise around the entire pond. There are eight lines (carriers) so that there is an optimal rotation!

The small lane
The first Sesitec 2.0 of the Benelux system running at Down Under in Nieuwegein! This new cable system is installed on the small track. It offers both beginners and pros the opportunity to train and practice their skills.

Down Under has very modern and state of the art features that provide challenge of each level riders. All obstacles are from Cable Park Unit Park Tech, the market leader in the field of cable parks : 2 kickers, 1 rail, 1 transfer and some others.

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Loïc Herry season recap 2K18

from Castaing Arthur on Vimeo.

A propos du cable park Léry Poses

Le téléski nautique est une installation permettant la pratique du ski nautique sur le Lac des deux amants. Au lieu d’être assurée par un bateau à moteur, la traction est assurée par un câble sur une boucle d’1 km de long. Il s’agit du plus long téléski de France. 11 skieurs peuvent évoluer en même temps sur cette boucle, allant à une vitesse de 30 km/h. Le téléski nautique se pratique debout, mais pour les plus jeunes ou les débutants, vous pouvez débuter à genoux sur une planche. Le départ se fait à partir d’un ponton, ce qui le rend beaucoup plus facile.

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