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I spent an amazing weekend on the Toronto Islands at Wakestock’s 10th anniversary blow out listening to hip hop and watching crazy wakeboarders pull stunts in the splash. Didn’t dare take the Centre Island ferry with the crowds pouring out on Sunday night so my friends and I walked about 45 minutes to get the Ward Island ferry which we missed by 1 minute. After such a fun filled weekend all I wanted to do was take a nap on the beach (since we had another 45 minutes of waiting) but I was drawn to the glowing gold in the water. Felt like the sirens were beckoning me to come in and join them. I resisted but got some video of the evil mermaid’s killer call.

Wakeboard Cup, Xanten
Originally uploaded by Zwergie.

I’m super-psyched for this weekend’s Wakestock World Series down at the Toronto Islands. Fortunately for us city-dwellers, the festival was kicked out of its annual spot in Wasaga, so now we get the world’s best wakeboarders coming to our city to put on an awesome show.

Been watching the Summer X Games all week on TV, since it’s rare getting to see this stuff live. Seeing the stunts the athletes pull off makes me giddy with excitment and that’s just on screen, I watch it over and over on my PVR and make sure all my friends catch it too. It’s some crazy shit.

Wakestock’s gonna have it all. Besides the jump and rail competitions at Long Pond, there’ll be motorcross and pro skate demos…and probably tons of blaring punk rock. Enough to piss off the Islanders, who sure as hell don’t want us there. Never mind, 30,000 other revellers. Can’t wait.

Sunday’s the day I’ll be down there, for the day-long pro competitions. Check out the link on the left for ticket info.