Monday August 20th 2001

Bartlett Lake

"Spread the Stoke: Organized Chaos"

The idea for this event sprang up on the discussion boards of Wakeworld.com, I had noticed how the freeride atmosphere of the GoWakin gatherings had an overwhelming response in Northern California's Delta area and thought about how I could transfer that into positive energy here in AZ. The AWA is a great contest format organization, but outside of the monthly tournies there is no promotion of freeriding or gatherings not related to the format and I wanted something more.......

I presented the idea as a "hook up and ride" gathering rather than any sort of contest or event. Since I don't have a boat myself I depended on the generosity of others to come through if the event was to be a success. I have to thank the following people for the use of their fantastic boats!!

Joe Boyle and his Sick X-star with a thigh-high wake and bumpin tunes

Steve Jenkins with his 1997 Calabria - The Thrill Seeker what a sweet set up

Owen Zorge (2001 22i Type R - Killer Machine)

The riders who did manage to show up and had a fantastic day riding Jared, Ruddy, Chris, Balzer, Grogan, Heavy Thunder, Neal, Jason, Steve, Joe, Owen, CeCe and Candace (Great to have female rippers out there!!) Thank You all for showing up and making a monday on the lake unforgettable! I'd like to thank Mike Balzer for some of these pictures as well, great work!

Jared - Watch out for the cornback rattlestricter, you bailed early on a great day of riding, in all I got 7 sets Monday, damn... I'm tired, knee hurts and need some ice!!

Ruddy - Brotha you rip, that first set was so smooth and effortless, Tanny, HS Backroll, Crow, TS Front, big 3 and then taking everything to 5s, forget the 3..... Body surfing is where it's at. The Heavy Thunder barrel roll to lose my pants at Bartlett [again!!]

Jumbo Joe - Can you get any higher on that Double Up from Owen's boat? Damn man... stomping big 180s, R2R, big airs, great tunes and a sick wake. Thigh High and killin' it!!

Steve - Three nights of camping for you and Chris (what's his last name by the way?), you two are hard core! Chris throwing front flips on the last day, sick man!! Raley, Raley!! Raley!!

Balzer - Get off my water!!! Nice to see you out at Bartlett and I hope you got a little closer to landing that crow, thanks for the great pictures. Did you want to post them here too?

Owen - Super clean, a great crip wake and a beautiful machine. Lots of storage, room to sit and a great seating layout. Between you, Jason and Neal your boat has a ton of stoke for the sport, just hang in there it will come in time. We all paid our dues riding. That Premier 140 rocker and pop was awesome, too bad I rode it backwards.... Haaa!! What an ass I am sometimes!!

Grogan - dude thanks for showing up and filming by behemoth ass on tape. I have learned so much just watching what I do wrong and how I land. Without the Video I would have kept on thinking I was Shaun Murray!! Have fun in Canada, Ehhhh!