Sesitec Wakeboarding Banner

Not sure how but I made it onto the facebook banner for Sesitec with a shot Dave Sanford took at Boarder Pass in Port Colbourne last year!  Pretty nice surprise though as Sesitec is the biggest company in wakeboarding with their System 2.0 popping up everywhere as well as their full 6 tower systems!  Stoked thanks Sesitec...

NA BLEND Crew at Nitro City, Panama

Not sure how this slipped my mind because it was one of our biggest projects of the winter!  Back in late January I headed out to Nitro City, Panama to meet up with Eric Rienstra at the new Action Sports Resort on the Punta Chame peninsula in Panama created by the Nitro Circus crew!  If you have ever seen the MTV show or the movie you know Nitro is known for balls out, no rules ridiculousness and the luxury Nitro resort is no different!  You'll see a family enjoying fresh sushi in the restaurant while 5m away a group of friends is getting crazy and beer bonging their night away!  After a few weeks of settling in at the resort the  rest of the crew started trickling in... Colleen Carroll, Claire Lutz and Chris Bobryk were now all on site and with the arrival of our media man Josh Pietras as well it was time to put on our gnar boots on and crank the dial up to ten!

Here's what we got into...

NA BLEND @ NITRO CITY from NA BLEND on Vimeo.

Thanks to Hayes, Walter, Ana and the whole Nitro Crew!  You guys are animals!

Kiteboarder Australia Spread

More spreads!  Just found out this photo Vincent Bergeron took in the Magdaline Islands ran as a spread in the new Kiteboarder Australia!

2013 SSS Invitational Wrap Up

The 2013 SSS Invitational was fun as always but a little different than in years past.   With over 25G's up for grabs the new format was introduced changing the event from a brodown jam format to heats with a scoring system and a panel of judges. This turned up the pressure on the competitors, who now had to not only throw bangers but throw them consistently. 

In SLIDERS the riders had two runs through the park, taking a score from your best hit on each feature. I was in a stacked heat #3, along with Aaron Hadlow, Andre Philipp, Rick Jensen, BCS, Chad Worrall, Davey Blair and Joby Cook. Only three riders would advance through and unfortunately I didn't put down the run I was hoping for and was slightly edged out of the finals by Hadlow (5x World Champ), Chad Worrall (pro cable rider) and BCS (local legend).

Mens SLICKS was another tough heat for me with some really strong riders in heat #3 again...  8 tricks, 4 get scored and only 3 people would be advancing into the finals. With some major tricks going down from everyone it was close but I was super excited to hear I managed to make it through with Aaron Hadlow and Rick Jensen to meet Sam Light, Sam Medysky, Billy Parker, Alex Fox, James Boulding and Ewan Jaspan in the finals!  Pretty stoked with being in the top 9...

Here's a little highlight video from my heats... more video from post SSS will be coming shortly!

2013 Triple-S Video Highlight / Craig Cunningham from REAL Watersports on Vimeo.

iKSURF Interview With Tom Court

iKSURF Magazine just came out with issue 39 online and it features a 16 page article on North teammate Tom Court and myself with some pretty interesting questions!  Tom also nabbed the cover with a sick shot riding the 2013 Vegas and Gambler!  Check it out here...  http://www.iksurfmag.com/issue39/?Cover