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Everybody is so Stoked! That's the opening line of the 2014 Breddas Battle of the BackYard BOTBY edit. This year's event looks like it was the best yet, with athletes and fans showing up from around the world to ride, watch, and just have an all around amazing time. For those of you who don't know, Breddas are some of the sickest wakeboarders out there, comprised of 3 brothers from Sweden who have built their very own wake park in their back yard. Each year in the fall, they throw Battle of the Back Yard and host Scandinavia's biggest wakeboard competition. If you ask us, this is a wake event done right. Breddas have successfully been bringing the action sports and youth lifestyle culture together under one roof for quite some time now. Motocross, skateboarding, daredevils, hip hop, and some of the best wakeboarding on the planet. No wonder they get so many people to show up and have a good time. If you want a better insight into what I'm saying... just watch the video and let

Wake Culture: Ash Hannig Babe Shredder Edit Elevated Team Rider Ash Hannig released her summer wakeboarding edit and it's sick! Ash is an ASU Wake Devil who owns and runs Babe Shredder. She worked at BSR Cable Park over the summer and has been dialing in her riding like it's nobody's business. Ash has a special place in her shred ready heart for girls that ride, and wants to inspire more girls to feel comfortable competing and growing as athletes. Through Babe Shredder she has begun hosting wakeboard clinics around the country and rounding up some of the best female riders out there to teach new talent. We're stoked on Ash and would love it if you would share her edit around to bring her and the Babe Shredder crew some more exposure. And on that note we'll leave you with a quote from Ash: "I don't ride to compete. I don't ride

#staystrongbrad Wake Culture: Brad Smeele Story By now, the story of professional wakeboarder Brad Smeele from New Zealand has made it's rounds pretty significantly throughout the wake industry and beyond, garnering support from people the world over. Brad has been a monument in the sport and is one of the nicest dudes out there, so it's little surprise to see so many people rallying around him as he deals with recovery from his serious injury back in July. If you don't know the full story, you can read up on it here: http://elevatedclothingco.com/pro-wakeboarder-brad-smeele-brad-smeeles-recovery/ here: http://elevatedclothingco.com/pro-wakeboarder-brad-smeele-brad-smeeles-recovery-update/ and here: http://elevatedclothingco.com/wake-culture-pro-wakeboarder-brad-smeele-recovery-update-2/

Wake Culture: Jeremia Hoppe - Here we go - 2014 edit Have you ever seen anyone so locked in? Jeremia is still recovering from his knee surgery and can't quite hit kickers yet, so he's been honing in all of his rail skills. It's certainly paying off. Check it out, new edit from Uddvalla, Sweden! Rider: Jeremia Hoppe Filmer/editor: Filip Snabb O'Brien Watersports Rixen Cableways Ridestore GoPro

Wake Culture: From California With Love - Daniel Grant In this video, Daniel Grant shreds Wake Island Cable Park in NorCal and shows us all how it's done. Very few riders boost as hard or as big as Daniel Grant. Getting in consecutive quick hits on each feature and flying through the turns pulling out massive air tricks, this wakeboard edit ought to leave you speechless. Wake Island is one of California's only two cable parks and ELEVATED is lucky enough to call it a home away from home in some small fashion. If you haven't gotten a chance to ride it's beautiful blue waters, make sure to schedule it into your travel some day. from Unleashed Wake - Wake Island in Sacramento, CA recently had a visit from Daniel Grant of Thai Wake Park. DG’s ability to shred on a wakeboard or wake skate at the cable park is something magical to watch. We hope you enjoy this edit at Wake Island the Premier Full Size Cable Park in California.

Lifestyle: ELEVATED Clothing and Le Medaillon Champagne It wasn't long ago this spring when Le Medaillon and Elevated decided to team up and bring some quality champagne into the action sports realm. Banding together with such a cool and high profile company like Le Medaillon has been a lot of fun for us as we've gotten to celebrate major wins and company triumphs, pop champagne, and really just goof off that much more. We're looking forward to further inclusion of Le Medaillon into the action sports scene and hoping that our athletes can continue to enjoy the crisp bubbles on hot summer days after riding their hearts out. Here's a little bit of the fun we've been able to have with this company, even getting a bottle into Rusty Malinoski's hands during Spring Ride '14 in Lathrop, CA for the win. As with all of the companies we work with, Cheers to a long and fruitful relationship. Pun intended.

Wake Culture: Brad Smeele Recovery Update - Starting Rehab Amazing to see that Brad Smeele, the New Zealand Pro Wakeboarder who was injured on July 6th, is recovering and on his way to start Rehab. Its awesome to see him talking and smiling. We're all still praying for you Brad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQA1uah41FY It’s official, B-Rad is outta here! His time in the ORMC ICU has finally come to an end, and it’s time to start the next stage of his recovery; rehabilitation at Shepherd Centre in Atlanta. Brad will be leaving tomorrow morning between 9:15-9:30am, so everyone in the area come on down to floor 5B Neuro ICU at the Orlando Regional Medical Centre around 9am. Let’s line the halls and give this legend the send off he deserves! ---------- If you would like to keep up to date on Brad's Recovery, or if you feel led to give to his recovery fund, you can find his foundation page here: http://www.bradsmeelefoundation.com

Wake Culture: Breddas New Wakeboard Edit Breddas released a new wakeboard edit and it is DIRTY!! Last winter we went to THAILAND for some filming for two months. Jeremia Hoppe, the youngest brother, had an injured knee so Mattias and Benjamin Hoppe went "solo" on this one. This time we focused more on style instead of the "hectic landing new tricks competition". We wanted to have some rail hits in this video but the obstacle we were working on for 5 month didn't finish IN TIME.. We do love rails! RIDERS: BENJAMIN Hoppe Mattias Hoppe Edit: Filip snabb Filming: Andreas Fernbrant Sponsors: Rixen cableways Obrien wakeboards Ridestore Jaybird headphones Black mountain wakepark GOPRO Jetpilot Blåkläder Gest riders: Dominik Guhrs Lior Sofer

Wake Culture: Surf City Cable Park Competition ELEVATED Team Wakeskater Erik Nilsson took 1st place in the Surf-City.no Cable Park competition over the summer in Norway. Erik is a super talented Swedish Wakeskater who has been getting after it like crazy lately. It's awesome to see him out and about, traveling Scandinavia and many parts of Europe to ride different cable parks and enter numerous competitions. His skill is outstanding and he's got the victories to prove it. This is a really fun and short edit depicting the typical competition day in Norway. Wakeboarders, Wakeskaters, SUP'ing, and of course lots of fun. Check it out and give it a share. Congratulations on the win

Wake Culture: Austin Polterock - Journeys Beginning ELEVATED CLOTHING Team wakeskater Austin Polterock has been on the grind this summer, that much is certain. It seems his schedule has been non-stop travel, wakeskating, and in general honing in his wakeskating skills on boat, cable, features, and winching. And the victories have surely followed his hard work this summer. At 16 years Old, Austin is already competing with the biggest names in Wakeskating and will no doubt be mentioned among them around the world in due time. We're super stoked to have him as part of the ELEVATED family, and are always thrilled to see his progress in video form. What's even cooler is when another teammate puts in the effort to help Austin with his visibility by spending numerous hours filming and editing. So a special thanks is due to ELEVATED team rider Drew Glickman as well for the special touch in filmmaking.