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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.

Wake Culture: Velocity Island Park Crew The long awaited opening of Velocity Island Cable Wake Park is finally here, and we've got just the video to show you the goods. Trever Maur spent some time filming with the local park crew and put together a super fun and sleek edit; getting some rounds in for himself of course too. The video shows the wide diversity of the park's features, including the signature Kaesen Suyderhoud feature from Unit Parktech. Speaking from Experience, this park is dope. They gave our ELEVATED Crew the VIP treatment when we were there filming our West Coast Edit, and we are stoked that they're finally open to the public. This is for sure park you'll want to shred. Check out the following video featuring Trever Maur, Kaesen Suyderhoud, Anton Ryzenkov, Elevated athletes Tanar Pigrenet and Matt Tonne, Dylan De Kalb, Andrew Hartmann, Jay Miguel, Calli Turner, Jennifer Gillantar, and Kyle Feder.

Wake Culture: Matt Manzari Recovery update For those of you who don't know, Matt Manzari is a super awesome Pro-Wakeskater. He's currently in the hospital recovering from a really tough accident that left him badly burned but in high spirits. We're praying for you Matt. It seems the week of July 4th was hard on the Wakeboard Industry. By now you've hopefully heard the story about Pro-Wakeboarder Brad Smeele who shattered his vertebrae while wakeboarding on the Big Air kicker and is in the fight of his life to recover from paralysis. You've hopefully also been able to give or help in some way, even by just sharing his story. Read more here. Well coupled with that incredibly traumatic event

Wake Culture: Austin Hair Late last year, in 2013, ELEVATED picked up pro wakeboarder Austin Hair to join our team. We got fully introduced to him at Surf Expo in Orlando, where he showed our crew incredible hospitality and insane riding at his lake house on Clear Lake. Since that day it's been a lot of fun for us to watch him continuously push his own limits and delve further and further into company culture. That's why we're stoked to show you the following video of Austin throwing down hard in his ELEVATED Products, just released on Alliance Wake Mag. Check it and click the "Like" button. Austin Hair has been busy traveling the world this season but manage to put together a few boat sets in Orlando at Lake Jessamine, Clear Lake, and Lake Conway. Enjoy! Video

Wake Culture: Pro Wakeboarder Brad Smeele Recovery Update 2 Update on Brad Smeele, the New Zealander Pro Wakeboarder who is recovering from a terrible wakeboard accident on July 6th which left him currently paralyzed from the nipple line down. Read the story here: http://elevatedclothingco.com/pro-wakeboarder-brad-smeele-brad-smeeles-recovery/ As the weeks have rolled on, it sounds like Brad is making some good progress on the road to recovery. He has a long and arduous battle ahead of him, but we all believe that with the grace of God and Brad's iron will, he can make it through to the other side. Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words, and this one, of Brad smiling in the hospital, speaks volumes to his character, personality, and determination.

Wakeboarding at its finest- pro wakeboarder Stephen Pierce and friends throw down in this hard hitting, smooth styling, wakeboard edit out of Lake Norman, North Carolina. It's always been known that wakeboarding is something of a rich kid's sport. While there's terrible truth in that statement, it also holds that kids around the world, no matter their financial standing, find ways to get on the lake and shred, building the foundations of this sport. But this video takes it to a new level with Stephen and Tyler Rhyne riding in a shiny white Lamborghini to join Michael Sutherland and the rest of the crew on the new Super Air Nautique G23.

Wake Culture: Austin Hair shredding in Elevated Clothing. Check out Elevated team rider Austin Hair putting it down in his ELEVATED Stamina tee. Filmed and Edited by Matthew Hibbing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bwSR2gxPkM&feature=youtu.be [caption id="attachment_5567" align="alignnone" width="867"] Shreddie Approved[/caption] ELEVATED Clothing is a dedicated Wakeboard

Snow Culture: Check out some seriously sick dry sloping. If you don't know, dry slope can be a super fun way to stay honed in on your shred skills during the warmer months. If you're looking to Jib all year round, Liberty Snowflex Mountain in Lynchburg, VA is probably one of the best places to do it in North America. Watch Jason Anderson shred gnar... I mean turf, in this awesome edit. He's got super clean and dialed in style that makes it look like he's riding real snow. For more on Liberty Snowflex, click here. http://www.liberty.edu/snowflex/

Pro Wakeboarder Brad Smeele: Brad Smeele's Recovery Update It has been absolutely incredible to see the Wakeboard Industry pull together during the past couple weeks of this hard and trying time for professional wakeboarder Brad Smeele and his family. If you don't know, Brad Smeele took a horrible fall over the 4th of July weekend and shattered one of his vertebrae, ending up paralyzed in the hospital.It sounds like he was attempting a triple backflip off the Big Air kicker and came up short. You can view the story here: http://elevatedclothingco.com/pro-wakeboarder-brad-smeele-brad-smeeles-recovery/ After numerous surgeries