Wakesports will host a Halloween SHRED costume party at the Carlsbad Lagoon on Saturday, October 23rd.  The fun will kick off around 10 and continue until sunset. The Local West Side Riders will be on hand to shred and spread the stoke.  Just like the Freeride Fridays in the summer, $25 will get you some pulls, along with some of Greasy Gregs’s famous barbeque. There will also be games taking place all day on the beach to keep everyone entertained.  Bring your own costume or buy one from the Wakesports on the lagoon and ride for free! Wakesports Halloween Headquarters is located at 350 S. Tustin, Orange, CA 92866 and any questions can be answered by calling the store at (714) 363-9253.  See you at the party!

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Come join WAKESPORTS, Liquid Force, California Watersports, and Keith Lyman at the Carlsbad Lagoon on February 21st for the annual February Freezeride!

Meet Keith Lyman, get his autograph and then just hang out n the sun and enjoy basketball, ping pong, and just hanging with friends and family.  Greasy Greg will be putting the amazing smell of his Famous Chili in the air and serving up the drinks.  $25 will get you a ride on the lagoon behind our boats with our coaches and you can try any of the NEW 2009 Liquid Force gear.  Ride without a wetsuit and get a FREE Liquid Force T-Shirt.

All of the Lagoon demo product is now up for grabs and Wakesports is clearing out all of the 2008 product.  So come down to the Carlsbad Lagoon on Feb. 21st to hang with Keith Lyman, get a smoking deal on wakeboard goods, and catch you first run of the year under the beautiful California sun!!!

Along with transforming an entire store, Wakesports will host a Halloween costume party at the Carlsbad Lagoon on Saturday, October 18^th. The fun will kick off around noon and continue until sunset. Liquid Force is flying professional wakeboarder Keith Lyman out to join in the festivities. Just like the Freeride Fridays in the summer, $25 will get you some pulls, along with some of Greasy Greg’s famous barbeque. There will also be games taking place all day on the beach to keep everyone entertained. Bring your own costume or buy one from the Wakesports on the lagoon and ride for free! Wakeboarders in costume will also receive a free one year subscription to Alliance Wakeboard Magazine. The wakeboarder with the best costume will receive Keith Lyman’s actual setup, signed by Keith himself.

Wakesports Halloween Headquarters is located at 350 S. Tustin, Orange, CA 92866 and any questions can be answered by calling the store at (714) 363-9253. See you at the party!

Now I had never been to the Carlsbad Lagoon until this point so I really didn’t know what to expect as far as launch fees and permits. Just so everyone else knows the process and you’re ready when you get there. You have to provide or have your insurance company fax over a copy of your insurance policy showing that you have $300k in coverage for property damage/great bodily injury. You also have to add the Carlsbad Lagoon as “Other Interested Person” on your insurance policy. Then you have to either buy a $25 day use launch permit or a $500 membership that allows you to go as many times as you want. The City of Carlsbad also requires you to purchase a permit from them. The staff assured me that the initial sign up process was the only time i’d have to go through this process since they have all of my info on file now. Just FYI, they aren’t just making all these requirements for their health….it’s actually required by their insurance company and the City of Carlsbad.

The staff was very helpful and informative and they offer alot of awesome social programs. The lagoon has a small but cool pro-shop with some kick ass equipment and a Ronix Rep who is almost always there. Earlier in the day I had just got a wakesurf board and I was looking for a wakesurf rope to go with it. The staff at “Wakesports” which is the shop at Carlsbad Lagoon ordered me the wakesurf rope I wanted since they didn’t have it in stock. Then they offered to let me use one of their demo ropes until mine came in (very cool of them). Wakesports’ pro-shop and customer service were very good, I highly recommend shopping there if you want some quality equipment and helpful knowledgeable staff.

So I get my boat into the water. I see one other boat on the whole lagoon and not one ounce of chop. This is definitely not what i’m used to and I was super stoked. I had just bought two more ballast sacks in addition to the stock front ballast my boat has. I filled up all the sacks which gave me 1250lbs of ballast..INSANE. My boat already throws a huge wake, but this was insane. After a few amazing glassy water wakeboard sessions we turned to the wakesurf board. Now this was my first time wakesurfing and all I have to say is that I LOVE WAKESURFING!!

Dylan and I both have about six years experience surfing so that helped us tremendously. We were tearing apart the wake with frontside and backside boardslides Dylan busted out a 180 and was riding switch for awhile. We basically closed out the session wakesurfing because we loved it so much. Overall, I give the Carlsbad Lagoon a high recommendation because once you finish the signing up process; You get uncrowded glassy waters, a wakesports friendly layout with long straightaways and an area where you can clean and flush you’re boat when you’re done with you session. Overall great day!! Any questions just shoot me an email.