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!

For those of you that don’t know me, my name is Gary Colle and I started DBG Concepts www.dbgconcepts.com just over nine years ago. DBG has been a work in progress with almost every day being at least a 12 hour work day.

Working in the wakeboarding industry has defiantly introduced us to some good friends along the way. Geoff, Steve, Buzz, and Robert from Hipp Marine (everyone from Hipp for that matter) to name a few. This summer has been by far the most fun I have had in the nine years I have been at this. I have met so many new friends Ian and Evan Grist (webmasters of www.wakeboardsd.net), Mike and Metis, and Kelli to name a few.

Knowing for the past few years that San Vicente, San V, was going to close, made me dred today. It has scared me to death knowing that the lake that started my career, the place I learned to boat, the place I learned to ski and have met so many friends was going to be gone.

Today I realized DBG Concepts will continue to grow and we will continue to have fun with the friends we have made. Until the lake reopens we will find new places to ride. Wakeboarding means so much to all of us. Ultimately wakeboarding brings us together and bonds the friendships we have.

I want to take this moment to thank WBSD for everything they have done this past season. The Grist brothers have given us a place to talk every day. WBSD is a site not only for wakeboarding, but a place to meet new friends; a place where we plan BBQs, Bon fires, parties, and so much more. Future plans have already talked about including river trips, desert trips, and all types of new reasons to hangout.

So when I look back at my last day on San V, I can’t help but smile. It doesn’t make me think of the past, but of all the times I am going to have with all of the people that have made San V what it was.

Ian and Evan Grist thank you so much for all your hard work on WBSD. Both of you guys are a huge deal to me. The creation of your site has done so much for me and for my business— much like San V.

San Vicente see you in 6-9 years.

Gary Colle

WakeBoardSD.net First Official Meet Up at San V on Vimeo.

Loading the Calabria Up with Ladies!

The first official WBSD Meet up was had on Saturday (7/12) at San Vicente Reservoir. There was an awesome turnout – nearly 10 boats and around 30-40 people. We headed out and met up with Geoff and the Wakesports crew around 6:45 (Thanks for being on time and grabbing the spot Geoff – I ran into some complications…haha) and set up shop, then jumped on the water for a couple hours of riding while the water was still somewhat decent. Luckily, we bought up almost all of the wakeboard/slalom course passes, so any WBSD boat was welcome to head over there for a session on the best water at the lake.

Ranger Kevin Says Hi!

We fired up the bbq around 11 and threw some burgers and dogs on to help balance out the mass quantities of Coors Light being imbibed by all. Horseshoes were thrown, beers were drank, shit was talked, and Ian from M20 passed around a bottle of Patron. It was great to meet everyone in person who is involved on the site, and put some faces to the names we have seen. If anything, it quickly made me realize that we aren’t dealing with a ton of people who just love to wakeboard… we share a love of partying as well!

Where It All Went Down

Around 2:30 we headed out to do some serious riding and tore up the wakeboard course. Others went out to get some wakesurfing in. Everyone got a pull and showed off some insane skills – check out the video (will be posted soon) for proof of that! We rode until about 5:30, then headed back to the spot to pack up.

Some sweet Rides

Overall, it was a perfect day, with a perfect turnout. Everyone made some new friends and riding buddies, and we are already planning the next one (Hopefully one more in August before San V closes for good). One thing discussed with Kevin the Ranger was ways to go about opening Otay Lakes for water contact activities – so keep an eye out on this site for info regarding that. We are a community of like minded people and should use this as a way to coordinate getting the city to listen to us! More on that to come.

Thanks to Wakesports and DBG Concepts for sponsoring the event, and everyone who came out and helped us, partied with us, and supported the site. We hope it continues to grow, and that we can establish a group of people who ride together for years to come!