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LEWIS CORNWALLJAMES HARRINGTON

SAM CARNE

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Fox Lake Adventures System 2.0, Edinburgh

ONE OF THE BIGGEST BENEFITS OF A SYSTEM 2.0 IS ITS ABILITY TO BE SET UP JUST ABOUT

ANYWHERE. LADIES AND GENTS LET US INTRODUCE FOX LAKES, THIS PLACE IS A HIDDEN GEM

BETWEEN THE LUSH GREENERY OF SCOTLAND, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND TO BE PLACED ON

SCOTTISH SOIL AND BOY DOES IT LOOK GOOD. PHOTO: LEWIS CORNWALL BY SIM BRADLEY

Fox Lake Adventures System 2.0, Edinburgh

WITH | James ‘Mini’ Harrington | Nick Davies | Steve Dyer

docklands

James ‘Mini’ Harrington comes out to play.

Always comfortable. Nick Davies brings the style to the city centre.

Steve Dyer seshes the ever tricky UNIT Parktech Bank.

What a view. London has never looked better.

Matt Crowhurst, photo: Jason Lee

Nico voN LercheNfeLd

i N T r o d U c i N G

what would you expect from Nico?not one for keeping it simple.

Hey Nico, f irst things f irst. .

Age? 19

Years r iding? 13

Sponsors? Monster Energy, L iquid Force, Sesi tec, UNIT Parktech, E lectr ic, 5 ive Skateshop

Ok, now we’ve got that out of the way; It ’s been a pretty good season for you this year, what was the highl ight for you?

The season was awesome indeed! One of the h ighl ights was the Sweden road t r ip that we did for my s i te. And I was rea l ly happy with how my event ‘Ca$h For Tr icks’ went, that was a h ighl ight as wel l !

What’s next in the big picture? I .e plans for 2013, anything excit ing?

I am actual ly gett ing rea l ly deep into thoughts about moving to Or lando next year. I f that works out 2013 should be another great year.

Are you going anywhere nice for winter?

Yes, back home to snowboard! Real ly looking forward to that , and for wakeboarding I wi l l go to the new cables in Phuket and Indonesia.

What do you get up to when you’re not r iding?

When I ’m home I do a bunch for Sesi tec and rev i ta l ize my body f rom the t r ips that I just came f rom. I pretty much keep mysel f busy a l l the t ime, last th ing I d id was the organis ing of ‘Ca$h For Tr icks’ .

What did you think to the UK in general, and the cable scene?

I think that Tim Woodhead is doing an amazing job in growing the scene with a lot of new parks. The UK trip this year was a lot of fun, especially when we all got together at Wakestock!

Worst injury?

ACL in 2010 and then meniscus one.. .

“ W h e n I ’ m h o m e I d o a b u n c h f o r S e S I t e c a n d

r e v I t a l I z e m y b o d y f r o m t h e t r I p S t h a t I j u S t c a m e f r o m”

“ W h e n I ’ m h o m e I d o a b u n c h f o r S e S I t e c a n d

r e v I t a l I z e m y b o d y f r o m t h e t r I p S t h a t I j u S t c a m e f r o m”

making it look too easy

making it look too easy

“ t h a t W a S I n S a n e . W I n n I n g I n f r o n t o f S o m a n y p e o p l e c h e e r I n g f o r y o u f e l t I n c r e d I b l e . ”

“ t h a t W a S I n S a n e . W I n n I n g I n f r o n t o f S o m a n y p e o p l e c h e e r I n g f o r y o u f e l t I n c r e d I b l e . ”

year af ter. Worst part about that is the deal ing with your head, t ry ing to not remember that .

Best win?

Wake the L ine 2011. That was insane. W inning in f ront of so many people cheer ing for you fe l t incredib le.

What inspires you the most?

I get a lot of inspi rat ion for r id ing f rom snowboarding and f rom looking at other wakeboarders and th ink ing about what I could do di fferent ly.

Where do you see wakeboarding in the future?

Wel l , an interest ing issue is i f i t might get into the Olympics. E i ther way, I th ink wakeboarding wi l l keep on growing a lot and there is st i l l a lot of potent ia l for more t r icks or gnar l ier ra i ls .

Hardest tr ick?

Actual ly I th ink Switch Back L ips are pretty hard somet imes. And of course, there is a lot of a i r t r icks that I can‘t do.

Final ly, you’re on a island, you have your board, a system 2.0 with obstacles, you can take 3 other objects, what are they?

One of the three th ings would be a love ly female, not say ing that I want to reduce women to objects. I would take my Sesi tec mult i tool and last ly a ton of books (count ing a ton as one object haha) to have something to do and th ink about.

I t ’s been a pleasure as always Nico, we hope to see you in the UK again soon!

I hope so too, rea l ly wanna come back asap!

departure 19:43until next time, Nico

Sam Carne clear for takeoff. Steezy does it. Photo: Jason Lee

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INTRODUCING

WAKESTOCK 2012, EUROPES LARGEST

WAKEBOARD MUSIC FESTIVAL. IF YOU DON’T

KNOW WHAT IT IS, YOU SHOULD. BIGGER

AND BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE, CARDIGAN

BAY, NORTH WALES WITNESSED SOME OF THE

FRESHEST MUSIC ACTS AND THE WORLDS

FINEST RIDERS. TAKE A LOOK AT OUR

ROUNDUP OF ONE EPIC WEEKEND.

Matt Crowhurst getting one of the sickest hits of the whole weekend.

Lior Sofer gets down & dirty for the crowd.

Dan Nott making easy work of the hand rail.

Ollie Moore breaking it down.

Steph Caller giving it some.

SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!

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