In all honesty this is my blog. I do it for fun and I love doing it because of the complete freedom I have. No one can tell me what to write about. I do whatever I want. I hope you guys like it. I enjoy doing it.
Very nice site, some cool stuff on it for sure. I think I’ve known you since you were around the size standing in front of the airplane. It is such a bummer to think how time flys by……sorry not trying to be a downer. Hope all is well these days, keep making the choices that people who take the easy path don’t make. See you soon my friend!
JB
Hey man. Been checking it out for a while now. Hope you’re doing well. I get a kick out of what you think sometimes. Anyway, nice to see your great parents on here. You’re right…kinda mean for him to make her sit in the back like that all the time. If I ever get a limo for anything…I would want Big Rick to be the driver for sure. He would take us so some cool places and be a riot to ride around with. How awesome would that be if he refused to take gas money like he used to. ha ha ha. Anyway, hope you’re doing well. Do you still have a copy of the Long Lake Mafia DVD? I lost mine, Luke lost the file and Justin can’t find his either. It would be cool to look back on that now and laugh. I watched your little video and remember the days man…destroying Cedar….I was old enough to buy beer and you were just hitting puberty. laughing again. Later.
Hey, i want your autograph bc ive been reading this blog so now i know all about you. How come your roommate doesn’t blog? Thast the only facet of your life that i feel a disconnect to?
Hey man, love the blog… it gives me a way to see how a pro wakeboarder lives (since everybody knows that wakeboarding is a lifestyle, not just being behind the boat). That’s something all of us riders out there aspire to be like…. NEVER FORGET HOW LUCKY YOU ARE TO GET PAID TO DO WHAT YOU LOVE! (and you kick ass at it, that helps)
Now, I have some questions:
-Where is your favorite place ever to ride?
-Where is your favorite place in Michigan to ride?
-Whats your favorite trick of yours to do? (not the hardest)
-Since your a pro wakeboarder, do you get a chance to wakeskate a lot, and do you like it as much??
hey man been reading your blog for 3-4 months now and it seems like youve got pretty much the same taste in music as me haha…so I thought u might appreciate this if you havent already bought it, Third Eye Blind just released their first album in over 6 years and it is greatness…a few good songs to ride to and a lot of other good ones as well…buy it/download it/steal it/pirate it and let me know what u think…
PS- Inglorious Basterds passed up pulp fiction on my list too! so rad haha
Your Dad owes me beer! I don’t know how he came in, and got out of town without handling a debt of extreme importance!! You tell him I am looking for him!
Hey I wanted to see if you would be interested in a reader giveaway for some Paul Rodriguez/Don Pendleton products affiliated with our Green Label Art: Shop Series program.
This giveaway and sweepstakes contest is pretty cool. It entails the Green Label Art: Shop Series that I wrote you about in June. We have a ton of products for the program and would love to send you some to do a giveaway with your readers, as well as a deck, wallet and t-shirts for yourself too.
I will attach some of the products we have for a possible giveaway, as well as some of the info I sent you at the end of June when the program launched. If you’re interested in doing something with the program and encouraging people to vote on the website, where there are even more giveaways as well as weekly trips to Dew Tour to win, I can send you a box of products next week.
Products we can send are:
• Plan B Skate Decks with Paul Rodriguez and Don Pendleton’s design included on the deck.
• Markissa wallets, also with Paul and Don’s design included
• T-shirts with the Rodriguez-Pendleton design collaboration as well
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sick blog dude, i read it everyday at work when i am bored.
Derek,
Very nice site, some cool stuff on it for sure. I think I’ve known you since you were around the size standing in front of the airplane. It is such a bummer to think how time flys by……sorry not trying to be a downer. Hope all is well these days, keep making the choices that people who take the easy path don’t make. See you soon my friend!
JB
Hey man. Been checking it out for a while now. Hope you’re doing well. I get a kick out of what you think sometimes. Anyway, nice to see your great parents on here. You’re right…kinda mean for him to make her sit in the back like that all the time. If I ever get a limo for anything…I would want Big Rick to be the driver for sure. He would take us so some cool places and be a riot to ride around with. How awesome would that be if he refused to take gas money like he used to. ha ha ha. Anyway, hope you’re doing well. Do you still have a copy of the Long Lake Mafia DVD? I lost mine, Luke lost the file and Justin can’t find his either. It would be cool to look back on that now and laugh. I watched your little video and remember the days man…destroying Cedar….I was old enough to buy beer and you were just hitting puberty. laughing again. Later.
MVL
Hey, i want your autograph bc ive been reading this blog so now i know all about you. How come your roommate doesn’t blog? Thast the only facet of your life that i feel a disconnect to?
HC
Hey man, love the blog… it gives me a way to see how a pro wakeboarder lives (since everybody knows that wakeboarding is a lifestyle, not just being behind the boat). That’s something all of us riders out there aspire to be like…. NEVER FORGET HOW LUCKY YOU ARE TO GET PAID TO DO WHAT YOU LOVE! (and you kick ass at it, that helps)
Now, I have some questions:
-Where is your favorite place ever to ride?
-Where is your favorite place in Michigan to ride?
-Whats your favorite trick of yours to do? (not the hardest)
-Since your a pro wakeboarder, do you get a chance to wakeskate a lot, and do you like it as much??
sick blog man… freedom to express what is coming to you in a creative burst is reflected well!
hey man been reading your blog for 3-4 months now and it seems like youve got pretty much the same taste in music as me haha…so I thought u might appreciate this if you havent already bought it, Third Eye Blind just released their first album in over 6 years and it is greatness…a few good songs to ride to and a lot of other good ones as well…buy it/download it/steal it/pirate it and let me know what u think…
PS- Inglorious Basterds passed up pulp fiction on my list too! so rad haha
Your Dad owes me beer! I don’t know how he came in, and got out of town without handling a debt of extreme importance!! You tell him I am looking for him!
Hey I wanted to see if you would be interested in a reader giveaway for some Paul Rodriguez/Don Pendleton products affiliated with our Green Label Art: Shop Series program.
This giveaway and sweepstakes contest is pretty cool. It entails the Green Label Art: Shop Series that I wrote you about in June. We have a ton of products for the program and would love to send you some to do a giveaway with your readers, as well as a deck, wallet and t-shirts for yourself too.
I will attach some of the products we have for a possible giveaway, as well as some of the info I sent you at the end of June when the program launched. If you’re interested in doing something with the program and encouraging people to vote on the website, where there are even more giveaways as well as weekly trips to Dew Tour to win, I can send you a box of products next week.
Products we can send are:
• Plan B Skate Decks with Paul Rodriguez and Don Pendleton’s design included on the deck.
• Markissa wallets, also with Paul and Don’s design included
• T-shirts with the Rodriguez-Pendleton design collaboration as well
Here are the details again on the program:
http://www.greenlabelart.com/shopseries.php
Great blog man! I check it daily and its always entertaining, but i haven’t seen any kiteboarding videos yet…
Its tons of fun, you can ride that CWB too.