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You gotta fight, Wake to
for your right ... to skate!
Wake
Rolling down the street, you feel the pavement
crwnbling underneath the wheels of your board, and
the slight breeze as you, kick. Push. Kick. Push. The
curb approaches, and bam you kick flip onto it and Ever been to a
land smoothly, gliding down the rest of the sidewalk. wakeboarding
Tricks are where the thrill comes into skating. competition and
Kellen Vincent (12th Grade), "Skating is an art form, hear someone
every time I'm on my skate board, I paint a picture.
aren't literally
The skate club this year was aiming to bring the ;;~f~~~~~~~~~ii~ yell "duck!" They
skate boarders together, and learn new tricks, all talking about a
while setting a good example for the other students."
_____ .:_::2:~~~~~~~~B~~ live duck in the
L water. They're
Kellen Vincent (12) Above: Dakota Smith again when he first started out referring to the
wake boarding in the summer.
type of stance the wake
boarder's feet are in!
Duck: Sometimes called
Duck-stance or Duck-
foot, it's referring to put-
ting your front and back
binding at even angles
with your toes closer to
the nose and tail of the
board than your heels.
A popular sport in Lake
City, Dakota Smith (12th
grade) said, "I get the
biggest sensation and
feel of adrenaline when
I'm riding the water, it's
great."
Dakota Smith (12)
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