Protest Cable Call 2011
Welcome to the PROTEST CABLE CALL 2011. This international wakeboard event took place on the 13th and 14th of August 2011 at the Down Under cableway, Nieuwegein. As a part of the WWA Wake Park World Series, the bestest of the best wakeboarders in the world showed off to impress the judges. You were invited to come hang out with your friends, check out the contest, have a bite and a drink, improve your dance moves at the party, win some goodies and get your board groceries at the shopping street. But unfortunately, the event is over. See you at the Protest Cable Call 2012!
Next Cable Call: August 25th and 26th 2012
Wakeboarders, grab your calendars (if you guys have any): on the 25th and 26th of August 2012 the Protest Cable Call is alive and kicking at Down Under, Nieuwegein. No calendar? No worries, we'll probably remind you about this in the upcoming months anyway.
Keep checking out this website, and don't forget to check out our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/protestcablecall
Protest Cable Call 2011 Recap
photo recap
We just uploaded a real nice photo recap of the weekend to our photo-gallery. Check it out over here.
DJ FRISS ON THE WHEELS OF STEEL
DJ FRISS was on the wheels of steel last weekend, we asked if he could show us a bit of his turntable-skills. And he could.
Happy Birthday Jeroen
The main man behind the scenes is Jeroen Beersmans. You might remember the interview we had with him. It's his birthday today. Congratulations!
Winning run Frederic von Osten
Freddy von Osten won the Protest Cable Call 2011, both Obstacles Only and Pro Men division. Take a look at his winning Pro Men run.
Party pics
The Cable Call party was banging! We've made a ton of photos that night and had to delete all the pictures that wouldn't make your parents proud. You can take a look at our gallery for a small selection of the best partypics, check out the Facebook page if you want to see all the pictures.
From now on it'll be all English again
Now that's a weird name for a post, isn't it? The Dutch part of the Protest Cable Call website was in English for a while, now we've switched it back. Click here if you like to read Dutch.
Protest Cable Call 2011 - Day 2
Check out this video report of the second day at the Protest Cable Call 2011.
More to come
The Protest Cable Call 2011 has now officially come to an end. It was awesome. But we've got still some more in store for you! The video update of day two and a video report of the whole weekend -both shot by Lieuwma Productions- will show up somewhere these days. So keep checking out the site or our Facebook page because you don't wanna miss out on the upcoming eyecandy.
Frederic von Osten wins Pro Men PCC 2011
Denise de Haan wins Pro Women at the PCC 2011
Andy Kolb wins Pro Wakeskate PCC 2011
Devi Sentrop wins Open Men PCC 2011
photo-contest
Congrats Ben Minderhoud and Paul Heijmink on winning a Protest Cable Call outfit with the photo's they sent us. Thanks, guys!
Tom Fooshee on his final run
Winners of the Protest Cable Call 2011
Clint Liddy on the mic
We had a short conversation with Clint Liddy, one of the two speakers at the Protest Cable Call.
Clint, what do you think of the past two days?
It was very well organised. Protest did an outstanding job putting an event like this together. The level of the riders was crazy, the conditions were good, there was a great crowd, working with Lorenzo which is always fun... it was really good! Too bad the sun only showed up at the end of the weekend, haha.
See you next year?
For sure! I'm already looking forward to it.
More words with Mike McComb
We spoke again with Mike McComb, head judge at the WWA. This time we spoke some more about the Cable Call.
So Mike, again, what do you think of the event?
The event was really good. I like how well organised the whole event was. The music, the party, it all contributes to the right atmosphere. It's professional, yet creates a good atmosphere that fits the wakeboard lifestyle.
You've been doing this work for eighteen years and counting. What developments do you see in the wakeboard scene?
We used to have no obstacles, haha! That's a development for sure. The skill level is is also growing and growing, wakeboarding is a young sport and you see it progressing every year. Tricks get more technical all the time, just like other sports like snowboarding or freestyle motorcross. You'll get the picture. We're now heading to Amsterdam with a lot of boarders to have a great time, so see you later!
Frederic von Osten on his final run
Daniel Grant on his final run
A few words with Mike McComb
Just after the Cable Call, we asked Mike McComb (chief judge at the WWA) for his comments on the event.
So Mike, what do you think of the event?
The event was really good.
Thanks for your answer. We'll catch up later!
Dominic Gührs on his final run
Frederic von Osten on the finals
Results are in
We've got all the results. Check them out!
PRO MEN
1. Frederic von Osten 96.50
2. Dominic Gührs 86.50
3. Daniel Grant 78.50
4. Tom Fooshee 68.00
5. Dec Clifford
5. Rocco van Straten
6. Mike Ketellapper
6. Felix Georgii
PRO WAKESKATE
1. Andy Kolb 73.33
2. Leo Labadens 63.33
3. Elias Erkan 55.00
4. Daniel Grant 46.67
5. Jan Kissman
5. Ollie Moore
6. Tim van Dortmont
6. Martin Scambora
OBSTACLES ONLY
1. Frederic von Osten 97.50
2. Felix Georgii 92.50
3. James Young 80.00
4. Dominic Gührs 35.00
5. Tom Fooshee
5. Felix Schneider
6. Daniel Grant
7. Dirk Gideonse
PRO WOMEN
1. Denise de Haan 95.00
2. Tor Young 92.50
3. Kirsteen Mitchell 80.00
4. Sophie Reimers 55.00
5. Chloe Goudie
5. Sophie Cordery
6. Cosima Giemza
7. Angelika Schriber
OPEN MEN
1. Devi Sentrop 98.00
2. Tommy Swaan 92.00
3. Jan Kerkhoven 78.50
4. Loic Girard 71.50
5. Andreas Voss
5. Adrian Abeck
6. Raoul Fakkert
6. Tim auf dem Graben
congrats, Jeroen v Wilgenburg
Jeroen v Wilgenburg just tweeted this photo and commented: It looks kinda painful, but the dude landed on his feet. With this tweet, he won himself a Protest Cable Call cap and tee. Congrats!
who's gonne win?
wakeskate finals
If you were here, you've seen it. If you weren't here, you just missed the finals wakeskate…
Tom Fooshee on his semi final run
Pro women finals report
Allright, this was a bit hectic and we couldn't write all tricks down, so sorry about that...
Finals Pro Women
1 Kirsteen Mitchell UK
Kirsteen fell in her run and picked up at the third turn. Tailpress, boardside backslide, frontflip, and fell again while doing an invert
2 Sophie Reimers GER
Front to blind, back mobe, front mobe, boardslide transfer (fall)
3 Tor Young UK
Heelside frontside 3, backside 1 to switch backside 1, roll to blind, boardslide and boardslide out, some inverts, blind judge, heelside frontside 3
4 Denise De Haan NL
Frontside 180, hoochie glide, roll to revert, transfer boardslide backside out and then she lost her fin! She had some problems with that earlier. She went through the course with her hand held high, so the judges could see there was a problem. Within 3 minutes the fin was repaired and she picked up where she left off: at the funbox. Raley frontside 1, back mobe, ollie to boardslide on the slider, blind judge, heelside frontside 3.
riding order pro men
1 Daniel Grant
2 Dominic Gührs
3 Frederic von Osten
4 Tom Foshee
Pro women finals report
Allright, this was a bit hectic and we couldn't write all tricks down, so sorry about that...
Finals Pro Women
1 Kirsteen Mitchell UK
Kirsteen fell in her run and picked up at the third turn. Tailpress, boardside backslide, frontflip, and fell again while doing an invert
2 Sophie Reimers GER
Front to blind, back mobe, front mobe, boardslide transfer (fall)
3 Tor Young UK
Heelside frontside 3, backside 1 to switch backside 1, roll to blind, boardslide and boardslide out, some inverts, blind judge, heelside frontside 3
4 Denise De Haan NL
Frontside 180, hoochie glide, roll to revert, transfer boardslide backside out and then she lost her fin! She had some problems with that earlier. She went through the course with her hand held high, so the judges could see there was a problem. Within 3 minutes the fin was repaired and she picked up where she left off: at the funbox. Raley frontside 1, back mobe, ollie to boardslide on the slider, blind judge, heelside frontside 3.
Rocco van Straten on his semi final run
Open men finals report
1 Jan Kerkhoven NL
Toeside frontside 5, blind judge, roll to blind, heelside transfer backlip 90 out, roll to revert, boardslide frontside out, backroll seatbelt grab, board 90 out, s-bend, heelside back 5.
2 Loic Girard FR
Heelside frontside 5, nuclear glide, roll to blind (fall), front board blind out, krypt, front board, mobe (fall)
3 Tommy Swaan NL
Frontflip to fakie off the dock, heelside backside 5, front to blind, backroll to blind, heelside transfer backlip 90 out, 360 tailpress frontside out over the straight bar, roll to revert, 270 on backside boardslide on the rooftop, blind judge, toeside 9 (fall)
4 Devi Sentrop NL
Heelside frontside 5, front to blind, blind judge, mobe, frontside 270 transfer 90 out, bel air, tail 180 out, frontflip, backside boardslide, roll to blind, heelside frontside 5.
Get you board groceries now
Today has been a great day so far, and the atmosphere at the shopping street is awesome. A lot of different brands are represented and everyone has got nice stuff in their tents. Check out all the brands who're represented at the shopping street here. We also had some interviews with Jobe and Teva, who are showcasing their newest stuff.
Meet Teva
Teva is all over the place here: they're one of the main sponsors of the Cable Call, well represented at the shopping street and they've got a Teva Blue Line Park (2.0 Cable System) at Down Under. We had a little chat with Ella Oesterholt about Teva and their new line of wakeskate shoes.
Ella, how are you doing?
Hi! I'm doing super good, there's a good atmosphere here at the shopping street. A lot of people are very stoked about the new collection, so we're really happy about that. I feel like I'm Living Better Stories here, haha!
What's up with all the new Teva products that have been coming out lately?
We've developed the Gnarkosi shoe, fully focused on wakeskating. Up till now, the wakeskaters were wearing their old sneakers when they went wakeskating, and we wanted to build a very technical wakeskate shoe. We decided to provide them with the best shoes we could give them. The roots of Teva are to be found in water and watersports ever since it started so it's in our genes, basically.
Tell us a bit about the Teva Blue Line Park Wake Playground that's located next to the cable here at Down Under. Are riders stoked about it?
It's like a cableway, but instead of having four or five corners, it's just one line and you go back and forth. We've got a lot of obstacles: a straight bar, uprail and a spine kicker. We're very happy to say we've got the first quarterpipe in Europe! We've been testing it and it's awesome, riders have to get used to it but when they do, they're loving it! The official announcement about the quarter pipe will be done tomorrow, so please don't tell anyone... and book the 2.0 system while it's not fully booked!
Then we ran off to book the 2.0 cable system for the coming weeks...
Pro Men Wakeskate Finals riding order
Riding Order FINALS
Professional WakeSkate
1 Andy Kolb GER
2 Daniel Grant THI
3 Elias Erkan GER
4 Leo Labadens FR
Pro Men Wakeskate Semi Finals results
Top 2 Riders advance to next round
Professional WakeSkate - Semi Finals Heat 01
1 Elias Erkan GER 76.67
2 Andy Kolb GER 66.67
3 Jan Kissman GER 53.33
4 Tim Van Dortmont NL 30.00
Professional WakeSkate - Semi Finals Heat 02
1 Leo Labadens FR 70.00
2 Daniel Grant THI 60.00
3 Ollie Moore UK 46.67
4 Martin Scambora SLO 20.00
Obstacles Only Semi Finals results
Top 2 Riders advance to next round
Obstacles Jam - Semi Finals Heat 01
1 Felix Georgii DE 92.50
2 Dominic Guehrs GER 85.00
3 Tom Fooshee USA 85.00
4 Daniel Grant THI 77.50
Obstacles Jam - Semi Finals Heat 02
1 Frederic von Osten DE 100.00
2 James Young UK 90.00
3 Felix Schneider DE 80.00
4 Dirk Gideonse NL 70.00
Rocco van Straten on his quarter final run
Local Down Under rider Rocco van Straten just finished his quarter final run. Let's see what he has to say about that.
boardforce interviews
Nelly Mance at boardforce just interviewed Sjors van de Kerkhof and Chloe Goudie. Check it out!
remaining sunday schedule
13:30 – 15:00 Semi-Finals Pro Men
Semi Finals Heat #: 01
1 Felix Georgii GER
2 Rocco Van Straten NL
3 Dominic Guehrs Germany
4 Frederic Von Osten GER
Semi Finals Heat #: 02
1 Mike Ketellapper NL
2 Daniel Grant THI
3 Dec Clifford UK
4 Tom Fooshee USA
15:00 – 15:30 Finals Open Men
1 Jan Kerkhoven NL
2 Loic Girard FR
3 Tommy Swaan NL
4 Devi Sentrop NL
15:30 – 16:00 Finals Pro Women
1 Kirsteen Mitchell UK
2 Sophie Reimers GER
3 Tor Young UK
4 Denise De Haan NL
16:00 – 16:15 Finals Obstacles Only
16:15 – 16:45 Finals Pro Men Wakeskate
16:45 – 17:45 Finals Pro Men
18:00 – ??:?? Prize Giving Ceremony
riding order pro men semi-finals
1:30PM
Men's Professional
Semi Finals Heat #: 01
1 Felix Georgii GER
2 Rocco Van Straten NL
3 Dominic Guehrs Germany
4 Frederic Von Osten GER
Men's Professional
Semi Finals Heat #: 02
1 Mike Ketellapper NL
2 Daniel Grant THI
3 Dec Clifford UK
4 Tom Fooshee USA
pro men quarter finals results
Top 2 Riders advance to next round
Men's Professional - Quarter Finals Heat 01
1 Dec Clifford UK 96.50
2 Daniel Grant THI 88.00
3 Sjors Van De Kerkhof NL 80.50 (see the vid below)
4 Lior Sofer ISR 75.00
Men's Professional - Quarter Finals Heat 02
1 Dominic Guehrs GER 93.00
2 Rocco Van Straten NL 90.50
3 James Young UK 85.00
4 Tom Van Der Kerkhof NL 71.50
Men's Professional - Quarter Finals Heat 03
1 Frederic Von Osten GER 96.00
2 Mike Ketellapper NL 88.50
3 Steffen Vollert GER 85.50
4 Rene Konrad GER 70.00
Men's Professional - Quarter Finals Heat 04
1 Tom Fooshee USA 95.50
2 Felix Georgii GER 89.50
3 Freddy Carter UK 85.00
4 Bence Bodnar HU 59.50
winner nelly
Nelly Mance just sent us some photo's for the photo-contest and won two Protest Cable Call outfits! Way to go! CONGRATS!
first on the water
We think it's Elias Erkan, but please correct us if we're wrong…
Protest Cable Call 2011 - Day 1
We've got a fresh new video for you! Protest Cable Call 2011 Day 1. Just click play.
Nusport interview with Denise de Haan
Our friends at Nusport.nl have written a nice article about Denise de Haan. She's on top of her game, good luck in the finals!
Rocco needs his cable call
Rocco has been partying and is in need of a cable call. According to the schedule, he should be on his board at 11:30. Who is going to wake that boy up?
Our friends at Trick On get Spanish
Hola supermercado! Telebancos por aqui? Trick On has made a nice report in Spanish. We don't understand a word about it, but we're pretty stoked about it. So check out their report and take a look at their photos.
Good morning sir
No-one who was at the party last night will probably read this, since they're all a bit hung-over. But good morning folks! Currently we're filling up the lake with fresh new water from the sky, because the riders really ripped it up yesterday. We've ordered lots of sun today, and it should be arriving around 12 o'clock. So we'll see you at noon.
Paul Heijmink, THANKS!
Paul Heijmink from Houten just emailed us some really nice shots, thanks for that, Paul!
Tom Fooshee on his qualifying run
After his qualifying run, we spoke to Tom Fooshee. He's keeping his fingers crossed! We hope he can hold the handle bar while doing that, that would be awesome.
revised sunday schedule
10:00 – 11:30 Free practice for competitors
11:30 – 12:30 Quarter Finals Pro Men
Quarter Finals Heat #: 01
1 Dec Clifford UK
2 Sjors Van De Kerkhof NL
3 Daniel Grant THI
4 Lior Sofer ISR
Quarter Finals Heat #: 02
1 Tom Van Der Kerkhof NL
2 James Young UK
3 Rocco Van Straten NL
4 Dominic Guehrs GER
Quarter Finals Heat #: 03
1 Steffen Vollert GER
2 Mike Ketellapper NL
3 Rene Konrad GER
4 Frederic Von Osten GER
Quarter Finals Heat #: 04
1 Bence Bodnar HU
2 Felix Georgii GER
3 Freddy Carter UK
4 Tom Fooshee USA
12:30 – 13:00 Semi-Finals Obstacles Only
Semi Finals Heat #: 01
1 Tom Fooshee USA
2 Dominic Guehrs GER
3 Felix Georgii GER
4 Daniel Grant THI
Semi Finals Heat #: 02
1 Dirk Gideonse NL
2 Felix Schneider GER
3 James Young UK
4 Frederic von Osten GER
13:00 – 13:30 Semi-Finals Pro Men Wakeskate
Semi Finals Heat #: 01
1 Tim Van Dortmont NL
2 Elias Erkan GER
3 Andy Kolb GER
4 Jan Kissman GER
Professional WakeSkate
Semi Finals Heat #: 02
1 Ollie Moore UK
2 Leo Labadens France
3 Martin Scambora Slovakia
4 Daniel Grant Thailand
13:30 – 15:00 Semi-Finals Pro Men
15:00 – 15:30 Finals Open Men
1 Jan Kerkhoven NL
2 Loic Girard FR
3 Tommy Swaan NL
4 Devi Sentrop NL
15:30 – 16:00 Finals Pro Women
1 Kirsteen Mitchell UK
2 Sophie Reimers GER
3 Tor Young UK
4 Denise De Haan NL
16:00 – 16:15 Finals Obstacles Only
16:15 – 16:45 Finals Pro Men Wakeskate
16:45 – 17:45 Finals Pro Men
18:00 – ??:?? Prize Giving Ceremony
More Maxine at Nusport.nl
Our buddies at Nusport had a nice interview with Maxine Sapulette. Check it out now, funksoul brother!
riding order wakeskate semi's
Semi Finals Heat #: 01
1 Tim Van Dortmont NL
2 Elias Erkan GER
3 Andy Kolb GER
4 Jan Kissman GER
Semi Finals Heat #: 02
1 Ollie Moore UK
2 Leo Labadens France
3 Martin Scambora Slovakia
4 Daniel Grant Thailand
obstacles jam Riding order semi finals
Semi Finals Heat #: 01
1 Tom Fooshee USA
2 Dominic Guehrs GER
3 Felix Georgii GER
4 Daniel Grant THI
Semi Finals Heat #: 02
1 Dirk Gideonse NL
2 Felix Schneider GER
3 James Young UK
4 Frederic von Osten GER
Riding order pro men quarters
Men's Professional SUNDAY
Quarter Finals Heat #: 01
1 Dec Clifford UK
2 Sjors Van De Kerkhof NL
3 Daniel Grant THI
4 Lior Sofer ISR
Quarter Finals Heat #: 02
1 Tom Van Der Kerkhof NL
2 James Young UK
3 Rocco Van Straten NL
4 Dominic Guehrs GER
Quarter Finals Heat #: 03
1 Steffen Vollert GER
2 Mike Ketellapper NL
3 Rene Konrad GER
4 Frederic Von Osten GER
Quarter Finals Heat #: 04
1 Bence Bodnar HU
2 Felix Georgii GER
3 Freddy Carter UK
4 Tom Fooshee USA
riding order open men finals
OPEN MENS Finals SUNDAY
1 Jan Kerkhoven NL
2 Loic Girard FR
3 Tommy Swaan NL
4 Devi Sentrop NL
riding order pro women finals
Women's Professional Finals
1 Kirsteen Mitchell UK
2 Sophie Reimers GER
3 Tor Young UK
4 Denise De Haan NL
Sjors on his qualifying run
We talked to Sjors after his run, that ended up as his qualification run (so not his quarters, nor his semi's)
Jobe at the shopping street
Who's at the shopping street? Jobe's there! We had a chat with Henk van der Werf about the Cable Call, Jobe and the future of Jobe.
Hi Henk!
Hey guys, what's up? Enjoying the event?
Yes we are. Busy with all sorts of things... filming, blogging, interviewing, that kind of stuff. Err, wait. We're doing this backwards. We were supposed to interview you. What's up?
Yeah I'm good! It's very nice to be here at the Cable Call again. Lots of friendly people, lots of good brands at the shopping street. I like the way Protest improved the event this year by putting the shopping street on the far end of the lake, that's awesome. We have a lot of space, people are relaxing on this side of the lake, the view on the course is great. The only thing you can't control is the weather, all the rest has been taken care of by Protest. Holland may be proud of having an event like this. And we're proud of being one of the biggest partners!
I bet you're proud of the developments at Jobe, too! Tell us a bit about that.
We used to import JStar which are very technical boards, that was our high-end line. Jobe was the name for our standard line, which is more for mainstream wakeboarders. The brand JStar has come to an end, we're filling up the space they left behind by putting both lines together. We'll put it all out under one brand, Jobe. We're very stoked about our new products, because we've massively invested in our boards and bindings. The bindings have raised heel support, stronger eyelets, flex zones on the bindings, better overlays and a lot more improvements. In short, our products are more durable and they look a lot better, haha. We decided to create the best binding we can, so Jobe can get on top of the game in the wakeboard industry. And when you got Maxine, Sjors, Austin, Christian and other great riders in your team, we can be nothing but confident about that.
Chloe Goudie on her semi final run
Chloe Goudie talks about her semi final run at the Protest Cable Call. Oh, we're really sorry about the dude screaming in the background…
pro men qualifications
RESULTS QUALI’S PRO MEN
Top 2 Riders advance to next round
Men's Professional - Qualifying Round Heat 01
1 Rocco Van Straten NL 100.00
2 Bence Bodnar HU 85.00
3 Anthony Van der Wekken NL 83.50
4 Arne Van den Brink NL 71.50
Men's Professional - Qualifying Round Heat 02
1 Freddy Carter UK 92.00
2 Felix Georgii GER 86.50
3 Andreas Kjaergaard DK 82.50
4 Julian Cohen USA 73.00
5 Felix Schneider DE 66.00
Men's Professional - Qualifying Round Heat 03
1 Daniel Grant THI 98.50
2 Mike Ketellapper NL 91.50
3 Cain Hamilton UK 80.00
4 Austin Hair USA 70.00
5 Idan Mizrahi IS 60.00
Men's Professional - Qualifying Round Heat 04
1 Rene Konrad GER 97.00
2 Steffen Vollert GER 91.50
3 Matty Hasler AUS 74.50
4 Michael Nieuwerf NL 70.50
5 Moty Levi ISR 66.50
Men's Professional - Qualifying Round Heat 05
1 Lior Sofer ISR 95.00
2 James Young UK 89.00
3 Mike Ruttkowski DE 81.00
4 Martijn Hoogeveen NL 71.00
5 Mike Hilgers DE 55.00
Men's Professional - Qualifying Round Heat 06
1 Dominic Guehrs GER 100.00
2 Sjors Van De Kerkhof NL 90.00
3 Ricky Lukassen NL 76.00
4 Michael Timmers NL 74.00
5 Nick Hunting NL 48.00
Men's Professional - Qualifying Round Heat 07
1 Frederic Von Osten GER 100.00
2 Tom Van Der Kerkhof NL 83.00
3 Efi Levi ISR 82.00
4 Felix Maatman NL 71.00
5 Simon Overgaard RasmussenDK 64.00
Men's Professional - Qualifying Round Heat 08
1 Tom Fooshee USA 97.00
2 Dec Clifford UK 90.00
3 David Bittner DE 76.50
4 Ethan Aguis AUS 76.50
5 Rens Cosijn NL 60.00
peer just had dinner
Peer just had dinner and he really wanted us to share it with you guys. Well done Peer, good job boy.
waiting for some results
We just had the qualifications of the pro men and we're all very curious to see the results… Just waiting for the guys at the WWA to clear this, so we can post it for all you on-liners out there!
win #cablecall photo
In the hearts of everyone lies a photographer, or at least; in the hands of everyone lies a photocamera. On Saturday and Sunday (today and tomorrow) you can take your pictures. Please tweet your most beautiful, funniest, best, most tough ass photo of the Protest Cable Call. The best shots will be richly rewarded: We're giving away a clinic with protest rider Sjors van de Kerkhof and some really nice Protest Cable Call outfits (a limited edition cap and tee) Just don't forget the #cablecall tag!
If you don't have Twitter, are not to keen on social-media or just don't want to tweet, you're also free to email us your photo's through win@protestcablecall.com.
Protest Cable Call 2011 – Meet the maker
Nusport.nl interview with Daniel Grant
The crew of the Dutch news site Nusport.nl had a nice interview with Daniel Grant. A short story about Holland, the event and rain. Check it out here.
joke of the day
Rocco van Straten on his qualifying run
Weather forecast for Sunday
Thanks to Paddy who dropped this on Facebook! In the evening, make sure you get a roof over your head or put on your Protest Gore-tex jacket, because there will be some drips from the sky. Won't be a lot though.
Sunday night there will be some heavy rain unfortunately, but after ten o'clock the sky will clear up. Towards the end of the afternoon there might be some sun! Let's (s)pray!
RESULTS OBSTACLES ONLY quarters
RESULTS OBSTACLES ONLY QUARTERS
Top 2 Riders advance to next round
Obstacles Jam - Quarter Finals Heat 01
1 James Young UK 92.50
2 Dominic Guehrs GER 90.00
3 Steffen Vollert GER 87.50
Obstacles Jam - Quarter Finals Heat 02
1 Frederic von Osten GER 95.00
2 Tom Fooshee USA 90.00
3 Julian Cohen USA 45.00
Obstacles Jam - Quarter Finals Heat 03
1 Felix Georgii DE 100.00
2 Felix Schneider DE 90.00
3 Aston Egelmeers NL 80.00
Obstacles Jam - Quarter Finals Heat 04
1 Daniel Grant THI 97.50
2 Dirk Gideonse NL 92.50
3 CK Koester UK 40.00
results open men semi-finals
RESULTS OPEN MEN SEMI - FINALS
Top 2 Riders advance to next round
OPEN Mens - Semi Finals Heat 01
1 Devi Sentrop NL 95.50
2 Loic Girard FR 87.00
3 Adrian Abeck DE 86.00
4 Raoul Fakkert NL 71.50
OPEN Mens - Semi Finals Heat 02
1 Tommy Swaan NL 97.50
2 Jan Kerkhoven NL 91.00
3 Andreas Voss GER 79.50
4 Tim Auf dem Graben GER 61.50
Martijn and Mees
At the Cable Call, all sorts of people are walking around. We bumped into Martijn Oostdijk -event manager at the Dutch Ski Federation- and his son Mees, they were having a pretty good time at the shopping street.
Hi guys! What's up?
Mees: Good! I've been riding on the electroskate, which is a motorised mountainboard. That was fun! And have done a lot of fun stuff at the shopping street. I even won this cap so it's great! The only thing that I don't like is that I can't wakeboard now myself, when I see all those good riders I want to hit the water myself!
Maybe in a few years there'll be a grommet section for you. Martijn, you've organised multiple Dutch Championships in skiing and snowboarding. What do you think of the event so far?
The event is set up really nice, Down Under is a perfect location for it. They're making good use of the space available, as you can see with the placement of the shopping street, the beach, the party tent, everything. It's like this place was made for an event like this. There's also a lot to do for everyone, it's a great event even when you're not that hardcore incrowd in the board scene. That makes this an event for everyone.
You're well involved with the Dutch snowboard scene. Do you see the same vibe in the wakeboard scene?
I see that wakeboarding attracts a lot of boardminded people. It's a nice scene, a lot of people, a really good atmosphere. I like it a lot. Like in freestyle snowboarding, the riders are really supporting each other, instead of being really competitive they're hyping each other up and having them push their boundaries. They're helping each other to overcome their obstacles, haha!
At that time Mees attacked his dad and threw him to the ground, because Mees was in serious need of a Cornetto icecream. End of interview.
RESULTS PRO WOMEN SEMI-FINALS
RESULTS PRO WOMEN SEMI - FINALS
Top 2 Riders advance to next finals (sunday)
Women's Professional - Semi Finals Heat 01
1 Denise De Haan NL 97.00
2 Kirsteen Mitchell UK 85.00
3 Chloe Goudie UK 82.50
4 Cosima Giemza GER 75.50
Women's Professional - Semi Finals Heat 02
1 Tor Young UK 98.00
2 Sophie Reimers GER 92.00
3 Sophie Cordery UK 80.00
4 Angelika Schriber AUS 59.50
it's cold at the cable call
rain
oh shit it's raining a bit
results wakeskate quarters
RESULTS WAKESKATE PRO MEN
Top 2 Riders advance to next round
Professional WakeSkate - Quarter Finals Heat 01
1 Martin Scambora SLO 78.33
2 Ollie Moore UK 71.67
3 James Harrington UK 45.00
4 Geert Nielen NL 21.67
Professional WakeSkate - Quarter Finals Heat 02
1 Andy Kolb Germany 86.67
2 Leo Labadens France 60.00
3 Tim Schwiertz DE 43.33
Professional WakeSkate - Quarter Finals Heat 03
1 Jan Kissman Germany 86.67
2 Tim Van Dortmont NL 46.67
3 Diederick Stellweg NL 20.00
Professional WakeSkate - Quarter Finals Heat 04
1 Daniel Grant Thai 80.00
2 Elias Erkan DE 66.67
3 Kevin Cobb AUS 43.33
Boardforce facebook photos
Lovely Nelly Mance (boardforce) just uploaded some really nice photo's of the wakeskate quarter finals to the boardforce facebook page.
tom fooshee wakeskate judge
PHOTO CONTEST! #CABLECALL
In the hearts of everyone lies a photographer, or at least; in the hands of everyone lies a photocamera. On Saturday and Sunday (today and tomorrow) you can take your pictures. Please tweet your most beautiful, funniest, best, most tough ass photo of the Protest Cable Call. The best shots will be richly rewarded. Just don't forget the #cablecall tag!
If you don't have Twitter, are not to keen on social-media or just don't want to tweet, you're also free to email us your photo's through win@protestcablecall.com.
Just so you know; this contest goes on 'till Sunday night 00:00. All photos submitted by then will be seen, maybe posted and hopefully rewarded.
results obstacles only jam
RESULTS OBSTACLES JAM
Top 2 Riders advance to next round
Obstacles Jam - Qualifying Round Heat 01
1 Steffen Vollert DE 97.50
2 Daniel Grant THI 92.50
3 Sjors van de Kerkhof NL 77.50
4 Devi Sentrop NL 72.50
Obstacles Jam - Qualifying Round Heat 02
1 Dominic Guehrs GER 92.50
2 Dirk Gideonse NL 87.50
3 Daan Rigter NL 82.50
4 Ricky Lukassen NL 77.50
Obstacles Jam - Qualifying Round Heat 03
1 CK Koester UK 97.50
2 James Young UK 87.50
3 Miles Toller DE 85.00
4 Elke Venken BE 70.00
Obstacles Jam - Qualifying Round Heat 04
1 Tom Fooshee USA 97.50
2 Felix Georgii DE 87.50
3 Austin Hair USA 82.50
4 Michael Nieuwerk NL 72.50
Obstacles Jam - Qualifying Round Heat 05
1 Felix Schneider DE 95.00
2 Aston Egelmeers NL 87.50
3 Maurice Prior DE 85.00
4 Alexander Kaiser DK 72.50
Obstacles Jam - Qualifying Round Heat 06
1 Frederic von Osten DE 97.50
2 Julian Cohen USA 90.00
3 Anthony van der Wekken NL 82.50
4 Shafik Haas NL 70.00
Rocco van Straten in the after-morning
We talked to local rider Rocco van Straten about his season and this competition at his home cable in Nieuwegein
winners 'attend fo' real'
at one o'clock, there was a stampede of protest fans at the merchandise stand to get their hands on one of those cool Protest Cable Call outfits. Here's a photo of the 20 happy winners.
teva darkroom
We found this shack next to the tent where Q the party is gonne be tonight. We were wondering what it was… seems to be photobooth where you can make a photo and have it uploaded to facebook directly. Should be fun at the end of the party…
RESULTS OBSTACLES ONLY JAM heat 1–4
Top two riders advance to semi's
Two more heats to go…
Obstacles Jam - Qualifying Round Heat 01
1 Steffen Vollert DE 97.50
2 Daniel Grant THI 92.50
3 Sjors van de Kerkhof NL 77.50
4 Devi Sentrop NL 72.50
Obstacles Jam - Qualifying Round Heat 02
1 Dominic Guehrs GER 92.50
2 Dirk Gideonse NL 87.50
3 Daan Rigter NL 82.50
4 Ricky Lukassen NL 77.50
Obstacles Jam - Qualifying Round Heat 03
1 CK Koester UK 97.50
2 James Young UK 87.50
3 Miles Toller DE 85.00
4 Elke Venken BE 70.00
Obstacles Jam - Qualifying Round Heat 04
1 Tom Fooshee USA 97.50
2 Felix Georgii DE 87.50
3 Austin Hair USA 82.50
4 Michael Nieuwerk NL 72.50
Heat 5&6 are not in yet…
results pro women quarter finals
Top 2 Riders advance to next round !
Women's Professional - Quarter Finals Heat 01
1 Chloe Goudie UK 97.50
2 Cosima Giemza GER 92.50
3 Veerle Meijer NL 80.00
Women's Professional - Quarter Finals Heat 02
1 Tor Young UK 98.00
2 Angelika Schriber AUS 92.00
3 Alizee Brion FR 64.00
Women's Professional - Quarter Finals Heat 03
1 Denise De Haan NL 97.00
2 Sophie Cordery UK 90.00
3 Elke Venken BE 83.00
Women's Professional - Quarter Finals Heat 04
1 Sophie Reimers GER 98.00
2 Kirsteen Mitchell UK 92.00
3 Sandner Mari DE DQ
results open men
RESULTS OPEN MEN
Top 2 Riders advance to next round
OPEN MENS - Quarter Finals Heat 01
1 Raoul Fakkert NL 95.50
2 Jan Kerkhoven NL 85.50
3 Maurice JP Jaschke DE 83.50
4 Tom Schneorson ISR 70.50
5 Jeroen Van Vliet NL 65.00
OPEN Mens - Quarter Finals Heat 02
1 Tim Auf dem Graben DE 100.00
2 Tommy Swaan NL 88.50
3 Ferdy Van Rijswijk NL 81.50
4 Patrick Rapis NL 61.50
5 Murathan Ucar TUR 59.50
OPEN Mens - Quarter Finals Heat 03
1 Andreas Voss GER 93.50
2 Devi Sentrop NL 93.50
3 Twan Hendrix NL 77.50
4 Kevin Mevissen NL 68.00
5 Maurice Prior DE 67.50
OPEN Mens - Quarter Finals Heat 04
1 Loic Girard France 94.50
2 Adrian Abeck DE 91.50
3 Bart Hendrix NL 84.00
4 Bram Hoogenkamp NL 70.00
5 Malte Madsen DK 48.00
Chloe Goudie after her quali's
We spoke to Chloe again after her quarter final run at the Pro Women category, let's hear what she has to say about it!
Chloe Goudie, what's up?
We had a short chat with Chloe Goudie, one of the Protest riders competing at the Cable Call in the Pro Women division.
DJ Friss in the house!
We hope you're here to enjoy the event, so you notice the good music pumping out of the speakers. DJ Friss is providing everyone with fresh beats and catchy songs. He's main DJ of the Dutch upcoming rapper Kraantje Pappie, and has a masters degree at the University of Turntablism.
Hey Friss, what's up?
Hi! Yeah, I'm good. It's a bit early though, but it's nice here.
Let's get straight to your profession, turntablism. The art of scratching, dj-ing and mixing. What about turntablism in Holland?
Well, turntablism in Holland is on it's return. Not only in Holland, but worldwide. There are not a lot of people starting in turntablism these days, and the number of contests has decreased dramatically. Some time ago I enrolled in an online competition, kind of the Turntablism World Championships, and ended up in the finals! Check out the 6-minute routine here. I hope these competitions will give turntablism worldwide a new boost.
You're also well connected with Dutch hiphop label Noah's Ark, and are the live-DJ for rapper Kraantje Pappie. What kind of things you find important for DJ's who are performing with other artists?
I think it's important that the rapper leaves enough room for the DJ to do his thing. Sometimes you want to go out and freestyle, and the rapper has to kinda feel you and go with the flow when you do. And the DJ has to be sharp of course, on-point, skillful and have mastered the art of scratch. Until today, I think I'm doing a pretty good job at that, haha! Well, I have to fade out this beat and mix in a new one, so move!
BoardForce update with some pictures
Our good friends at BoardForce.net had a day full of dangers yesterday in Amsterdam. Check this BoardForce update!
Open Men just started
Just now, the Open Men category has kicked off the Protest Cable Call! We'll keep you posted.
Riderslist pdf available
Want to know when your favorite rider hits the water? Check out the starting order here.
Sjors van de Kerkhof in the Morning
We just had a little chat with Sjors van de Kerkhof
Riderslist ready
We've got a riderslist for you! All categories are there, Pro Men, Open Men, Pro Women, Obstacles Only, Pro Wakeskate... As soon as we get the digital version we'll post it, but for now you have to check out the gallery.
English only
To keep everyone updated to the minute, we're only posting in English from now on. So for you English people, nothing will change a lot. So stop reading now.
Stop reading! NOW!
and the first rider on the water is
Aston Egelmeers
open for subscriptions
All the riders that couldn't make it yesterday, the infostand is open for subscriptions again.
Good morning sir
Take a look at the picture. Now back to me. Take a look at the fatboys. Now back to me. Unfortunately, you're not here. But you could be here. So get your butt out of bed, hop onto your bike or into your car, and get to Down Under! Make sure that lonely sleeper in the fatboys gets some company!
water looks nice, too bad its 2 in the morning
Click here for better wakeboardskills
You didn't think for a second we could give you better wakeboardskills, simply by visiting this site? Get your head straight and your feet on the water!
But now we've got your attention: during this Saturday and Sunday we'll provide you with the latest and greatest news from the Protest Cable Call. Expect short clips of the wakeboard runs, interviews with the riders, pictures of the event, latest info, all kinds of stuff. So hold your smartphone tight when you're at Down Under with us, or refresh your computer screen every five minutes when you have to be at home or work!
We're getting ready! Are you?
Friday has arrived and the Protest Cable Call crew is working to get everything in place for tomorrow. The press is taking their first pictures, the plasma screen is set up, the cooks are mise-en-plac'ing their butts off... and the riders are having a good time on the water. Take a look at the pictures in the gallery to see what's happened this Friday.
PHOTO CONTEST! #cablecall
This is a call to all photographers out here at Down Under; Make sure to tweet your sickest, funniest, biggest, craziest or weirdest photos of the Protest Cable Call, including a #cablecall tag. The best photos will be richly rewarded.
Just so you know, you have 'till Sunday night 00:00 to tweet your photo's. Also, if you don't feel like tweeting, you can just email us through win@protestcablecall.com.
Check out the contest here.
change of schedule
The schedule for Saturday just changed! The biggest change is that what used to be the qualifications for the Open Men, Wakeskate and Pro Women just became their Quarters.
Here's the new schedule:
Saturday August 13th
09.00 – 11.00 Free Practice for competitors
11.00 – 13.00 Quarter Finals Open Men & Pro Women
13.00 – 14.00 Qualifying Round Obstacles Only
14.00 – 15.00 Quarter Finals Pro Men Wakeskate
15.00 – 16.00 Quarter Finals Obstacles Only
16.00 – 17.00 Semi – Finals Open Men & Pro Women
17.00 – 18.30 Qualifying round Pro Men
18.30 – 19.00 Quarter Finals Pro Men
20.00 – wasted Party like crazy
Meet Nick Davies, last year’s runner up
At the Cable Call 2010, Nick Davies ended up second in the category Pro Men. He’s currently injured and can’t compete, but we flew over to England and sat down to talk about his injury, the new binding system, the road to recovery and the lessons learned.
Hey Nick! Last year you ended up at the second place at the Protest Cable Call. And had us discover your singing skills at the prize giving ceremony by singing a tribute to the plasma screen. Unfortunately, you messed up your knee last season. You've probably told this story a thousand times, sorry about asking you again, but could you tell us what happened?
Hey man! Yeah last year was a great event! The riding was sick and the cable and obstacles was good fun too! And the parties, haha! From last year October I torn my ACL in my left knee in Dubai while doing an innovational double Oakley contest, I was trying a double tantrum wake 2 wake and just came out short. It cased the top wake -landing on the peak of the wave- leaving my knee all tucked up and compressed, I felt it go straight away, I straightened my leg and I felt it all crack and pop back in to place! Was not fun, but now back to recovery and its coming along amazing, and nearly back on the water.
Good to hear you’ll be back on the water soon. Your injury started a discussion in the wakeboard community about the safety of the new binding system, a snowboard binding-like setup with an inner and outer shoe. Those sort of bindings can be strapped tighter than traditional bindings, but they seem to be less likely to come off your feet when you've crashed. What is your view on the discussion and the new binding system?
It had nothing to do with the boots I had on, it would have been the same if someone did it on a wakeskate, it was just a weird landing and casing the top wake is never good. The new Hyperlite system is by far the coolest and best fitting boot out there and is 100% the future, for the cable they’re perfect and great for walking back to the dock, comfort and support, I'll be using these from now on.
Thanks for clearing that up. When wakeboarding is your life, having an injury like that must be devastating. How did you cope with that?
It was hard for me to take it all in, soon as I did it, everything flashed in front of me, from years of riding and how lucky I have been, right there and then I was stunned and realized this is a year out and I need to think what to do. I had to stay positive and take everything one step at a time and I'll be back on the water in no time, never rushed any of it.
As you said you're on the road to recovery now. What are you doing these days to get your knee back into shape?
I've been training pretty much every day since January after my operation, been seeing my Physio every other week and doing lots of treatment on my knee. It’s been a lot of hard work, but now it’s paying off! I’ve been doing a lot of gym upper and lower body, so now I'm feeling even better than I was before I finished wakeboarding! So it’s fresh and I'm excited!
Have you been looking differently at life and wakeboarding after you got injured?
I see a lot of things different and in a way its good I've had this happen to me, I need a break to sort my riding out and push me a lot more, so now I'm fresh minded and can’t wait to ride and learn lots of new stuff! Also I’m going to do things different, look after my body a lot more and make sure I'm on top of things and never rushed!
Good to see you’ve learned valuable lessons from it and are looking forward to the future with such a positive attitude! How do you see the future?
This week I’m waiting for my knee brace to be fitted, then I can start wakeboarding again! I will start slowly and start learning all the basics again, take it one step at a time, and I'll be back doing contests in no time. I'll be heading away for the winter training somewhere and will make 2012 my come back year and start doing all the tours and events over the world, I want to retain my World Champion title again for next year! That is my goal.
Will we see you around at the Protest Cable Call this year?
I would love to be able to come over this year, but I still have a lot of things going on right now and need to be on top of it all before I start riding again. I wish you all a great event, just like last year, and can’t wait to see you all in the future! Thanks again and all the best!
Don't forget to win
So you missed out on our first Facebook giveaway session. No worries. We've already got something else in place. As we've said before, we'll be giving away 20 sets of limited edition Protest Cable Call outfits, containing a Protest Cable Call cap and a Protest Cable Call t-shirt.
To claim these golden goodies, make sure you're attending the event we created on Facebook. AND attend the real deal at Down Under this Saturday! There, at 13:00, the first 20 people to get to our PCC-merchandising tent in the shoppingstreet (and who are attending our event through Facebook) will get one of these outfit sets! Now isn't that great? See you there!
The sun is coming!
But we don't know when exactly the sun shows up. Our very own weatherman Paddy has got some more info.
This Friday will be a cloudy day at Down Under. The wind is turning from southwest to west and tonight it'll be the right weather for wakeboarding! On Saturday the sky will be filled with clouds, the wind will turn to southwest and grow in strength to 5-6 Beaufort. At the Cable Call, there is some rain to be expected on Saturday afternoon. It won't be a lot, 2 mm max, but it's wise to bring a small umbrella or wear your Protest Cable Call cap!
Sunday, there is a small chance of some rain, but not a lot as well. And hey! The sun is probably attending the event on Sunday afternoon.
Thanks to weatherman Paddy aka Patrick van Iersel who shared this info on our Protest Cable Call event page. Check out his site here or high-five him at the Cable Call.
Maxine can't compete
We've heard some bad news about one of the audience favorites in the Ladies category, Maxine Sapulette. We had a little chat, again.
Maxine, you can't compete at Protest Cable Call, how come?
Last Monday, my heart stood still for twenty seconds. The doctor told me to take it easy so now I can't compete at the Cable Call. Major bummer, because I have been looking forward to this event for a long time.
Please tell us what happened exactly.
Last Monday I had my medical examination. That takes place every year, one year it's a minor examination, the other year it's major. This was the major one. One of the exercises I had to engage in was an extensive fitness test, in which you have to keep pedaling at a hometrainer while the medics turn up the resistance. While doing that, there are all sorts of sensors on your body to check things like temperature, heart beat, that kind of stuff. That day I hadn't eaten very well and I also hadn't got a lot of sleep. When I was a minute into the cooling down phase, I started feeling nauseous and dizzy. I said to the trainer: "I'm not feeling very well...", and that's actually the last thing I remember. The next thing I know, I was lying on the floor.
That's bizarre... Have you got any clou what might've been the cause?
Well, later we checked out the data of all the sensors, and it showed that my heart has stood still for 20 seconds. After that, it started beating by itself. I've heard it's a very rare phenomenon, because normally they have to engage in CPR to get the heart pumping again. So, we called the hospital, ambulance, I've been in the hospital for a while with cardiac monitoring, made an ultrasound of my heart... What the cause was is unsure. Probably it hasn't got anything to do with my heart. It's possible that the problem is coming from my nervous system which controls my heart muscles. After the intense excercise it just called it a day, so to speak.
So, what now?
Yesterday, I was discharged from the hospital. I still got a heart meter on me so the doctors can keep an eye on my heart and tell when everything is OK again. The annoying thing is that I have to take it easy because of the risk. Wakeboarding is now officially prohibited by the doctor, at least for these weeks. It's such a shame, I was looking forward to the event so much and now I can't compete! I'm lucky though that I'm still here and can encourage my friends when they hit the water, haha.
Nice. So we'll still see you at the Cable Call?
You betcha!
Maxine, what's up?
UPDATE: Maxine won't be taking part in the competition because of medical reasons. She'll be at Down Under though, to support her friends on the water. Soon more about this.
One of the best female riders in the world today is Maxine Sapulette. We had a little chat with her. We'll keep this intro brief 'cause we had quite a long chat.
Hey Maxine, what's up?
Hiya! Yeah, I'm doing great! My season so far was a bit less contest than last year. I had three cable contests since the beginning of this season: one pool Obstacle Only contest and two IWWF cable competitions for points and prize money. I’ve also been shooting with Protest and Jobe, two of my main sponsors. The shoots were held in Florida, USA and mainly we were riding at OWC, McCormicks and The Projects. Of course we did some lifestyle shoots, too. It was definitely a highlight of this season! I had loads of fun and it’s nice to get some good shots and video material again. Aside from wakeboarding, I’ve worked a bit here and there, had small jobs just to get a bit extra money haha… Besides that, I just wakeboard a lot and visit a lot of different cable parks to better my tricks and style.
Sounds like you’re having a really nice season! Let’s talk about last year, when you finished second at the Cable Call, just a few points behind Sophie Reimers. How do you look back on that result?
Well, of course I was a bit disappointed in myself. The Cable Call was held in Holland, my home country and sponsored by my main sponsor, so yeah I was pretty upset after that result. But I’m still happy, I mean I still became second out of fifteen women who were competing. I know what I can do and what tricks I can do, I just didn’t show it in the finals. I know I can’t really say this but I will anyway: I was first in qualifications and semi finals and the water was flat, but in the finals I guess it was also a bit the weather that changed my whole run, it was windy and the water was choppy and because of that I guess I was a bit afraid and I know myself: with wind I’m not at my best. During my run I hurt my shoulder which didn’t affect my run at that time, because of the adrenaline, but I still feel it nowadays. Anyway, having finished in second place last year will give me more boost to win it this year! I have another chance to beat Sophia!
Shannon Starling, president of the WWA, called you "hands-down the best woman on a wakeboard at the moment. Nobody can touch her." How does it feel to be in the international league of extraordinary ladies who compete on this level?
It’s amazing that people think that way about me! I really appreciate that. I’m not sure how to answer this question… I mean, I have achieved a lot in my eight seasons of riding, I’ve had a lot of titles and I won a lot of contests. I know I have big tricks and know my style of riding. People say I ride like a dude. I don’t care, to be honest I actually love it! It makes me different than all the other girls. In general, I’m just happy that people believe in me and my style of riding and are supporting it. It feels amazing to be loved in the sport like this!
You’ve already won a lot of titles as you said, and recently you won at Rixen 50th Anniversary in Munich, in the Open Ladies category. How did that feel?
I was so happy, I cannot describe how happy I was! My last season hasn’t been that good, I became seventh at IWWF worlds and second at the official Europeans, so basically lost those titles and that hasn’t happened since a long time. Also I have been beaten on the water by Sophia plenty of times last year. The event in Munich gave me such a boost, because I beat her and everyone and showed the world that I still know how to put down a killer run! I mean, I had 96 points and second place was Ange with 63 points, so the difference was huge.
That sounds awesome! While we’re discussing chicks on boards, can you say something about women in wakeboarding and how it develops?
The level of female wakeboarders nowadays is crazy. When I started doing air tricks back in 2006 I became Dutch, European and World champion of the girls. In the years that have passed, all these other women wakeboarders learn more every day. Nowadays everybody does a roll to blind, blind judges and killer spins of kickers. It’s crazy, every year they get better and better. I really like the way women ride these days, just to show the world that not only guys can ride, but us girls we rock and run the world!
Is there a different atmosphere when hanging out with wakeboard women then there is with wakeboard men? Or is it more or less the same vibe?
It doesn’t matter whether it’s a girl or boy, we all love wakeboarding so we're like one big family and just enjoying our lives with wakeboarding together. Atmosphere is the best in the world of wakeboarding, but I have to say there is a difference between boat riders and cable riders. But that has always been a difference I guess. Cable riding is more all together, you can look at each other on the water and dare each other on the water with tricks, and with a boat it’s always just one rider behind the boat.
We saw that you're doing a Clinic Tour across the cables of Holland. Could you tell us something about that?
That clinic tour basically came from Jobe. It was to promote my own pro model board and vest, the Jstar & Jobe Max Series! It’s been the second year I got my own pro model vest and board and I guess Jobe thought to do something different with it. We had some clinics all across Holland and it was a great success, a lot of people showed up and tried my board. Not just girls, but also boys who just liked my style and wanted to learn something from me. I love to hear that and love to teach people and that they actually listen to what I have to say and then a few minutes later you see them doing new tricks because I taught them how to do it. It gives me a great feeling to give people that information and have them learn from my experience. Spread the wakeboarding to the new people! As for the future I'd love to keep teaching, not just clinics, but anywhere in the world people can ask me to help them out and I would be happy to help them out!
That’s nice! You pulled off a crazy victory run in Munich, when you already knew you would be first. How was that like and what trick felt best?
Like I said I beat all those girls with such a score difference. I think that was one of my best runs ever landed! At that point, I already knew I won so I guess the pressure was gone and I landed all my best tricks: switch mobius, whirly off the kicker, s bend to blind, backroll to blind, switch heelside 540 off the kicker. I'm just proud of myself that I did it and showed everyone my skills on the water and I got a lot of applause afterwards and loads of compliments about my s to blind so yeah, maybe that’s the one tricks I’m most proud of!
Sounds promising. What kind of tricks have you been working on lately? Have you got any surprises left for us at the Cable Call?
I mainly try to get my strength back and all my old tricks back. I am practicing at the same time. I guess you should not expect anything new but yeah, you never know what happens… I guess you guys just have to wait and see.
We’ll be paying attention when you hit the water. Any last words?
I'M BACK! AND GOING WITH THE FLOW!
Triple A status: we've got it
Did you know that we have THREE Andreases competing at the Cable Call? We'd like to welcome Andreas Böttcher, Andreas Kjærgaard and Andreas Voss! Because of these boys attending, the Protest Cable Call is now an AAA-status event. In fact, we're having an AAA+ event because there's a whole lot of riders attending! Check out the updated list of the confirmed riders here!
Party tickets for sale
When the sun goes down and the water gets empty, what's there left to do for us boarders? Partying of course! Order your tickets at Ticketmaster so you're supersure to enter the party on Saturday night at 20:00. Performances by Lenny Keylard (Voice of Holland, reggae vibes), Tantrum to Blind (freshly imported from Sweden, rock music) and of course the dj's of Q the Party! Tickets will cost you 10 euros and are available through Ticketmaster or at the Protest Cable Call itself.
Lenny Keylard
Lenny Keylard a Dutch Reggae singer and will be playing at Q the party on Saturdaynight. We got a chance to talk to him, so read here to see what we talked about and watch a his musicvideo 'It's You'.
Hey Lenny, what's up? What have you been up to these days?
I’ve been quite a busy man! These days I'm fully focused on my new study, I’m studying for master cast to fix broken arms and legs in the hospital. I'm working 32 hours a week in the cast room. In the weekend I usually have gigs and play my music, and when I find some time I love to sport, like soccer, kitesurfing, running, that stuff.
Busy boy! Your brand new album "Jah is the Remedy, Love is the Cure" has just landed on the shelves in the record shops. What are your expectations of this album?
I don't really have expectations. I think it’s great to create something that’s on your mind and heart, and I want to let the world know what I think and get people to enjoy themselves with my music. All songs on the album have been written by me, except for the song Baby Get Higher. But I think it’s a funny song and sort of like a small tribute to my coach in the TV show.
has put you -and reggae- in the spotlights. You're one of the few artists in Holland who managed to put reggae back on the map in Holland, through the Dutch talent show The Voice of Holland. How do you look back on that experience?
It was fun to do, except for the whole TV stuff. I don't like the camera's and the interviews much, but hey, it’s part of the game. It provided me with a chance to let the people know what reggae is. The Voice of Holland brought me a lot, because it gave me the opportunity to get my album in the record shops and now I can play more music with my band. And let the people enjoy a little bit of reggae again!
Your songs have a very positive vibe. What is the message you want to spread with your music?
I want people to understand that it’s important to enjoy life, because there’s so much trouble in the world. People need to reflect on that, be aware that terrible things happen, so they can truly feel we are blessed with the life we live. And if I can only help just a bit by writing my songs and making music, then I’m feeling good!
In the music video of your single “It's You” we see you riding on a longboard. It's not a secret you're into snowboarding as well. Have you ever been on a wakeboard?
Hahaha yeah, I’ve been on a wakeboard before, but it was difficult because I was standing on my kitesurf board. I lost my board a ton of times, because there are no bindings on a kitesurf board, only straps... Every time I tried to jump and get some airtime, I lost my board! That was kinda frustrating, but I do love the sport. So if there are no wind or waves, you can find me wakeboarding!
Are you looking forward to perform at the Protest Cable Call?
For sure! I hope the people will enjoy the show and have a good time. The band is very excited about this gig, and we can’t wait to play there. So let the good times roll!
ATTEND FO' REAL
After our super-random facebook giveaway, we decided to make you guys work for it a bit more. But then again, we're giving away 20sets of limited edition Protest Cable Call outfits, containing a Protest Cable Call cap and a Protest Cable Call t-shirt.
How to win?
Make sure you are attending the event we created on facebook. But that's not all; Besides attending behind you computer, you need to get here!
On Saturday, at 1pm, The first 20 people to get to our PCC-merchandising tent in the shoppingstreet (and who are attending our event through facebook) will get one of these outfits!
Q the Party at Protest Cable Call 2011
It’s on! The ticketsale for Q the party at the Protest Cable Call has started. On Saturday the 14th at 20.00 o’clock the dj’s of Q-music kick off the party at Down Under, Nieuwegein. Lenny of the Voice of Holland brings you in a Caribbean atmosphere. After the relaxsession we'll go nuts with Q The Party. The Swedish rockband Tantrum To Blind will close this great night!
Tickets are available through www.ticketservice.nl
When and who:
20:00 – 21:30 Q the party
21:30 – 22:30 Lenny Keylard & The Dreadalikes
22:30 – 00:00 Q the party
00:00 – 01:00 Tantrum To Blind
WHO IS TOM FOOSHEE?
This is Tom Fooshee. He pulled off some really sick tricks last year and won the Protest Cable Call 2010. He'll be back to defend his title. Let's have a little chat with this charismatic rider who just never seems to be un-stoked.
Hi Tom! What's up, how are you doing?
What up Protest? Just kickin' it right here at home in New Braunfels TX getting ready for the Cable Call this year. Lately I have been traveling pretty non stop. Been in Canada for two weeks for both the WWA Wake Park Triple Crown stop and the Monster Team trip on Lake Shuswap in British Columbia. So epic.
Nice! Last year you ended up #1 at the Protest Cable Call. Won the WWA Wake Park World Series last year. For the third time. In a row. And you've got the Ultimate Wake Championship Overall Award for the second year in a row. That's awesome. How do you look back on the past years, being top dawg in the international wakeboard scene?
Looking back on the past year's have left me with such a thankful presence. To be crowned all those titles is just an amazing experience. But I do have to say, my old body isnt slowing down yet so there is still much more to be earned.
That sounds very promising. Are there any particular things you want to achieve in wakeboarding?
There are plenty of challenges left for me. I definitely want to keep continuing to earn as many titles as I can to one day become a legend in our sport. I want to keep progressing the sport by submitting new moves for the Transworld Trick of the year at the Wake Awards. I also want to keep working with my sponsors so that we can keep developing the best products on the market. So there is still much more to be accomplished.
Progressing the sport by inventing new tricks, hmm... have you been working on new tricks lately?
I most definitely got some new tricks and other things up my sleeve. Some riders saw some of it at the first stop, but there is plenty more to come. You will just have to wait 'til the Cable Call to find out. You might even see me down there with a camera getting some shots of everyone else too...
Sounds good! I see a pattern here. You're inventing new tricks, you're very succesful in the sport... you're like the Shaun White of wakeboarding. When is your arcade game coming out?
Ahahaha, I wish I could be compared to him. That dude is unreal, such an inspiration. No arcade game coming out soon, but I can definitely teach everyone some really cool drinking games! Haha!
We'll save that for Saturday night! One last question. You've traveled all over the world to compete in all sorts of wakeboarding contests. How do you look back on last year's Protest Cable Call in Holland?
Holland was incredible last year. The people were awesome, the cables were fun, the food was great. The event went off, I mean what else more could you ask for?
Good point. We can't come up with an answer to that! We have no further questions, your honor. Any last words?
Thanks to all of my sponsors and come say what up to me at this years Cable Call at the Down Under Cableway!
whatsup winners?!
In the past 2 weeks we've been giving away a lot of tees and towels, but some winners never replied to our facebook message or sent us an email. So this is for all you winners out there; let us know you're alive! please send an email to win@protestcablecall.com if your name is in this list:
Romée Vbb
Jeroen Timmerman
Borij Levski
Marije Van Eijk
Luca Koppen
Linda Gerrits
Lisanne Van 't Ende
Teddy Todorova
Oliver Weinhauer
AJ Huisman
Vincent Heßfeld
Tim 'bo Lange
Margriet Kuhlman
Jurgen van Kralingen
Maurits van Zalinge
Thanks!
tantrum to blind
Tantrum to Blind is one of the bands playing at the Protest Cable Call party. We had a little chat about what's up with these guys.
So Tantrum to Blind, how are you doing?
Hi! We are great, thanks! We've had an awesome summer with some great shows all over Sweden. The latest show we played was at the biggest festival in Sweden, called Peace and Love festival. The atmosphere there was amazing and it all went great, lots of people came out to party with us!
Sounds good! How would you describe your music? What can people expect when they see you perform at the Cable Call?
We use to say that our music is a mix of melodic punk, rock and pop with loads of energy and heavy guitar riffs, the bands that we're influenced the most by would be Yellowcard and Sum 41. Everyone who comes to our show at the Cable Call can expect a band that gives it all, no matter if there's 50 or 5000 in the crowd, we're trying to work a lot with the audience and it's very important to us that they're involved in the show and what is going on on the stage. Music is all about having fun and getting your emotions out so that's what we're there for!
You recently got signed by Warner Music. And coming up with your second music video. What's it like to get these chances after your hard work?
To us, what makes all the hard work worthwhile is getting out at the shows, meeting fans and watching the following and the amount of people who knows the lyrics and songs grow. It's the best feeling ever. We love playing live and it makes you so happy when you can feel that your audience are having a great time and when they're totally into the music and the show. We have come a pretty far way now for the time we've been together but we wanna reach to the top and go all around the world. We won't stop until we're there!
What will you be doing with the band in the coming weeks, months and years?
What we have coming up in the nearest future is Pride festival in Stockholm, Sweden. That is gonna be a massive thing for us since it's the biggest festival in Stockholm and the atmosphere is always great around that time. Then we are coming down for you guys! Which we're looking forward to so much! After that we have some spread gigs in Sweden in early autumn and we're going down for some gigs and showcases in Germany as well! We're just working on promoting the album right now and to get as many opportunities as possible to reach new fans. Our second music video will be released in about a week and we're already working on our third! So it's a lot of stuff going on. We will wait with releasing a new album, but we're always writing new songs so maybe an EP is what's gonna be put out next.
Of course, we'll ask the most obvious question since we're having a wakeboard contest: How come you chose for Tantrum to Blind as a band name?
We think Tantrum To Blind is a great band name for us since it stands for a lot of things. Just the Tantrum word itself is cool, it means "attack", "outburst" and "to not have control over your feelings" which describes our music pretty good in the way of how energetic it is, the feelings you can get out of it and the power behind our live set. Then that Tantrum To Blind is a wakeboard trick just makes it perfect cause we think our music belongs a lot to the boardsports genre and it goes good together with who we are as persons. Melanie has been wakeboarding since she was 11 and she's doing a lot of longboarding and is surfing some as well. Mike has been skateboarding for many years as well as snowboarding. Simon is skateboarding some too and Dale is chilling a lot on the longboard. All kinds of boardsports are awesome and the feeling from doing them, either wake- or skateboarding and the action that comes to it suits our band very well.
In what way are you looking forward to the Protest Cable Call? What are your expectations?
It seems like a big party to us! What could be better than watching awesome wakeboarders doing their thing and partying to great music at the same time? We are so psyched and just can't wait to get down there! We expect to see some Tantrums and hopefully a Tantrum To Blind, that would be ace! Then we're just hoping for great weather, a great atmosphere and that the people are gonna be up for some partying with us during our show!
I think you won't be disappointed! Any shoutouts or last words?
Hope everyone are as excited as we are! Make sure to listen to our music online, music you know is always better and more fun than music you've never heard before! We'll make sure to give you an awesome time during our time on stage and don't be shy to come and hang out with us afterwards!
crazy winning
We decided that today would be a good time to give away all the goodies we had lying around to some lucky likers!
The full set of protest clothes went to Pim Nierop. Way to go dude! Enjoy.
A limited edition protest cablecall cap went to Richard Langerak, Tim 'bo Lange, Margriet Kuhlman, Joeri Braakman, Jurgen van Kralingen and Maurits van Zalinge. We really like the cap and hope you guys will be there at the cable call to show it off!
The protest beachtowels went to Marije van Eijk, Luca Koppen, Linda Gerrits, Lisanne Van 't Ende and Teddy Todorova. Hope the weather is gonne be good at the cableway, so you can come enjoy the sun at the beach of the Downunder Cableway.
Oh and again; if you were picked as a winner, but never got a facebook-message from us, just send us an email with your address and we'll make sure you get your stuff! win@protestcablecall.com
a cap for Mario and a towel for Romée
We're not done! We just selected two more winners; Mario Kopmels won a Protest Cable Call cap and Romée Vbb (a bit weird surname, right?) won a protest beachtowel. Nice!
Want to win some nice stuff? This weekend we're giving away our last goodies! We've got some more towels and caps, but to tip it off, we're giving away a full set of clothes!
To make a chance, just go like our facebook page!
love the promo
8xwin= win win win win win win win win
You know that liking us can make you win stuff! Today we decided to go crazy and pick eight winners. the happy limited edition protestcablecall cap-winners are:
Bram Hoogenkamp,
Vincent Heßfeld,
Edwin Groenwold and
Kristin Starke.
Some of the people out there won a protest beachtowel:
Borij Levski,
Yasmin Van Kuipers,
Mylene Jansen and
Anne Beckers.
If your name is in this list, check your facebook messages and please reply to our message. If you never got a message from us, but your name is on this list, just send us an email at win@protestcablecall.com
To all previous winners that haven't sent our their addresses yet (Guido vd Velden, Wouter Hamilton, Oliver Weinhauer, Jeroen Timmerman, AJ Huisman): Check your facebook or hit us an e-mail through win@protestcablecall.com! Thanks!
course layout
We've just updated the course layout. Here you can see which obstacles will be in the water at the protest cablecall. Check it out!
meet Mirjam
Hey Apple, you're back! How ya doing?
I'm doing very well, thank you!
So let me introduce yourself: You are Mirjam Steen, 27 years old, living in Amsterdam and last year you were responsible for managing the Protest Cable Call 2010. Am I right?
Well, I had everyone at Protest helping me to put it all together, but you could say I was in charge at last year's Cable Call, yeah.
How come?
I'm studying Leisure Management, and as part of my internship at Protest I got the opportunity to set up the first edition of the Protest Cable Call. It was more or less a school project. During the Cable Call, I was constantly busy dealing with paperwork, making sure the riders were ok, talking on the phone all the time, trying to keep the sponsors happy... I was broken after seven days of non-stop working. But it was well worth it. Everytime I think back, a big smile reappears on my face. From ear to ear. Funny you're asking me this question, this afternoon I was talking about the very same thing when I was at the cableway. It has been such a brilliant experience, so many nice people everywhere, lots of international riders who had a great time, good action at the cableway, it's been a great event. In Dutch I'd say "Gewoon vet, gewoon f*cking mooi!".
Will you be there this year?
For sure! I'm looking forward to be there without continuously having to answer phone calls, haha. I want to take the time to check out the contest, relaxing with my friends, enjoying the party and just have a great time in a great atmosphere. What every normal visitor would do at the event.
What are you doing these days?
I'm now writing my final thesis on the Dutch cable wakeboard community. It's interesting! One of the main outcomes will probably be that wakeboarders are a bit too laidback when it comes to filling out questionnaires, haha! Love 'em though.
Well good luck with that. We'll see you at the Protest Cable Call!
Thank you and hell yeah, see you there!
Wait!
What?
This event is gonna be the highlight of the Dutch wakeboardseason, and there are a lot of people putting hard work into it. I wish everyone who's working at this year's Cable Call all the luck of the world!
WIN WIN WIN WIN
And we've got some more Winners!
Some of the likers won a protest beachtowel (Jeroen Timmerman and Dewy Faber). And two lucky bastards won a protest cap (Oliver Weinhauer and AJ Huisman).
If you want to win just like them, just like our facebook-page!
We're sending the winners a message telling them that they won. If you got this message, make sure to reply to it!
HEY SJORS
Sjors van de Kerkhof is a Dutch pro-rider, part of the Protest Wakeboard team and, together with his buddy Sjoerd, manager of the Down Under cableway.
So Sjors, how are you doing?
Yeah, good. What's up with you guys? I bet you're here to interview me about last years Protest Cable Call, right?
Spot on!
Last year's Cable Call was a great event. It's awesome to have this kind of event in Holland where cable wakeboarding is growing bigger and bigger. We get the opportunity to show the Dutch what wakeboarding is like at the highest level. And the media coverage sure helps to get people more interested in wakeboarding. It's a big boost for wakeboarding in Holland and I think that's a good thing.
What are your best memories of last years event?
Well, a lot of things actually. The party, the course, the very high level of riding, the international riders who're pretty stoked about, well, everything here in Holland. Wakeboarding is a small world and there are a lot of like-minded people, so it's kinda like a group of friends basically. And it's really nice to have all these friends come over for some wakeboarding and partying in my own backyard! And with Amsterdam only half an hour away, I believe all the riders are having a great time while getting a taste of Holland.
What are your expectations about this 2011 edition of the Cable Call?
I expect that there will be a lot more riders attending the competition. The first edition was a success and the word spreads among riders. There's a lot of nice material around like the videos, pictures and interviews on the live blog. It was fun to see all that stuff afterwards. The riders and the public are pretty stoked about last years event, so am I!
Which riders are you looking forward to see on the water?
Well, Frederic von Osten and Dominik Gührs weren't attending last year, and they belong to the best riders in the world, so I'd love to see them in action. And I'm also looking forward to riders like Tommy Swaan and Dirk Gideonse, I hope these Down Under cableway locals put down a steady run.
Last year you didn't got through to the semifinals, what are your thoughts about that?
Well, last year I rode against Nick Davies, Mike Ketellapper and James Young, so that was tough competition. They were too good. I fell twice during my run, that didn't help either... This year it will be just as tough, because the level is so high! It's great fun though.
Have you been working on some new tricks lately?
Not exactly new tricks, but I'm perfecting the ones I can already pull off. I'm trying out different styles and tweaks, it's a lot of fun. Instead of a normal 540, I'm focusing on a 540 with a shifty in it. I've learned a lot of new presses and variations on the rails, so I hope the judges will be impressed with that. I don't really have a run thought out for myself, I just kinda go with the flow. It depends on the moment and what I think is necessary to make it through to the next round. We'll see, I'm very stoked and looking forward to it!
Give it away give it away now
Hurray! Another two caps and two beachtowels are just won by people who liked our Facebook. Congratulations to Guido vd Velden, Wouter Hamilton, Fiona Berends and Oliver Weinhauer! We expect them to be at the Cable Call to show off their newly-won stuff. We'll see.
David Bergambagt, our very first debut premium winner of the Protest beachtowel, if you're out there somewhere, please respond to your Facebook message so we know where to send your towel.
facebook giveaway
In the next two weeks (starting today), we're giving away a pile of beachtowels, caps and a full set of clothes through our facebook page.
All you have to do to win some of this awesomeness is like our facebookpage.
The first winner is David Bergambagt. Look how stoked he is!
Dimitri
When Dimitri finds out there's a cablecall this year, he goes nuts. Can't wait to see what moves he'll be making on the dancefloor!
Don't tease me bro
Whoomp. There it is. The official teaser for the upcoming Protest Cable Call 2011.
confirmed riders confirmed
Have we got news for you! The first contestants have signed up. Of course, a lot of Protest riders will show up to put down some nice runs. Among them will be Maxine Sapulette, who finished 2nd in the ladies division last year. Tom Fooshee, winner in last years Pro Men category will hit the water again to defend his Protest Cable Call title. High quality stuff!
Take a look at the Confirmed Riders page.
message for you contestants out there
We've just uploaded the ridersinfo, so you guys will know when to go where to do what with who and why you should be doing that. Download both the documents at the page ridersinfo! You can find the link to that page on the bottom of the website, but since you're probably lazy like we are, you can click here to head to the ridersinfo.
get ready for some serious blogging
We're getting ready for our Cable Call. Untill the 13th and 14th of August we'll be blogging frequently about this tourstop in the WWA Wake Park World Series. During the event, you can check out our live blog to be informed about every eenie weenie thingie thats going down at the Down Under cableway. Just like we did last year. So be sure to read our blog. But more importantly, hit the water.
freakin' hot gallery
We just finished updating our gallery. From now on, you can watch a whole bunch of vids and photo's that were shot at PCC2010. Click here to go to the gallery.
photo update
In the past few days we've been uploading some photo's from protest cablecall 2010 to this website. Visit the photo gallery for those pics.
Get ready for protest cable call
Ooooh Yeah!
This is the blog for the protest cablecall. Please check out the rest of the website to get prepared for the sickest event in dutch wakeboarding history.
Ohl check out this vid of the 2010 cablecall at downunder, nieuwegein, nl.
