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

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!

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.

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.

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? 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

BoardForce update with some pictures

Our good friends at BoardForce.net had a day full of dangers yesterday in Amsterdam. Check this BoardForce update!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

Click here for the news archive!