French Canadian rider Raphael Derome continues to reign supreme as modern-era wakeboarding’s most progressive cable rider. This past weekend he won O’Neill‘s Wake The Line with an impressive display of power and consistency. Raph natural style gives technical tricks a laid-back feel, pretty much making him your favorite rider’s favorite rider. Check out his winning run below as he edges out out Kevin Henshaw (2nd) and his brother Oli Derome (3rd), respectively.
Video has always played a huge roll in wakeboarding, but the model is constantly changing. In the past five years there has been a huge influx in online wakeboarding clips, parts, edits, reviews, etc. Anyone can do it. So, will we eventually lose interest in the art of wakeboard film making due to this over abundance? Judging from this Raph Derome part from Liquid Force, Justin Loiselle, and Jonathen Ferguson, no, we wont.
This is perhaps our favorite “web edit” all year. The riding, filming, and creativity made us want to drop everything we were doing and go wakeboarding. This is exactly what a wakeboard film should do. Thank you for the inspiration, Raph.
“Red Bull welcomes professional wakeboarder Raph Derome. After training at the Red Bull Performance Camp in Orlando, Florida, it’s clear that Raph is a well balanced rider with the skill and determination to win.” – redbullusa.com
