Meet Parks Bonifay: The Best Wakeboarder of All Time

This is Parks Bonifay, the best free ride wakeboarder of all time. Parks was born right here in Wisconsin, West Bend to be exact. He Became a professional wakeboarder in 1994 when we took the extreme sports world by storm winning X Games gold medal at the age of 14. (His very first x games appearance) He has held many major titles including the Pro Wakeboard Tour titles in 1999 and 2001. Parks got a young start when his father put him on a ski at the age of 7 months!

Parks is the first wakeboarder to ever land a switch toe-side 1080. (Doing so at a photo shoot)

A full-length feature documentary on Parks' life was released on August 21, 2009, aptly titled The Parks Documentary. It chronicles the story of Park's life, from his roots in water skiing and show skiing via his parents and grandparents, to his exploits, accomplishments and sheer dominance of the world of wakeboarding the past 12 years.

He is feature on MTV's "Nitro Circus". He has many sponsors including Ronix, Fox, RedBull, Spy, MasterCraft, and Performance Ski & Surf.

He is the only wakeboarder to have a video game named after him. "Parks Bonifay Wakeboarding" for PlayStation 2.

A documentary on Parks' life was released on August 21, 2009, The Parks Documentary. It chronicles the story of Park's life, from his roots in water skiing and show skiing, his parents and grandparents, to his exploits, accomplishments and sheer dominance of the world of wakeboarding the past 12 years.

Parks now resided in Florida.

Parks is always mentioned in the talks about the best wakeboarder of all time. He is personally my favorite rider! Keep doing your thing Parks! 

FREE BOARD GIVEAWAY (Not Joking)

Anyone need a new wakeboard? Who are we kidding, we could all use a brand new board! We put out a Vine late last week explaining the giveaway. Follow us on twitter @CDWakeboards or like our page on Facebook and one of you will be randomly selected for our free board giveaway!

Wondering what board you will win? Not only will you win a board, you will win a complete set! (Board and bindings) Drum roll please...

Not bad huh? This is the brand new Liquid Force 2013 S4 134 w/Soven Package! Retails at $499.99.

-Features-


 

Quad V Hull, Double Concave- Faster rail to rail, extra lift, softer landings Low Volume Rails- Low volume equals, faster, better holding rails. Rail flex at end for more drive out of turns. Center Line Single Vent- The vent detaches water flow across center line at the end of the board for increased speed. Deep Molded Long Base Side Fins / Shallow Molded Inside Blade Fins Long base for superior hold at speed. Deep outsides blades for superior carving ability!

You ask why we are doing this? Simply because we want to thank our fans. Again, follow us on twitter or like our page on Facebook to be eligible. Winner randomly selected will be notified later next week. Get to "following" and "liking"! Thanks fans!

Stay warm!
-All of us here at Cool Dude Wakeboards 

Wakeboarding Camps!

Lately we have been tweeting a lot about some camps you can attend to dial in your tricks and jumps. After we did some research we found one camp that we really liked so we would like to highlight it this week in our blog! Only one problem with this camp is that you will have to wait until next summer... this nationally recognized camp in located in WISCONSIN!

The Gordy Bubolz Wakeboarding Camp is located in Fremont Wisconsin. This will be their 19th season in the wakeboarding camp business. They are the nations premier all-inclusive camp which usually run 6 days and 5 nights. There are two main cabins on the property, both with a log cabin finish. Campers will wake up at 7:30 each morning where they are served home-cooked breakfast before heading out out to the waters. During the morning runs each camper will get the chance to take two runs behind Gordy's brand new wakeboarding boat. After the morning runs each day will be filled with a fun event including learning new tricks on the trampoline and cliff jumping! Each meal is made right there at the camp by Gordys wife and other camp leaders. All of the campers rave about the wonderful home-cooked meals!

Check out Gordys website here:  http://www.wakeboardingcamp.com/index.html#prettyPhoto

Please listen to my podcast about the camp!
Check it out here


https://archive.org/details/GORDY

Wakeboarding Social Networks!

When asked to find social networking sites for class I truly thought I would struggle finding them. To my surprise I was able to find them in no time! The bigger of the two I found was http://www.hookit.com/ This site is an awesome social media networking app which you can download via phone or tablet. Hookit is not only for wakeboarders, it is for all action sports athletes. I do not have the app downloaded quiet yet so i searched around to find reviews for hookit.

After reading a ton of reviews most of the feedback is positive! I see that hookit sends out tons of coupons to its cosumers, including 25% off GoPro and 40% off at Hayes. When providing coupons to your users you are almost guaranteed to see them again. In better cases they would refer you to their friends. Hookit is an awesome site to connect, compare tips and tricks! Check it out today!

Cold Water Ahead!

With fall season straight ahead, and the water getting colder and colder its finally wetsuit season! Many boarders do not wear wetsuits during the summer due to the high temperatures but during the later boarding months I would strongly recommend buying a flotation, and insulated wetsuit. Where do you buy wetsuits? Many online wakeboarding stores have a decent selection but I highly recommend Evo.com They have a large selection of almost 30 wetsuits for guys and over 20 for women. Not interested in the full suit? They carry half suits and boots or even hoods to keep your head warm! Check out the full selection here!

  http://www.evo.com/shop/wake/wetsuits.aspx?esvt=335675-GOUSe&esvq=wakeboarding%20wetsuits&esvadt=999999-6270725-4106344-1&esvcrea=25767803363&esvplace=&esvaid=30559&gclid=CPqSqbfunLoCFUJqMgod1GIAIQ


People often ask me which one is the best? The answer is not the same for everyone as each and every wetsuit has different features and styles. For the average seasonal wakeboarder looking for a good wetsuit I would recommend the O'Neil 3/2 Hammer suit. This suit has good style and the boarder has complete mobility when wearing it. Seamless design and a double superseal neck to keep cold water out! Check it out here!

http://www.evo.com/wetsuits/oneill-hammer-3/2-full-wetsuit.aspx#image=64862/318262/o-neill-hammer-3-2-full-wetsuit-black-black-black-front.jpg

Us here at Cool Dude Wakeboards hope all of you are enjoying the late season waters! If you have any questions or comments make sure to find us on Twitter or Facebook!

WINTER WAKEBOARDING, YOU'VE GOT TO BE CRAZY!

In this area we are very unfortunate to have the winter season (according to all wakeboarders). Many people looking at wakeboarders from the outside in, think that we are crazy. Why? That is a very good question...But these people are taking crazy to new levels. Check out these boarding giving it all for one last board session in the frigid cold of a UK winter! http://throwitdown.com/video/winter-wakeboarding.html

Crazy huh? Well a couple of the Redbull boarders kicked it up a notch and did the same thing in the middle of a US winter (beware: viewing these pictures may cause hypothermia) http://www.wakeworld.com/news/feature/winter-wakeboard-winchfest-01-08-10-15-21-42-416.html

I give you all permission to call those folks crazy!

Us here at Cool Dude Wakeboards hope all of you are enjoying this beautiful fall weather and we look forward to producing 2014's best boards on the water!

CDW Now on Facebook!

We here at Cool Dude Wakeboards are proud to announce we now have a facebook fan page! On this page we will post pictures of new products and it will also include a posting wall where you, the customer, can contact us with questions/comments/concerns.

We will be using the page as a business tool to promote, advertise and be in contact with current and future customers. We will post pictures of our new equipment and we will also allow our fans/customers post pictures of them using our boards! As a business we promise to keep our posts to a minimum so you can focus your time on being on the water and enjoying your Cool Dude Wakeboard! If you have any pictures/questions or comments reguarding Cool Dude Wakeboards please feel free to write on our Facebook page and we will get back to you as soon as we can!

Enjoy the nice weather and have fun riding the best board on the water!

-Cool Dude Wakeboards