LT: Style is something that people
get bashed for a lot, but ask most
wakeboarders in NZ who has the
best style, and your name always
crops up at or very near the top.
Is that something you focused on,
worked on, or did it just happen?
DS: I suppose for me I was never
that interested in learning tricks
to beat other people or to score
higher at comps. It’s just not in me
or part of my psyche. I’m not super
competitive like that, I usually set
certain goals for myself and try
and achieve them my own way.
So I suppose that spurred learning
tricks that feel or look good to
me. There are a few tricks that I
have learnt - and never really done
again, because they feel like you
have been thrown in the middle
of a washing machine, or I don’t
think I could make them look any
good. I think you have to figure out
what your strengths are and play to
them.
LT: What Tricks are you pulling out
alot at the moment? Everybody
has a favourite. DS: I learnt a Pete
Rose this season which I have always
wanted to learn, so was pretty
pumped on that.Def got a few first
pumps going!
LT: It sounds like you’ve spent
a while doing a ‘real job’, time
to come back and play?
DS: Wakeboarding has never been
my No 1 priority in life, and have
always had a job. But it has always
kept me sane and kept me busy, and
given me lots of cool opportunities
I probably would have never had
if it wasn’t for wakeboarding. So I
“play” then I work too. gotta have
that balance, saying that I always
see myself doing it just to different
degrees.
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