Shane Bonifay took a video clip or a picture everyday for the month of January. He starts in Las Vegas for new years, goes skydiving, wakeboarding , parities, and goes to some Magic games. Shane might be the number 1 person you want to have with you because this guy knows how to have a good time.

Adam Dodd Motion Pictures, a company with a long-standing presence in the sport of wakeboarding and in the action sports world, is pleased to announce the fruition of their latest project, a wakeboarding instructional video application titled, Wake Trick Guru. The app is based around video clips of pro wakeboarders doing tricks accompanied by voiceovers explaining how to do the tricks and the first of its kind for the sport of wakeboarding available for the iphone. The app is a free download and at present has four free video files that can be downloaded which will be added to as the apps content is added to.

"Without spending any money though, users can access a lot of information from the world of wakeboarding," says Adam Dodd, the application's creator. "Users can find the wake store, school or park that is closest to them, get direct access to pro rider blogs awebsites, download free wallpapers, see pro event schedules and even win nice things in our regular giveaways."

The app's creator also says, "We are trying to get all of the businesses listed to give our app users a discount of 10% when they mention that they found them though our app or they contact them via our direct emailing facility in the app. Pro Wake in Australia is the first to do so and we are excited that they are offering this. Companies are charged a very small annual fee to be listed in the app but we have included some key companies just for the release for free, businesses will be approached as time goes by to build the app's free content. Any business wanting to be listed should contact me," says Adam.

Video clips are sold in bundles of four for US $1.99 at present and they currently feature riding and instruction by Daniel Watkins, Amber Wing, Dean Smith, Cobe & Tarah Mikacich, Jeff Langley, Erik Ruck, Adam Errington, Sean O'Brien, Chris O' Shea, Josh Sanders, Scott Broome and Sam Thompson just to name a few.

Tricks are broken up into three categories; beginner, intermediate and advanced and there are two other folders that will contain clips for the total novice giving boating for wakeboarding and wakeboarding 101 instruction.

"The app will evolve with time and users can request tricks to be covered if they dont find what they are looking for. The most requested tricks will be covered and made available for purchase," Dodd remarked. "Now that we have the app out, we are working hard on enriching the content and getting more clips ready for sale." An ipad version is on its way and will be available in early 2011 and an android version is on the drawing board also.

The app has a dedicated website at waketrickguru.com which contains one of the apps free video clips so people interested can see what the video clips are like. It can also be found on Facebook and the iTunes Preview Page.

On a less than chilly night in south Florida, 18 of the industry's top wakeboarders and wakeskaters came together to compete at the legendary Ft. Lauderdale Aquatic Complex for Red Bull Wake of Fame. A place that is known for setting world records and hosting gold medal swimmers, shutdown its three pools and connected them with a variety of features and a cable system that strung across the 82-year-old complex. The athletes were able to ride from pool to pool, showcasing their best skills and tricks on a series of obstacles including rails, quarter pipe, stall wall, corrugated pipe, kicker, and a giant elevated gong that's noise energized the crowd when the athletes tagged it. Broken into two disciplines, it was German native, Nico von Lerchenfeld who took gold for wakeboarding and Florida boy, Reed Hansen, who brought it home in wakeskating.

"This is one of the sickest events I've been to so far," says seventeen-year-old, Nico. "The system is making events like this possible. My dad actually invented this system so I really have to thank him for that. Those set ups in the pool with the rails and the different lines you can hit were super fun." He was able to take the title of Best Trick and beat out Kevin Henshaw who took the silver and Red Bull athlete, JD Webb who earned the bronze, with a front-lip-back-side-270-out on the oversized step-up ledge. It was Reed's front varial flip that gained Best Trick in the wakeskate category and helped him take the lead over Nick Taylor who placed second and Andy Pastura in third. Red Bull Wake of Fame's innovative format brought these dynamic water sports to such a unique setting thanks to the pioneering Sesitech Cable System 2.0 - a straight-line cable system that provides a continuous ride. This pioneering system eliminates the boat so outside-of-the-lake locations can be utilized for competitions.

"It's really fun to bring this to the masses," says JD Webb. "It was challenging because the pools are really small and you're kind of rushing to go back and forth so you can get everything lined up and the right line to hit the rails well. It was really a lot of fun." The athletes were judge on three criteria for Red Bull Wake of Fame - execution, intensity, and composition. Two contestants went head-to-head during each round in a bracket style format leading to the finals. Since the number of wakeboarders exceeded the number of wake skaters, a semi-final round was held. Industry leaders Shawn Perry, Scott Byerly, Collin Harrington, and Erik Ruck judged the competition.

The night's 12 wakeboarders and six wakeskaters were hand selected to compete in this innovative new format competition. The line up included the likes of Red Bull wakeboarders Parks Bonifay, JD Webb, Adam Errington and wakeskater Brian Grubb. Alongside them were Nico von Lerchenfeld, Kevin Henshaw, Reed Hansen, Nick Taylor, Andy Pastura, Steel Laferty, Ollie Derome, Keith Lidberg, Shane Bonifay, Ben Horan, and Brandon Thomas.

Seattle Water Sports and Liquid Force are hosting their annual "Evening of the Stars" party Saturday, November 20th. Everyone is invited. The doors are open to an evening of free food and refreshments where you can meet some of today's top pro wakeboarders!

Jimmy LaRiche, Adam Errington and Liquid Force's Kevin Henshaw will be in attendance. You will be able to check out the new 2011 gear, talk to factory reps and have your chance to win some great prizes, like an autographed Pro Model 2011 Wakeboard! See you there!

Come along with the Nike 6.0 wake team as they search out the sickest winch spots in Curacao and do work in front of awe-struck tourists and locals alike. When your "work" crew consists of some of the world's most talented wakeskaters and wakeboarders, you know minds are going to be blown. And the guys did not disappoint as they laid nails and dropped hammers all day, while capturing banger shots and incredible footage.

"Curacao was an action-filled travel trip for the Nike 6.0 wake team," said Team Mentor, Silas Thurman. "The team - from all different parts of the US and Canada - made their way to Curacao, one of the ABC islands for their yearly action and lifestyle shoot. World-renowned photographer, Joey Meddock came along to capture all the traveling, action and tomfoolery the team got into."

Suffice it to say, when your work travel brings you to places like Curacao you know you're doing something right. And after just one view of the above video, we think you'll agree - these guys are doing everything right.