Eight riders just finished up one of the best vacations, uh, I mean double-up contests, of the year. The Oakley Riot was just held in Dubai and put on by Al Boom Marine. I’d heard about it for several months from some of the other guys, but my name was thrown into the hat only a week before the event...

It's seems slightly odd to me that I just flew halfway around the world to hit a couple of double-ups. It's even stranger that this time last week I didn't know I was going. The crew from Al Boom Marine Group has invited eight pro riders to Dubai for a one-day double-up contest that is sure to draw spectators and amateur riders from all over the United Arab Emirates and Europe...

The only aversion I have to wakeboarding professionally is that the season, the travels and the experiences, go by so quickly. In fact, during the season I may visit three different continents in three different weekends with only a snapshot of what those places have to offer...