After an incredible 2010 season winning multiple events and TransWorld WAKE's rail rider of the year, Raph Derome talks about the injury and subsequent surgeries that lead him to miss the majority of the 2011 season and more importantly put his health at a serious risk...

The 2011 Billabong Medley comp vest is a competition wakeboard life jacket with elastic waist and 100-percent super-flex neoprene.

Billabong is giving away the Super Air Nautique 210 Billabong Team Edition that Danny Harf, Brian Grubb, Chad Sharpe, Shawn Watson, Kevin Henshaw and Erik Ruck used in filming Out Of The Pond, which won Best Video at WAKEBOARDING's 2009 Wake Awards...

Wetsuits and wetsuit jackets are the best way to extend your wakeboarding season. With wakeboarding wetsuits, you can get on the water earlier in the season and ride later in the year. In this wetsuit guide, we've assembled the best wetsuits for wakeboarding for 2010. Cop one and enjoy your longest season yet.

Wetsuit Guide: 2010 Wakeboarding Wesuits Billabong Equator Punch Wetsuit Jacket ($72; billabong.com) Thickness: 1.5 mm Temperature range: N/A What we dug most: The Billabong Equator Punch wetsuit jacket's Superflex technology is top notch, and this functional jacket is also pretty stylish...

Wetsuit Guide: 2010 Wakeboarding Wetsuits Billabong Foil GBS Spring Wetsuit ($105; billabong.com) Thickness: 2 mm Temperature range: N/A What we dug most: The Billabong Foil GBS wetsuit has an undersleeve that provides good flex to help your handle passes, and the neck closure will keep that rush of cold water from going down your back...

The MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour will hit the water in a new way during its 2010 season. Each stop now will feature three different competition formats, an innovative mix of live music, and the largest wake party around, all set to take place on Saturday evenings...

Wakestock, the world’s largest annual wakeboarding festival is proud to announce that it will return to Collingwood, Canada, August 6-8, 2010. One of the most progressive and richest events in pro wakeboarding and wakeskating for 12 years running, Wakestock is globally renowned as an innovative rider’s event that showcases the best in wakeboarding, wakeskating and the action sports lifestyle, including incredible live music and legendary parties...

Billabong’s first-ever wake team film, Out of the Pond, was the smash hit of 2009. The boundary-pushing wakeboarding video swept the video categories at WAKEBOARDING magazine’s 2009 Wake Awards, winning the Best Video award as well as Best Video Performance nods for Danny Harf and Brian Grubb...

Distortion Boarding’s Grinch Winch is a key component of the perfect action sports vehicle, which is on display at the 2009 SEMA Show in Las Vegas. Distortion teamed up with Billabong, Toyota and Street Image to transform a 2009 Toyota Venza into the ultimate action sports utility vehicle...

In March, Kevin Henshaw was scrambling to find a marquee project to anchor his section in the new Billabong wakeboarding video, Out of the Pond. He had to hurry. Billabong team manager Chris Heffner had just issued a two-week deadline for any last-minute footage, so Henshaw had time for just one project — he would have to make it count...

It’s not easy to wakeboard on snow. Danny Harf and Billabong team manager Chris Heffner were most likely aware of that basic truth before setting up a 30-foot snow gap in the foothills of Mammoth Lakes, California, just before New Year’s...

Summer’s long-awaited 2009 COORS LIGHT WAKEST was held on August 15 at Baie de Beauport in Quebec City, Canada. The 6,000-odd spectators were quick to label the event a fun, spectacular, and exotic success as both wakeboard fans and those completely new to the sport enjoyed a great day out in the sun! Billabong Slider Battle Seventeen men took part in the heats, with each competitor having two chances to impress the judges...

Click here for Bill Doster's photo gallery from this year's Wake Awards. “On Point” Wakeboarder Amateur or pro, this up-and-coming rider had the most impact in the last year and has poised himself to become a major player in the future of wakeboarding...

Danny Harf helped fan the revival of wrapped tricks when he laid down this steezy move for an instructional in the June issue of WAKEBOARDING.