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...

WAKEBOARDING magazine’s 2009 Wake Awards premiere on FUEL TV on Monday, November 2, at 8 p.m. The Wake Awards will re-air on FUEL TV later that night at 11 p.m. Watch as the wakeboarding industry assembles to celebrate the best in wake for 2009...

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...

Brian Grubb’s 2009 Highlights: — Won the 2009 Air Nautique Wake Games — His late shove up the step-up gap won second at the Rockstar Winch Jam, the first stop on the 2009 Byerly Toe Jam Tour...

Last year’s rank: 2 Danny Harf's 2009 Highlights: — Landed a wrapped heelside nosegrab 900, which was nominated for Wakeboarding Move of the year at WAKEBOARDING magazine’s 2009 Wake Awards — Won Best Wakeboarding Video Performance at WAKEBOARDING magazine’s 2009 Wake Awards for his part in Billabong’s Out of the Pond — Won Best Wake Rider at WAKEBOARDING magazine’s 2009 Wake Awards for the second straight year...

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...

words Chad Sharpe photo Aaron Katen If you want to go big on a wakeboard, few things offer more air potential than kickers. I like these ramps so much that I had Ryan Davis from Step Up Productions build me one last year...

Click here for the behind-the-scenes video. Billabong's long-awaited team film, Out of the Pond, was recently released to plenty of applause and praise in downtown Orlando. WBM was there to release the June issue with Kevin Henshaw on the cover hitting one of the more interesting obstacles Out of the Pond came up with: a C-rail Henshaw hit while on the turnaround of Sesitec's System 2...

WAKEBOARDING magazine has come up with the top 30 things to do to make this summer unforgettable. Don't spend your summer sitting around on your couch - get out there! Each week we'll release five more guidelines for the perfect summer of wake...