The athletes chosen for our Pro Spotlight section are more than just your top level riders. Skill and riding prowess make them names that we all know and enjoy watching, but a deeper story is what makes them intriguing enough to want to dive into their heads. Here we compiled the 10 best quotes from the Pro Spotlights done this year.

In our August 2012 issue, we highlighted the one and only Zane Schwenk in our Pro Spotlight. Zane has done about as much for the sport of wakeboarding as any one person can do. We had another wake icon Parks Bonifay sit with Zane and reminisce over a few beverages.

This past weekend in Knoxville, TN there was a celebration in honor of Zane Schwenk's 20th year riding on the MasterCraft Pro Tour. During the final PWT award ceremony, they gave Zane a commemorative guitar and...

Zane Schwenk is our Pro Spotlight subject in the August 2012 issue, which means we’re going to give away a prize pack of gear from his sponsors to the winner of that issue’s Letter of the Month. The winner will score an CWB 141 Absolute with Faction bindings, a Proline Argyle rope and handle, a CWB Faction life vest, a MasterCraft t-shirt, and a pair of Electric Knoxville shades...

Watch Rusty Malinoski, Parks Bonifay, Zane Schwenk and Josh Palma — as well as a boatload of beauties — take the new MasterCraft X-30 through its maiden voyage.

See Rusty Malinoski, Josh Palma and Zane Schwenk ride some of MasterCraft's 2012 wakeboard boats, including the MasterCraft X-2, MasterCraft X-15, MasterCraft X-25, MasterCraft X-35, MasterCraft X-45 and MasterCraft X-55.

See CWB team riders Clay Fletcher, Gabe Lucas, Trevor Hansen, Andrew Adkison, Josh Twelker and more ride CWB's 2012 wakeboarding gear.

Watch Parks Bonifay get roasted by Shane Bonifay, Danny Harf, Adam Errington, Zane Schwenk and more in the teaser to his Red Bull Toasted episode.

Watch the highlight reel for Greg Nelson, who won the Legend Award at TransWorld WAKEBOARDING's 2010 Wake Awards. Nelson joined Scott Byerly, Shaun Murray, Darin Shapiro, Parks Bonifay, Zane Schwenk and Gator Lutgert in the Legend ranks.

Go behind the scenes at the biggest night in wakeboarding — TransWorld WAKEBOARDING's 2010 Wake Awards. See Harley Clifford collect his Best Wakeboard Video Performance and Best Wakeboarder awards. Check out Parks Bonifay hoist the Best Video award and watch Scott Byerly, Shaun Murray, Darin Shapiro, Zane Schwenk and Gator Lutgert welcome welcome Greg Nelson into the Legend ranks.

Watch CWB riders Andrew Adkison, Trevor Hansen, Gabe Lucas, Zane Schwenk, Bryan Hutton, Clay Fletcher, Derek Grasman and Jimmy Trask combine to create the first multi-rider switch Raley sequence. Kudos to Fletcher for taking that brutal faceplant at the end.

Read Zane Schwenk's bio.

CWB Board Co. recently unveiled its 2010 website, ridecwb.com. The new site features CWB’s entire 2010 line of wakeboards, wakeboard bindings, wakeskates, wakesurf boards and more. The new ridecwb...

A lot of pro wakeboarders do clinics in the summer. These sorts of things are kind of like coaching sessions. A pro comes out to your local dealership and us as riders can sign up and pay a reasonable rate to not only get a chance to ride with a pro all day but also get shown what we are doing wrong on the wakeboarding tricks we're working on...

Watch Zane Schwenk rip on the new twin-tip CWB Blackjack wakesurf board. Short and wide, the CWB Blackjack is an advanced wakesurf board built for large wakes and smaller intermediate to pro riders. Plus, Zane likes it...