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Arnette Throws Down $1000 for Best Trick at Rockstar Byerly Toe Jam

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:08:14 +0000

9th ANNUAL ROCKSTAR BYERLY TOE JAM
Presented by O’Neill

Arnette Throws Down $1000 For “Best Trick”

The world’s premier wakeskate series is ready to begin April 19-21, as the Rockstar Byerly Toe Jam is set to go off at the Projects in Orlando, Florida. Arnette announced today that they will be offering an additional $1000 for the best trick throughout the entire event. Wakeskaters will appreciate the new format allowing riders the opportunity to get paid for the best trick regardless if it goes down in the finals or not.

Event founder, Scott Byerly, is excited to see what will go down. “Arnette has always supported me in a big way,” Byerly said. “So it’s cool to see them also supporting wakeskating like this, because pushing the sport is what the Toe Jam is all about.”

Fans are welcome to come out to The Projects on Friday, April 20, to watch the action and celebrate Byerly’s birthday with the best wakeskaters in the world. The Toe Jam finals are also open to the public on Saturday, so be sure to make it out if you can.

The 2012 Toe Jam will host two categories of competition – Wake riding behind the Byerly Icon Edition Nautique and a Winch event through a 175-foot course. This setup, built by Ben Horan and the Nike crew, includes two take-off docks and a four-foot gap with two down-ledges topped with Trex rails.

Rockstar Energy Drink Byerly Toe Jam - TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

Wednesday, April 18
Athlete Check in & Winch Jam Practice: 9 a.m. - Dark

Thursday, April 19
Winch Jam Qualifying: 9 a.m. - Dark

Friday, April 20
Wake Riding Qualifying (Nautique Byerly Icon Edition Boat): 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Winch Jam Quarters & Semifinals: 9 a.m. - Dark

Saturday, April 21
Wake Riding Finals (Nautique Byerly Icon Edition Boat): 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Winch Jam Super Finals: 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.

For more information, including schedules updates, rules, and registration, go to TheWakeskateTour.com
facebook.com/TheWakeskateTour

Riders must register on line at thewakeskatetour.com/register.html by Tuesday, April 17 at 12 p.m. EST or pay a late fee and register on site.

Scott Byerly would like to thank Rockstar Energy Drink and O’Neill for their undying support of the Toe Jam as well as Arnette, Nautiques, The Wake Park Project and The Projects “Without these guys, there would be no Toe Jam as we know it and a lot of them have been behind it since day one.”

2011 Byerly Toe Jam results

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:07:00 +0000

Some scenes from the Toe Jam and breakdown of the results!

WATCH ALL THE ACTION -- 2011 ROCKSTAR BYERLY TOE JAM
Presented by O'Neill

Check out five new videos from the 2011 Rockstar Byerly Toe Jam including a newly-released overall edit. The other four include action from each day, with separate videos featuring the Boat, System 2.0, Winch and Rail Park competition.

Feel free to embed the specific videos on your sites and social media. The library is hosted here:

http://vimeo.com/user6807014/videos

Also be sure to "like" the Toe Jam Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/Toe.Jam.Wake.Event and be sure to follow @thebyerlytoejam on Twitter. There will be more announcements throughout the winter. Thank you all for another hugely successful Toe Jam in 2011.

Rockstar Byerly Toe Jam Final Results

Boat Final (Nautique 210 Byerly Icon Edition)
1.) Reed Hansen
2.) Brian Grubb
T3.) Stu Shinn
T3.) Nick Taylor

System 2.0 Park
1.) Andrew Fortenberry
2.) Bret Little
T3.) Ben Horan
T3.) Daniel Grant

Winch Jam
1.) Matt Hooker (frontside noseslide)
2.) Ben Horan (back lip shove)
3.) Dieter Humpsch (270 to switch front board)

Rail Park (Sea-Doo WAKE Edition)
1.) Reed Hansen
2.) Ben Horan
3.) Grant Roberts

Overall Rockstar Byerly Toe Jam Title
1.) Reed Hansen
2.) Ben Horan
3.) Matt Manzari

Scott Byerly would like to thank Rockstar Energy Drink, O'Neill, Arnette, Nautique, Nike, The Projects, The Wake Park Project / System 2.0, Grooveshark, and ESPN Radio's Kevin Sutton Show on AM 1080 in Central Florida.

FISE 2011 Montpellier Wrap-Up Report

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 06:00:00 +0000

This is one of those happenings where you really have to schedule your walk from one end of the venue to the other. A stroll along the massive course will take you well over 20 mins (not counting the many stops you might take checking out tons of booths offering anything from T-Shirts to Crepes) and will take you past a whole bunch of fantastic courses for all kinds of action sports such as Skateboarding, Wakeboarding, Mountain Bike and BMX! The Arnette Europe team is proud to be a supporter of FISE 2011 and everyone of us is already looking forward to next year’s event in Montpellier.

The intensity you experience while visiting this event is hard to describe. Despite the sheer largeness of the area and the amount of visitors there are countless sessions and contests to witness. Even though a bit inconsistent, the weather was good enough in the end for most contests to take place and to determine the winners in all the different sports and categories.

On the MTB Big Air, the world’s best riders from Canada, New Zealand, Spain, UK and France rocked the spot and went huge! This attracted an excited crowd that saw some jaw-dropping action with front flips, 360 double whips, triple whips and 720s! Check out this video of the best tricks session at FISE 2011:

One of the most impressive sessions of FISE 2011 was the BMX park final. In the end it was the 16-year-old American Pat Casey who took the top spot. He topped his all over impressive and versatile run with a first ever One Foot Decade Backflip! Mark Webb finished 2nd after delivering a really technical show while the Italian rider Alessandro Barbero ranked 3rd despite his awesome Front Flip No Hander right in front of the audience. The overall ranking goes as follows:

1. Pat Casey (USA)
2. Mark Webb (UK)
3. Alessandro Barbero (IT)
4. Daniel Dhers
5. Drew Bezanson
6. Todd Mayn
7. JB Peytavit
8. Dean Cueson

Even if you are not really into BMX you’ll still notice that the sport has been taken to another level over the last few years and if you are into it you’ll be amazed by the riding level in this final session. If you have the chance turn up the volume right now and you should be able to almost feel the atmosphere during the finals of the BMX competition:

We didn’t only support FISE 2011 but we had a booth there where everyone was invited to test their strength and win some Arnette goodies. You gotta love how the kids went for it!

There will be more video highlights available in the next couple of days. We’ll keep you posted for sure!

Rendezvous in Montpellier: Arnette Supports FISE

Tue, 24 May 2011 15:30:00 +0000

It's common knowledge that the French are gourmets when it comes to the culinary arts. FISE shows us that they also have the ability to whip up some pretty tasty action sports entertainment!

From June 1st - 5th, Montpellier is the place to be! La crème de la crème of the action sports world will come together at FISE to compete in a variety of disciplines including Skateboarding, BMX, Wakeboarding, Mountain Biking and Inline Skating. In addition to top pros, amateurs also have the chance to take part in their own category.

Last year FISE attracted approximately 350,000 spectators and 1,500 athletes, which means this is a pretty major happening in the South of France - and it's free to get in. Here's a look at the competition venues:

The Street Course

The Mountain Bike Course

The Wake Course

Aside from all the shredding, the crowds are guaranteed to have a great time with DJ's and live music pumping all 5 days. Plus, in keeping with the "green" movement, FISE is an eco-conscious event that will employ a variety of environmentally friendly technologies and materials.

There are so many good reasons to pack your bag and head to Montpellier for FISE! But if you can't make it, don't worry because you can still catch all the action via a live stream on the FISE website.

Here's a look at what went down last year:

For more info check out the FISE website and Facebook page.

Nous nous réjouissons de vous voir à Montpellier!

Randall "Vandall" Harris gets a signature shoe

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:02:15 +0000

Michael Jordan, Lebron James, Kobe Bryant...Randall Harris! What do all these names have in common? Yep, you guessed it, they all have their very own custom shoes. Vandall, who has been a mainstay on our Wake team for years now just got his own signature shoe from the folks over at VANS...and we couldn't be more stoked for him! Go pick yourself up a pair today!