Riding is about a feeling.
It’s about gliding through the air.
Its about holding the grab longer than you think you should.
It’s about landing in the flats.
It’s about landing perfectly on the downside of the second wake.
It’s about doing simple tricks that just have a flow and feel good to do.
It’s about doing super tech tricks that have so much going on.
It’s about that moment you feel you have defied laws of physics and beat gravity.
It’s about getting back on the water after a long injury has kept you away from the lake.
It’s about riding at first light.
It’s about throwing your buddy the iron fist after he hits a new trick.
It’s bout leaning on your toe side edge in complete glass and seeing your reflection.
It’s about getting on the water when the fog is still covering the lake and riding in the clouds.
It’s about being super cold when you first hop in the water and then get back in the boat burning up.
It’s about that feeling you get when you approach the wake for a new trick.
It’s about pushing yourself out of your comfort zone.
It’s about increasing the size of your comfort zone.
It’s about the smell of new bindings.
Its about having the perfect set with dry hair at the end.
It’s about taking the last set of the day and riding through the sunset.
-Shaun Belmont Murray