Driving through Mexico with the Tige Z3 in tow and an old Mexican dude (probably 70) pulls alongside, honks, points at the boat and gives me a fist pump! Yeah, that just happened!

Rathy has a tough day at work... http://instagr.am/p/PxLyB7g2Z5

Tried out the new pool rail at OWC and had a blast on it. Cable is pretty damn fun!! Thanks to Jeff at OWC and Mike at Performance for hooking us up. Oh, and Randy didn't break anything this year! :)

Shot Austin Hair and Marcelo Giardi this morning. Now over to Surf Expo demo day at OWC.

Watching gymnastics at the Olympics and they're talking about "landing blind" off the vault!

Hope you're watching on NBC right now. Red Bull Wake Open is down to Raph Derome, Daniel Grant, Dominik Hernler and Nico von Lerchenfeld. No American or Australian representation in the finals!

Getting into the thick of it for the Red Bull Wake Open in Tampa, Florida. Malibu and Red Bull are hooking it up big time!!

Texas Ski Ranch with the Cirque de Solei dancer and acrobats. Damn, they went nuts at the trampoline park!! Also ran into WakeWorld forum regulars Jarrett Eubanks and Billy Tonis! Small world.

Adam Errington, Steel Lafferty and Rusty Malinoski take first, second and third respectively at Brostock!

Just got word that 40 cases of Rockstar and a Rockstar fridge will be dropping at WakeWorld headquarters later today! Yum! Check out their new flavors at http://www.rockstar69.com.

Morning set with Chad Lowe and Randall...niiiiice!

53rd Masters will broadcast live this weekend at http://www.masterswaterski.com. Check it!

See you at Lake Tulloch this weekend for the CIE Spring Ride and WakeWorld Double Up Contest. Get all the details at http://tinyurl.com/77yhagc.

Don't miss the live webcast of the Double-Up and Expression Session contests right after Wake Games on Saturday, 4/14. http://bit.ly/2012WG.

Great morning with Erik Ruck and Adam Errington behind the new Tige Z3!

Just got off the water with Murray, Rattray and Palma riding behind the new Super Air G23...even got in a ride of my own! :)

I just heard that Dean Smith and Chad Sharpe are confirmed for the WakeWorld Double Up Contest at Spring Ride at Lake Tulloch on 5/4-5. I'll definitely be there to watch that go down!! For more info: http://tinyurl.com/6srq3a6.

Lunch at Dick's Last Resort with Sean O'Brien and his lovely fiancee (and former Rider Link interviewee)!

Don't forget to get your entry in to win an O'Brien Contra in Round #2 of our reader video contest at http://tinyurl.com/8x8btph.

Scott Stewart is now a member of team Hyperlite!

And so it begins. The build of WakeWorld's 2012 Tige Z3 is underway. Follow the progress at http://tinyurl.com/88qqktv.