Interviews

I met Jeff Heer in West Palm Beach, Florida in 1994 where he was training with Mike Ferraro and Chet Raley at the Top Gun ski school. While Mike Ferraro was starting the boat and getting set to go, Chet Raley and Darin Shapiro both...

The Eric Perez Interview by Tommy Phillips - In 1989-90, while managing my store in Colorado, Tony Finn of Skurfer called me and we talked about taking the sport up a notch with a real televised event for Skiboarding.  We had finished my little backyard event...

The Andrea Gaytan Interview (by Dana Preble) (WHF) Take us back to the beginning of your wakeboard career and where all of the magic started. (A.G.) Wakeboarding came to me as a huge blessing from the universe. I was one of those things when all the stars...

Dana Preble Interview for the Wakeboarding Hall of Fame December, 2014 (WHF) Dana, take us back to the beginning of your wake career and where you started? (DP) I started waterskiing on Klinger Lake in Michigan when I was 3 years old. From that time on, I spent...

Mike Ennen.  A Northwest Legend in his words! With Tommy Phillips. (WHF) Mike first thanks so much for your contributions all these years. (WHF) Tell us about how it has been from your and Nick's start in wake and how different it is being from the Northwest and being...

I have been very fortunate to know Darin since he first strapped on a wakeboard down in West Palm Beach, FL. His drive and determination have been instrumental in the evolution of the sport and inspirational to all of us. Below is a short interview...

COBE MIKACICH! THE LEGEND SPEAKS! (WHF) COBE WE WERE ALL SO PROUD OF YOU WHEN WE WATCHED YOU TAKE THE STAGE FOR THE LEGEND AWARD! TAKE US ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1992 WHEN THE TALL SLENDER KID FROM THE WEST COAST CAME TO COLORADO TO...