Keenan says that he never really found himself to be a team sports kid. He started skateboarding when he was still in diapers. When he was six, older kids taught him how to wakeboard in the inter coastal behind his house, ever since then he was hooked. His family found a Wakeboarding school called LTS ten minutes from his house and Keenan and his brother trained with Dean Lavelle for about 8 years. Before wake surfing he was very into wake boarding and was doing well in competitions for his age level. One day he decided to try wake surfing that was also the day he never wanted to wakeboard again. He fell in love with wake surfing.
He went to the World Championships in 2005 and won the juniors division. He then became a part of the Inland surfer team. From there on he practiced and practiced and decided to entrée the open division at the World Championships. At the age of 13 he made it to the finals, he finish fifth overall in the open division at the 2008 World Championships. At the 2008 World Championships he saw Drew Danielo. He watched his final run and was so inspired to learn all the ricks he performed. That was exactly what he did.
Recently he is trying to create his very own surf style board for Inland Surfer. He would like to compete in surf and skim on his very own pro model boards. Other then wake surfing, Keenan skimboards, skateboards, wake boards and plays lacrosse. He is a junior and honour roll student in high school at North Broward Prep School.
This is Keenan Wake surfing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBIZh83hIzQ
This is an interview I found on the website stated at the bottom:
"WHERE DID YOU GROW UP?
Deerfield Beach, FL
SIBLINGS?
Younger brother, Noah
WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS?
Get into surf style wakesurfing as well as skim style and just have fun with the sport.
SPONSORS:
Centurion Boats, Inland Surfer, Reef, Body Glove, Lavelle Train Station, and Island Water Sports
BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT IN YOUR SPORTS:
Won the World Wakesurf Championships 2010
LIKES?
Riding any type of board, being in the water, and food.
DISLIKES?
Sitting in class when there are waves
FOODS?
Cheese, Pasta, Chipotle, etc...
BELIEFS? OUTLOOKS ON LIFE?
Life is what you make it.
FAVORITE RIDER AND WHY?
Scott Culp, never seen anyone else have so much fun wakesurfing.
BOARD:
Inland Surfer Keenan Flegel Pro model
WHAT FIRST INSPIRED YOU TO BEGIN WAKESURFING?
Just tried it one day and loved it.
HOW OFTEN DO YOU GET TO RIDE?
Once a week on average, but it depends on the season.
WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO THANK OR GIVE PROPS TO?
Thanks to mom and dad for supporting me in whatever I do and for always being there. Also thanks to all my sponsors for the support and opportunities.
DAILY RATE?
$300 + travel and lodging"
Bibliographie : http://www.centurionboats.com/team-centurion/keenan-flegel.html
Wow. I’m very impressed with this guy’s talent. Keenan Flegel must be unbelievably skilled with boards since he went from skateboarding to wakeboarding and is now a 2 time wake surfing champion! Also, I was quite surprised to have read about Wakeboarding School because I had no idea that such a school existed.
ReplyDeleteThis is pretty interesting thing to read because I'm not familiar with wake surfing but it seems pretty fun. I wouldn't mind trying it out for fun. Cool story!
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