WWA & King of Cable Comp

Friday 18th Sept - I headed to Princes Club, London for the WWA & King of Cable Comp. I entered Junior Men category, as I stood a better chance of being in the King of Cable final... which is a head to head of all the winners of each category.

The runs were straight off the dock and you did one complete circuit of the cable... if you fell you got picked up once. My first run was good but I knew I could have ridden better. I qualified 2nd which I was really pleased with.

Day 2 I had to get up early for the finals, my category went out at mid-day. I was second from last off the dock - I had a good run, including some of my hardest tricks, 313, Tweety and a 7 off the kicker. Everyone rode really sik and it was a close comp .. I came 3rd .. so on the podium but unfortunately not in the King of Cable final. Results here.

After the comp there was a fancy dress party .. I went as a chicken!
We had a great time .. Ash Templeman won dressed as Lego Man.

Happy Days !!!

WakeMK Summer Jam 2009

Congratulations to Nick Davies for winning Summer Jam 2009 with an absolutely awesome run! Lewis Cornwall followed with a close 2nd & Dec Clifford with an amazing 3rd place in the pro mens category. Big thanks to WakeMK for another amazing Summer Jam comp.

J-star/Jobe New Line Sneak Peak

European J-Star/Jobe team were riding for 2 days at WakeMK & Box End Park to shoot some photos for an upcoming ad campaign for the 2010 line. Keep checking the Jobe website for info on the amazing new products.

For more sneak pics click here Alliancewake.co.uk.

Jobe Team - The World's Most Wanted

Link here.

Team Jobe's overall win at Ten Feet High

Ten Feet High Series SEPTEMBER results :
1st Will Mans (Team Jobe)
2nd Declan Clifford (Team Jobe)
3rd Lewis Cornwall

Ten Feet High Series OVERALL results :
1st Declan Clifford, Will Mans (Joint)
2nd Christian Koester aka CK (Team Jobe)

Ten Feet High Series LADIES OVERALL results
1st Kirsteen Mitchell
2nd Sophie Cordery
3rd Chloe Goudie

Full article here.

OVL Magazine Interview

Local Ouse Valley Living Magazine met Declan at his home cable Box End Park in Kempston, Bedfordshire for an interview. Magazines are distributed free to 16,000 local homes & are available at selected outlets throughout the county, so keep your eyes peeled for a copy!

Ten Feet High - Final Round

Congrats to Dec after winning a joint first at the Sheffield Waterski, Ten Feet High Wake & Skate competition.

Ten Feet High - Round 4

The Ten Feet High Wake and Skate Series is one of the most famous wakeboard competitions of the UK. The competition recurs monthly at the Sheffield Cable Waterski Park. On Saturday the 15th of August the fourth stop of this competition was held resulting in 3 Jobe/Jstar riders on the podium!

Results Pro Men
1. Will Mans
2. Christian Koester (CK)
3. Declan Clifford

ECWC & CWWC - Finland

On the 27th of July I headed out to the European’s in Finland, Ukkohalla with the British Cable Wakeboard Team where I would also enter the CWWC tour stop.

The first day we went to the cable to check it out, the obstacles and the cable looked sick. Our accommodation were amazing log cabins which I shared with Nick Davies, James Young, CK, Freddy Carter, Connor Jones, Kerry Gospel, Will Mann’s and Ralph Young the Team Captain.

After no sleep at all due to there being no darkness in Finland I was told to get up at 7am for team training... good times lol. I got on well with the cable and was happy with my days riding.

On the friday I qualified 3rd in my group, taking me to the semi-finals which I was very happy with.

The next morning I was up nice and early again for the semi finals. I was first of the dock and landed my run which put me into top spot. I was sitting in 3rd position but knew I had to step up my game. Next run saw me landing the same as before but just going down on a back side 540, so I was not going thought to the finals.

The next day there was the CWWC (Cable Wakeboarding World Championships) tour stop where I came 4th. Shy of 3rd place by only 1 point. But I was still happy as I’d had a sick time and was looking forward to getting back to the UK.

I would just like to say a big thanks to all the British Team all my sponsors Alpinestars, Jobe, Box End Park, Trap 5 and Justoffbase and also a big thanks to my mummy for making it all possible.

Dec.

European Championships - Finland

Dec heads to Finland with the British Squad to compete in the European Championships.
Good luck!

Loving it...

Dec loves his Alpinestars clobber. Pic thanks to Neil Bowles.

British Cable Wakeboarding Nationals

Congrats to Dec for 2nd place Junior Men!
Photographs courtesy of Adrian Potts.
Podium pic courtesy of www.cablewakeboard.net

Ten Feet High Round 3

3rd stop of ten feet high & the competition is getting harder & more riders attend as they try to get a spot for themselves. Crowds and riders have a sik time at the Ten Feet Comps, the riding is awesome, all the guys are really friendly & the parties are fun as hell.

I went out for my first run going down on my wildcard which put me at 3rd as Will & Lewis came joint 2nd so I'm not so sore. Sik comp, big thanks to all the boys n girls down the valley & a big thanks to my sponsors, Jobe, Alpinestars, Box End Park & Trap 5.

Pro Mens

1st Place (Joint) - Will Manns/Lewis Cornwall

3rd Place - Dec Clifford

Wakestock 2009

The 10th anniversary of Wakestock a mixture of sunshine, strong winds, pouring rain, some sick live music & amazing riding from all new and old riders.

Day one & riding well I qualified from Amatuers to ride in Pro Mens. Day 2, the wind picked up & a mixture of the choppy sea water & a bit too much partying the night before, I rode badly & was really disappointed with my run. Seeing Nick Davies riding, we all knew that he was going to take the Wakestock Championship & he did. Sick riding Nick.

Back on the festival site we all had great fun in the mud. The music was awesome & the bad weather didn't seem to spoil anyones fun.

Wakestock Yeya!

Boat Nationals

Big thanks to Adrian Potts for the pics.

Ten Feet High - Round Two

This Ten Feet High was even better than the last one... with more riders and the lake was the flatest I have ever seen it. 14 riders in the pro catagory all riding at such a high standard the competition was really hard. So to come 2nd was amazing. Big thanks to all the guys down at Sheffield cable, they always make everyone feel so welcome and the BBQ is tops!

Pro Mens

1st Place - CK Koester

2nd Place - Dec Clifford

3rd Place - Simon Chapell

Alpinestars sponsor Dec!

A massive thankyou to Alpinestars! Dec is very excited to be part of the Frontline crew & looks forward to bringing them the latest in Wake action.

Dec gets invited to Wakestock 2009!!!

I HAVE BEEN INVITED TO RIDE IN THE AMATEURS COMP BEHIND THE BOAT, CANT WAIT!!! ITS GOING TO BE AMAZING WOO... BIG THANKS TO THE GUYS WHO INVITED ME AND JIMMY BOY AKA SOLID, PEACE. SEE YOU THERE, WISH ME LUCK.

WAKESTOCK
Relentless Wakestock is Europe’s largest wakeboard music festival, combining the cultures of music and the world's fastest growing watersport AKA WAKEBOARDING. Check out the website to get tickets for this sick event.

British Squad 2009

Declan is proud to be chosen for the British Squad again this year.

Ten Feet High 2009

Despite the terrible weather, competitors and spectators gathered for an awesome comp at Sheffield Cable Waterski Park. Dec pulled a few sick moves out of the back and landed a very well deserved 2nd place. Go Dec!!!

Box End Park sponsor Dec!

Wakeboarding Diary

Click here for the 2009 Wakeboarding diary of events.

Wakeboarding Diary

Click here for the 2009 Wakeboarding diary of events.

Hip-notics - Turkey

31st of March....Turkey. The sickest cable I've ever ridden. The kickers and sliders where amazing. A top setup setup with an awesomely sound team running the show. First day out there I meet up with a friend Freedy Vo Ostin and we rode at 10 at night, which was when I had the best ride ever.

Highly recommended to any cable rider. Food, sunshine & sounds. THe guys will open the cable at anytime you want to ride & there are speakers on every tower. Pimp. There is a 5 corner cable a 6 corner and two Rixen trainers which are sik for learning new inverts on, so get your self out there people.

Peace.

Vanity 2009 Wakeboard is sik!!

The first time I rode the Vanity I knew it was the board I wanted to ride this year. I rode the Conformity last year and its the same shape with a few more improvements. I love this board!

It works well on the cable and the boat with it's progressive continuous rocker which gives you the smoothest transitions into the wake with the sickest pop. The Vanity also rides well on the cable with its 3 fins on each end of the board. This gives you the best edge for cutting out on the cable.

Also a top all-rounder board for any level rider. Beginners and pro’s, anyone will love riding this board, but the best thing for me is the graphics, no joke, I think I am in love with the girl on my board lol.

Good work jobe - j star.

Alliance Wake Magazine

Dec hits the pages of Alliance Wake Magazine.

Training at Ski Rixen - Florida, USA

I headed over to Florida to stay with Marc Shuster and his family, who kindly took me in for two weeks (thanks guys) so that I could get some winter riding in at the nearby cable, Ski Rixen.

My winter training started a Heathrow airport; I was travelling on my own for the first time. On the return flight I was sitting inbetween an illegal immigrant (that had to be sent home) and a screaming baby! Niiiiice.

The first day I arrived, I went straight to the cable with Marcs friend Gemma from SA. The cable is made by Ski Rixen which was really tight and sick to do inverts on. The water was really warm especially compared to the UK. The people at the cable were really friendly and I met some good riders like Josh Banks, Rob Map, Diego Shaw and obviously Marc. The obstacles there were sick!! They had an A-frame, 3 kickers, flat bar and a wall ride.

After only a few days of riding, I had already broken my toe by kicking a ladder in the water (bit embarrassing). That didn't stop me though. I spent most of each day, riding, eating mackyD’s and partying. I was starting to wish I didn’t have to go home. But I still knew I had 10 days left, so all was good.

At the weekend we went to the boat lake near Marcs and I had a wicked set. Marc also took me to a Flowrider in Miami, which was real fun. But I couldn’t do anything lol so I got off and bought some plastic bubbles (a resin that you blow up, you pinch the hole shut and can shape it) haha.

The next day, Marc, Diego and myself rocked up to the cable early, for a big air session on the indy line. I met Jimmy Larich who didn’t join in, but had more fun watching us. I tried a double backroll which was surprisingly close. I also learnt a front side 313 later on that day, which I was stoked about. Josh Banks also landed one (yea man).

The riding was coming to an end, but I still had one more night to go to Hooters, which was an experience (giggidy giggidy). Big thanks to Marc and his family, Mummy and most of all Jobe.

Dec.

Jobe News

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