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Things seem to to be cruising right along for 2014. Besides all of the events that we have been having, here the new ones or the ones that are in the process of being planned. NW Oregon (Portland) Vancouver, BC, CA Mississippi Georgia Orlando, FL SML, VA Lake Gaston, VA Oxford, NC Lake Tillery, NC NorCal Denver, CO Lake Tillery, NC Austin, TX Things are about to get real busy for me! Boat Shows, Wake N Flake, WSIA conference, fundraisers and then our season starts! I absolutely LOVE sharing our passion with others. It makes my life worthwhile...

That is kinda strange, I answer my emails everyday. What email address have you been using? You can email me at: waketheworld@earthlink.net.

The 6th annual Wake N Flake 2014 is scheduled for March 1st. This is our yearly tradition of celebrating the transition from one board sport to the next by doing both on the same day. Boat dealers across NC and one in TN bring out their latest models for you try out or you can pick one of 2 cable parks; Jibtopia or Hexagon. That's 10 locations to choose from! That evening everyone converges on Appalachian Ski Mt. for some snowboarding during the night session. The cost is $75, includes wakeboarding, lunch, a lift ticket and a hooded sweatshirt. Proceeds benefit Wake the World. You can find out more and/or sign up on the web site http://www.wakenflake.com

You guys are awesome! These events are so incredible. Not only are you doing something awesome for the kids, you are also creating long lasting friendships. You will not believe the high caliber of people that volunteer for these events. I feel especially blessed because I know or have met most of them. There have also been a few romances that began at a WTW event. I try make it to as many events as I can, but it has become impossible (and I am thankful that there are more events than I can go to) I try to make it to all the new events especially if they have never done an event. The kids will absolutely melt your hearts......I absolutely love being there to share that joy!

Will Speed is the Wake the World Adaptive coordinator. He also helped create the rules for the INT League Adaptive Division and has also consulted with the WWA.

Anyone interested in Wake the World Denver let me know. I am flying out for a planning meeting on the evening of March 7th. Send me your email if you are interested in being involved with a WTW this summer. Greg

Here is our first video in a series just released. https://vimeo.com/52694176

For the past 5 years a group of us wakeboard and snowboard on the same day to raise money for Wake the World. This year it is on March 2nd. Last year 83 of us did it. Hopefully we will top 100 this year. Anyone else do something similar? http://www.wakenflake.com

Lake Tahoe would be awesome!

WOW ! A possible 27 events for 2013 and more being discussed! We had around 160 boats involved with Wake the World in 2012. We may get close to 300 boats in 2013! You guys are awesome! Here is another video.. https://vimeo.com/55440030

Here is Adam Fields telling how to promote your event. https://vimeo.com/52716676

Here is a great video of a girl in Arizona describing her experience with Wake the World. https://vimeo.com/51473102

If you are interested in putting on an event, it is really not that hard. This next video features Will Christien and Jimmy Trask. I appologize for the audio in the beginning. The mike was messed up, but it got better. https://vimeo.com/51033731

We are so excited and proud announce Wake the World Arizona on Bartlett Lake scheduled for Oct. 13th, 2012. For more information contact Dustin.pelzel@gmail.com or me (Greg) waketheworld@earthlink.net Here is a video to give you an idea of what Wake the World is like. https://vimeo.com/46355681

We would love to see an event in North Florida! We had someone that we thought could do it but he got sent overseas for work. We are just waiting for someone to step up to the plate. We are in the process of making several "how to" Wake the World videos. We will start an aggressive online campaign for more events in late October/ early November. That way it will give people plenty of time to plan their event and I will be able to help more. After February it starts getting hectic with several boat shows, fundraising and event planning. I have 8 email contacts for Florida, If you haven't received an email from me personally, then I don't have your info yet. waketheworld@earthlink.net

And a website! http://waketheworldaz.com/about/

There is now a facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/WakeTheWorldArizona

Here is a recent FOX news story.

Wake the World Kentucky is in need of some boats. There are plenty of I/O's around, but our safety policy and insurance only allows for inboard/v drives or jet drives. If you are interested please email Brock at: brockhals@gmail.com

Wake the World has new event on the Ohio River, July 30th near Vienna, WV. We need a few more boat owners to spend the day with us, sharing something we love with kids from foster homes. For more info contact Clint Suggs at: csuggs@pmca.com http://www.waketheworld.org

Wake the World is planned for July 17th on Taylorsville Lake. Wake the World is a group of boat owners that kids from children's homes for a day on the lake. This started 5 years ago in NC. In the past couple of years WTW has exploded nationwide. This summer there will be around 20 events in 16 states. Here is a video from our Texas event in 2010: Here is a link to our website: http://www.waketheworld.org

This is a video of our "Beautiful Day" of wakeboarding and snowboarding.

First lake trip, 5 hours shortened to 3 minutes and 41 seconds

The Wake the World family is growing really fast! Can't wait to get this summer started! Here in NC we actually start tomorrow (March 4th) with our Wake N Flake FUNdraiser event. Boat dealers across our state provide brand new wakeboard boats for more than 80 riders at 4 different lakes. Then in the evening everyone comes together to snowboard at Appalachian Ski Mountain. With riders, boat drivers and volunteers we will have around 110 people involved. Wake N Flake is our largest event for riders. Wake the World events in the summer for the kids is really what it is all about. This summer we are estimating that we will have 500 volunteers, more than 225 boats at 20+ locations play host to around 1000 kids this summer! WOW!! Boat owners are some of the most awesome people!

It's that time of year. Snowboarding, Boat shows then wakeboarding! It is also nearing time for one of my favorite days... Wake N Flake!! This is our 4th year for this transitional event. We wakeboard, eat lunch, then go snowboarding in the evening. This is the main FUNdraiser for Wake the World. Wake N Flake is March 4th.