GIRLS RIDE DAY!!!!!

The first ever UK Girls Ride Day took place on Saturday 17th July at Quayside Wakeboard & Waterski. With over 25 girls riding, and many more in tow, the place was overflowing with ladies! We had exclusive use of the cable for girls only, prize giveaways from O’neill and Kesvegas, free drinks from Relentless, demo boards from Hyperlite, plenty of hotdogs, games and of course a great playlist!

With lots of girls to get though, we cracked straight on with the riding at midday. For some of the girls this was their first time at wakeboarding, yet after a quick land lesson they got straight out on the water. Huge thanks must go to super-star Sarah Kingdom who was on hand with coaching all day, ensuring that every girl was up and loving it in no time. It was great to see girls like Alise, Mavis, Kei and Larissa tearing it up even on their first times ever on a wakeboard!

Whilst not on the water, the girls were kept entertained by a number of fun games including shooting-hoops and ‘limbo for life-jackets’! The girls were obviously desperate to win an awesome O’neill life-vest, as the limbo standard was out of this world. Never have I seen girls get so low, with sisters Naomi and Emily battling it out until they had to admit to a shared victory. They may say that girls aren’t as competitive as boys, but this was definitely not the case in the basketball shoot-offs! There were girls eagerly trying to shoot hoops left right and centre, until we had to resort to sudden-death to get our final winner! With a riders raffle and wakeboarding trivia going on all day, Millie, Hannah, Stacey, Emily and many others were also lucky enough to win themselves more Kesvegas and O’neill goodies!

All in all, the day was a great success. It was cool to see girls like Hannah, Sam and Claudia busting out raleys on the System 2.0, inspiring others to give it a go. Big thanks must to go Phil and Dan for their help and support on the cable all day, Christian for cooking us a sweet BBQ and Sam for the amazing cupcakes. Gareth Davies was on hand taking pics all day, so be sure to check his website if you wish to order prints! Thanks also to our sponsors O’neill, Hyperlite, Relentless, Kesvegas and Quayside for their support! Keep your eyes peeled for more girls wakeboarding events coming soon… ☺