Directly after the Dealer Camping Trip I was brought back up to Sacramento, where I grabbed a hotel near the Airport since Raleigh was flying in from TN for our photo shoot in Shasta... 

The Two of us grabbed a rental car and made our way up to Shasta where we would be meeting the rest of the crew.  We got in Late Friday night, and let me tell you... I knew the fires in California were bad, but to drive into Lake Shasta expecting to see bright blue Sky's beautiful water and shores lined with red rock, and you can hardly see the other side of the lake because the smoke was so thick was one of the trippiest experiences I have ever had... It looked like it should be a winter evening, cold thick with fog, and it was not like that at all... It was supper hot, you could smell the smoke, it was almost like being in the middle of a campfire.  Non the less we picked up our house boat (which I have to thank Silver Thorn Resorts for hooking us up here) and got everything loaded and met up with everyone along with Matt Hickman from Wakeboarding Magazine who was also here to shoot some video for us for there Website.  

Saturday started off great we got up early, the smoke had subsided a bit, and we were out on the water riding right away... We filmed all day, capturing as much action as we possibly could... Everything from our new rider Kyle shredding on the 5.5 kite pulling huge Hoochie Glides, to riding it with a Slalom Ski, Knee Board, WakeSki's and of coarse Ben, Raleigh, and Myself going huge on the 9.0 wakeboarding! 

The trip ended a success on Sunday getting a few more shots in the morning... we came away with a lot of great footage which we will be putting into (along with other clips from the year) into our new video for this next year (look for it coming in Sept!)

All in all you can't complain about a trip where all of us get to come together and just ride!

Here are a few pics from the weekend!

Our home for the weekend!