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Operation Wakesurf is an amazing organization that specializes in providing unforgettable and unique on-water experiences for first responder and military personnel. Hosting events all through the season, Operation Wakesurf gets hundreds of men and women who keep our communities safe on the water. We caught up with the Founder and President, Robby Maschhaupt, this Veteran’s Day to dig into Operation Wakesurf, how it got started, and what his plans are for the future. Check it out now.

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Ashley Inloes is always on the move. Constantly traveling all over the world for contests, photoshoots, lessons, and anything else in between! We caught up with her to see what she is up to THIS VERY SECOND! By the time you read this, she’ll be long gone…so check it out, quick!

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The team descended into Dubai this past weekend for the 2025 Wakesurf Championships – Dubai Creek Edition! Dubai definitely does this event the right way! The contest site was insane, with incredible views and towering skyscrapers all around. One thing Dubai is known for is its unreal architecture and seeing the buildings for the first time is a crazy experience! 

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John Akerman is always on the go. Get a quick catch up with him as he answers some random questions now!

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Check out the new shapes for 2026 and what sets them apart from their 2025 versions now! From re-designs to brand new shapes, the 2026 line has something for every surfer out there.

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Jett Lambert had himself another year in 2025. Winning almost every contest he entered, traveling the globe, pumping out solid content all season, and enjoying every bit of it along the way, Jett is living the life. We caught up with him to see what he thought of his 2025 and which moments really stood out!

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Everybody has their preferences. For the “This or That” series, we catch up with riders to see what they prefer on some pretty wide topics. How do your answers line up with Parker’s? Check it out now!

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The 2025 season is officially a wrap! With the last stop of the 2025 Centurion WSWS taking place this last weekend as the World Wakesurfing Championship in Florida, we saw plenty of Phase 5 riders being crowned World Champions! Check out the podium photos below along with Whitley Stewart and Jett Lambert’s winning runs.

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Day 2 of the 2025 Centurion WSWS World Wakesurfing Championship is on! What are you waiting for? Check out the livestream video now!

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The 2025 season is winding down and just like year’s past, Whitley Stewarts season was a whirl wind! Filled with traveling, competitions, victories, new tricks, and even getting engaged, Whitley has stayed busy all year long. We caught up with her to see what some of her highlights of the year were!

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The 2025 USA Flow Tour Championships just went down at Riversport OKC and although we don’t make flow rider boards, unless Sean Silveira asks really nicely, we were stoked to help out and sponsor the tour because we want people to be stoked about riding boards on water, no matter how they do it! The sport of flow riding has seen a major increase in progression over the last few years and having Sean Silveira on the team, who got his start in flow riding, it just made sense to help out the Flow Tour crew!

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This past week, Parker Payne and I traveled out to the beautiful state of Utah to do some photo and video work with the crew at Boardco. We were met with mid 70 degree weather and sunny skies. First stop was to Boardco headquarters to meet up with everyone and see the operation.

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The Neal family from Texas has become a staple shred fam over here at Phase 5 over the last couple of years. Mark and Bree Neal, along with their daughters Collins and Heidi, are fully in on the lake life and are all about sharing it with others and getting as many people as they can on Phase 5 boards. And with Collins and Heidi taking to surfing like fish in water – eventually at least – the Neals traded in their old run around boat and went all in on surfing! We caught up with Bree to chat a little bit about how they got their start, how they keep it fun, and how they manage to keep Collins and Heidi under control!

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Surf Expo, the largest watersports exhibition in the US, just wrapped up over the weekend in Orlando, FL and Phase 5 was there to meet, greet, and show off the brand new 2026 line. Check out some pics from the Expo now!

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Check out this awesome review of the Key “Jett Shreds” model by Board Co! This super-progressive shape is made to push the boundaries of what’s possible on the water.

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Another rider hailing from the Great White North of Canada, Yann Roy has been repping Phase 5 above the border for years. A talented all-around water guy, Yann picked up wakesurfing back in 2008 and hasn’t looked back since. We caught up with him to ask him a few questions and see what he’s been up to lately. Check it out now!

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The Masters is one of the heaviest contests of the entire season. It’s one of those events that serves as a “proving grounds” for riders and once you get a Masters title under your belt, it's like you join this elite group of riders. Serving as the fifth and final stop of the 2025 Nautique Wakesurf Series, the Nautique Masters Wakesurf Championships went down on Lake Robin at Callaway Gardens, GA with pride and titles on the line. 

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The 6th stop of the Centurion World Series of Wakesurfing, Chattawake,  just took place last weekend in Chattanooga TN as a part of the River Games. Plenty of riders descended on Chattanooga to make their mark at this event and team Phase 5 held their own and took home plenty of hardware at the event!

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The World Games just took place in Chengdu, China and this was the first year that wakesurfing was included in the games! With over 40 sports represented by athletes from across the globe, we were honored to have team riders Bailey Rush and Jett Lambert represent Canada and the USA, along with Phase 5, at the inaugural event. They both also managed to take 1st place in Pro Women’s and Pro Men’s and take home a gold medal! Congrats! 

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The Centurion World Series of Wakesurfing has been chugging along all season long and the final stop, Chattawake 2025, is going down in Chattanooga, TN on August 15-17! A part of the River Games, this is a 3 day long festival with wakesuring, death diving, kayak launching, highlining, tramp diving, skateboard launches, bridge climbing, and more, plus nightly music to keep the energy going.

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Jett Lambert came out swinging this season with a dominating performance in the first stop of the Pro Wake Tour. Jett recently won the overall PWT series so we figured we’d send it back to the first stop to show you how he got there! Check it out now!

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From world champ Sammy Goncalves comes the all new 2026 Viper! This brand new shape, designed and ridden by Sammy G, is unlike any other surf style board in the line. A few things that jump out at you are the moon-shaped nose, the squared off tail, and its sharp edges. All of these combined make for an aggressive, high-performance shredder of a board! So if you’re looking for a board that is fast, pops high, and doesn’t hold back, check out the VIPER now!

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The Mindset by Ashley Inloes took the wakesurfing world by storm with its introduction into the Phase 5 line last year. But what makes it so special? Well, we caught up with designer and pro team rider Ashley Inloes to pick her brain and get more of an idea of her “Mindset” when she’s off and on the water.

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The events just keep rolling on with the 2025 Lake Minnetonka Wakesurf Open going down this weekend! Held on pristine Lake Minnetonka, MN, the Lake Minnetonka Wakesurf Open is held in conjunction with theSpirit of the Lakes Festival.This event attracts thousands of visitors and is an awesome spot to showcase the sport of wakesurfing. Make sure to come check it out, by car or boat, if you’re in the area!

It was a solid competition weekend for team Phase 5! With two major events going down, the 3rd and final stop of the Pro Wake Tour and the Volunteer Wake Surf Classic which was the 5th stop of the Centurion World Series of Wakesurfing, it was a busy weekend for the team with a lot of podium finishes! Check it out now!

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Hey everyone, Sammy G here. My schedule has been packed recently, so I wanted to share a little update on what I’ve been up to!

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The 5th stop of the Centurion World Series of Wakesurfing is happening July 11-12 in Johnson City, TN and Phase 5 is proud to be sponsoring it and the remainder of the Centurion World Series of Wakesurfing! This 2 day event is sure to be a good time. Hosted by CBK Watersports at Winged Deer Park, the Volunteer Wake Surf Classic will show a high level of riding with a strong showing from team Phase 5! Make plans to be there! 

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We are stoked to welcome Canadian rider Morgan Bateman to team Phase 5! Morgan’s skills have really been shining these past few seasons and, with the help of fellow team rider and part-time coach Bailey Rush, she is really starting to come into her own. Learn more about her below and join us in welcoming her to the team!

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Two great events went down this past weekend – Surf MN King Of The Lakes Classic and the Pro Wake Tour Stop #2! Both events had an awesome showing from our team and we couldn’t be more stoked! Check out below for the results from each event!

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Nestled in Kingston, OK is a rad shop called Blackbeard Marine. Serving Lake Texacoma, a popular lake on the southern border of Oklahoma and northern Texas, Blackbeard Marine saw a need for Phase 5 when they expanded and began selling wake boats. You need some awesome boards to go along with an awesome new boat, right?! It’s a match made in heaven. If you live in the Kingston area or frequent Lake Texacoma, make sure to stop into Blackbeard Marine for all your Phase 5 needs!

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We’ve got two amazing events going down this weekend in very different parts of the country! First up, on Lake Le Homme Dieu in Minnesota, we have the 4th stop of the Centurion World Series of Wakesurfing. It’s going down from 6/19-6/21. Check it out now.

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Next up in our "currently" series is Whitley Stewart. Whitley has been focusing a bit more on life outside of wakesurfing and that's totally cool! Check out what she's been up to now!

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The Atlanta Foil Fest, Georgia’s first foil only event, is happening this weekend (June 13-15th) at Lake Lanier Olympic Park, just northeast of Atlanta. With +$16,000 in cash prizes to give out, there’s no excuse to not come out and compete! John Akerman, Conrad Crichlow, and a few other P5 athletes will be in attendance so make sure you make time to be there!

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Sean Silveira recently took a trip out to Thailand to get some sets in with team rider Songkrod Jomboon, aka BM. Song has been making a name for himself recently with some wins at the IWWF events and more. With a background in flow riding, he's got plenty of tech skills and style behind the boat. We're stoked to have him repping Phase 5 in Thailand and look forward to more from him!

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After an offseason that didn’t exactly go how I planned, I’m beyond stoked to be back in the mix and kicking off the 2025 season strong. I’ve already hit two WWA stops and just wrapped the first stop of the Pro Tour in Ft. Worth—one of my favorite series. The format there pushes you to the limit, that isn’t always easy. It can be anyone's day!

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When two legends meet, you know the content is going to be amazing! I’m speaking of course of Sean Silveira and wakeboarder Shaun Murray. Shaun Murray has been on the water for longer than most and with his infectious personality and amazing talent, it’s not hard to see why.

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In this new series, we’ll be catching up with our riders to see what’s been “currently” happening with them. Whether it’s traveling for contests, free riding, or whatever, we want to know what they’re up to! We start with all-around ripper Parker Payne. Check it out!

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The ultimate weekend warrior board, the Zilla v2 is all about having a good time behind the boat. Its long outline keeps your speed up and in the pocket of the wave while the fish tail gives you a playful feel on the water. In true longboard style, we’ve outfitted it with a singular 8” surf fin for those long, drawn out bottom turns!

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Jett Lambert shreds. There’s no doubt about it. So he needs a board that can shred just as hard as he can. Since the beginning of his wakesurfing career, he has ridden the Phase 5 Key. His technical style of riding demands a board that can keep up and the Key has no issue doing so. For the second year, he has his own version of the board – the Jett Shreds Key. Complete with a brand new graphic for 2025, the Jett Shreds Key has all the same features as the normal Key. If you’re looking for a technical skim style board that can handle anything and everything, this is the board for you!

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The season is in full swing and we can expect events almost every weekend for the next few months! That will be a lot of opportunities to see Phase 5 riders grace the podium, which is rad! This weekend was no different with the first stop of the Pro Wakebaord Tour going down in Fort Worth TX, the Spivey Shootout on Lake Spivey in Jonesboro GA, and Wake The Canyon on Buffalo Springs Lake in Lubbock TX. Congrats to the team! It’s gonna be a good season!

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The last stop of our UAE trip brought us to Seariders in Dubai. This amazing club had one of the best spots of the trip with beautiful blue water and the skyscrapers of Dubai looming in the background. The water was calm and cool so we hopped on the boat and got our session on! The crew consisted of John Akerman, Nick Gorbunov, Maryna Kaplan, Markus Lahmer, Max Smetts, andTatiana Ryzhak.

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Another event is in the books and it was another strong showing from the Phase 5 team. The “Come & Take It” Conroe Classic went down on Lake Conroe, TX this past weekend and the team showed up and showed out, like usual. This contest, that goes down every year, is a team favorite because of the accommodations and the awesome conditions that the venue provides. This allows for some really awesome riding and the Phase 5 team knows a thing or two about that! Check out the podium photos and results below! Congrats again, team!

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Our second to last stop on our UAE tour was with Home Wake Club, nestled squarely in the downtown area of Dubai. Surrounded by the insane architecture that Dubai is known for, we loaded up into the boat and began to cruise out to the riding spot. It was pretty surreal shredding the wave with the buildings, like the tallest skyscraper in the world – the Burj Khalifa, looming in the background. 

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MacCallum’s Boathouse in Epsom, NH is an awesome spot in the New England area where you can get all of your Phase 5 needs. Originally started in 1949, MacCallum’s Boathouse not only offers wake surf items but also sells boats, offers storage, mechanical services, and more! They’re a one stop shop for all things lake life. We caught up with the president, Peter MacCallum, to see how the business came about and why they carry Phase 5.

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After our session with Wakey Wakey Dubai, we immediately hopped boats and cruised back out with the iWake crew! Set up in the same marina, iWake has an amazing area to ride as well. John Akerman felt right at home behind their G23 and was blasting airs on the foil in no time! The desert backdrop to John’s insane foil airs really made for some epic shots. 

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Bailey Rush has her eyes set on 2025. 2024 was an unreal season for her winning multiple championships and being named the 2024 WSWC Wakesurfer of the Year! How can you top all of that? Well, Bailey’s got some ideas…check out what she has in store for 2025 now!

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Wakey Wakey was the first club that we got to check out when we headed over to Dubai from Abu Dhabi. When we pulled up, we were greeted by coach and team rider Nadia Skripak, Nika, and our newest team rider Alya Lapina! We headed to the boat and you could just feel the stoke in the air! 

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Phase 5 is excited to sponsor the Flow Rider “Flow Tour” for 2025! With six stops over the season at locations all over the USA, we’re happy to be a part of anything that helps get people on the water, whether it’s behind the boat or not! If you didn’t know, our very own Sean Silveira started his career on the Flow Rider so it definitely has its place for cross-training with surfing.

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The Phase 5 Key by Sean Silveira has seen the top of the podium more times than any one can count at this point! This popular skim style board has been on the forefront of progression ever since its release. Since then, Sean has re-designed and tweaked it to fit his riding style and now with multiple iterations of the Key, there’s one for every rider!   

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