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2012 season recap

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We are riding high at Water Monkey Camp after a tremendous 2012 season of camp!  First off, a huge thanks to our campers and their parents for giving a new camp a chance, our staff for putting in 20 hour days for weeks in a row so that everyone could have an awesome time, and my friends and family for nonstop support (and help breaking in the boat). Some 2012 stats:

  • Campers came from 6 states: Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, and California
  • 19 campers over 2 weeks of camp
  • 82% of our campers were 13, 14, or 15 years old
  • 81 degrees was the average water temperature during camp
  • 125 hours logged on the Centurion from June through August
  • 450 gallons of gas consumed producing roughly 4 metric tons of CO2 – offset by planting 40 trees through CarbonFund.org!
  • 6,764 unique visitors to www.watermonkeycamp.com in the past 12 months
  • 1 newspaper article featuring Water Monkey Camp & wake surfing
  • 0 hospital visits!
  • 1 chipmunk living in the girls' cabin

And some goals for 2013:

  • 70 campers over 7 weeks of camp from June through August!
  • 100 more gallons of ballast capacity on the Centurion for an even bigger wake!
  • More fresh gear!
  • New recipes for even more variety in our home-cooked meals!
  • Two additional instructors for even more one-on-one coaching!

I will be travelling the northeast throughout the fall and winter visiting schools, camp fairs, and homes spreading the word about our camp and finding great guys and girls to fill our bunks.  If you want me to come to your town just shoot me an e-mail or give me a call and I will make my way over to convince your family and friends that Water Monkey Camp is the ultimate spot for teens for wakeboarding, wake surfing, waterskiing, wake skating, tubing, and summer fun!

Keep shredding, enjoy the fall, and when you start planning for the summer hit us up!

-Evan

617-855-WAKE (9253)

 

All healed up...ready for camp

So back in March I wrecked my right leg while snowboarding in Colorado; if you do not remember here is the original blog post and x-ray: http://www.watermonkeycamp.com/blog/?m=201203&paged=7 As soon as I was off of my crutches in late April I got in to some serious physical therapy to be in shape for Water Monkey Camp.  I spent May and June pushing it to the limits biking, hiking, and, of course, wake surfing on the new boat.  Every morning I did "paddle board therapy" where I would paddle across the lake and strengthen my knee and ankle through constantly maintaining my balance.

After 4.5 months the x-rays showed an almost perfectly healed tibia and my fibula is on its way as well.

The doc gave me a clean bill of health and added that my leg is stronger than ever.  While it still hurts from time to time - especially after a particularly active day - it is pretty amazing how fast it went from shattered to solid.

All's well that ends well.

Time to shred on the lake.

Private Lessons, wakesurfing, lake fun

Over the past few weeks of summer we have had nearly perfect weather to break in the boat and have some fun out on the lake.  Wakesurfing has taken over our lives as we discovered the epicness of owning our own perfect wave to surf at the push of a button.  Everyone that gets on the boat and tries wakesurfing is instantly hooked on the sport. But just because we've caught the wakesurfing bug does not mean we are neglecting the other activities.  During private lessons and on our own time we have been shredding the slalom ski and tweaking our wake to give wakeboarders the best pop.  Billy, our head instructor, has been spotted tossing massive scarecrows, 360's, back rolls, and the occasional superman.  He's fine-tuning his technique and will be passing along his skills to our campers in a few short weeks.

We hope everyone is having a blast so far this summer and if you feel like getting out on the lake and having fun hit us up and join the party.

 

 

Slacking on our blog posting

If you look to the right at our blog roll you'll see that we've been slacking lately in posting camp news and information.  Honestly, we have been having too much fun on the lake in the new boat and have been neglecting blog duties.  More to come. This morning I went on a little paddleboard adventure at 4:45AM to catch the sunrise over Merrymeeting Lake.

Paddleboarding is always a good time but this morning's sunrise made it a little cooler.  With no boats and everyone sleeping all around the lake the only sounds this morning were the occasional call of a loon and the whooshing of the board over the glassy water.

We hope you have an amazing July 4 and that you are out enjoying the water wherever you are.