Renovations progress nicely!

Big things have been happening at our cabin/headquarters!  This week we have completed the walls that divide our three main rooms, started some of the finish work around the cabin, and revamped the entire electrical system for the cabin (the electrician did that, thankfully).

Now that the walls are up there are three main rooms in the cabin.  The above picture shows the guys' side of the cabin from the door looking in.  There will be eight beds in there when it is all done as well as cubbies for each camper for all of their gear.

As you step from the guys' sleeping area into the main area of the cabin this is the view you will see.  We left just enough room in the sleeping areas to sleep, other than that the goal is for everyone to chill together in the lounge, which is coming together in the above picture.  There will be couches and other seating, a plasma TV on the wall, and some other fun stuff for everyone to enjoy.

The above picture is a shot of the girls' sleeping area from the lounge entrance.  It is just like the guys' side, except a bit smaller because in general we have a few less girls each week.

The fun will not just be happening inside.  We have this great wrap-around porch which we have been working on as well.  In the coming weeks we will be hanging some hammocks, putting in some tables for meals, and making it a chill indoor/outdoor space for our campers to enjoy.

The last picture is just of the other side of the porch, as if you looked left from the other porch picture.

Keep checking back for updates as we continue renovations!

Renovations Continue

We have been working hard at camp to transform a cabin at our host camp into an awesome Water Monkey headquarters.  Progress was slow at first as we spent a lot of time fixing some underlying issues but the cabin is finally starting to take shape!

The above picture is taken from the future "lounge" area looking at the two sleeping areas behind the framed in walls.  Down the hallway are the two bathrooms.

Above is a shot of the walls - now in the process of getting drywalled.

I will keep posting pictures as renovations continue this month!

Billy gets to test out some gear for his kite sponsor

The F-One website recently featured a board review written by our head instructor, Billy Ackerman.  One of the many perks of being a sponsored kite boarder is getting to play on new gear all the time! Click the link below to check out his review of the F-One Trax 138 and see some pictures of him absolutely boosting on his kite.

Billy's board of choice

Growing our quiver...

Today we did some big time shopping for camp.  We like to give our campers an array of equipment to play with and each season it is important to us to offer only the best gear to everyone who steps on our boat. This year I may have once again gone a bit overboard.  To round out our collection of wake boards we picked up a Liquid Force Angel 130 with CWB Tyke boots (for our female campers) and a Ronix District 135 with District boots.  These two new boards will join our three Liquid Force PS3's (128, 134, and 137) and our Liquid Force Trip (142).  That is six boards in an array of sizes to keep even the pickiest clientele happy!

As you can see in the above picture we got some other stuff as well!  On the left is a great new O'Brien wake surfer which will be perfect to learn on.  On the right is a sick new O'Brien Siege slalom ski (with a built in GoPro mount on the tip).  It is a bit smaller than our Connelly slalom ski from last year which will be awesome for our smaller campers looking to shred the one ski.  Down bottom are also some new ropes: the blue one is a sweet new LF wake board line and on the left is a new Ronix wake surf rope with a handle (we also have a knotted rope if you prefer that).

That beast is one of our two newly acquired SUP (stand up paddle) boards.  It is made by F-One out of France and is actually inflatable so we can take them out on the boat and anyone who wants to can go for a paddle on the lake.  The paddles are light weight aluminum and adjustable for all sizes of riders.

I had to try to get it all into one picture.

There is nothing better than the smell of a room full of fresh gear!

Renovations commence

This summer our campers will be living in a large cabin on our host camp's 100-acre campus.  Last week we started renovating the cabin and have made some awesome progress already. This cabin has a large, wrap-around screened in porch which we are currently using for supplies but will eventually be multi-use indoor/outdoor area for our campers.

On the inside we are splitting the large, open cabin into separate sleeping area for guys and girls as well as a large lounge area.

As you can see from this inside picture, the cabin has some great wood floors and tons of space.  When we are done in there it will look totally different so we wanted to share this "before" picture of the inside.

Of course we have bathrooms for our campers.  There are two full bathrooms with hot water.  The other day we installed two brand-new, high efficiency, high flush power toilets. Toilets are not glamorous but they are definitely necessary!

We will continue to be hard at work for the next few weeks so check back for more updates!