not even a week into 2009 and official damage has already occurred. but i am not talking about foreign affairs or the economy. i am talking about mammoth energy and determination. i am talking about local skaters with destruction and domination on there minds. where is your head at? are you ready for 2009? we are. come out swinging this year. make this a year for the records. garrett young is coming out swinging. bluntslide with proper table manners. get it, got it, good.

Beat the streets. Form your own path. Defeat all obstacles. Stefan Schriewer ready for battle. Friday night special. Seguin, TX What lights. Sometimes a full moon is all you need.

New P-rod jointz fresh out the box. If you can find them i would pick ‘em up soon before they fly away. Its like straight up having gold in your hands. No you cant get them at the outlet mall. Gonna have to do better than that. One word for ya…..RUKUS

Tar family members roll deep and travel south of the border for pro wake competition/end of the season fiesta. And as you should know, what happens in mexico, stays in mexico. But we made sure to leave our mark. Mondays headline. Gabe Lucas on sports page.

Target fountain takeover turns into cover shot. was he trying to make it happen??? no. was it meant to be??? yes. TAR family member and soul rider stefan schriewer connects with photographer bryan soderlind in texas. spontaneous combustion. effortless magic. putting it down the right way. that’ll move the chains

Aaron Reed has asked Gabe Lucas and TAR to co-produce the new Obscura team video. Obscura is Reed’s new wakeskate company. (obscurawakeskates.com) The team consists of Reed, Danny Hampson, Kyle Hyams, and TARs own Stefan Schriewer. Shooting has already started, but really just begun. Texas, of course, will be the home base for this project. But we have already planned to venture out into the wild for some more exotic locations. Both parties are charged up on this one. Locked and loaded. Make no mistake. The Reed/TAR combo is deadly. Be ready for this bomb to drop.

this past weekend was like a birthday party marathon. five TAR family friends (blake, brad, deleigh, lauren, and tom fooshee aka the champ) all had birthdays and parties consecutively. i was having trouble keeping up. but it was a blast trying. it all started on thursday and didnt come to a halt until sunday funday. there was a little of everything going down. i didnt matter if it was at a bar on the square, a house party, a river party, or a bus ride to austin, it was going down. some may call it a binge. i call it a committed life celebration. although there were no “chug and jumps” there was plenty of keg beer, cheap bar tabs, and good company. happy birthday to all my friends. cant wait till next year.

The 2008 Wake Awards presented by Wakeboarding Magazine nominated Gabe Lucas for trick of the year. Gabe and the infamous stunt called

“the canoe death gap”

was put on the ballot along with names like Danny Harf, and Keith Lyman. The award show took place at Surf Expo in Orlando Florida in Sept. Danny Harf ended up taking the award respectfully with the first ever 1260, which he landed days before the event. Word up to Danny and his powerful equilibrium. Danny, Gabe, and the canoe death gap, can be seen in TAR’s latest video “What in TARnation!!?”, and also in the new movie “Drive” (which was nominated for movie of the year).

After driving around for a while, looking at the endless amount of winch spots Clint Tompkins knows about, I had a feeling we would have some fun. The fun mostly started when we snuck into a train yard that backed up to our spot (this saved us much grief). We even talked to a few friendly redneck workers that saw us hidden/parked in the back corner of the private/hazardous property. I believe there exact words were

“ohhh. yall are gonna be doing that crazy x games shit huh?”

but they were cool, and let us be. So we proceeded to set up and shred. Perfect light, got the shots, no problems….mucho bueno. do work son

“Yeah….that’ll do.