POOLS OF DREAMS

Lee Debuse is a 19 year old with one of the biggest S-bends in the business.  (That's like a big superman thing with a 360 spin to the most of us!).  What many don’t know is that Lee has been a diabetic since the age of 7. He tells us ‘I’ve never let it stop me. I wasn’t a wakeboarder when I found out I was diabetic but I had this desire to express myself through this sport and as long as I keep on top of it with good self discipline and frequent check ups, I can continue to get out there and chase that big 7’.   

18 year old James Young, is a stylish wakeboarder with an even more stylish ‘slim chance’ (front flip with a 360 spin … and a grab!) but to us he is the man that never lets go of the rope.  Literally 'never'.  If you’ve been anywhere near Princes Club in the last few years you’ll have seen this guy chasing his next new move, crashing from a height as he goes after that whirly 5 (a backflip with a 540 spin) he regularly misses the landing but he doesn’t let it bother him – he just sticks with it and pulls himself back round onto his feet.  Strength of an ox, self made determination.

Lewis Cornwall, for so long we knew him as Nick Davies’ crazy little friend.  Well not anymore.  Packing a huge amount of power into an atypically slight frame for a wakeboarder this boy is now writing his own history – already he has the 2007 Wake MK title to his name and 2008 brings great expectation.  Lewis’s ‘double’ s-bends (Backflip with ... you're getting the picture!) and alround cable style are something to behold.  Stepping out of the shadow of the current World Cable Champ is not easy but Lewis has the creative style and the determination to have done just that.

In recent weeks Lee, James and Lewis have been ripping it up at the London Boat Show at Earls Court.  These 3 and the UK Wakeboard community as a whole are never ones to let the small issue of winter and sub zero temperatures get in the way when they want to ride.  Especially when there's the opportunity to move the whole gig inside!  Pulled by winches over sliders and ramps these guys have been getting their winter fix.  A great idea and a real creative solution to the eternal enemy of the UK boarding community .. (the weather) .. and as Matt Crowhurst architect and executer of this recent Pool Gap venture simply put it, "build it and they will come."