Wakeboarding Magazine Video Transcript
Interview with Steve Byers
2006
source: Wakeboarding Magazine
Opens with a clip of the opening credits from Falcon Beach
Interviewer: How much wakeboarding experience did you have before? You know...
Steve: I really, I really didn't have, umm, I've been behind the boat for like, uh, skiing and...
Interviewer: What boat was that, that was like a? Yeah, that old...
Steve: Old jalopee, like undercraft
Interviewer: Yeah.
Steve: Yeah, we actually caught a little flack for the two hour movie because uh, in the, in the film we weren't wearing jackets and
you know, the protective gear was at a minimum because they thought that that it would be cool, but I got pretty razzed
on for that.
Clip from movie pilot with Paige and Jason.
Jason: Something wrong with the boat?
Paige: No, I'm taking you up on your challenge.
Jason: My what?
Paige: I'd like to learn to wakeboard.
Jason: But why? Your computer crash or something?
Paige: I'm serious.
Cuts to Paige wakeboarding. After her run, she climbs back onto the boat, all excited.
Paige: (laughs) Oh. (climbing up the boat) Whoo!
Jason: You did it. (pulls her in)
Paige: I know.
Jason: I mean, that was awesome.
Paige: (kisses Jason)
Jason: (laughs)
Cuts to Jason at Wakejam.
Tanya: Good luck. You can beat these guys, I know it.
Cuts to Rudnicki, finished his run.
Rudnicki: Hey bro, I hope you've been practising those sliders, man. They're begging for them out there.
Jason: Yeah, I don't plan to disappoint.
Announcer: And here comes Jason Tanner!
Steve: But yeah, in the, in the first season of the show, we actually have, there's an episode called Wakejam
where it's all around a wakeboarding competition and then we get into, uh, my character gets a hold of a, of a Tige 24V.
That was a sweet boat.
Cuts back to Jason wakeboarding.
Announcer: And to finish, a hoochie glide!
Steve: My stunt double, who was the wakeboarding stunt double was actually a guy named Duncan Jessiman. He's a, he's a kickass wakeboarder.
He did all the ah, the ramp work and the kickers and flyers and all that stuff. And for insurance purposes too,
they wouldn't let us do a lot of the rolls and stuff like that.
But yeah, there's a few, I've got a few methods in there, and some, and some, a couple shiftings and that kind of stuff.
Announcer: Jason launches a stylish 360. Slider's next. Jason gave it a pass during the preliminary yesterday and during
his run earlier today.
Steve: But I want to be able to do a few rolls, I would like to do a, you know, a front side roll, something that,
something that's got a little more of a skill level involved, that people will actually go, "Oh okay, this guy's not just a total poser".
Cuts to Jason wakeboarding at Wakejam and everyone cheering.
Announcer: He finishes with an indie grab off the dragon...
Interviewer: Does wakeboarding turn your crank?
Steve: Pardon my french but I fuckin' loved it. (laughs)
Interviewer: Ok. (laughs)
Steve: I got out there and I had such a blast. I didn't want to stop.