Jen GilanFarr

September 10th, 2008 | Profiles

Name: Jen GilanFarr

Nickname: Jenny Danger, Starfish

Birthday: March 30th, 1987

Sign: Aries

Hometown: Incline Village, NV (Lake Tahoe)

Current residence: Orlando, FL

Sponsor shout out: Integrity Wakeskates, O’Neill, FreeStyle, Vans

Set up: Integrity Jenny Danger and classic leather Vans

Pull of choice? In order: Jetski, Boat, Winch, and System 2.

Seasons Competing: 3

Places you have traveled to for wakeskating? Nevada, California, Canada, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Missouri. I want to go out of the country more!

Where is your riding crew based out of? My house in Orlando (Conway Punks!), I live with several girls that ride. I have a crew in Tahoe when I go home as well…

What is your favourite thing about wakeskating? Ridiculous falls…where you end up front flipping out of a trick, or just free falling from 8 ft up onto your face.

Where is your absolute favourite place to ride? Lake Tahoe. The lake is so clear you can see 75 ft down, it’s gorgeous.

Favourite Rider: Andy Pastura, Nick Taylor, and Nicola Butler (wakeboarder). She absolutely kills it. Even the boys should be scared…

Favourite Animal: Spider Monkey

Power Animal: Black Panther

Favourite Trick: w2w shuv and backbigs

Favourite Music: Radiohead. Passion Pit. Phantogram.

What are some of your best results?
Two-time World Champ, 1st Place Pro Women’s Wakeskate @ Worlds — 2008, 2009
1st Place Pro Women’s Wakeskate @ WakeGames — 2008, 2009, 2010
2nd Place Pro Women’s Wakeskate @ Nationals — 2009
1st Place Pro Women’s Wakeskate @ Nationals — 2008

What are your goals for 2010 riding season? Learn more flip trick variations, winch, get more comfortable with rails, and work on taking more tricks w2w. I like to keep everything pretty well rounded. I plan to keep doing contests, show there is a demand for women’s wakeskating. I also enjoy throwing Girls Ride Days and look forward to possibly doing more clinics!

What are some of your thoughts on female wakeskating at the pro level? Pro Women’s wakeskating is still really new, we have only had a division in the WWA events for a few years. So we still have tons of room to grow and there is a lot of respect that still needs to be earned! I look forward to when we hit that mark. I hope the numbers continue to increase!

What are your future plans with wakeskating? I’m just going to keep riding and having a good time with it. Push it as much as I can while still loving every moment and get other girls stoked on it.

What is the steeziest trick you have ever seen? Deiter Humpsh’s huuuge stalefish bs 180′s w2w, and his ‘glides’. Nick Taylor’s kickflips…a perfected art.

Craziest thing you have ever done? w2w shuv

Props to anyone? The legendary Erich Smaltz from Integrity, O’Neill, Vans, the Conway Punks, and the rest of the women wakeskaters out there pushing it!

Websites/Social Networking?
Blog — Jnonymous
Social — Facebook
Work — Fiction

Author: Ally

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