A woman wakeboarding mid-air with a colorful board, holding a tow rope, above a body of water.

Kitt Smith

Kitt is a junior pro wakeboarder, aspiring to one day transition and compete in the professional division. She is a two time National Champion and three time Pan American Champion, currently defending both her titles. Aside from competing, Kitt is co-owner of Freedom Wake Park in Orlando, Florida; the Water Sports Industry Association 2022 School/Camp of the Year. While her day-to-day activities train her to be a professional athlete, it is also preparing her to be a coach and sole business owner of the wake park. Fun Fact: one of her goals is to have her own version of a pro model board with Hyperlite Wake, her board sponsor. On any given day, Kitt is on the water riding, training or shooting content for herself and sponsors. By using her brand, Kitt is always trying new ways to promote the sport and her sponsors. Whether it be inviting her friends to wakeboard, try out her gear, or attending boat shows, she also dedicated her time at Freedom Wake Park assisting the coaches with their classes.


A person wakeboarding on a wakesurf board at sunset.

Matt Manzari

Husband. Father of three. Pro wakeskater. Twice nearly died. On the water Matt was an innovator landing many firsts in the sport, including the first underflip (changing the board flip direction midair). He has titles like “trick of the year”, “wakestock champion” and many more. In 2015 Matt was electrocuted while trimming trees at a church project. Over 12,000 volts melted the skin off his chest and arms causing 4th and 5th degree burns all over his upper body. Since, Matt’s had 78 surgeries to get back on the water and back to being the dad and husband his family needs! Matt and Bobbye Jean have three little boys, and they love to adventure, camp,travel, and play on the lake! Matt loves to Foil, wakesurf, snowboard, and pretty much anything with a board!


A man performing a trick on a wakeboard behind a wakeboat.

JB ONeill

JB started wakeboarding in 2004 on Lake Travis. JB never really spent a lot of time competing, but instead he spent his time creating video parts of his riding. After multiple successful video parts that gained him the exposure needed to drive him forward into a successful watersports career. In 2020 he decided to start a new adventure by building a watersports YouTube channel with a goal to help grow our sport. Since starting his channel, JB has taught thousands of people to wakeboard and wakesurf through his online watersports tutorials. JB is continuing to create entertaining watersports content on his channel and has grown to become the largest and most watched towed watersports channel in the industry.


A person wakeboarding on a lake is captured mid-air, wearing a life jacket and holding a rope handle, with trees and houses in the background.

David OC

I am an Irish Pro Wakeboarder which is very unusual, specially considering how cold it is in Ireland. However, I feel like that has really allowed me to appreciate traveling around the world to wakeboard. Interestingly I don't come from a wakeboarding or waterskiing family. In fact, my mum only learned to waterski 4 years ago (in her 60s!). My neighbor had a boat and he taught me how to ski at 5 years old. I then started wakeboarding at 10, and almost immediately started competing. I was lucky to live in Orlando for a few years before deciding to move home to Ireland to focus on traveling, coaching, and most importantly filming! Throughout my teens and early 20s I spent my time traveling and competing IWWF World Circuit. I was lucky enough to have some great results, and make some amazing friends during this period. About 8 years ago I discovered YouTube, and that's where everything changed for me. I started filming long form tutorials, vlogs, and general watersport videos. I've been growing a reasonably large audience by sharing the fun I'm having on the water. I simply love wakeboarding and try my very best to share it with as many people as I can on the internet, as well as in person when possible.