DAY 6: WEDNESDAY Sun burnt, tired and exhausted from having way too much fun the retailers rallied one last day to the Carlsbad Lagoon where we all piled onto the Liquid Force boat for another day of sunshine and shredding. SPY’s Jimmy LaRiche and Melissa Marquardt were putting on a show for us as everyone oooh and ahhhs could be heard around the boat. Thanks to Christopher for sending over Monster Energy truckers to keep the retailers from being completely burnt to a crisp.  Another special thanks to TW Wakeboarding and Alliance Wakeboarding bringing out the long lens for helping shoot photos from jetskiis. And yeah, filmer Mauricio hanging on for dear life up top of the boat as he was filming for our yet to be released badass SPY Boot Camp 8/VAS Entertainment video!

After sun burnt lips and melted sunscreen, we dove into bags of In & Out then headed over to the SPY office for a tour of our global headquarters in Carlsbad. To end an absolute insane of a week at the beachfront mansion, SPY held an award ceremony dinner at Fidels, each receiving an engraved SPY Boot Camp 8 I-pod shuffle and a rad pair of Aerial 7 headphones for their flights back home. The final final send off party home was at the SPY night Wet Wednesday at Zenbu in Cardiff-By-The-Sea.

SPY Boot Camp 8 was an epic week…the Second Annual Winter Boot Camp is creeping up–stay tuned for more details!

Aboard the Liquid Force boat.

Alliance Wakeboard’s Bill McCaffray and SPY’s Steve B.

Sean showing off his captain hat wearing the Tron.

SPY’s Melissa Marquardt in the Eliza and Jimmy LaRiche in the Murena.

Melissa and Jimmy about to put a show on for us

Setting up the next maneuver

Boot Campers Sara and Kenneth chillin’ on the Liquid Force boat

VAS filmer Mauricio holding on as he’s getting the money shots up top!

Justin shredding!

Lauren’s not sure how Stevie B got carried away with the Watermans Applied Science sunscreen

Melissa shows Sara how to “sit in a chair” when learning to wakeboard

Online winner Sean crushing it again!!!

Stevie B on melted ice!

Jimmy and SPY’s Wake TM Aaron Grace at the wheel

SPY’s hard working gals Jessie and Arlene take a wild ride

Boot Camp 8 final awards dinner ceremony at Fidels

The SPY Boot Camp crew with Justin, yeah we know he wanted to hang with Hendo and the ladies…

After party at Zenbu for SPY’s Wet Wednesday

Hey yo Sean and Brett

Kenneth show SPY a good bye

A HUGE thanks goes out to our SPY staff, SPY athletes (especially snowboard sensation Stevie B), Mauricio and everyone at VAS, Transworld Surf’s rad crew, Kevin at Wakeboarding, Bill and Rusty at Alliance Wakeboard, sponsors Landshark, Monster Energy, DC Shoes, Liquid Force, Pala Raceway, Matix, Zero Motorcycles, No Fear, Aerial 7, INT Surfboards, Electra Bikes, Watermans Applied Science, Sanuk and Ogio. Also thanks to Harney Sushi for crushin’ it for us with your tasty eats and Nick at Creatures of Leisure for the leashes. STAY tuned for our SPY/VAS Entertainment DVD to be hitting retail shops nationwide…once you see the video for yourself, you’ll be begging to get aboard Boot Camp 9!!!

Check out the links below for more Boot Camp media coverage:

http://business.transworld.net/43475/uncategorized/spy-optic-boot-camp-barbecue/

http://surf.transworld.net/1000110938/photos/transworld-surf-crashes-the-spy-boot-camp/

http://wakeboardingmag.com/photos/2010/08/06/photo-gallery-spy-boot-camp-8/

http://www.alliancewake.com/wake/spy-boot-camp/

Visit the SPY Facebook page for more photos here