{"id":159,"date":"2012-09-06T05:21:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T05:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mbaquaticcenter.com\/news\/2012\/09\/06\/new-mtv-show-shines-spotlight-on-wakeboardings-sibling-rivalry\/"},"modified":"2012-09-06T05:21:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-06T05:21:00","slug":"new-mtv-show-shines-spotlight-on-wakeboardings-sibling-rivalry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbac.com\/news\/2012\/09\/new-mtv-show-shines-spotlight-on-wakeboardings-sibling-rivalry\/","title":{"rendered":"New MTV show shines spotlight on Wakeboarding\u2019s sibling rivalry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-zLkF0VviPCE\/UD1JfHlshcI\/AAAAAAAAAK8\/L7fNFOsueFo\/s1600\/phil_bob_soven.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Liquid Force Team Riders Phil and Bob Soven\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-zLkF0VviPCE\/UD1JfHlshcI\/AAAAAAAAAK8\/L7fNFOsueFo\/s1600\/phil_bob_soven.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span displaytext=\"Email\"><\/span><span displaytext=\"Facebook\"><\/span><span displaytext=\"Tweet\"><\/span><span displaytext=\"Pinterest\"><\/span><span displaytext=\"Google +\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Phil and Bob Soven are Liquid Force team riders, brothers, and stars of the newest hit show on MTV\u2019s <i>Wake Brothers.<\/i> &nbsp;And that\u2019s about where their similarities end. &nbsp;Their oil and water, fiercely competitive, rivalry, centered on their passion and wakeboarding skills, is making for reality TV gold.<\/p>\n<p>Older brother Phil is on top of the Pro Wakeboard Tour, he has a real business mindset and is stone cold serious in his approach to wakeboarding and life in general. &nbsp;At 23 he has been a wakeboarding champion most of his life, earning his first title when he was just 13. &nbsp;Younger brother Bob, with his crazy red mop of a hairdo, is the goofball on the tour. He is a strong competitor but more interested in being number one in the hearts of fans, than number one on the podium. In a recent episode Bob aims to fuilfill his life-long dream of owning a pet llama (ask Phil and he\u2019ll say Bob didn\u2019t know what a llama was last week). As Bob moves two full size llamas into Phil\u2019s million dollar mansion on a private lake, &nbsp;Phil struggles with Bob\u2019s llama parties and llama in the shower fiascos until finally forcing him to get rid of the animals.<\/p>\n<p>The show is a lot of fun and the producers do a good job focusing on the skills of the brothers during wakeboarding scenes, rather than the wild antics that dominate the great percentage of the shows 30 minute run-time. &nbsp;While the brothers couldn\u2019t be more opposite, they are both very likable and the show carries the same best buds feeling as former MTV hit show \u201cRob and Big.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NOTE TO PARENTS: &nbsp;Common Sense Media gives <i>Wake Brothers<\/i> a rating of 14+, meaning that the show may be unsuitable for viewers under age 14 due to language and content.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would expect to see an increase in the number of people wanting to learn more about wakeboarding,\u201d says MBAC Lead Wakeboarding Instructor Scott Grant. &nbsp;\u201cThat\u2019s typically what you can expect after a show based on the lives of 2 pro athletes like this hits pop culture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As evidence he points out the huge increase in interest in surfing after the release of the surfing centric movie <i>Blue Crush<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in learning to wakeboard , check out one of the many sections of semester-long classes enrolling now through September 12, where SDSU and USD students can earn class credit. &nbsp;Or please check out the MBAC wakeboarding page at &nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mbaquaticcenter.com\/wake.htm\">http:\/\/www.mbaquaticcenter.com\/wake.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phil and Bob Soven are Liquid Force team riders, brothers, and stars of the newest hit show on MTV\u2019s Wake Brothers. &nbsp;And that\u2019s about where their similarities end. &nbsp;Their oil and water, fiercely competitive, rivalry, centered on their passion and wakeboarding skills, is making for reality TV gold. 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