Byerly

SCOTT BYERLY
SCOTT BYERLY///INTERVIEW 5-28-14
WHERE YOU FROM?
SCOTT: Orlando, Florida. Now living in Windermere.
When did you get into Wake?
SCOTT: When it had sandal strap bindings and the
boards were one direction... back in skurfer
days, whenever that was? The 80’s?
So...What inspires you nowdays?
SCOTT: In Wake...where it is now, from where it
was. Watching all these new guys wakeskating and
stuff. It’s like all these tricks we dreamed of
back in the day are like an every day occurrence
now. And all these spots and all these kids and
that’s all they do, that’s what inspires me a
lot!
Hellz Yeah, the kids are killing it!
Okay, Whiskey, Wine, Weed or water?
SCOTT: Can I pick three? Or one i don’t like? i
dont like whiskey.
What’s your favorite shred video of
all time?
SCOTT: Shred Video? Man......Road Kill.
Great Answer! Thats a great one.
Boxers or Briefs?
SCOTT: I prefer none.
What’s a Fad that really pisses you
off?
SCOTT: Um.... The Selfie Fad with these girls.
So, tell me about the first time you
met Butch?
SCOTT: Man, he had blue hair, and a nose ring all
the way threw his nose, a bull ring. He was like
this surfer from over at the beach and he wakeboarded.
He would always come over with these new
boards he would make himself and it started that
way. I think he was a team manager for Arnette?
Yeah that’s how I met him. And then he wakeboarded
too, skateboarded, surfed and made boards.
He wanted to make me a board and I think made me
my first finless boards. He’s been shaping ever
since, for a long time. Every Time I go surfing
with him I forget my surfboard, so I always end
up going home with a new one :)
So what’s up with Byerly Wakeboards,
where do you want to see this go?
SCOTT: Basically Butch and I wanted to start our
own brand. We’re going on our 9th year now and
it’s come leaps and bounds from where we started.
With all the technology that Butch is putting in
the boards and our team being some of the best
riders out there, like all around. From contest
to rail stuff to cable parks, they’re doing the
craziest shit out there, I see it just continuing
to do that. Just keep trying to stay in the
forefront and trying to keep the sport cool, you
know. Just kinda try to do something different
and not the same old shit.
In your 21 years in wake, whats the
coolest moment you’ve been a part of ?
SCOTT: When Rathy and Mitch Langfield won the
world championships in the same year on Byerly
Boards.