Charlotte Knowlson

Name: Charlotte Knowlson, Good Charlotte, Charlie, wakeskate baby

Birthday: 29^th January 1990

Home Town: Bembridge, Isle of Wight, England

Seasons Competing: This is my first season; I’ve been riding 2 months

Sponsor Shout out: thanks mummy :)

Current residence: Lets just say I’m known as the little hobo

Where is your riding crew based out of: Kiev Ukraine and of course WakeMK

What is your favourite thing about wakeskating? Riding hour after hour, being fearless, landing what I thought was impossible. The amazing things adrenalin can make you do, you can last for HOURS. Meeting all my crazy friends from all over the world.

Favourite place to ride? So far its Kiev. I had one night 8-9 riding on the cable on mirror water, on my own, everyone was ripping up the pool gap, so i got water pick ups for an hour of riding. Sick.

Favourite Rider: My friend Knysh. He’s crazy. Everything he does is powerful, big, and clean, but he makes it so exciting to watch. He’s what got me into wakeskating. Andy Kolb makes things look so easy, he does what he wants, if wakeskating ever isn’t fun, you’re doing something wrong. He has a relaxed I’ll do what I want cos its fun kinda style.

Favourite Trick: Rails, fat A frame, it’s like hup-along-down-yea. Shove on any box, mix it up a little.

What are some of your best results?

I’ve been riding 2 months and I got 1st in Womens wakeskate in Ukrainian nationals, my first and only UK comp so far was ten feet high came 7^th in guys wakeskate after 1 month of riding.

What are your plans for the future?

Ride for as long and as many days as I can. I’m going to train all winter with some guys from Moscow, then next year hopefully get the opportunity to travel the world riding in new amazing places doing as many comps as possible and get some good results against the boys. Why ever not

What are your thoughts on the female wakeskate scene?

WHERE IS IT, I think the other girls out there wakeskating need to get out there with the boys, just have fun, but if we don’t compete then there will never be pro women’s wakeskate. They need to see that we are sick shredders, who doesn’t love a little bit of healthy competition.:)

Craziest thing you’ve done? Haha recently there have been a few. Oh my first rail the first attempt skate to the shins, big time, so I ran out whilst the adrenalin was still pumping, My now coach, said I was doing one thing wrong flattening off, I had to cut onto it. So with blood running down my shins I ran back to the dock and nailed it the next 4 laps. Best feeling ever.  A week later i had to fly back to England because I had a flesh eating disease as they got infected. But hey many drugs and bad hospital visits and it’s healing now haha in a week I’ll be riding again. I can’t wait