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This Month's Rider Showcase brings us Ben Bazis. For Ben, everything started growing up in Omaha, Nebraska where wakeboarding is not only limited by the weather but by the number of places to ride. In Nebraska, wakeboarders are forced to be creative. As a result, Ben’s niche for rails can probably be attributed to his years of winching Omaha’s city landmarks. During Midwest winters, Bazis snowboarded city playgrounds and school-stadium bleachers, but he has another passion; riding motocross.  In the summer of 2008 Ben broke his femur riding freestyle motocross putting a hold on wakeboarding for over a year; similar to 2003 when Bazis nearly severed his leg riding boat. Ben used this down time to expand in other areas. From 2008-2011 Ben graduated from the University of Nebraska at Omaha with a bachelor’s degree in Accounting, acquired multiple professional licenses as a financial advisor and started two companies. Ben now lives in Orlando, riding for Hostility Clothing, and was recently featured in Alliance Wakeboard Magazine’s 2011 photo annual. When asking Bazis his thoughts on his accomplishments he answered, “ I am blessed to be where I am today and thankful to all who helped me get here, first and foremost Jesus Christ.”