Team O'Brien

COBE MIKACICH

What's ur age?
36

Hometown?
Sacramento, CA

Currently Lives in?
Orlando

What's your current Set-up?
Clutch 142

What's ur Sponsors?
O'Brien, Straight Line, Sayiwon't, Monavie, Phase 5, WestMar Marine
Insurance, OWC

Favorite Trick?
heelside front flip

What trick would you love to land that you haven't already?
half-cab double

How many years have you been riding?
17

Favorite type of Riding? (comp/filming/freeride/rails/wake/cable/winch)
OWC boat & cable all day long

How did you get into wakeboarding?
I used to surf, snowboard, and skateboard. Wakeboarding was a little of all those.

Favorite music?
Everything

Last Cd you bought?
Sawyer Brown

If you could have any pet in the world what would it be?
parakeet

Do you have a favorite movie?
No Man's Land (its a movie about stealing Porsches)

Favorite place to Ride?
all of Orlando

Favorite place you've traveled? Any crazy stories?
My favorite is traveling around the U.S. Crazy stories...I can't tell you.

First job?
working at my uncle's snow ski & board store in Sac, renting out sports equipment

Favorite food?
Tacos!

First published photo?
Sacramento Bee, hs backroll, early 90s

Have you ever been arrested?
no

Whats ur worst injury?
breaking my jaw & knocking out 4 teeth

What would you be doing if you weren't Wakeboarding/skating?
building & remodeling houses

Boxers, briefs, or boxerbriefs?
I wear boxers made by my Grama Fran

What are you're hobbies aside riding?
surfing, go cart racing, renovating my houses

Chocolate, vanilla, or strawberry?
vanilla

Where do you see wakeboarding in the next 10 years?
I don't know. I tried to predict it 10 years ago & I was totally off, so I guess this question is too hard.

Do you have a favorite person/crew to ride with?
A-team...you know who you are

Favorite quote?
"It's GO time!"

What's the fastest you been in a car?
172 mph

What don't you like in wakeboarding and would like to see change?
Companies need to support their dealers. Also, they should work together to grow the sport without being so selfish.

Simpsons or Family Guy?
neither

If you could have any super power what would it be and why?
Fly - I would love that sense of freedom.

What's something we don't know about you?
I can't stand legalized crime

Who inspires you to ride?
Nobody. The feeling I get riding is what inspires me.

Have you ever seen a ghost?
Yes, look at my wife when she hasn't been in the sun!

Are you afraid of anything?
no

What do you want for christmas?
Ferrari F-360 & Lamborghini Galla rdo...that's just for starters