As mentioned, I was at Wakestock on Sunday. I was looking at some gear at one of the vendor stalls and had a brief conversation with a lean, white-haired gentleman. Everyone seemed to know him and after he walked away I thought, "that guy is just like some old paddler dude". Well, Larry and Toby informed me that's exactly what he is - Jimmy Jones is an Island Canoe Club paddler from way back and a close friend of Bill Collins'.
From a review of Wakestock 2005, "Perhaps the highlight of the day was the wakeboarding performance of a rookie in the truest sense. When Jimmy Jones, a 75 year old local Toronto Islands resident saw Wakestock on TV he was inspired to check it out. By chance Jimmy met one of Wakestock’s organizers, Steve Jarrett, who offered Jimmy a lesson. Jimmy took him up on the offer and with instruction from Phat Wakes Wakeboarding School coaches Jay Ruttan and Dave Scott, Jimmy got up on his first try. Jarrett then pulled Jimmy down Wakestock’s pro wakeboard course in between pro rounds to the cheers of thousands of spectators. Jimmy waved to the crowd as he rode down the course and a frenzy of media photographers and filmers recorded the magic moment, which went on to inspire thousands more with the newspaper and TV news coverage it received across Canada."

This year he was featured on the front page of Monday's Globe & Mail. Damn! If only I had the morals of a Montreal girl, I could have scammed my way into the VIP tent with this guy!