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Saturday, September 22nd, 2007

The good thing about starting from scratch as a wake only boat company is you don’t have to satisfy both skiers and wakeboarders or you aren’t just altering or adding on to boats that were ideal for skiing to keep up with the growing demand for wakeboard specific boats. Epic Boats has definitely designed their line specific to the needs of riders everywhere from the birth of the company in 2002. With that said, lets check out the most innovative boat feature in the industry in our book for 2008 taking a back seat but making a loud statement on Epic’s 23V.

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Friday, September 21st, 2007

Connelly Wakeboards made another great showing at expo with their team riders backing the booth full bore. With the booth split by an aisle it forced expo patrons to walk straight through the booth as they navigated to their destinations.

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Friday, September 21st, 2007

A small booth makes a huge impression this year for Byerly Boards. For its second year Scott Byerly and his board division of Hyperlite has really let the wake industry know that they are serious about their place in both the wakeboard and wakeskate market.

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Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

It seems that very prominent skate and snow brands are finally getting the picture when it comes to recognizing the growth of the wake industry. Bern Helmets is yet another helmet company looking for a piece of our pie. Bern is know for their stylish designs and has taken some of their best selling snow and skate helmets and adapted them to water application.

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Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

Surf Expo 2007 has finished it’s invasion of the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL. The past weekend was the equivalent to “New Years Day” for the wake industry. Almost all of the new 2008 products were unveiled for the first time. For many of the big companies, it is a chance to really shine and show why they are on top. For the smaller guys, this is their big chance to make some noise and break into the industry with a big bang.

We caught up with most of the top manufacturers and got the skinny on their new line of products. We also were able to corner some of the top pros and most influential people in the industry and force them to do a video interview with us. I think when it is all said and done, we secured about 30 or so video interviews. Keep checking back with DailyWake over the next few days, because we’ll be releasing more and more content on the event.

Saturday, September 15th, 2007

The WakeWorld Rider’s Choice awards have grown each year in prestige. Now in it’s seventh year, the Rider’s Choice awards have definitely found it’s place among the top achievements in wake.

While the top spots in Top Woman Wakeboarder and Top Wakeskater remain practically unchanged from the previous year (with Dallas Friday and Brian Grubb on top), some of the other awards saw quite a few changes. Rusty Malinoski jumped 4 spots to become the Top Male Wakeboarder. This achievement also granted him the award for Most Improved Wakeboarder. Also, in their rookie year, Ronix has made a huge impact by knocking Liquid Force off of the top spot of both Wakeboard of the Year and Binding of the Year.

Follow the link to see all of the winners and runner-ups.

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Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

Apple showed off their new lineup of iPods earlier today. There were many changes across the board, and they finally introduced the long-awaited touch-enabled widescreen iPod dubbed the “iPod Touch.” Details on each model follows…

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