DailyWake

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

This is one of two companies that gave us access to their pictures from this years 2008 marketing shoots. Check out the galleries to see both lines offered by Skier’s Choice which manufactures Supra and Moomba Inboard boats. With the two companies combined they rank number three in the market and definitely have something that will fit your needs and hopefully your budget whether its deep or shallow.

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Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Mastercraft had one of the biggest boat booths at Surf Expo showing the industry that they are still one of the top manufacturers. They were segregated with wake on one side of the aisle and waterskiing on the other showing further separation between the two sports than years past. There wasn’t much new at expo as far as models, but aesthetically the boats were even more dressed up than last. Director of Marketing John Behling sat down in front of this years cool graphics on the X Star to give us a small scoop on whats new for 2008.

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Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Boardstock Promotions [Press Release]
OCTOBER 5, 2007

LAKEPORT, CA, BoardStock XII culminated the five-stop World Wakeboarding Association’s World Series with Phillip Soven being crowned the Series Champion behind the power of the Centurion Enzo boat. BoardStock is the world’s largest extreme water sports event in Northern America. Now in its twelfth year BoardStock has been a part of the WWA World Series for three years. Shawn Perry of the WWA said, “This was the first year that Boardstock has culminated the WWA World Series, and it ended with Phillip Soven becoming the first rider in WWA World Series history to win all five stops. Phillip has been riding unbelievably well all season and he made it look easy once again at Boardstock XII. Soven’s heroics netted him a $19,000 dollar payday – not bad a day’s work for the seventeen year-old phenom.

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Thursday, October 11th, 2007

You would assume after decades of watersports, handles and ropes would become dull and stagnant. Well, each year companies are finding new innovations that help revolutionize the life-line that connects you to your vessel. Straightline is towards the top of the food chain with their new innovative handle technologies. For 2008, Straightline has a new logo and a new look, but when you look deeper into their product-line you’ll notice that aesthetics aren’t the only changes for 2008.

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Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

Skier’s Choice is climbing the inboard boat market hierarchy with a third in sales for 2007 for both their brands Moomba and Supra combined. This company has come such a long way in the past years and made its name in wake as a high quality wakeboard boat brand. Michael Littman sat down with us in the Moomba Mobius XLV Gravity Games Edition at Surf Expo.

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Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

After wading through countless boats, beautiful booth babes, and crazy salesmen trying to tell me why their product was best, I found the Ronix booth. The booth had none of these things. Hell, the booth didn’t have a single board, binding, or salesperson in sight. Ronix was represented by a basic tent that you could find at a simple neighborhood picnic. After talking with team rider Reed Hansen, we got the details on the whole ordeal.

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Monday, October 8th, 2007

With a company the size of Quiksilver it was hard to cover the entire line so we decided to sit down for a “quik” interview with pro team rider and wake team manager Ben Greenwood instead. Ben has built a strong team of stand out athletes, stand out maybe not in contest results, but in riding prowess. You’re sure to recognize names like Randall Harris, Collin Harrington, Jeff House and young ripper Jacob Valdez and they sum up a small but impressionable team. Let’s see what Ben has to say about his crew, next year and Quiksilver.

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Monday, October 8th, 2007

We didn’t get a chance to get the inside booth scoop at surf expo but wakeboarder.com [externallink] has a good story you can check out to find out info on the 2008 line of products and changes.

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Monday, October 8th, 2007

Just a reminder… The WWA World Championships are on Fuel TV tonight at 9:30PM.

Friday, October 5th, 2007

A decent sized booth gave the impression that you would see a bunch of new product from Obrien. Once inside though, the product from last year really just got a cosmetic makeover.

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