DailyWake

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

Kenosha, Wis. – The top wakeboarders and wakeskaters in the country took the waters of Lake Andrea at Prairie Springs Park in Pleasant Prairie, Wis. today for the first of five days at the Air Nautique WWA Wakeboard National Championships, presented by Rockstar Energy Drink.

Eight of the 16 divisions battled it out on the water today in the opening-rounds of the contest to begin their journey toward winning a national title and earning a spot on the U.S. roster for the Wakeboard World Championships later this year.

[the rest of the press release and day 1 results after the break]

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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

If you dig the gator, then check out Lacoste’s Revan 3 Waterproof shoe series…

via HypeBeast

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Umm, ok, not very exciting, but you have to hand it to Company.  They’re pulling every viral marketing technique out of their deep deep bag.  Here is the latest…

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

Ft. Worth Fuel TV Schedule

• Tuesday 8/5/2008 8:00 pm ET (5:00 pm PT)
• Saturday 8/9/2008 9:00 am ET (6:00 am PT)
• Monday 8/11/2008 8:30 pm ET (5:30 pm PT)
• Wednesday 8/13/2008 1:30 pm ET (10:30 am PT), 1:00 am ET (10:00 pm PT)
• Friday 8/15/2008 4:00 pm ET (1:00 pm PT)
• Sunday 8/17/2008 9:30 am ET (6:30 am PT), 7:30 pm ET (4:40 pm PT)
• Saturday 8/30/2008 12:30 pm ET (9:30am PT)

Press Release:

Orlando, Fla. – Action-sports fans can catch all the high-flying, rail-sliding water-sports action of pro wakeboarding from the comfort of their home, as FUEL TV is set to air the third contest of the 2008 King of Wake series, the MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour stop in Fort Worth, Tex. The Fort Worth showdown will premier on Tuesday, August 5 at 8:00 pm Eastern Time (5:00 pm Pacific Time), and will re-air eight more times throughout August.

The world’s top riders are geared-up to battle it out on the waters of Texas MasterCraft in Fort Worth for cash, points and pride, as these talented rippers continue to their journey toward the Tour title and over $150,000 in prize money throughout the season. The 2008 Tour titlists will receive the Indmar Performance Award, a $10,000 bonus to the top-points earner in the Pro Men’s Division, a $5,000 prize for the Pro Women’s Division winner and $1,000 for the Jr. Men’s Division champion.

Tune in to FUEL TV August 5 to catch all the exciting action of the MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour and see who rides away with a win in Fort Worth.

Action-sports fans are now free to go mobile and still catch all the action of the 2008 King of Wake series anywhere, anytime, as full-length episodes are now available on Apple iTunes for fans viewing pleasure. Fans can log-in and download their favorite individual episode for $1.99 or purchase the Season Pass for $14.99.

This summer, FUEL TV brings you the most unbelievable action to come from lakes since Loch Ness. Starting in July, you can catch wakeboarding and wakeskating’s mega-monsters attack the still waters worldwide. All the contests, series, and films you’d want to see will be in “Wake Steady”, FUEL TV’s wake block every Tuesday night at 8:00pm ET/PT.

Monday, August 4th, 2008

So Titan has announced their “over-the-top” bimini for their Titan-branded wakeboard boat towers.  The concept seems great, since it allows boat passengers to move back and forth around the boat without having to duck down under the bimini due to decreased head space.  BUT, with the good comes bad…  First off, the higher the bimini, usually the less amount of shade it provides.  Not to mention, what is this thing going to look like?  Am I going to be riding around with a “wart” of a bimini cover of a boat, or is this thing going to look the part?  Since I found no pictures in the press release [which I was reading on wakeboarder.com], I set out to the titan website [titanwake.com] to gawk at the new product.  Of course, I wasn’t able to find any mention of it.  So, my concerns go unanswered.  Funny, when you make a press release about a new product that based purely on new cosmetics, you’d thing you would have a photo or two, huh? If someone from Titan wants to submit some pictures of this sucker, we’ll be more than happy to post them.

UPDATE – Titan sent us some pics!

Monday, August 4th, 2008

The Standered has moved to a free online format.  This will imiidiately broaden their reader-base, which is obviously why they have jumped to the new business model. The old-school paper-mag version is still available for you kids that don’t want to wait an extra month for the free digital version.  Besides the fact that the paper-version will come out before the free digital version, Standerd is also banking on the collector’s value of the now even more limited edition paper mag to keep subscriptions flowing.

Admittedly I haven’t seen many online magazines, but I can’t imagine the implementation could be any better than the Flash-based viewer that Standerd is using for their online issues.  I found it to be very intuitive, and made browsing the online mags simple and dare I say…fun?

Check it for yourself via StanderdOnline.com

via Wakeskating.com

Monday, August 4th, 2008

OK, well the moment has come and gone…  WBM has released the video, with a lovely embed code [editors note: much appreciated].  I was happy to see that it was vintage Darin riding, and not some impostor trying to ride the “style of the day.”  A few interesting tricks added to the batch.  I had never seen an Orbital 1 before, and thought that was pretty snazzy.  The frontside 5 version wasn’t nearly as pretty, but impressive from a technical standpoint.  The section plays out to “Gimme Shelter” by The Rolling Stones.  OK, enough talk…on with the video!

Monday, August 4th, 2008

The title pretty much says it all.  Melissa Marquardt will be at the Mission Bay Aquatic Center August 15th [editors note: Hey, that's my birthday!].  She’ll be the to rub elbows with the commoners, and she’ll also be signing autographs, giving advice, and yada yada yada.  She’ll also be on some brand-new Liquid Force gear, so it’ll be a good chance for some of you to see the latest LF offerings before the Surf Expo.

via FUELtv

Monday, August 4th, 2008

WakeboardingMag.com is sending out a video they put together of the legend himself today.  The catch?  They can’t send it to you if they don’t know your email address!  The solution? Join the mailing list, duh! They’ve already got a teaser clip up of Darin that has peaked my attention.

It’s funny how you can hear a song on the radio day in and day out, and you get tired of it…then like 5 years later you hear the song again and it is almost like magic to your ears…  That’s how I’d describe the video clip.  Seeing Shapiro doing a huge front to blind never felt so good.

Check out the teaser clip and join the list here