DailyWake

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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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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Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

Liquid Force has every angle covered again this year for wake. Their vest line is extensive, their board line is adaptive and the bindings are innovative once again.

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Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

The JetPilot booth was walled off giving their 2008 line of clothing, vests and rubber an elusive presence at this years surf expo. We managed to get inside for a quick interview with Brian Jellig, Vice President of Marketing and Design, to look at a small part of their 2008 line.

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Thursday, September 27th, 2007

Same ole’ booth, tons of new product. Despite impressing patrons with a flashy new booth Hyperlite decided to stick with the same booth from last year and relied on impressing them with three new board series and completely redesigned bindings for the 2007 surf expo.

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Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

Vests, vests and more vests! Oh wait, and some ropes and handles too. The Helium Booth gave surf expo the impression that they only want a piece of the vest market with wall to wall coverage and a broad selection of Mens and Womens vests made of different materials and styles.

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Saturday, September 22nd, 2007

Companies like Gator Boards will make choosing a new setup hard for 2008. Their product has really stepped it up a notch with totally new binding construction and a new adjustable fin setup on Gators new pro model. Come check out the highlights of the Gator Boards Booth.

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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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