Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Gatorboards is stoked on this year’s product. Naturally, we want everyone else to be just as pumped as us. This month we are giving away some sets of our new bindings. These are our lightest and best bindings yet. All you need to do to enter the contest is sign up for our gNews e-newsletter. Everyone signed up for the newsletter on August 25th will be entered into the contest.
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
In case you haven’t been paying attention, Vans has released their “Legend Packs” a little while ago. The newest model pays tribute to legendary skater of the 80’s Jeff Grosso. The shoes [pictured] come in both low and mid-top form.
The new Jeff Grosso models join the already released Steve Cabellero Legend Pack models, which feature Steve’s dragon graphics inspired from the 1987 Powell Peralta skate deck and come in 3 different variation (low, mid, and hi-top).
Hypebeast has more info in the new Jeff Grosso kicks.
Check out KicksOnFire for some info on the Cabelleros.
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Be sure to check out Liquid Force’s own Phillip Soven on FUEL TV’s The Daily Habit on Tuesday, July 29 at 9:00 pm ET/PT, Re-telecast at 12:00 am, 8:30 am, and 3:00 pm ET.
Just off a huge win earning himself yet another title as Pro Wakeboard Tour Champion, Liquid Force team rider Phillip Soven is here. Also, straight from the steamy asphalt of Florida, an am skater with a bright future, Jordan Price drops in on The Habit. Plus, correspondent Patrick Melcher finds out which skaters made the most of 2008 at the Transworld Skateboarding Awards. Phillip Soven’s sponsors include: Liquid Force, Malibu Boats, Pro Tec and New Era.
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
The guys and gals at Midwest Militia are throwing their 7th annual Boot Camp Wake Tournament & Festival August 1st-3rd. This is one of the biggest grassroots events in the midwest. The event will be held in Ottowa, IL. If you are in the area, you should definitely check it out… There will be all sorts of stuff going on.
[more details, and a full press release after the break]
Monday, July 28th, 2008
The biggest Canadian wakeboard tournament of the year is in the books, and the hometown boys reclaimed the wakeboard titles from the defending Wakestock champions who were hailing from the US. Rusty Malinoski defeated the seemingly invincible Phillip Soven in the finals for the Pro Mens Expression Session, while fellow Canadian, Aaron Rathy, took it home on the rails.
The American’s did represent in the wakeskate division though. Stuart Shinn bested the all-American final which included the likes of Brian Grubb, Reed Hansen, and Danny Hampson.
The men weren’t the only ones on hand as Amber Wing added another impressive win to her increasingly long resume.
[full press release after the break]
Monday, July 28th, 2008
Men’s Pro Finals
1 Rusty Malinoski CAN 97.50
2 Phillip Soven USA 85.00
3 Aaron Rathy CAN 82.00
4 Andrew Adkison USA 75.50
Women’s Finals
1 Amber Wing AUS 100.00
2 Barrett Perlman USA 87.50
3 Erika Langman CAN 78.00
4 Ashley Leugner CAN 74.50
1 Aaron Rathy CDN 60.00
2 Collin Harrington USA 50.00
3 JD Webb USA 41.67
4 Keith Lidberg USA 23.33
1 Stuart Shinn USA 73.33
2 Brian Grubb USA 66.67
3 Reed Hansen USA 56.67
4 Danny Hampson USA 36.67
Monday, July 28th, 2008
Fuel TV is trying to pull off their first live webcast at this year’s WWA Wakeboard Worlds event (September 5-7). They are claiming tons of preliminary content as well. The whole webcast (which lasts through the weekend) promises to be over 24 hours long. Fuel TV is trying to make it an interactive experience by allowing you to email the commentators (Nick and Dano) during the webcast.
The execution of the webcast should be interesting… I’m not sure how exciting or fresh they can keep this thing. For anyone that has been to a pro wakeboard event, there is a lot of downtime. I guess only time will tell, regardless it sure beats waiting for their November 10th telecast.
[full press release after the break]
Friday, July 25th, 2008
For those of you that have been following DailyWake, you’ve probably ntoiced many changes to the website over the past few days. DailyWake was the first website we created under The Wake Network. We are also responsible for LearnWake, which is our instructional website. After picking up momentum with DailyWake last summer, we all but abandoned this poor site to develop LearnWake. Now LearnWake has been up and running smoothly for a few months now, we are ready to show a reknewed focus on this website. (more…)
Sunday, May 18th, 2008
Acworth, Ga. – Over the past three days, the world’s top pro wakeboarders battled it out on the waters of Dallas Landing Park in Acworth, GA to compete for the first win the 2008 MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour season.
Four rounds and three days later, the top-four riders in the Pro Men’s Division took to the water for the final heat of the contest, where all eyes were on Rusty Malinoski (CAN), Phillip Soven (USA), Adam Errington (SCT) and JD Webb (USA).
All four rippers had a killer showing in the finals, but in the end reigning MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour champion Phillip Soven posted a 92.50 to claim the top spot in the contest and became the first rider on Tour to win back-to-back contests in Acworth. Webb, Malinoski and Errington rounded out the competition respectively.
Friday, May 16th, 2008
Fuel TV will be airing the Firsthand show featuring Scott Byerly. The show airs Sunday, May 18 at 8pm Eastern, and will replay many times throughout the week. It should be a great chance to get a glimpse into the life of wakeboarding and wakeskating legend Scott Byerly.