DailyWake

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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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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Friday, October 5th, 2007

Sean Kilgus and his production company BFY Productions has spiked on almost every website’s radar the past few days with the release of a teaser video showing off his latest 16mm film “Drive”. Though only half done, this teaser shows you what to expect.

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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

Parks Bonifay’s “Double Or Nothing” competition, arguably the biggest double-up competition of the year, has brought out the best in wakeboarding’s elite once again. The DON comp showcases the most technical tricks and biggest airs in the wake industry. This year’s event proved no different with 20 of the top riders going for it all with 1080, backside 900 and double back roll to blind attempts.

When the waters calmed down and the boats were back on shore, it turned out that Shane Bonifay came out on top for the Best Trick award with his Toeside Backside 720 [video of Shane previously doing this trick after the break]. Shaun Murray did edge out Shane though with the Biggest Air award. Shaun’s Air Raley was up in the air for 53.5 video frames, which is roughly 2 seconds of air time.

WakeBoarding Magazine has the full story…

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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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