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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

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 seventh contest of the 2008 King of Wake series, the MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour stop in Reno, Nev. The final Tour stop of the year, will premier on Tuesday, September 23 at 8:00 pm ET. (5:00 pm Pacific Time), and will re-air two more times throughout September.

The world’s top riders are geared-up to battle it out on the waters of Sparks Marina in Reno for cash, points and pride.

Tune in to FUEL TV Sept. 23 to watch the exciting conclusion of the MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour and see who rides away with a win in Reno and the Tour titles. 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.

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.

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Friday, October 26th, 2007

On Friday, October 19th the AST Dew Tour Wakeboard Rail Jam made its appearance on the backside parking lot of the Amway Arena (Home of the Magic) in Orlando, Florida. Squeezed in between FMX, BMX Dirt and Skateboard Vert were two very large portable pools making up a step down miniature rail park for ten professional wakeboarders to exploit their skills to a very curious crowd.

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Thursday, October 18th, 2007

WakeWorld is reporting skiboat manufacturer’s market share for the 2nd quarter of 2007 [according to Statistical Surveys Inc]. No big news here… The top 8 manufacturers have remained unchanged for a while now. Malibu still leads the pack, with Mastercraft next, and Correct Craft (Nautiques) rounding out the top 3.

The big winner in all of this appears to be Skier’s Choice. Both of their boating brands [Moomba & Supra] have gained market share, and when combined they snatch the bronze medal away from Correct Craft.

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Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

[Champion Wakeboarders Shane Bonifay and Shaun Murray to Compete]

Date: 10/16/07
Step Up Productions Press Release

NEW YORK - The AST Dew Tour, the world’s premier season-long action sports tour, will host a Wakeboard Rail Jam as a specialty competition with coordination from MasterCraft during the upcoming PlayStation Pro in Orlando, Florida. Ten talented riders will show off their best tricks during the rail jam from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, October 19. The fifth and final stop of the 2007 AST Dew Tour, the PlayStation Pro, takes place October 18-21 at Orlando’s Amway Arena.

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Monday, October 15th, 2007

Yet another generous offer by a boat company allows us and then you access to pictures of Mastercrafts 2008 line of X series boats. Director of Marketing John Behling slipped us the link after an interview at surf expo so we could post almost every detail right down to the drain plug changes. Browse through their broad range of different size wake vessels, accessory changes, and graphic stylings. We even included photos of a non-X-Series model which is one of their salt water releases because we heard it is a pretty sweet wake boat.

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Friday, October 12th, 2007

Over the past few weeks we’ve been releasing content covering Surf Expo 2007. This was the very 1st event that DailyWake has ever covered, and we were pretty happy with the results. In this final entry, we’ll let you know everything we covered and give you links to it as well. Think of this wrap-up story as a table of contents or index of all the content we covered during Surf Expo 2007.

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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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Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

If you don’t know who Colby Turner is, then maybe you should read this. Colby is a fellow wakeboarder that suffered a severe injury wakeboarding back in June. Colby has been in a coma ever since. As you can imagine, the medical bills are really starting to add up, and Nor Cal Mastercraft is helping sponsor a fundraiser party for the cause.

The event will be held October 13th at Nor Cal Mastercraft. Many companies are already involved. To see what you can do, follow the story link below.

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Friday, September 28th, 2007

Three prominent professional wakeboarders are now on the injured reserve list due to some incidents on and off the water.

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