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Friday, April 3rd, 2009

Orlando, Fla. – The King of Wake series, the world’s elite pro wakeboarding circuit, is set to kick off a brand-new season of high-flying, rail-sliding, water-sports action as World Sports & Marketing, the series organizer, today announces the complete schedule for the 2009 season.

The 2009 series features eight stops throughout the United States and more than $300,000 in prize money over the eight-event season. Athletes compete during the course of the year to be named the “King of Wake” – an award based on points accumulated at each stop of the series. Events included in the 2009 series are: the Wake Games, the WWA Wakeboard National Championships, the WWA Wakeboard World Championships and all five stops on the Pro Wakeboard Tour.

Complete 2009 King of Wake Schedule

DATES /  CITY / EVENT / VENUE

• April 23-26 Orlando, Fla. Wake Games Orlando Watersports Complex
• May 29-31 Fort Worth, Texas Pro Wakeboard Tour: Stop #1 Texas MasterCraft
• June 19-21 Pleasant Prairie, Wis. Pro Wakeboard Tour: Stop #2 Prairie Springs Park
• June 27-28 Knoxville, Tenn. Pro Wakeboard Tour: Stop #3 Volunteer Landing
• July 8-12 Oklahoma City, Okla. WWA National Championships Oklahoma River
• July 18-19 Louisville, Ky. Pro Wakeboard Tour: Stop #4 Freeman Lake Park
• Aug. 14-16 Sparks/Reno, Nev. Pro Wakeboard Tour: Stop #5 Sparks Marina
• Aug.27-30 Orlando, Fla. WWA World Championships Orlando Watersports Complex

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Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Orlando, Fla. – In the realm of professional wakeboarding, it may only be the fourth time in history the King of Wake series has crowned a winner for the world’s most elite pro wakeboarding circuit, but for the first time the king is sharing the throne with a female counterpart, the Queen of Wake.

Since its inception in 2005, the King of Wake series has made waves on the water, establishing itself as the most prestigious pro wakeboarding circuit in the world, bringing together the sport’s top events into one ultimate season-long points chase. The King of Wake has proven to be so influential within the sport that in just three years after its inauguration, the mirrored female version, the Queen of Wake series, was created.

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Monday, August 11th, 2008

Kenosha, Wis. – Today marked the fifth and final day of the 2008 Air Nautique WWA Wakeboard National Championships, presented by Rockstar Energy Drink, where seven national titles were claimed.

In the Pro Men’s Division, five riders battled it out on the water for the national title. Last year’s winner Rusty Malinoski looked to have a repeat performance in the finals, but Phillip Soven threw down a near perfect run, posting 98 points to take the top spot in the finals and ride away with his first-ever national title. Malinoski finished in second-place followed by Andrew Adkison in third.

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Sunday, August 10th, 2008

Kenosha, Wis. – Fans lined the shores of Lake Andrea at Prairie Springs Park in Pleasant Prairie, Wis. today for the third day of the 2008 Air Nautique WWA Wakeboard National Championships, presented by Rockstar Energy Drink, as most of the pro divisions took to the water for the first at this year’s contest.

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Sunday, August 10th, 2008

Kenosha, Wis. – The top wakeboarders and wakeskaters in the United States gathered at Prairie Springs Park in Pleasant Prairie, Wis. today for the second day of the 2008 Air Nautique WWA Wakeboard National Championships, presented by Rockstar Energy Drink, where eight of the 16 national titles were claimed, leaving eight more up for grabs.

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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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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Orlando, Fla. – For nearly two decades, female wakeboarders have taken a back seat to men in professional contests, with women’s wakeboarding featured in only a handful of events. But in 2008, female riders will finally have a series to call their own: World Sports & Marketing announced today the new professional women’s wakeboarding series, the Queen of Wake.

“Every year we see an increase in participation by pro female riders, and some of these girls are taking wakeboarding to new levels, pushing the sport to new limits,” said chief judge Chris Bischoff. “We are stoked about featuring pro women’s wakeboarding in their own series because it showcases their incredible athletic abilities and gives women another avenue toward a career in professional sports.”

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Thursday, December 20th, 2007

Orlando, FLA (December 19, 2007) — Correct Craft will once again sponsor the Air Nautique Wake Games and Air Nautique WWA Wakeboard National Championships. Correct Craft’s Super Air Nautique is the exclusive towboat for these two events featured in the King of Wake World Cup, the most respected professional wakeboarding series in the world.

“The entire Nautique team is excited to once again be sponsoring the Air Nautique Wake Games and Air Nautique WWA Wakeboard National Championships,” stated Correct Craft’s President/CEO Bill Yeargin. “These are the two premier wakeboard events so it is important that riders be towed by the leading wakeboard boat; the Super Air Nautique.”

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Friday, October 5th, 2007

One of the worlds largest grassroots watersports leagues is having their national championships next week in Louisiana. The INT is a league for wakeboarding, waterskiing, kneeboarding and wakeskating and has been around since 1993. They hold regional events, so if your looking to get involved in the competition scene for yourself, your children or friends this is the place to start. They are known as the little league of watersports but have divisions available for all ages and skill levels.

The national championships is a season ending competition that joins all the qualifying competitors from the different regions together to battle it out for national titles in their respective principles and divisions. This years 10th annual event will have close to 500 competitors for both ski and wake combined to make this the largest competition held each year in the world for watersports. Competition starts on October 10 and finishes on the 13th with an awards banquet and dinner that evening. The event will be held closer to the east coast this year at Bennett’s Ski School in Zachary, LA.

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