Several wakeboard companies have jumped on board the Twitter train. If you haven’t heard of Twitter, you will. It has been growing in popularity for a while now, and within the last year it seems to be growing exponentially. Essentially for those of you that aren’t in the know, Twitter is a way of posting short updates of what you are up to. Updates can be as simple as “I’m enjoying a cup of Dunkin Donuts coffee” (which, I actually am doing while typing this).
So, who is on Twitter? Well, I don’t have an extensive list, but here are a few I know…
Orlando, Fla. — Wakeboarding magazine will bring its pages to life this summer with Wake House, a fantasy experience that will combine professional instruction with the ultimate in wakeboarding lifestyle.
Wake House guests will spend a week at a million-dollar lakefront home in the wakeboarding mecca of Orlando, Florida, where they will receive daily professional instruction, demo the latest and greatest gear from wake’s top brands, interact with some of the sport’s best riders and gain access to wakeboarding landmarks like the Orlando Watersports Complex.
Maryville, TN (August 27, 2008) ~ The WWA’s most prestigious event of the year, the Rockstar WWA Wakeboard World Championships presented by Supra opens at its new location next week in downtown Oklahoma City’s Oklahoma River. Supra announced their excitement to take this event to the next level back in February and have since created even more unique activities during the Worlds and after hours. Get ready for high-flying action on the water and good times on the ground!
WakeboardingMag has a ton (75 to be exact) of pictures from the 2008 Cable Park Worlds held at the Camsur Watersports Complex in the Philippines. Peep the pics here.
OK, well the moment has come and gone… WBM has released the video, with a lovely embed code [editors note: much appreciated]. I was happy to see that it was vintage Darin riding, and not some impostor trying to ride the “style of the day.” A few interesting tricks added to the batch. I had never seen an Orbital 1 before, and thought that was pretty snazzy. The frontside 5 version wasn’t nearly as pretty, but impressive from a technical standpoint. The section plays out to “Gimme Shelter” by The Rolling Stones. OK, enough talk…on with the video!
WakeboardingMag.com is sending out a video they put together of the legend himself today. The catch? They can’t send it to you if they don’t know your email address! The solution? Join the mailing list, duh! They’ve already got a teaser clip up of Darin that has peaked my attention.
It’s funny how you can hear a song on the radio day in and day out, and you get tired of it…then like 5 years later you hear the song again and it is almost like magic to your ears… That’s how I’d describe the video clip. Seeing Shapiro doing a huge front to blind never felt so good.
(Merced, CA) - Club Malibu has partnered with Wake Boarding and WaterSki Magazines to include a 1-year subscription to either magazine as a benefit of membership. This magazine subscription extends Club Malibu benefits and becomes another reason to join the club.
Club Malibu is an organization of proud Malibu boat owners who receive a number of exclusive Malibu benefits in exchange for a yearly fee. Membership entitles members to their choice of a special “Club Malibu” gear package as well as a 1-year subscription to myMalibu, Malibu’s quarterly magazine, a monthly e-newsletter from Malibu Boats, VIP invitations to Malibu water sports events, discounts on Malibu Boats gear and discounts on Malibu boat insurance through Boater’s insurance. The most recent addition to this list is a 1-year subscription to either Wake Boarding or WaterSki Magazines.
RANDALL HARRIS JOINS QUIKSILVER WAKE TEAM Secures Top Honors From Wakeboarding Magazine
(Huntington Beach, CA) October 17, 2007 - Randall Harris’ life has been pretty good over the last few months. At WakeBoarding Magazine’s fourth-annual Wake awards last month, Harris took home two of the most highly coveted awards: “2007 Wake-Rider of the Year” and “Video Section of the Year.’ Now, Quiksilver is finally announcing what many in the industry had long suspected: Harris is the newest addition to Quiksilver’s talented wake team. [Editors Note: Most of us thought Randall had already signed a while back, but I guess this makes it Official.]
After helping launch Alliance Wakeboard Magazine, Tony Smith, the editor of Alliance, is moving on. Alliance broke the story on their website yesterday, and didn’t really give many details on the big change. This is the second big shakeup in the past few weeks for the publication side of the sport of wakeboarding. Just a few weeks ago, WakeBoarding Magazine’s long-time editor, Matt Hickman stepped down, and was replaced by Kevin Michael [externallink]. Tony has been a long time fixture in the sport of wakeboarding, and hopefully he’ll land somewhere else in the wake industry that he worked so hard to build and influence.
Several wakeboard companies have jumped on board the Twitter train. If you haven’t heard of Twitter, you will. It has been growing in popularity for a while now, and within the last year it seems to be growing exponentially. Essentially for those of you that aren’t in the know, Twitter is a way of posting short updates of what you are up to. Updates can be as simple as “I’m enjoying a cup of Dunkin Donuts coffee” (which, I actually am doing while typing this).
Maryville, TN (August 27, 2008) ~ The WWA’s most prestigious event of the year, the Rockstar WWA Wakeboard World Championships presented by Supra opens at its new location next week in downtown Oklahoma City’s Oklahoma River. Supra announced their excitement to take this event to the next level back in February and have since created even more unique activities during the Worlds and after hours. Get ready for high-flying action on the water and good times on the ground!
WakeboardingMag.com is sending out a video they put together of the legend himself today. The catch? They can’t send it to you if they don’t know your email address! The solution? Join the mailing list, duh! They’ve already got a teaser clip up of Darin that has peaked my attention.
