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Encinitas, CA - Off-Road Champion Johnny Greaves is proud to announce that Liquid Force, maker of premium wakeboards and apparel, is joining the Monster Energy Forest County Potawatomi Toyota Race Team for the 2010 Season of The Traxxas TORC Series. Greaves, the most prolific winner in short-course racing, will add Liquid Force to its Pro 4 and Pro 2 teams driven by himself and Jeremy McGrath.

“Liquid Force is the top name in the water sports industry and I am very excited to associate with Matt Gleason and the team there”, added Greaves. “I’m a long time fan and user of their products, and that makes it more fun to add them to our team”.

Matt Gleason, Director of Marketing for Liquid Force, had this to say about the new sponsorship, “Johnny Greaves and Jeremy McGrath are great champions and Liquid Force is pleased to join such a great team for its entry into motorsports. This is an excellent cross-marketing opportunity for us and TORC’s great TV package and nationwide exposure offers us a great fit. We are looking forward to exposing Liquid Force products to the off-road community and TORC fans world-wide.”

“I attended the Crandon TORC race last fall and was blown away by the enthusiasm of the off-road fans and knew right away that this would be a great sport to get Liquid Force involved in,” Gleason continued. “This is going to be a lot of fun working with Johnny & Jeremy and a great fit for our brand!”

Orlando, Fla. — The King of Wake — the world’s elite pro wakeboarding series — announced today where and when the top pro riders will compete for the ultimate wakeboarding crown, with the release of its 2010 schedule. In 2010, the top pros will compete in a series of eight events throughout the United States for one ultimate season-long points chase to see who rules the wake.

The eight events included in the 2010 series are the Wake Games, the WWA National Championships, the WWA World Championships and all five stops on the Pro Wakeboard Tour.

The King of Wake opens and ends its 2010 series at the Orlando Watersports Complex in Orlando, Fla. The series kicks off with the Wake Games on April 29-May 2 and wraps up the season on Aug. 19-22 with the WWA World Championships.

The Pro Wakeboard Tour features five stops, beginning on May 22 in Acworth, Ga. The Pro Tour then continues on to Fort Worth, Tex., on June 12; Elizabethtown, Ky., on June 19; Colorado Springs, Colo., on July 24; and concludes in Knoxville, Tenn. on Aug. 14, where a Pro Tour winner will be crowned.

The WWA National Championships, held in the greater Reno area of Sparks, Nev., on July 14-18, will mark the midpoint of the season, and the Chase for the Crown will begin following this event.

The Chase limits the King of Wake crown to the top 10 riders in the standings midway through the season. Only the 10 riders involved in the Chase will have their point totals adjusted and have the remaining three stops for topping each other in the standings for the King of Wake crown. The overall winner will be crowned at the 2010 Wake Awards.

Canada’s Aaron Rathy is the current King of Wake champion and will look to defend his title in 2010 against the sport’s top riders, including Pro Tour titlist and 2009 Rookie of the Year Harley Clifford; current National champion Adam Errington; and defending Wake Games winner Rusty Malinoski.

2010 King of Wake Schedule

DATES CITY EVENT VENUE

April 29-May 2 Orlando, Fla. Wake Games Orlando Watersports Complex

May 22 Acworth, Ga. Pro Wakeboard Tour: Stop #1 Dallas Landing Park

June 12 Fort Worth, Tex. Pro Wakeboard Tour: Stop #2 Texas MasterCraft

June 19 Elizabethtown, Ky. Pro Wakeboard Tour: Stop #3 Freeman Lake Park

July 14-18 Sparks/Reno, Nev. WWA National Championships Sparks Marina

July 24 Colorado Springs, Colo. Pro Wakeboard Tour: Stop #4 Memorial Park

Aug. 14 Knoxville, Tenn. Pro Wakeboard Tour: Stop #5 Volunteer Landing

Aug. 19-22 Orlando, Fla. WWA World Championships Orlando Watersports Complex

For more event information, including daily schedules, tickets, results, standings, photos, videos, athlete bios and more, visit www.allisports.com.

To catch all the high-flying, rail-sliding wakeboard action of the King of Wake series, tune in to Fuel TV, the King of Wake’s official television partner. WakeBoarding, published by Bonnier Corp., is the official magazine of the King of Wake. Read about all things wakeboarding, with expert coverage of professional instruction, gear, boats and news.

Aqua Fest 2010 was great! According to the newspapers 8000-10000 people witnessed the action.
Mariano Carvajal’s land-jump on his Waverunner and the show put on by Liquid Force pro-team
riders Bob Soven and Kevin Henshaw were the highlights of the day. Thanks everybody who was
there. Special thanks to Bob and Kevin for coming down to Costa Rica for the event (tough job
they got!) and to SM Producciones and Maxxx Energy for making this event possible. Very special
thanks to “la chica dorada de wakeboarding” Melissa Liscano and to Juan Jose Forero for their
assistance during the days around the event and their hospitality. Gracias!
Find some pictures of the event at www.flyzone-cr.com/gallery/9. A video of Aqua Fest 2010 is in
the making, we’ll let you know where to find it once it’s done.
- Sander

Harley Clifford won the first-ever Wakestock Abu Dhabi event, beating three of the sport’s best riders in a world-class wakeboarding final at Al Sahil beach on Abu Dhabi Corniche. Dallas Friday won the women’s competition while JD Webb was victorious on the rails as pool gap champ.

Clifford was followed on the Wakestock Abu Dhabi podium by Rusty Malinoski, Phillip Soven and Aaron Rathy.

And after the sun went down, Wakestock Abu Dhabi closed with a bang as hip hop legends De La Soul entertained thousands with their unique quirky lyrics and funky beats, including some of their greatest hits. The free three-day festival saw jaw-dropping wakeboarding action on the first stop of this year’s World Wakeboarding Association’s Wakeboard World Series and the evenings filled with live music from local, regional and international stars.

“Wakestock Abu Dhabi has been another fantastic beachfront event, adding to the diversity of the entertainment options Abu Dhabi has to offer,” says John Lickrish, Managing Director of Flash Entertainment. “The combination of gravity-defying wakeboarding tricks and a wide variety of live music acts has really resonated with people of all ages and backgrounds, and over the weekend we have seen more than 110,000 residents who have come to enjoy the event on Al Sahil Beach.”

“The atmosphere here on the Corniche has been incredible,” says Mark Durston, Founder and CEO of Wakestock. “Abu Dhabi has provided the perfect setting for Wakestock, and we have seen some first-class wakeboarding here on the beautiful waters of the Arabian Gulf. It has been great to find so much local support for the sport, and I can see Abu Dhabi becoming a top wakeboarding destination in the near future.”

Wakestock Abu Dhabi is the first stop on the World Wakeboard Association’s Wakeboard World Series. Go to wakestock.ae for more info.

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