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2010 TSR CABLE STOCK from Joey Arcisz on Vimeo.

2007: PS3 & Omega
2008: Witness & Omega
2009: Witness & Trip
2010: Fooshee & PS3

Event #2 Texas Ski Ranch

6700 IH 35 North
New Braunfels, TX
78130

Phone: 830-627-2843
Web: www.TexasSkiRanch.com

May 30th, 2010
10 am – 2 pm

Come and join us May 30th for a full day of fun and festivities at Texas Ski Ranch! Liquid Force’s Free For All Tour pulls into Texas with a truckload of fun and good times! We are teaming up with Texas Ski Ranch to provide everyone the opportunity to come out to the park, learn to ride, meet your favorite pro’s, and get tons of giveaways…all for FREE! We’ll be taking over TSR from 10-2pm May 30th, so mark your calendars, call your friends, tweet your followers, retweet who your following, and don’t miss this event!!

Give the crew at TSR a holler with any questions at (830) 627-2843

Our boy Erik Hemans over at FUEL TV sent us this photo, working hard in Egypt for Red Bull X-Fighters…Cheers!!

7 a.m. Part 1 from WakeGirls.com on Vimeo.

::FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE::

Orange County, CA. May 21, 2010 – Watermans Applied Science is proud to announce the addition of Harley Clifford and Bob Soven to the team. Clifford and Soven join Wake Skate pioneer Brian Grubb to represent the best of the best in Wake sports and Watermans is their sunscreen of choice.

“Harley Clifford and Bob Soven are two of the best young riders in the world,” said Liquid Force’s Matt Gleason. “Liquid Force is stoked that they’ll also be flying the Watermans flag for many years to come!”

“We couldn’t be happier,” says Macon Brock of Watermans Applied Science . :”We aim to produce the best sunscreens in the world and the support of such high caliber athletes really validates what we are doing.”

For more information on Watermans Applied Science visit http://www.watermansappliedscience.com

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About Watermans: Applied Science

WATERMANS Applied Science is dedicated to providing today’s Watermen and women with the best, most effective and functional, high-performance sunscreen on the market. Made and Manufactured in California, USA. Visit www.watermansappliedscience.com to learn more.

With more than 300 riders showing up to McCormick’s cable park in Tampa, Florida, on May 16, the first of four Liquid Force Free For All tour stops was a huge success. Shawn Watson, Keith Lyman, Collin Harrington, Amber Wing, Daniel Powers, Kyle Hyams and other top pro riders were in attendance, killing it on the water, signing autographs and giving tips and pointers to the public. With free riding, free Liquid Force wakeboarding gear demos, free instruction, and free food, everyone was beyond super-stoked.

Eighty percent of the riders who showed up had never been to the cable park before. Clearly, this is a sign that cable parks have tremendous growth potential, and thanks to Liquid Force, Skull Candy, McCormick’s, Monster Energy, Spy Optics and Supra Boats, the cable boom is well on it’s way. In itself, the number of riders that showed up was a record for McCormick’s, but an additional 200 spectators came out too.

The only clockwise-spinning cable park in North America to date, McCormick’s cable park has loads of incredible features, including a really lofty and tight feel for air tricks. It’s the only cable in Florida that has an island in the middle to keep the water glassy, and it has a total of 10 kickers, rails and fun boxes. Additionally, the newly upgraded two-tower cable system from Rixen served as a great place for first-time riders to get their first pulls and practice their board control skills.

Even though loads of Liquid Force boots and hybrid boards were available for demo, they were all snatched up pretty quick and continually in use the whole day. From the Watson Hybrid and the PS3 Grind to Henshaw’s FLX and the Witness Grind, the Free For All participants thoroughly enjoyed how great these boards are for cable riding.

Only three Free For All stops are left, so if you can make it out for an incredible day of free fun, don’t miss out:
May 30 | Texas Ski Ranch | New Braunfels, Texas | www.texasskiranch.com
June 6 | Wake Nation | Cincinnati, Ohio | www.wakenation.com
June 19 | KC Watersports | Hillsdale, Kansas | www.kcwatersports.com

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Acworth, Ga. – The MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour debuted its new format today at Dallas Landing Park in Acworth in front of one of its largest crowds to date. Fans poured in to see the Pro Men and Jr. Pro Men compete in their respective finals, and to witness the excitement of the Pro Tour’s new Main Event.

Between the live music, a stacked six-man pro final, plenty of ROCKSTAR girls, a big-air challenge and a double up contest; fans were treated to an epic wake party, full of action and entertainment.

“We definitely left an impression in Acworth with this new format,” said the current King of Wake, Aaron Rathy. “The fans and riders were all really pumped on how things went down and to see new elements of the sport added to the Pro Tour.”

The Pro Men kicked off the final day of action with their quarterfinal round, where 20 riders hit the water in five heats of four. The quarterfinals cut the competition in half, only advancing the top two riders from each heat onto the semifinals.

The semifinals quickly narrowed down the field of riders to setup the six-man final, but not without an upset. Austin Hair of Tega Cay, SC beat out four-time X Games gold medalist Danny Harf and former Pro Tour champ Shaun Murray to advance to his first Pro Tour finals appearance.

The finals pinned Hair, Adam Errington, Rusty Malinoski, Phillip Soven, JD Webb and Harley Clifford against each other in a six-man final. In such a stacked final heat, riders couldn’t hold anything back in order to win the first Pro Tour stop of the 2010 season. Aussie Phenom Harley Clifford, the current defending Pro Tour titlist, took that notion to the next level during his final run, landing a handle pass KGB 540 – the first ever in a contest.

Clifford’s impressive run was more than enough to take first place in the Pro Men’s finals and take the lead in the Pro Tour standings. Malinoski and Soven rounded out the Pro Men’s podium, respectively.

“I’m stoked,” said Clifford. “Sticking the KGB 5 and winning the first Pro Tour stop in the same day is just unreal.”

Following the Pro Men’s finals, the Pro Tour went right into the Indmar Double Up contest, where the “Bone-Crusher” Rusty Malinoski was declared the obvious winner after sticking his Toeside 1080.

Chad Sharpe, who is known for his bag of tricks off the kicker, won the Rockstar Energy Drink Big- Air Challenge with his massive Indy Glide. Sharpe and Malinoski each took home a $1,000 for winning their respective events.

In the Jr. Pro Men’s division, riders hit the water in two heats of five for their semifinal round. With only the top two riders from each heat advancing, the field of riders was narrowed down to Freddie Wayne, Kyle Evans, Nick Galotifore and Daniel Powers for the four-man final.

All four rippers threw down some series runs, but Galotifore’s Heel 7 off the double up helped the Orlando native rise above the competition to win his first Pro Tour stop. Powers and Evans rounded out the Jr. Pro Men’s podium, respectively.

“It’s crazy, I can’t believe I took first place,” said Galotifore. “I just laid down my run, stuck my Heel 7, and it paid off. I’m stoked!”

With finals wrapped up in Acworth, the MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour will now head to Fort Worth, Tex., on June 10-12. Additional venues for the 2010 season include Elizabethtown, Ky., Colorado Springs, Colo. and Knoxville, Tenn.

To catch all the high-flying, rail-sliding, water-sports action of the Acworth Pro Tour stop on television, tune in to FUEL TV on July 20 at 8 p.m. EST.

For more information on the MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour, including news, daily schedules, tickets, photos, videos, athlete bios, results, standings and more, visit www.allisports.com.

The MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour is organized by World Sports & Marketing of Orlando, Fla., and has the support of the following sponsors: MasterCraft, Rockstar Energy Drink, Overton’s, Indmar, Peavey, Mona Vie, Billabong, Hyperlite, CWB, Ronix, Liquid Force, Byerly, Oakley, Sayiwon’t, Epiphone, WakeBoarding magazine, FUEL TV and Allisports.com.

About MasterCraft
MasterCraft is the exclusive tow boat for the Pro Wakeboard Tour, as it has been since the tour’s wakeboarding events began in 1992. Indmar Marine engines will provide the power for MasterCraft’s X Series line of competition tow boats.

About FUEL TV
FUEL TV is the action sports lifestyle network for skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing, BMX, motocross, and wakeboarding. Through its original and commissioned series and specials, short-form content, films, and prestigious event coverage, the channel features action sports athletes, emerging musicians, celebrities, and breaking news. FUEL TV was launched July 1, 2003 and is seen in more than 30 million U.S. homes. FUEL TV has networks in Australia (FUEL TV Australia) and Portugal (FUEL TV Portugal) and its content is viewed in more than 50 countries around the world.

About WakeBoarding Magazine
WakeBoarding, published by Bonnier Corp., is the official magazine of the Pro Tour. Read about all things wakeboarding, with expert coverage of professional instruction, gear, boats and news.

About King of Wake
The King of Wake is the world’s elite pro wakeboarding series, attracting the sport’s top athletes from throughout the globe. Over the course of a season, athletes compete for the ultimate wakeboarding crown in a series points race of eight events throughout the United States to see who rules the wake. The 2010 series consists of the Wake Games, the WWA Wakeboard National Championships, the WWA Wakeboard World Championships and all five stops on the Pro Wakeboard Tour. The King of Wake is organized by World Sports & Marketing – the leading wake-events producer since 1988.

About Alli, the Alliance of Action Sports
Alli, the Alliance of Action Sports, is a global business that encompasses national and international action-sports tours and events, multimedia production and a consumer-facing lifestyle brand. The Alliance includes: the King of Wake series, Dew Tour, Winter Dew Tour, China Invitational, Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship and Gatorade Free Flow Tour. Alli Productions creates original content, produces and presents content with partners and distributes Alli content through a variety of channels. Alli is owned by NBC Sports and MTV Networks and represents a network of athletes, fans, brands and properties. Its mission is to facilitate the momentous growth of action sports, through competition and lifestyle, for a new generation of fans and athletes.

Saturday, May 22 – Final PWT Results:

Pro Men – Finals: Heat #1

1. Harley Clifford 93.33

2. Rusty Malinoski 88.33

3. Phillip Soven 78.33

4. JD Webb 73.33

5. Austin Hair 65.00

6. Adam Errington 50.00

Jr. Pro Men – Finals: Heat #1

1. Nick Galotifore 92.50

2. Daniel Powers 86.25

3. Kyle Evans 81.75

4. Freddie Wayne 79.50

Pro Men – Semifinals: Heat #1

1. Rusty Malinoski 83.33

2. Phillip Soven 80.00

3. Adam Errington 70.00

4. Danny Burnstein 60.00

5. Jim LaRiche 58.33

Pro Men – Semifinals: Heat #2

1. Harley Clifford 75.00

2. JD Webb 60.00

3. Austin Hair 48.33

4. Shaun Murray 33.33

5. Danny Harf 28.33

Jr. Pro Men – Semifinals: Heat #1

1. Nick Galotifore 93.00

2. Daniel Powers 92.25

3. Ryleigh Pfitzner 78.50

4. John Jeffries 70.25

5. Pierce Homsey 66.00

Jr. Pro Men – Semifinals: Heat #2

1. Kyle Evans 92.25

2. Freddie Wayne 83.50

3. Raphael Derome 79.50

4. Steel Lafferty 79.25

5. Josh Twelker 52.00