Press Release:

It looks like cable wakeboarding will finally make its way to Southern California. On October 28, the Santee City Council approved the plan to build a cable wakeboarding park at the Santee Lakes Recreation Preserve, which is located just outside San Diego, California.

The long-debated plan calls for a cable park and restaurant to be built on the preserve’s southernmost lake. The Santee Lakes cable park will feature a six-tower cable system as well as a restaurant, snack bar and pro shop.

The Santee Lakes Recreation Preserve is managed by the Padre Dam Municipal Water District and provides camping, fishing and other recreation pursuits to Southern California residents.

No word yet on when the plan will be put into action.

For more information, go to santeelakescableboardpark.com.

Press Release from the fellas at Liquid Force:

Fort Worth, TX. (August 28, 2009) – On Saturday, September 19th some of the top professional wakeskaters in the world will make their way to Fort Worth, Texas to participate in the Monster Energy Trinity River Round Up. This will be, a unique competition that will take place on several custom built rails and obstacles over a spillway on the Trinity River in Trinity Park. The event was originally scheduled to take place earlier this year during Fort Worth’s Annual Mayfest Celebration, but the festival was cancelled due to a swine flu scare

The Monster Energy Trinity River Round-Up is the brainchild of Dallas Texas based pro rider, Clint Tompkins. Known for his technical prowess on rails and obstacles and his never-ending search for new, undiscovered “winch” spots, Tompkins wanted to create an event that would bring some of his friends and fellow competitors to Texas to compete in a unique, natural setting. With $5000 in prize money up for grabs.

The Monster Energy Trinity River Round Up will be the first pro wakeskate competition to take place in an all-natural setting and some of the most celebrated names in the sport are already scheduled to compete including Tompkins, Reed Hansen, Andrew Pastura, Ross Gardner, George Daniels, Matt Hooker, Collin Gee and recent Alliance Wakeboard Magazine cover boy – Dieter Humpsch. Invitations are also out to Aaron Reed, Brian Grubb, Matt Manzari and Nick Taylor.

In addition to Monster Energy Drink, the event is sponsored by Freeman Toyota/SCION, Woly Board Company, FUEL TV, Time Warner Cable and Liquid Force. Media partners include Alliance Wakeboard Magazine, the Fort Worth Weekly and Wakeworld.com.

For more information go to www.trinityriverroundup.com

(Encinitas, CA) Up and coming wakeskater Keaton Bowlby has just signed on to join forces with Straight Line Sports. Keaton joins a growing Straight line list of all-star riders that includes Ben Greenwood, Keith Lyman, Kevin Henshaw, and Aaron Reed.

To keep up on all things Straight Line, visit www.slsports.com. To stay up to date on all things Liquid Force, keep checking back at www.liquidforce.com.

About Straight Line:
Straight Line was born in 1986 out of a need to provide people with high performance ropes and handles made of only the best quality materials. After 23 years, we still hold true to our roots by providing continual innovation and reliable products. Straight Line is owned by Liquid Force and Motion Water Sports.

The world’s best in wake congregated at Lake Powell this past weekend for Liquid Force’s annual BROstock festival. Fueled by Monster Energy, 2009’s BROstock proved to be bigger and better then expected once again! Twenty four of the best riders including Shawn Watson, Shane Bonifay, Rusty Malinoski, Phillip Soven, and Danny Harf came for the contest, but stayed for the fun and festivities.

The weekend kicked off Friday with a progressive wakeskate demo that featured the likes of Aaron Reed, Danny Hampson, and Brian Grubb, among others. The crew took it to the backcountry, where they sessioned over rocks and natural terrain. Earlier in the day, the pro wakeboarders got a chance to get accustomed to the monsterous wake of the LF BROstock edition Supra 24’, as they had a 2 hour practice session. The night concluded with premiers of both Collin Harrington’s Box of Fun and Billabong’s Out of the Pond to a boisterous crowd watching on the 36’ screen and sound system set up in the desert!

Saturday kicked off early with the LF DJ throwing down the beats for round one of the double-up contest. Round 1 started with 24 riders riding in heats that would eventually cut the field down to 16. From round one, the format switched to head-to-head as the 16 remaining riders would battle it out to make it into the round of 8. Once in the round of 8, all riders would be getting paid. Needless to say, the competition was definitely heating up. With the Supra 24’ BROstock edition the official towboat of BROstock, all competitors were guaranteed a consistently giant wake and that lead to some serious boosting!

After a semifinals round that eliminated Ben Greenwood, Harley Clifford, Jeff Weatherall, and Shane Bonifay, the final 4 consisted of Danny Harf, Chris O’Shea, as well as Liquid Force’s own Bob Soven and James Balzer, the spoilers of the event. Balzer, know for his wakeskating prowess, was a last minute fill in for the event as another rider backed out due to injury. He continued to impress round after round and was a definite fan favorite. Bob, the 17 year old phenom was impressive all day as he was able to take down some of the industry’s best, including Rusty Malinoski and his older brother Phillip. In the finals, Balzer stomped a clean backside 540 while Bob threw down a huge toeside 900 to claim the 3rd and 2nd spots on the podium respectively. In the end, however it was Monster Energy team rider, Danny Harf who dropped a wrapped nose grab backside 720 to claim the top spot. He had consistently been landing what was considered one of the most stylish and progressive tricks all day and was rewarded heavily for it. In the process, Danny walked away $12,500 richer and put his name in the history books of BROstock, a contest that is widely becoming known for producing some of the most progressive contest riding ever!

Be sure to tune in to FUEL TV August 25th at 8:30pm to watch the BROstock show and relive all of the action!

Thanks to all 2009 BROstock sponsors including Monster Energy, Liquid Force, Supra Boats, Dragon Alliance, Alliance Wakeboard Magazine, FUEL TV, New Era Cap, and Lake Powell Resorts and Marinas.

The fellas at LF are gracious enough to hook us up with the results of BROstock so be sure to check out their website, www.liquidforce.com for additional information about this crazy event!

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The event starts Saturday, June 13th and there will be a parties day and night throughout the weekend. Saturday night starts the Obstacles Only division under the lights, and the cable will remain open until midnight. OWC will keep the cable open to the public throughout the two day event and there will also be a beer/liquor garden on-site as well.

If you’re a competitor, spectator, or just want to ride the cable with all of the best riders from around the World, come out to OWC June 13-14!

The five events that will be held on this series are: The Wake Games, the WWA Wakeboard World Champions, WWA Wakeboard National Championships, the Fort Worth, Tex. Pro Tour, and the Sparks/Reno, Nev. Pro Tour stop.

Four-time X Games gold medalist Dallas Friday will be competing for the title of “Queen of Wake,” along with Australian Circuit Champions Amber Wing and Hayley Smith, and defending Queen of Wake Champ Nicola Butler. Be sure to keep your eye on this series and watch your favorite ladies shredd all summer long!

The Red Bull Wake the Line stop was rocking the Sesitec’s System 2.0 tower for this event which was proven very effective for this particular competition.

In the superfinal, Keith Lidberg orginally from Coon Rapids MN, edged out Germany’s own Bernhard Hinterberger and American Shawn Watson to take home best performance of the day. In the wakeskate division German Jan Kissman came in first with a sick frontside 540 and backside 180.

Six spots are open for the 12 man final due to the fact that six spots are already reserved for the past champs.