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 So I am a little behind on the updates, but I will try and catch up as best as possible ... Lets see, July 8-11 I was in the Midwest touring around to several different shops to give some Demo's and Lessons.  Over all it was a pretty good trip.  The first day we visited 2 shops Chicago Sea Ray and Redline Watersports. Both sites we were faced with not ideal conditions in terms of wind, but made the best out of it when we could and got some people out and trying it and definitely some excitement from everyone.  I have to thanks both shops for putting together a great turnout of people and there excitement about the product.  

Next stop was on Wend to Action Water Sport unfortunately on this day we were unable to do any demo's or training due to high winds of about 30 mph.  It was great to visit these guys regardless, they are a great group to work with and are very supportive of the kite.  

Last stop was and Thur. to Ride the Wave and again we fought some bad weather (few storm fronts) but were able to get in the water between fronts and get a few people out and on the kite along with few demo's from myself.  Again a great group to work with and enjoyed there enthusiasm for the kite as well.  

I look forward to working with all of these shops again in the future and thank them all for there wonderful hospitality and working so hard to get these demo's put together!

 Also a huge thanks to our Midwest Rep Rick Skinner! I always love traveling with him and learning along the way!  

 Pic of myself taken at the Redline Watersports Demo!

 This last weekend I spent time up in Haliburton, Ontario Canada with an amazing group of people at Ski-Mazing Watersports School. The surroundings here were beautiful, endless lakes, tons of green, trees, and hills, (made me feel very much at home)... And we couldn't have asked for better weather while I was there.

 I connected with Craig Bowker (owner of Ski-Mazing) back in early spring to schedule coming up there to do demo's and training with customers along with his employees.  I can't thank Craig and his staff enough for putting on an amazing weekend full of demo's/training's along with involving me in there weekly Sunday night ski show!  There gracious Canadian hospitality and enthusiasm for the kite were more than I could have hoped for!  The coordination and advertising for this even and myself coming up there was unbelievable.  So I have to send a huge thanks to the Ski-Mazing team for everything and I highly recommend visiting these guys if you ever make it up to Haliburton! I had a great time and hope to make a trip up there again soon! 

 Keep rocking on the kite you guys!  

Giving a demo to the crew there at Ski-Mazing! 

This weekend I made a last minute trip out to the Midwest (Near Flint, MI) meeting up with our Midwest rep Rick to do some exhibition runs at the Mastercraft Pro Waterski Tournament Stop.  This was a very exciting event form myself as I have never really been at a Pro Waterski Comp. The turnout to the event wasn’t as big as expected, but the site wasbeautiful.  Set on the Nautique dealer’s private lake (pics below), everyone who was there was having a great time.  The weather cooperated forthe most part staying sunny during the events; as for myself the wind wasn’t cooperating how I would have liked. Because the event is set on a private lake there is no opportunity to change direction’s if needed (which needed with wind) so I was consistently fighting a cross wind coming up over the trees making it very swirly… I was able to make the best of what I was dealt and had numerous inquires after the demo’s about the kite.  People were very receptive to it, no one had ever seen it before, and the response was nothing but positive.  

Huge thanks to both; The Mastercraft Dealer - Action Water Sports (always a pleasure working with these guys) and the Nautique Dealer - Silver Spray Sports

Event Site:

Well returned yesterday from a 3 day tour in Idaho with our NW Rep Scott... 

The weather was beautiful over there (but I guess this was really there first true warm days, so we were pretty lucky!) Our first stop was in Nampa, ID with Idaho Watersports.  The weather was beautiful and not a breath of wind... Got out on the kite along with 3 other people getting on and trying.  Below is a picture of Corey Crum the Pro-Shop Manager/Buyer trying out the kite for his first time.  

Next Stop was in Idaho Falls, at Black Tail  Resivoir (Beautiful lake set down at the bottom of these beautiful rock filled hills) Unfortunately by the time people showed up and were interested in checking out and trying the kite, the wind had picked up.  I was able to get in a demo so that they saw the potential, but was bummed we couldn't get them out and trying it.  (But to say the least they were supper excited about it after seeing it!)

Last Stop was in Burly, ID along the Snake River.  Unfortunately we can't control Mother Nature and the winds were up and blasting all day, thus couldn't get a demo in, but spoke with people about the kite and did a lot of educating.

All and all it was a great tour and got shops guys and a few customers very excited about the product! (Thats the great thing about this product if you try it or at least see it in full action it is pretty darn addicting!)

Thanks to all the shops out in Idaho! 

Corey Crum the Pro-Shop Manager/Buyer of Idaho Watersports Nampa Location trying out the kite for his first time!

What's Up!

So just returned home from Northern Cali where I went around with our 2 reps there and did some demo's! 

First visit was Lake Tahoe (Such a beautiful place!) had a great time here, met at High Sierra Water Ski School and had a few of there employees come out and check out the kite along with another ski school on the lake West Shore Watersports.  Also had a local film crew come and shoot some video and pictures to hopefully air on the local news channel to get some promotion going! All in all it was a great day, got 3 people on it and doing well.  (bellow is a picture of TK one of the instructors from West Shore Watersports).  Everyone was very excited about it and ready to get on it more and have it involved in there schools.  

After this the weather didn't full cooperate (ended up fighting quite a bit of wind the next few days), but we made the most of it, I did 2 demo's to at least show employees of the different shops how it works and what the potential of it is.  

Visited a few different shops, and ended up putting a WakeKite display up for a shop near Sacramento (Larson Marine).  All in all it was a great trip got a lot of people excited about the kite and wanting to either try it more, or get on it for there first time very soon!

 High Sierra Water Ski School!

What’s Up All-

Ok so last week (May 23 – June 2) I was out in Nashville, TNwith Raleigh and absolutely had a blast! It doesn’t get much better than riding with a fellow WakeKite Rider, inbeautiful sunny weather, and taking some photos!!!

On top of it all, we ended up having various riding sessionsthat attracted large amounts of attention.  The first day I was out there (Friday) we did a demo withTNT Water Sports there in Nashville, and our Rep Jeremy Baker was there as wellwith the Byerly Wakeboard Team. After Raleigh and I took a few sets, 2 of the guys from the Byerly Team(Robby Jacques, and Ross Gardner) ended up wanting to give it a try and didgreat… Both had a good time!

For Memorial Weekend, we were up in NE Tennessee Norris Lake(Near Knoxville – Beautiful Lake!) here we rode the Kite all Sat. and ended uphaving 4 different boats follow us around, asking questions, and wanting toknow where to purchase it. 

After the weekend we went back to Nashville and ended upfighting a bit of bad weather here and there but made the most of the niceweather when it was there and rode as much as possible.  Got a ton of great photos andvideo. 

Other than that, just had a great time spending time withRaleigh and Crew and checking out life in Nashville J!

I want to express my thanks obviously to Raleigh and Jen forallowing me to live with them for 12 days! Another huge thanks to PerformanceMarine for there endless support every time I am out there providing us once ofthere boats to do photo shoots.. That is going above and beyond for adealership and it is greatly appreciated!!!

Here are a few pics from the week!

 Robby Jacques on the Kite:

Hey Everyone-

 Alright, so the summer is off and rolling, and I just returned from So. Cal (Lake Elsinore & Canyon Lake) working with our HO Rep Ben Sims and Tech Rep Jon Haddox. (5/13 - 5/15/08) This was an awesome trip got people out and trying the kite, realizing its harder than it looks, but wanting to keep riding till they got it!  

 I also met up with Mike Murphy (Created the Sky Ski) along with Ron Stack (Creator and Owner of Air Boom).  Both of them came out with me to get some training and experience on the kite and had a blast!  In fact they both rode the Kite with the Sky Ski!  (Photos bellow to show)!  They also took me out to the coast (Ocean Side, CA) to try the kite out on the surf being towed in with a PWC! This was a great experience for sure!  All in all it was a great trip, and got a lot of people excited about WakeKite!  

 Also got a chance to learn how to Foil Board which was a fun Experience in its self!  

 Check out a couple pics from the week!  

Myself on the Kite!

Mike Murphy on the Kite with the Sky Ski!