ACTIVE WATER SPORTS

Come check us out at the Portland Boat Show Jan. 11-15th! The Active Water Sports booth is stocked with all of the best 2012 gear from your favorite brand like Ronix, Liquid Force, Slingshot, Hyperlite, HO, Radar and more. 2011 gear is also available in limited quantities.

For more than 50 years the Portland Boat Show has been one of the biggest – all indoor – boat shows in the region. Each year the show looks for the most attractive features, seeks the newest boat designs and provides an abundance of boating choices for all boating aficionados. The Portland Boat Show is set to launch on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at the Portland Expo Center.

Of course, the big draw for Northwest boaters is seeing what’s new in boat lines, technology and accessories. Every year, manufacturers and dealers bring in their latest designs for introduction. Expect plenty of new boat lines this year, and see what’s new from a wide range of manufacturers and dealers. Plus, some dealers will bring in last year’s models with their new inventory for the ultimate in price selection and negotiation!

12 Day Sale
ActiveWake.com’s 12 Days of Christmas Sale gives you access to the best deals from the freshest brands in the Water Sports Industry.

Each day will feature a new product at a ridiculously low price. Quantities are limited so when it’s gone it’s gone. The Deals will go live at midnight (PST).

The First Day of Christmas will feature the 2011 O’Neill Gooru Comp Vest.

The boys and girls at Axis Wake Research have done it once again. In the wakeboard boat industry it is not every day that you see a highly anticipated new model actually meet and then exceed expectations. The Axis A20 is so hot right now. Whether you need a smaller boat because of Lake Oswego’s length restriction or you drive a Land Rover Discovery like Greg Waters, Axis has you covered. Call Greg or Gerry and get your Axis A20 ordered today.

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(Wakeboardingmag.com) Supra Boats’ all-new flagship wakeboard boat, the 2011 Supra Launch 242, will mark its debut by pulling the pro divisions at Wakeboard Worlds, the decisive event on the 2010 King of Wake World Series. WAKEBOARDING recently received a sneak peek at the Supra Launch 242 on Lake Tellico, near Supra Boats headquarters in Maryville, Tennessee. We came away impressed.

The 24′1″ Supra Launch 242 is build on a brand-new hull that’s designed to both maintain the pro-level wakes of the Launch 242’s predecessor, the Supra Launch 24V, and increase the wakeboard boat’s stability and interior space. It succeeds on both accounts.

Any questions about the Supra Launch 242’s wakes were dismissed when we loaded up the boat and went out for a session with Supra Boats rider Amber Wing. The first female rider to land a 900 didn’t disappoint, laying down much of her trick arsenal, including a super-tweaked off-axis melon 3 that WAKEBOARDING has been admiring lately.

The Supra Launch 242’s interior won’t have any trouble handling all the judges, photographers and rope girls that Wakeboard World’s can throw at. The main cockpit is almost two feet longer than that of the Launch 24V, and the wakeboard boat comes outfitted with luxury touches like Supra’s new snakeskin vinyl and recessed speaker boxes.

While riders will be plenty pumped on the Supra Launch 242’s wakes, the happiest person at Wakeboard Worlds might be the towboat driver. For starters, he’ll be sitting in the Launch 242’s new height-adjustable driver’s seat, which he can raise or lower a full five inches. Plus, he can swivel around to easily snag a cold beverage from his own built-in cooler. Last but not least, he’ll be sitting in front of the new Supra VISION system, which aggregates almost all of the wakeboard boat’s functions into a easy-to-use LCD control system.

New Malibu Touch Command (MTC)
The new Malibu Touch Command (MTC) is amazing on so many different levels; what it is, what it does and the fact that it is standard on all Wakesetters and Sunscapes. Made with Projective Capacitive Touch Technology typically reserved for high-end personal digital devices, you won’t find a feature like MTC in a high performance car let alone anywhere else in the boating industry. Malibu Boats is way ahead of the game with touch-sensitive switching based on intuitive hi-res graphical menus of the boat’s functions. Command ballast control, Wedge adjustment, interior lighting, coded keyless ignition, available GPS navigation and more.
New Coded Keyless Ignition
Forget the keys. Go ahead. You won’t need them in a 2011. All Malibu Wakesetter and Sunscape models have keyless ignition standard. Type in your code, touch the “Start Engine” icon and motor. No more worries about getting to the lake and forgetting the keys. Malibu’s got you covered.

New Dash and Components
Performance aside, the 2011 dash looks bad in a good way! You’ve never seen a dash like the one you’ll find in a 2011 Malibu boat. The MTC projective capacitive touch screen combined with the new Italian-made Isotta Vista Steering Wheel, the available MaliView Dash System and Rockford Fosgate Stereo touch pad; let it all sink in. Now consider the functionality housed in this dash and it’s almost unbelievable. MaliView and the Rockford Fosgate Sound System have even been upgraded for 2011 to include USB video playback and increased iPod/iPhone control. Just when you think boat design has been taken as far as it can go, Malibu Boats does it one better.

(Source – themalibucrew.com)

Come along with the Nike 6.0 wake team as they search out the sickest winch spots in Curacao and do work in front of awe-struck tourists and locals alike. When your “work” crew consists of some of the world’s most talented wakeskaters and wakeboarders, you know minds are going to be blown. And the guys did not disappoint as they laid nails and dropped hammers all day, while capturing banger shots and incredible footage.

“Curacao was an action-filled travel trip for the Nike 6.0 wake team,” said Team Mentor, Silas Thurman. “The team – from all different parts of the US and Canada – made their way to Curacao, one of the ABC islands for their yearly action and lifestyle shoot. World-renowned photographer, Joey Meddock came along to capture all the traveling, action and tomfoolery the team got into.”

Suffice it to say, when your work travel brings you to places like Curacao you know you’re doing something right. And after just one view of the above video, we think you’ll agree – these guys are doing everything right.

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The Tiki Shack’s got nothing on Slick City! Body Glove’s first full-length team wakeboarding video Slick City will not disappoint. Body Glove took our top pro riders: Rusty Malinoski, Jeff McKee, Bob Soven, Shelby Kantar, James Balzer, Daniel Doud, Harley Clifford, and Aaron Aubrey back out to Parker, AZ, on houseboats then to their home towns.

Slick City is going to show you how the pros train for the big contests, how they ride in their own backyard and who really likes whom. Check out what it’s like to be a pro rider and how they make it on the road for weeks on end. And we’ll answer those eternal questions, what is it that makes Rusty so great? Why are there so many turtles in Slick City?

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We still have a couple Ronix One Limited Red Wakeboards left. The Limited Ronix One Red Wakeboard shape pioneers the evolution of variable rails. Shallow molded fins, forgiving angled bevels, and a fuller mid rail set the pace of this mellower freeride inspired shape. As a rider’s weight shifts back, the variable rail transitions to a sharper rail and bevel in the tail – so the board can hook up with a strong, predictable edge up the wake every time. Last season, Danny switched out his rocker to a speedier 3-stage kick and landed a historic switch toeside 1260 days after jumping on his new shape with the additional momentum off the transition.

With the new more durable sintered base these things should last quite a long time. If you are interested in getting a hold of a Limited Red One at a lower price we do have factory demo quality wakeboards as well. The blem is cosmetic and chances are you will not be able to pick it out unless you stand it beside a first quality board.

Limited Red Ronix One Wakeboard $459.95

Factory Demo Limited Red Ronix One Wakeboard $413.95

We have received a small shipment of the Liquid Force Watson Hybrid Wakeboards that is supposed to last the rest of the summer. BOOYA, IMO the OMG Watson Wakeboard will not be around in July and I will be LMAO. Good luck guys and girls. Get yours now.

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