Midwest MasterCraft was just named the “Best In Show” by NMMA. Midwest MasterCraft brought 11 new MasterCraft boats from the award winning MasterCraft ProStar 197 Tournament Team Edition to the brand new X-25 to the luxurious X-55. Along with the best inboard boats the Midwest MasterCraft and Waterskis.com Proshop was stocked for all of your watersports needs.

Midwest MasterCraft was proud to also feature Proshop Manager Eric Sakowski in the Rail Jam.

The 9th Annual Alliance Superlative Awards have been announced in the latest issue of Alliance Wakeboard Magazine.  Up for grabs are some of the industries most prestigious awards including Rookie of the Year, Rider of the Year & Video of the Year.  Hyperlite is honored that Chris Kallas received the 2009 Wakeskate Rookie of the Year award.  His riding in Rewritten along with other video clips helped Chris earn this title just as he landed in Australia for the summer down under.

Speaking of Rewritten…How about Video of the Year and Video Section of the Year!
Both awards are well deserved so we feel and are a testament to the creativity and hard work that the producers, cinematographers & riders put into this film.  Rewritten stepped way outside the box as far as wakeboard films go and this quote from FUEL TS’s Shon Tomlin, Vice President of Programming & Development says it all.
“We’re excited to have the opportunity to feature and broadcast Rewritten on FUEL TV.  In my personal opinion, this film was the outstanding leader of all films released in 2009.  It’s a prime example of your expertise in this space and your teams’ innovative approach to film making and most importantly, to making wakeboarding an exciting sport to watch.  Rewritten is a prime example of pushing the level of cinematography, editing, and motion graphic design and execution.”

Hyperlite and A.V.E. have entered Rewritten into the X-Dance Action Sports Film Festival for 2010.  Accepted films will be announced on December 15th and the big party goes down in Salt Lake City, January 21 – 26, we’ll keep our fingers crossed!

Hyperlite would like to thank the crew from A.V.E. and our Riders who came together to make Rewritten the Video of the Year!  For more awards visit Alliancewake.com today and to get your copy of Rewritten, check out Hyperlite.com.

Zane Schwenk recently borrowed a new 2010 MasterCraft X-2 wakeboard boat from MasterCraft of Orlando for a day and walked the WAKEBOARDING magazine crew through some of MasterCraft’s latest and greatest innovations, including a slick new dash and the super-functional new BIG digital gauge. For the wakesurfers out there, though, MasterCraft’s most interesting 2010 innovation has to be it’s new surf tabs. Surf tabs let you fine tune the shape of your MasterCraft wakeboard boat’s wake, helping you create the perfect wave for your brand of wakesurfing.

We all love watching Danny Harf push the limits of wakeboarding.  From being the first ever to land a 1260 on a wakeboard to the style of his grabbed wrapped backside spins.  Check out the trailer of the highly antipated DEFY Trailer:

Check out Aaron Rathy’s Winning wakeboard tour stop run.  Non-stop tricks gave Rathy his first ever win on the MasterCraft Pro Tour.

Pleasant Prairie, Wis. – The MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour wrapped up its final day of action in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin today with five rounds of riding between the Pro Men and Jr. Pro Men divisions.

The Pro Men were first off the dock this morning for a 20-man quarterfinal, which eliminated half the competition, advancing only the top two riders in each of the five heats. The 10 semifinalists battled it out for one of four spots in the finals, with Andrew Adkison, Harley Clifford, Aaron Rathy and current Pro Tour titlist Phillip Soven moving onto the final round.

All four finalists threw down some impressive runs, but only Canadian ripper Aaron Rathy had two stand up passes to earn him his first Pro Tour stop win of his career. Clifford and Adkison rounded out the contest podium.

“I’m just stoked to get my first win, that’s all I can really say,” said Rathy. “It was a tough final, no doubt, but I had two stand up passes and came away with the win.”

With today’s win, Aaron Rathy now leads both the Pro Tour and the King of Wake standings lists.

Check out Harley Clifford’s win at the first Pro Tour Stop.  Not only does this show Clifford is a conteder but also silences any criticism as this is his first men’s division.  You can get Clifford’s full Liquid Force Wakeboard set up at waterskis.com.

Check out Harley’s winning run below!

After making it through an intimidating semifinals heat that knocked out Phil Soven, “The Bone Crusher” Rusty Malinoski pulled out a big win in boot-high chop at the final day of the 2009 Wake Games in Orlando. Fighting through a tweaked rib and broken fin, Malinoski still pulled out two solid, stand-up passes and a backside 720 to take first in the five-man finals. Get Rusty’s account of the action along with his Winning Run here.

The world was watching when Waterskis.com Team Rider Levi LaVaelle executed the first ever double back flip on a snowmobile.  The craziness of this trick is hard for anyone to imagine.  See the preperation that took place at Levi’s home foam pit in Minnesota.

Shortly after this video was filmed Launchin’ Levi flipped into history.  If you have been under a rock and haven’t seen his double back flip attempt check out the raw footage here:

Waterskis.com and Midwest MasterCraft want to say CONGRATS to Levi!  We know its been tons of work, but as the world can now see it was worth it!  We  all look forward to an awesome summer and some long hours on Levi’s MasterCraft X-2.

Do you have cabin fever like we do?  Then get stoked and ready for this season with a little sneak peak at the new Hyperlite Team video.

The Hyperlite Team video is slotted to drop early May.  Are you ready? We are.