What Up Movie Teaser from HCP

What Up Tease I from Craig McCallion on Vimeo.

Featuring great riding and Malibu Boats (@MalibuBoats) "What Up" looks like it is a going to be an excellent full length wakeboarding film. The movie's creator Craig McCallion just recently posted the movie teaser. The movie release party is going off at Babylon Night Club in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on June 17, 2011 at 10pm. If you're in the area don't miss it!

Half Cab Productions is an Ottawa based productions company owned and operated by McCallion. HCP works hard to bring unique ski, snowboard and wakeboard events around Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

The company is know for the full length wakeboard film entitled LEGIT.

Sponsors: HCP, Slaysh, Slingshot, Ride The Wake and Oakley

Tags: Malibu Boats | What Up | full length wakeboard film | wakeboarding movie | Craig McCallion | Half Cab Productions | Canada | wakeboard boats | wakeboarding | wakeboard boat

Malibu Facebook Friend Fired-up

Malibu Boats (@MalibuBoats) was tagged in a photo on Facebook yesterday by a new Malibu boat owner. He also tagged his local Malibu Boats Dealer on Vancouver Island, Parker Marine. This photo came up in our notifications and we had to get the story behind it!

Turns out the whole scene took place at a Parker Marine camp out last summer at Cowichan Lake on Vancouver Island in Canada. Jake, who is a hardcore slalom skier and footer, had recently purchased a Malibu Response from a Parker Marine customer who upgraded to a new Wakesetter VTX. Jake, the Parker Marine boys and a bunch of other Malibu owners were hanging out by the camp fire when someone brought up the fact that Jake was not wearing a shirt to match the boat he now owned.

Ian, from Parker Marine, described the photo op, "I told him if he was to toss his old shirt in the fire I'd give him a new Malibu t-shirt. He said 'Hell yah!' As he sacrificed it to the fire, I took a quick pic for the Malibu owners of the world!" Ian added, "Jake now wears his shirt proudly because he loves his Malibu!"

Tags: Malibu Boats | Parker Marine | Cowichan Lake | Vancouver Island | Jake | slalom skiing | barefooting | Response | Wakesetter VTX | wakeboard boats | ski boats

Malibu Boat Lottery Sold Out!

Malibu Boats (@MalibuBoats) Saskatchewan Area Dealer Saskatoon Watersports has donated a Malibu Wakesetter VTX to the Saskatoon 26th annual Hospital Home Lottery to be given away in April. That is the good news. The bad news... the Hospital Home Lottery tickets are already sold out!

Saskatoon Hospital Home Lottery includes 2,055 fantastic prizes worth over $2.1 million, including a $1.25 million Grand Prize Showhome – the most valuable Showhome ever offered in Saskatchewan! And thanks to the support of Saskatoon Watersports there's also a 2011 Malibu Wakesetter VTX wakeboard boat up for grabs.

St. Paul's Hospital Foundation, Saskatoon City Hospital Foundation and Royal University Hospital Foundation are presenting the 26th annual Hospital Home Lottery to raise funds for health care priorities in the Saskatoon Health Region. Since 1985, the Hospital Home Lottery has raised more than $14 million to ensure the best possible patient care for everyone.

In 2011, proceeds from the Hospital Home Lottery will support:

• St. Paul's Hospital Foundation the purchase of patient comfort care items, leading edge medical equipment, and assistance for family and patient support programs


• Saskatoon City Hospital Foundation advance diagnosis, treatment and clinical care of patients with MS through the Saskatchewan MS Clinical Research Campaign


• Royal University Hospital Foundation with the purchase of the newest generation of vital sign monitors

Good luck to all of the tickets holders. We can't wait to meet the new Malibu Family member who wins the boat!

Tags: Malibu Boats | Malibu Dealer | Saskatoon Watersports | Wakesetter VTX | wakeboard boat | Hospital Home Lottery | lottery | win a Malibu | lottery tickets

Quiring Family factory tour!

This Malibu Boats (@MalibuBoats) photo was taken at our Tennessee factory when the Quiring Family toured yesterday. Not only are they long time customers of their awesome dealership, Wizard Lake Marine, but they are also loyal Malibu Boats fans!!! To top off their visit, Richard, Shelley and Tristan were able to lay their hands on their 4th Malibu and are anxiously awaiting its arrival home so they can hit the water and try out all our new gadgets!!

Richard emailed their tour guide Kerri Johns to say “Thank you so much for the time you took yesterday to show us through the factory and explain all of the processes. We really appreciated it. We look forward to getting our new boat out on the water in a couple of short months”.
Thanks again,
Richard Quiring (and Shelley and Tristan)

Thank you Quiring family and Kerri for sharing this with us!

If you capture or come across a cool Malibu Boats-related photo like this one let us know. We would love to post it on the Malibu Boats Blog and Flickr Channel. We will even Tweet about it on Twitter and add it to the ever-changing Malibu Boats Screen Saver. You can also submit your photo or video through our Malibu iPhone App.

E-mail blog@malibuboats.com with links and/or images. Also make sure to include the name of the person who took the shot and give us a short description of the photo's contents. If you do not know this information and you are only forwarding a link, we can track it down. Thanks!

Wakestock Adds to List of Champs

2010 Wakestock Canada pulled by the Malibu Boats (@MalibuBoats) Wakesetter VLX added new names to the prestigious list of Wakestock Champions taking the coveted Wakestock belts and prize money: Bob Soven – Pro Wakeboard (top photo); Grant Roberts – Pro Wakeskate; Melissa Marquardt – Pro Women!

In a hotly contested Billabong Pro Wakeboard Men's final where three of the four finalists were past Wakestock Champions, it was the young American challenger Bob Soven who came out on top besting defending champ, Canadian Aaron Rathy; the two-time champ Team Malibu Factory Rider (and older brother) Phil Soven (@PhillipSoven) ; and the veteran champ Andrew Adkison!

Likewise in the Malibu Boats Pro Wakeskate final, American Grant Roberts edged out fellow countrymen and 5-time Wakestock champion and Team Malibu member Brian Grubb (@BrianKGrubb) for his first Wakestock title.

WAKESTOCK WWA (@TheWWA) WORLD SERIES PRO WAKE FINALS

BILLABONG PRO WAKEBOARD – MEN'S FINAL
Presented by Monster Energy & Malibu Boats
1. Bob Soven USA 66.67
2. Aaron Rathy CAN 58.33
3. Phil Soven USA 51.67
4. Andrew Adkison USA 36.67

SEMI-FINAL
(Top 2 advance)
Heat 1
1. Andrew Adkison USA 70.00
2. Bob Soven USA 58.33
3. Austin Hair USA 51.67
4. Trevor Hansen USA 36.67

Heat 2
1. Aaron Rathy CAN 70.00
2. Phil Soven USA 63.33
3. Olivier Derome CAN 53.33
4. Shawn Watson USA 33.33

QUARTER-FINAL
(Top 2 advance)
Heat 1
1. Bob Soven USA 80.00
2. Andrew Adkison USA 65.00
3. Nick Jones USA 43.33
4. Kyle Rattray CAN 33.33

Heat 2
1. Aaron Rathy CAN 60.00
2. Olivier Derome CAN 46.67
3. Padiwat Jaemjan THAI 36.67
4. Scotty Broome AUS 25.00

Heat 3
1. Trevor Hansen USA 80.00
2. Shawn Watson USA 70.00
3. Danny Thollander USA 60.00
4. Raph Derome CAN 46.67

Heat 4
1. Phil Soven USA 80.00
2. Austin Hair USA 66.67
3. Shane Bonifay USA 50.00
4. Dustin O’Ferrall CAN 40.00

MALIBU BOATS PRO WAKESKATE FINAL
Presented by Monster Energy & Billabong
1. Grant Roberts USA 88.33
(Spy, Fox, DVS)
2. Brian Grubb USA 84.33
(Malibu, Billabong, VZ, Red Bull)
3. James Balzer CAN 79.00
(Monster Energy, Nike 6.0, VZ, Body Glove)
4. Yan Lecomte CAN 68.33
5. Stuart Shinn USA 53.33
6. Dan Brown CAN 36.67

BILLABONG PRO WOMEN'S FINAL
Presented by Monster Energy & Billabong
1. Melissa Marquardt USA 93.33
2. Erika Langman CAN 80.00
3. Leslie Sparkes CAN 70.00
4. Kelsey Chiappa CAN 56.67
5. Steph King CAN 51.33
6. Susie Mallory CAN 46.67
7. Emily Tenwestinied CAN 39.00
8. Ally Boothroyd CAN 16.67


Tags: Malibu Boats | Wakestock | Phillip Soven | Brian Grubb | tow boat | wakeboarding | wakeboard boat | tournament | The WWA | World Series | Wakesetter VLX

Malibu Towing World's Premiere Wake Event

Malibu Boats (@MalibuBoats) is pulling the world's premiere professional wakeboarding/wakeskating event, Wakestock (@WakeStockCanada), part of the World Wakeboard Association (@theWWA) World Series of Wakeboarding. Wakestock is also Canada's largest annual action sports and music festival featuring one of the biggest music line-ups of the summer, plus skateboarding, surfing, kiteboarding, and country's largest action sports expo and marketplace showcasing youth action sports lifestyle clothing, gear and accessories.

Wakeboarding
One of the most progressive and richest events in pro wakeboarding and wakeskating for 12 years running, Wakestock is globally renowned as an innovative rider’s event that showcases the best in wakeboarding, wakeskating and the action sports lifestyle including incredible live band line-ups and legendary parties.

Wakestock was the first pro wakeboarding tour event to include rails, wakeskating and winch pools and consistently attracts the biggest spectator crowds in the world. Past Wakestock champions include legends like Team Malibu's Darrin Shapiro, Parks Bonifay, Brett Eisenhauer, Jeff Heer and current superstars like Team Malibu's Chad Sharpe (@ChadESharpe), Shane Bonifay, Daniel Watkins, Keith Lidberg, Team Malibu's Brian Grubb (@BrianKGrubb), Reed Hansen, George Daniels, Stuart Shinn, Rusty Malinoski, Team Malibu's Phil Soven (@PhillipSoven) and Aaron Rathy.

Wakestock is one of five events, including the WWA World Championships, that comprise the 2010 WWA World Series of Wakeboarding, the world’s richest pro tour. The defending Wakestock Billabong Wakeboard Pro Champion is Aaron Rathy. The defending Wakestock Malibu Boats Wakeskate Pro Champion is Brian Grubb. Wakestock also features Canada’s largest grassroots amateur wakeboarding and wakeskating contest presented by Malibu Boats and sanctioned by the Water Ski & Wakeboard Canada.

Music Festival
Wakestock features two days of incredible bands on the Monster Energy Music Stage and nightly shows at local venues. Past Wakestock music artists include the Deftones, Social Distortion, RZA and GZA of the Wu-Tang Clan, De La Soul, Metric, Goldfinger, Classified, Hot Water Music, Lupe Fiasco, Dead Kennedys, Rise Against, Reel Big Fish, Andrew WK, Alexis On Fire, Sloan, Dillinger Escape Plan, USS, Story Of The Year, Silverstein, Boys Night Out, Bedouin Soundclash, ill Scarlett, Silverstein, Closet Monster, No Use For A Name, Gob, Moneen, Social Code, Kardinal Offishal, Protest The Hero, Die Mannequin and many, many more greats.

Visit http://wakestock.com for more information on this event.

Tags: Malibu Boats | Wakestock | Canada | wakeboarding | official towboat | SBC Media | tournament | competition | wakeskating | Chad Sharpe | Brian Grubb | Phillip Soven | Darin Shapiro

Henshaw Rocks Canada Wakesetter-style Ay!

Malibu Boats (@MalibuBoats) just received this sweet video from Malibu Factory Pro Team Rider, Kevin Henshaw (@KevinHenshaw). Kevin did some riding in Canada last summer behind a variety of Malibu Wakesetters at different lakes and this short video clip will give you an idea of just how much fun he had.

Kevin's buddy Dustin O'Farrell shot the video and edited it for Malibu Boats. Dustin is a regional Malibu rider, sponsored by Malibu Marine Ltd. in Kelowna, BC, Canada. Dustin is also a member of the Canadian National Wakeboard Team. This kid's talented! Great job, Dustin!

Tags: Malibu Boats | Team Malibu | Kevin Henshaw | Dustin O'Farrell | Canada | wakeboarding video | wakeboarding | pro rider | wakeboard boat | Wakesetter | Malibu Marine | wakeboard team

Sun Setting on Skippen Family Malibu Boat in Canada

This Malibu Boats (@MalibuBoats) Response LXi is floating on the St Marie’s River. Malibu boat owner Trevor Skippen took this picture in the mid-August just off Lake Superior in Ontario, Canada.

Trevor wrote this in a an email to Malibu Boats, "We live in Chestermere, Alberta [Canda] where the boat gets most of its use. We have a 4 year old son and a 2 year old daughter that love the boat. We also have a third one that is yet to be determined."

Check out both photos the Skippen Family sent us in their Malibu Boats Flickr set. The shot with the 1000 foot ship in the background is pretty cool too.

We would like to thank Trevor for snapping these cool shots and we'd like to thank their Malibu Boats dealer, Wizard Lake Marine for sending them on to us initially. The sunset is beautiful!

If you capture or come across a cool Malibu Boats-related photo like this one let us know. We would love to post it on the Malibu Boats Blog and Flickr Channel. We will even Tweet about it on Twitter and add it to the ever-changing Malibu Boats Screen Saver. E-mail blog@malibuboats.com with links and/or images. Also make sure to include the name of the person who took the shot and give us a short description of the photo's contents. If you do not know this information and you are only forwarding a link, we can track it down. Thanks!

Tags: Malibu Boats | Skippen Family | Trevor Skippen | Response LXi | St Marie River | Fav Pic | Malibu Owner | boat owner | waterskiing | Lake Superior | ski boat | Wizard Lake | Canada

Couldn't Be Happier With My Malibu Boat... Unless

Added a sweet shot of Breckh Tilden's 23 vRide to the Malibu Boats (@MalibuBoats) Screen Saver. Received this great email and photo from Breckh Tilden the other day.

"This is my new 2009 23 vRide on Lake Koocanusa, MT August 2009. I couldn't be happier with my boat, that is unless you guys throw it in the screensaver!! Thanks in advance!! Breckh Tilden, Okotoks, Alberta Canada"

Thank you for taking the time to send us this cool shot of your boat, Breckh. It looks awesome! We love the white tower! Welcome to the Malibu Boats Family!

If you capture or come across a cool Malibu Boats-related photo like this one let us know. We would love to post it on the Malibu Boats Blog and Flickr Channel. We will even Tweet about it on Twitter and add it to the ever-changing Malibu Boats Screen Saver. E-mail blog@malibuboats.com with links and/or images. Also make sure to include the name of the person who took the shot and give us a short description of the photo's contents. If you do not know this information and you are only forwarding a link, we can track it down. Thanks!

Tags: Malibu Boats | Breckh Tilden | 23 vRide | wakeboard boat | Canada | Alberta | Okotoks | Fav Pic | Malibu photo | boat owner

Clouston Family Chillaxing in Their Malibu Boat

Jason Clouston, Malibu boat owner (@MalibuBoats), snapped this shot of his family taking a break from a fun day of wakesurfing and wakeboarding in Eagle Bay. In this photo they are in the Shuswap Lake Area of British Columbia, Canada. The Malibu boat in the photo is a '98 sunsetter VLX with a Monsoon engine. According to Jason it is, "...tricked out to look and drive like a Wakesetter." Jason gave us the low-down on his Malibu set-up. "It has the all normal factory loaded interior features plus we have made it compete with the newer boats with a 3000lb automated ballast with wedge, stargazer PP, and nice Wetsounds stereo system." Jason continued, "We would upgrade but you guys make such great boats they last forever, anyways thanks for giving us a great boat!"

In the Clouston's photos on the Malibu Boats Flickr Channel you'll also see a great shot Jason's wife surfing behind their '98 Sunsetter. Nice wake! The '98 can still get it done for sure!

Thank you for sharing these photos with us, Jason. They're great! Looks like you and your family have a lot of fun in your Malibu boat. Keep it up, man!

If you capture or come across a cool Malibu Boats-related photo like this one let us know. We would love to post it on the Malibu Boats Blog and Flickr Channel. We will even Tweet about it on Twitter and add it to the ever-changing Malibu Boats Screen Saver. E-mail blog@malibuboats.com with links and/or images. Also make sure to include the name of the person who took the shot and give us a short description of the photo's contents. If you do not know this information and you are only forwarding a link, we can track it down. Thanks!

Tags: Malibu Boats | Clouston Family | Jason Clouston | Sunsetter VLX | 1998 | Fav Pic | Malibu Owner | boat owner | wakesurfing | wakeboarding | wakeboard boat | British Columbia | Eagle Bay | Shuswap Lake |

Team Malibu's Brian Grubb Wins Wakestock Canada

Team Malibu took the #1 wakeskate spot with Brian Grubb's win at Wakestock. Way to go Grubby! Tweet Brian some props on Twitter @BriankGrubb. Team Malibu Boats Pro, Phillip Soven nearly won the wakeboard competition as well, but just missed the top spot. You did great Phillip! Tweet Phill some atta boys @PhillipSoven. Wakestock was a super fun event for the crowd and all of the riders. Malibu Boats congratualtes all riders on a great showing. We were happy to pull and sponsor the biggest wakeboard competition on the continent! Brian Grubb photo taken by Richard Roth for WakeWorld.com.

Read the entire Wakestock event recap on WakeWorld.com.

The final day at Wakestock was highlighted by sunny, hot weather and calm water, although an early morning thunderstorm threatened to put a damper on the day's festivities. Once the storm cleared, the day kicked into high gear as the world's best wakeboarders and wakeskaters took to the water of Collingwood Harbour to battle out the final rounds of the WWA World Series for an overall prize purse of $25,000 and the coveted Wakestock belts.

The action got under way in the Malibu Boats Pro Wakeskate Championships with a six-man semifinal. Leading the way into the final round was past Wakestock wakeskate champs, Stuart Shinn and Brian Grubb. They were also joined by Wakestock rookies Grant Roberts and local Ontario rider Dan Brown. In the end, it was Grubb walking away with the win; his 5th Wakestock title overall.

Up next was the Billabong Pro Wakeboard Championship, which saw a 16-man quarterfinal cut down to an eight-man semifinal. Canadians made a strong showing by filling up half of the field with Rusty Malinoski, Aaron Rathy, Olivier Derome and Raphael Derome all advancing.

The four-man final was comprised of the hottest riders in the world at the moment; Phillip Soven, the WWA World Brian Grubb (pic: Richard Roth)

Series overall points leader, Aaron Rathy, the King of Wake overall points leader, Harley Clifford, the PWT overall points leader and Bob Soven, the Jr. Men's PWT point leader. Buoyed on by the hometown crowd, Aaron Rathy had two flawless passes, which included a Heelside Wrapped Back 7 and a Toeside Backside Off-axis 5 to take home the Wakestock title.

"This is unreal. I'm super stoked to win Wakestock," claims Rathy. "Especially considering how good everyone was riding here. The Wakestock crowd is so big and so close it really makes riding a lot of fun. Rusty [Malinoski] told me that I'm only the third Canadian ever to win along with him and Jeff Heer so it feels good to be in that company."

Wakestock is presented by Monster Energy in association with Billabong, Malibu Boats, Coors Light, Gordon Bar Marine, Paris Marine, SBC Skateboard Magazine and SBC Wakeboard Magazine.

Billabong Wakestock Pro Wakeboard Finals
1. Aaron Rathy, CAN
2. Phillip Soven, USA (Team Malibu)
3. Harley Clifford, AUS
4. Bob Soven, USA

Malibu Boats Wakestock Pro Wakeskate Semifinals
1. Brian Grubb, USA (Team Malibu)
2. Grant Roberts, USA
3. Stuart Shinn, USA
4. Dan Brown, CAN

Tags: Malibu Boats | Wakestock | Canada | Brian Grubb | Phillip Soven | wakeboarding | wakeskating | tournament | Wakesetter VLX | wakeboard boat