Get the best seats in the house at the 2010 Malibu Open

Watch the action in a Malibu Boats (@MalibuBoats) Response LXi the official towboat for the 2010 Malibu Open.

The 2010 Malibu Open will take place Friday and Saturday, August 6-7 at Veterans Park in downtown Milwaukee with night finals beginning at 7:30 p.m.

See the World’s Best Skiers from the boat!
All ($$$) dollars will be added to athletes purse.


• Open Men Slalom Round #1 Qualifying $250
• Open Men Slalom Round #2 Qualifying $250
• Open Men Elite 8 $350
• Night finals (2 seats available) head to head $500

• Open Women Slalom Round #1 Qualifying $250
• Open Women Slalom Round #2 Qualifying $250
• Open Women Elite 8 $350
• Night finals (2 seats available) head to head $500

• Open Men Jump Round #1 Qualifying $250
• Open Men Jump Round #2 Qualifying $250
• Night Finals $500

If interested please call (828)612.9981 or email mailto:slalom@charter.net

For more info and video’s check out our Malibu Open Fan page on Facebook

Ashbaugh Malibu Family Photo

This Malibu Boats (@MalibuBoats) family photo of the Ashbaugh family was taken on their 2006 Response LXi. They purchased their Malibu LXi from TNT Water Sports in 2006. This photo was taken on Percy Priest Lake during the Fall of 2009. Kurt Ashbaugh tells us "we get many compliments on the image and I wanted to share it with my favorite boat company" We can see why, great photo. Thank you for sharing it 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!

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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!

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Team Malibu Jumps to World Cup Win

Malibu Boats (@MalibuBoats) congratulates June Fladborg (@JuneFladborg) on a stellar Waterski & Wakeboard World Cup performance. June rose to the top of the podium with a jump of 158.5 feet (48.3m). Putrajaya, Malaysia saw this Danish Team Malibu Jumper become the highest flying woman at the 2009 World Cup event. What a great way to end the season!

IWWF described the women's jump finals this way. "In the Women's Finals, Denmark's June Fladborg was first in to the arena. Having already taken both Australia's Moomba Masters and US Masters titles this year, she desperately wanted to finish on a World Cup high. Her opening score of 48.3m immediately set a new Course Record !  World Overall Cable Jump Champion, Iryna Turets BLR, got close with 45.5m. Now it was all down to Marion Mathieu FRA who  came second behind Fladborg in the Moomba Masters. With a distance of 48.1m, she was also second to Fladborg again in Putrajaya. This was a perfect World Cup conclusion for June Fladborg."

JUMP WINNERS - Women
1. (DEN) June Fladborg - 48.3m
2. (FRA) Marion Mathieu - 48.1m
3. (BLR) Iryna Turets - 46.5m

You've worked hard for this June! We couldn't be happier for your success this year. Your Malibu Boats Family is extremely proud of you!

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Nick Parsons Dominates Malaysia World Cup Stop

Nick Parsons took his hard work and Malibu Boats (@MalibuBoats) Response LXi training and transformed it into a huge win at the final Waterski & Wakeboard World Cup Series in Putrajaya, Malaysia.

Here's the IWWF description of the Men's Slalom finals in Putrajaya. The Men's Slalom Finals kicked off with a surprise from World Record holder Chris Parrish USA. His score of 1.5 buoys on the 11.25m line / 38off did not earn a podium position. It was Jean Baptiste Faisy FRA, who set the pace with 4 buoys on the 11.25m line /38off. Jodi Fisher GBR, World Cup 2008 season overall winner, was the first to reach the 10.75m line / 39off with a score of one buoy. However 34 year-old Slalom specialist Nick Parsons from Utah USA was in a league of his own. His score of 2.5 buoys on the 10.75m line took the title - ahead of Jodi Fisher and JB Faisy.

SLALOM WINNERS – Men
1. (USA) Nick Parsons – 2.5 buoys at 10.75m
2. (GBR) Jodi Fisher – 1 buoy at 10.75m
3. (FRA) Jean Baptiste Faisy – 4 buoys at 11.25m

Congratulations, Nick! We're extremely proud of you!

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Team Malibu's Asher and Degasperi Dominate Slalom at Worlds

The Malibu Boats family just watched the Water Ski Worlds Pro Men's Slalom Finals and Team Malibu Boats took gold and silver. Team Malibu's Will Asher is World Champion for a second time after his final run in Calgary at the Water Ski World competition. Will captured 3 buoys at 41 off (10.25m). He is joined on the podium by his Malibu Boats teammate and former World Champion Thomas Degasperi. Thomas secured silver with his run of 1 buoy at 41 off (10.25m). These two phenomenal skiers were the only competitors to reach the 41 off line length in the finals. All that training behind the Malibu Response LXi has paid off. Way to go Will and Thomas! We are so proud of you both!

We watched the finals live thanks to ESPN360.com and we were so excited we couldn't help, but tweet about the action. Another reason you should be following Malibu Boats on Twitter. Congrats Team Malibu!

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