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    WATCH THE 53RD MASTERS LIVE 

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    NautiqueJeff
    Published on 05-22-2012 05:22 PM

    Official Correct Craft Press Release ---->
    Orlando, FLA (May 22, 2012) – For the eighth consecutive year Nautique will provide live web coverage of the prestigious Masters Water Ski & Wakeboard Tournament via www.masterswaterski.com. This event is held at beautiful Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia (just outside Atlanta) over Memorial Day weekend, May 25-27.

    This year’s live webcast of the world’s most esteemed watersports tournament will detail all of the live action including on-the-water competition, interviews with key industry representatives, an exciting head-to-head exhibition with slalom’s up and coming junior skiers presented by O’Brien and much more. The 53rd Masters live webcast will begin Friday morning at 8:00 am EST with the 20th Junior Masters.

    Additionally, Nautique will provide live event coverage of this special celebration weekend via its Twitter account (@NautiqueBoats). Follow Nautique on Twitter to catch all of the latest updates during the 53rd Masters weekend or check in with Nautique Boats Facebook Fan page for periodic updates.

    “We are thrilled to be able to provide live coverage to watersports enthusiasts around the world once again,” stated Nautique’s President/CEO Bill Yeargin. “It is sure to be another historic Masters with the all-new Super Air Nautique G23 and the record breaking Ski Nautique 200,” added Yeargin.

    An invitation to compete in the Masters is universally considered an acknowledgement of achievement for reaching the pinnacle in a given watersports discipline - only the world's most elite athletes compete at the Masters. To view the 2012 criteria please visit the Masters website. This tournament is sanctioned by IWWF/USA Water Ski and WWA. To watch all of 53rd Masters action live, visit www.masterswaterski.com.

    Ridebutter and White Lake Marine Grow Partnership in 2012 

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    NautiqueJeff
    Published on 05-08-2012 04:31 PM

    Ridebutter Wakeboard School and White Lake Marine continue to grow their strategic partnership in 2012 to provide top instruction behind the highest quality boats available.

    Ridebutter and White Lake had a great year in 2011 co-marketing their products and services with exclusive use of Nautique boats. Beyond growth in sales and marketing, they are utilizing this partnership to give back. One project that will continue to grow this summer is their work with military specific programs and events. The active duty and veteran service men and women had a great time this past summer and both companies will continue to support them.

    White Lake Marine is the official supplier of a new Super Air Nautique 210 for use in the Ridebutter Wakeboard School. Ridebutter will co-market White Lake Marine events and be on site to provide watersports instruction. Together, they continue to grow an industry about which both companies are passionate.

    Look for Ridebutter Wakeboard School in the White Lake Marine Super Air Nautique throughout North Carolina focusing in the areas of Raleigh, Fayetteville, and White Lake.

    “With over 10 years of experience in water sports instruction, owner and chief wakeboard instructor Rob Coyle continues to develop techniques to help riders progress safely and quickly. Ridebutter welcomes participation from all riders at any ability level. Our wakeboard school provides instruction to those that are looking to learn a new sport or better their skills.”

    “White Lake Marine specializes in selling and servicing inboard ski and wakeboarding boats . Our White Lake, N.C. boat dealership is located on beautiful White Lake in Southeastern North Carolina. It is the oldest Correct Craft dealership in the world, selling boats built by the renowned makers of Nautiques for 57 years.”

    Ridebutter Wakeboard School
    910-777-7433
    http://www.ridebutter.com

    White Lake Marine
    910-862-3688
    http://www.whitelake.com


    Chief Instructor Rob Coyle with Townsend Link of White Lake Marine
    in front of the new Ridebutter Super Air Nautique 210

    NAUTIQUE SELECTED AS EXCLUSIVE TOWBOAT FOR THE 3rd ASIAN BEACH GAMES 

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    NautiqueJeff
    Published on 04-30-2012 05:38 PM

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    ORLANDO, FLA (April 30, 2012) — Today, Nautique announced they will exclusively tow the waterski and wakeboard disciplines at the 3rd Asian Beach Games event on June 16-22, 2012 in Haiyang, China.

    The record breaking Ski Nautique 200 and the legendary Super Air Nautique 210 are the exclusive towboats for the 3rd Asian Beach Games - Haiyang 2012. This multi-sport event will include representation from the top ranked athletes among multiple countries in Asia.

    “The Asian Beach Games (ABG) is excited to have Nautique for this year’s waterski and wakeboard portion of the Asian Beach Games which is Asia's biggest multi-sports Games after the Asian Games which are regulated by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and organized by the Haiyang Asian Beach Games Organizing Committee (HABGOC),” stated IWWF’s Technical Delegate for Waterskiing and Wakeboarding, Chris Howarth.

    “We are extremely thrilled to be towing this respected event in Asia,” stated Nautique’s President/CEO Bill Yeargin. “Watersports are growing all over the world and we are happy that the continent’s best athletes will be able to compete behind the world’s best boats at the 2012 Asian Beach Games,” Yeargin added.

    For more information of the 3rd Asian Beach Games, please visit http://www.haiyang2012.cn/en/.

    53RD MASTERS SELECTED AS OPERATION GOLD EVENT 

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    NautiqueJeff
    Published on 04-18-2012 04:18 PM

    Official Correct Craft Press Release ---->
    Orlando, FLA (April 18, 2012) – Nautique is proud to announce the 53rd Masters Water Ski & Wakeboard Tournament held May 25-27, 2012 at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia, has been selected by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) as an Operation Gold event for Slalom, Trick and Jump.

    This is a prominent honor for the 53rd Masters. Operation Gold is a USOC program that rewards athletes for earning medals at elite level events. Operation Gold allows U.S. water ski athletes to earn money by placing in the top-four in their division/event.

    "Only one tournament per year can be selected as an Operation Gold event, and it must be agreed upon by USA Water Ski and the USOC," commented Bob Crowley, executive director of USA Water Ski, the national governing body of organized water skiing in the United States. "This is the first time any event other than the Water Ski World Championships, Pan American Games or Pan American Water Ski Championships has been selected as an Operation Gold event. Being selected as the Operation Gold event in 2012 is a testament to the prestige of the Masters." Crowley added.

    “We are extremely honored for the 53rd Masters to be selected by the USOC as the Operation Gold event! The Masters is the world’s premier annual tournament and the athletes invited are the best of the best,” stated Nautique’s President/CEO Bill Yeargin.

    From now through May 16th purchase advance tickets on-line for the Masters and save. Join us for the awards banquet on Sunday evening honoring the Masters champions. Banquet tickets are also available for purchase including new convenient packages.

    NAUTIQUE’S NEW WAKEBOARD BOAT MAKES HISTORY AT ITS VERY FIRST EVENT 

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    NautiqueJeff
    Published on 04-16-2012 09:31 PM

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    ORLANDO, FLA (April 16, 2012) — For the first time ever, anywhere in the world in a wakeboarding competition, a wake-to-wake 1080 was landed at the Nautique Wake Games this past weekend in Orlando, Florida. This never before achieved feat was made possible by the revolutionary wake of the new Super Air Nautique G23. Then, as if to prove it was not a fluke, a second wakeboarder landed the same trick again. From never happening before to happening twice in one day in the Super Air Nautique G23’s debut.

    The Nautique Wake Games showcased the revolutionary wake of the Super Air Nautique G23 with the best wakeboard athletes in the world competing. Harley Clifford (Australia) was the first wakeboarder to land a wake-to-wake 1080 followed by Oli Derome (Canada) who went out and stuck the second 1080 after Clifford. Fans went wild as they lined the shore and watched history go down behind the G23.

    “It was amazing to watch history being made when two incredible athletes landed back-to-back 1080’s behind the revolutionary Super Air Nautique G23 this past weekend. This had never happened before so to see it happen twice in one day was amazing,” stated Nautique CEO Bill Yeargin. “Only Nautique could produce a game-changing wake boat that has immediately redefined the industry standard,” Yeargin added.

    To read more about Bill Yeargin’s take on this historic event check out his Nautique Insider blog at nautique.com.

    The G23 Interview -- Bill Yeargin, Greg Meloon and Shaun Murray Answer Our Questions! 

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    NautiqueJeff
    Published on 04-10-2012 11:43 PM  Number of Views: 1569 

    I recently spent some time in Orlando with the team from Nautique checking out the new Super Air Nautique G23. It is an incredible boat! Bill Yeargin, Greg Meloon and Shaun Murray also recently took the time to answer some questions that PlanetNautique members had about the company, Nautique's future, and, of course, the G23! Below is a transcript of that interview.

    Jeff Carroll: First, how are things at Nautique?

    Bill Yeargin: Thanks for asking, Jeff, we are doing great.

    The boating market in the US and Western Europe is still soft but we have a great business model and have adapted to the current conditions. We have been spending a lot of time developing the Nautique brand in international markets which has kept me and our international sales team on the road quite a bit. Our efforts have resulted in over 30 new international dealers which gives us representation in fifty-five countries.

    We have also been investing heavily in product development, employee development and process improvement. No matter how good we are we want to be significantly better. We have an amazing company culture and are blessed to have the best dealers and employees in the industry, by far.
    We are all excited about the future!



    Jeff Carroll: Nautique executed an outstanding build-up to the release of this boat. I have never seen such buzz about a product in the watersports industry before. Did it go as you expected?

    Bill Yeargin: Our marketing team did an outstanding job developing and executing the launch plan for the G23. I have had several people tell me that they have never seen anything like it in our industry. As I worked with our team on the launch I came to expect big things and our team delivered.
    I know a lot of people have talked about the roll-out but there is one important point that is key to understanding why our team did such a great job planning and executing the product launch. They TRULY believed in this boat.



    Jeff Carroll: Were you worried the hype was getting to be too much?

    Bill Yeargin: No, I wasn’t. I knew the G23 was an amazing boat. However, I did have several industry friends ask me during the rollout if we were setting Nautique up for a fail by so dramatically building up expectations. Funny thing is that I heard the same comments during the rollouts of both the Ski Nautique 200 and the Sport Nautique 200. Those boats both delivered and I knew the G23 would too.
    Greg: Our focus was to build a great product and then tell the world about it. The Super Air Nautique G23 is worthy of all the hype!!



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    NAUTIQUE SELECTED AS EXCLUSIVE TOWBOAT FOR FIRST EVER MIDDLE EASTERN WAKEBOARD CHAMPIONSHIPS 

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    NautiqueJeff
    Published on 04-10-2012 11:17 PM

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    ORLANDO, FLA (April 11, 2012) — Today, Nautique announced they will exclusively tow the first 2012 IWWF Middle Eastern Wakeboard Championships. The event will also feature the Stars of Florida Water Ski Show which will also be towed by a Nautique. The event will be held in Bay of Jounieh, Lebanon on May 26-27, 2012.

    The versatile Sport Nautique 200 will tow the Stars of Florida Water Ski Show and the Super Air Nautique 230 is the exclusive towboat for the first 2012 Middle Eastern Wakeboard Championships. This event will include the top ranked athletes in wakeboard from many of the countries in the Middle East.

    “The IWWF Asian Australasian Oceania Confederation (AAOC) is excited to have Nautique as the Official Towboat for the first 2012 Middle Eastern Wakeboard Championships which will be organized by Lebanese Waterski & Wakeboard Federation from May 26th – 27th, 2012,” stated the President of AAOC, Paul Fong.

    “We are extremely excited to be selected as the exclusive towboat of the IWWF Middle Eastern Wakeboard Championships,” stated Nautique’s President/CEO Bill Yeargin. “Wakeboarding is growing in the Middle East and we are happy that the region’s best athletes will be able to compete behind the world’s best boats,” Yeargin added.
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