The top pro wakeboarders on the planet are set to battle it out on the river at Volunteer Landing in Knoxville, Tennessee this weekend, June 27 & 28, for the third stop of the 2009 MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour. Athletes will compete through a series of elimination rounds throughout the event, judged on rail tricks and big-air maneuvers, as they're towed on the water behind the official PWT towboat, the MasterCraft X-Star, at a speed of approximately 25mph.   Athletes competing in Knoxville…

The MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour wrapped up its final day of action in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin yesterday with five rounds of riding between the Pro Men and Jr. Pro Men divisions.   The Pro Men were first off the dock this yesterday 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…

Follow MasterCraft Athlete Zane Schwenk on Twitter during the days of the Pro Wakeboard Tour. Zane will be posting live tweets throughout the days while he’s onsite and competing in the PWT. Using his iPhone, Zane is providing direct access to fans who are interested and want to know what a professional athlete truly does during wakeboarding competition. “It’s an opportunity to engage people and be interactive”, said Zane. “It’s really interesting to know what’s…

MasterCraft Athlete Freddy Krueger won the men's jumping title at Louisiana Night Jam 2009, a professional night water ski jumping tournament, held this past weekend at Tri-Lakes in Zachary, La. Denmark's June Fladborg won the women's jumping title.   Krueger and Fladborg were the defending champions of their respective events. Krueger jumped 229 feet to earn the men's title and even set a night jump record! Canada's Jaret Llewellyn finished runner-up with a 219-foot jump. Fladborg leaped…

Fans packed the shores of Texas MasterCraft today for the final rounds of the MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour stop in Fort Worth, Texas. Riders in the Pro Men, Women and Jr. Pro Men divisions, threw down their best runs of the contest to try to win the first Tour stop of the 2009 season.   The one reoccurring theme throughout this weekend’s contest in the Pro Men’s division was upsets created by rookie riders, and today was no different. MasterCraft’s Harley Clifford of Australia,…