March 24, 2007

It’s been a busy winter, but we are now back in the office and looking forward to all the exciting activities planned for this summer here at Phat Wakes.

Over the next couple weeks you will see changes to most areas of the Phat Wakes website. Changes will include new pricing structure for 2007, updated staff and rider profiles, kid’s camp information and schedule, school sponsor section, clothing available, and much more.

What’s New?

Tonight (March 24) at Blue Mountain, Sattelyte Wakeskates will be releasing their new team video. Look for this DVD in stores this summer and you will see great footage of the Sattelyte team in their 2006 travels and even some footage filmed here at Phat Wakes. The movie premier will be at “Skool” located in the village at blue.

First Tracks…

Getting warmed up early this year, Phat Wakes crew members Nicole Cancelli and Jay Ruttan headed to the deep south and got some time in on the water. After receiving excellent weather the two had a great time surfing and wakeboarding in Orlando.

Highlights from the trip included:

-         Surfing in Cocoa Beach. The waves were great and the weather was warm.

-         Visiting with the boys (Pat and Doyle) at the Projects. Also Renee & Courtney.

-         Wakeboarding OWC Cable Park.

-         A little theme park action at Disney Parks.

-         Dinner up in Clermont with Muskoka Militia and Xcup co-coordinator Eric Snidal, Sattelyte team rider Nick Harlos, Level Thirteen team rider Gaston Gagnon, & Red Button Films Dan Hughes.

Overall it was a successful and fun first tracks adventure for Nikki and Jay to Orlando and we all look forward to the upcoming team planned adventures in late April and May.

Please see photo’s from Nikki and Jay’s first tracks trip below…

Phat Wakes was pleased to have received 2 business award nominations for the 2007 Wasaga Beach Chamber of Commerce Business Awards Ceremony.

The school was nominated for both the "Tourism Business of the Year" and "Seasonal Business of the Year". We were very excited and thankful for the nominations.

We are also pleased to announce that during the Awards Night on Saturday April 28th 2007 we did receive the “Tourism Business of the Year Ward” from the Wasaga Beach Chamber of Commerce.

Additionally Phat Wakes received a formal award of congratulations from the Canadian “House of Commons” and the Municipality of the Town of Wasaga Beach.

Thank you to all within the community who recognized our hard work and achievements over the past few years and to the Chamber of Commerce for hosting a wonderful event.

Thank you once again,

Friendly Staff of Phat Wakes!

Friendly Staff of Phat Wakes!

Another successful trade show (party) in Orlando Florida.

The Phat Wakes Crew once again survived the infamous September trip to Surf Expo. This year the weather and wakeboarding was amazing, surfing was incredible, industry parties were as huge as ever and no one needed to post bail. Therefore overall it was an extremely successful adventure in 2006.

While at the trade show our staff and riders reviewed the 2007 wakeboarding, surfing, kiteboarding, and skateboarding lines from all major manufactures. As usual we were impressed and glad to see that the sport is being pushed with even bigger and better products coming our way next season.

Taking time away from business, our crew spent days on end wakeboarding at OWC Cable Park, Surfing at Coco Beach, and even stopping by the Projects to check out the slider lake and say hello Pat, Doyle, Keith and the crew.

Special thanks to our sponsors at the show (Liquid Force, Excel), SBC Media, Sattelyte Wakeskates, Doyle & Keith at the Projects, OWC, Xcup Eric, and everyone else that made sure we had a good time this year at Surf Expo.

More more information about SBC Media, the Projects, Xcup, Liquid Force, Excel, and of course Sattelyte Wakeskates please check out our links section!