Liquid Force and Marine Products will be hosting a “Ride With Ben Greenwood Contest” at the upcoming Boat Show next month. The Utah Boat Show runs from February 4th through the 8th, and every customer that spends $50 on Liquid Force product from the Marine Products booth will be entered into the “Ride with Benny G” contest.

Ben and the Marine Products crew will take you out for a day on the water that you’ll never forget! This is an opportunity to get behind a new Supra and learn/ride from one of the best in the game. Be sure to also come by the Marine Products booth to check out the brand new Liquid Force Edition Supra!

The drawing will take place Sunday, February 8th at 4pm. Prizes are as follows:

• Grand Prize: Winner plus five of his friends get a day on the water with Ben and the MP crew in Utah. Lunch and dinner with be included. Winner also gets $500 credit at MP for LF gear.
• 1st Prize: $500 credit at MP for LF Gear
• 2nd Prize: $200 credit at MP for LF Gear
• 3rd Prize: $100 credit at MP for LF Gear

Also, While at the show, make sure you check out Benny’s Witness board, and all the rest of his, and the Liquid Force team’s gear  that we’ll have on display and for sale.

Enter the code “MPPS” here, at the Utah Boat Show website to get your discount tickets for the show!

Can’t Wait To See You At The Show!

Rocker (A.K.A. Rocker Pattern, Rocker Shape)-

The Rocker is the way that the WakeBoard is curved. It is the difference in height from the tips of the board to the center of the board. For example, if a wakeboard has a 1.5 rocker, that means that the tips are 1.5 inches above the middle of the board. The easiest way to see this is by looking at the side of the wakeboard.  The steepness of the rocker effects how the board reacts when it hits the wake. A lot goes into that, but we’ll get to that in the future,

So Make Sure You Keep Checking Back

Ever wanted to get a new wakeboard, but when you got to your shop, the salesman started throwing out a bunch of crazy terms that you’ve never heard before, so you ended up getting a board that you really didn’t belong on, but hey the graphics were cool, so you got it anyways.  Then you go to take it out only to find that the board doesn’t ride the way you wanted it to, and now you’re out $500 bucks.

Well, we here at Marine Products are gonna make sure that never happens to you again!  Introducing, WakeBoarding Defined!

In this series, we’re gonna introduce you to all the terms that you’ll need to know to make sure that you get the most out of your next wakeboard. On top of that, we’re gonna help give you some ideas on what boards are the best for you and your riding ability.

So keep checking back here at the Marine Products blog for the next part of the series, and we’ll have you ridin the best wakeboard gear in no time!

Hey Everyone,

Just wanted to let ya’ll know who is gonna be at the Utah Boat Show this year.  This list isn’t final, but as of 1/22/2009, this is who we have scheduled to ride and help sell for each respective company:

Ronix: Parks Bonifay

Pat Panakos

Liquid Force: Ben Greenwood

Keith Lyman

Hyperlite: J.D. Webb

Byerly: Ross Gardner

Radar: Chris Rossi

H.O.: Markus Brown

Sky Ski/LEGEND: Mike Murphy

Like I said, this list isn’t final, but all these guys should be here for sure. Make sure you don’t miss this chance to meet these Pro’s and pick up their gear at the MARINE PRODUCTS section of the boat show.  Discount tickets are available at the Utah Boat Show’s website.

So here’s the deal, last night I went over to my local park and did some rigorous testing to see which Connelly brand all season tube was the best choice when atop a large snow hill.  My conclusions where surprising considering I took the Connelly Sling Blade and the Connelly Cockpit tube.  Both tubes are hard bottom water tubes that can also be used as snow tubes.  This is why they are called all season tubes.

The tubes were both definitely worth the money, but surprisingly, the better price point tube, the Sling Blade, was a lot more durable, as well as faster down the mountain.  I credit this tube’s speed and all around durability to its hard plastic bottom.  The difference with the cockpit is the entire vinyl inside of the tube is covered with a canvas cover, no exposed bladder and a half inflatable seat cushion.  The other half is an elevated net seat.  The Sling Blade is only covered by canvas on the outside so the vinyl tube is exposed on the inside, and this tube has a fully inflatable seat bottom.  The reason the Cockpit is only about half the speed of the Sling Blade is the Cockpit’s bottom has a rubberized material that creates more friction than the hard plastic bottom of the cheaper Sling Blade.

So in conclusion the Sling Blade is the ultimate single rider snow tube available.  Although, if you have younger kids and often enjoy riding doubles down the hill, you would still be very happy with your purchase.  Thanks for your time.
Sling Blade

Cockpit

Just want to let everyone know when the Utah Boat Show is.

The dates are:

Thursday, February 4th 2:00 – 10:00 pm

Friday, February 5th 2:00 – 10:00 pm

Saturday, February 6th 10:00 am – 10:00 pm

Sunday, February 7th 12:00 – 6:00 pm

Hope to see you all there, and make sure you stop by the Marine Products space to get the best deals on everything you need for your water sports!

Also, at the Boat Show this year, there will be a full wake park designed and built by Industry Legend and Marine Products Pro Rider Pat Panakos, and ridden by other pro’s. Show times for that are:

Wednesday, Feb. 4…………3pm, 6pm, 8pm
Thursday, Feb. 5…………….3pm, 6pm, 8pm
Friday, Feb. 6………………..1pm, 3pm, 6pm, 8pm
Sat., Feb. 7……………………Noon, 2pm, 4pm, 6pm, 8pm
Sunday, Feb. 8……………..1pm, 4pm

Check out the Utah Boat Show Homepage for discount tickets and more information.

The boat show is a great time to update your gear.  Marine Products will have great deals on all of their current product.  Now is the time to research the gear you want, and you can come on into Marine Products for any questions on Wakeboards, Wakeskates, WakeSurfs, and other gear.

Make sure you stop by to check out all of our wetsuits, rash guards, and life jackets.  Their prices will be marked down for the duration of the boat show only.

Hope to see you all at the Utah Boat Show!