Wake Wars @ The B.O.B.

Wake Wars is around the corner so be sure to leave Saturday and Sunday night, July 25th and 26th wide open. The BOB in downtown Grand Rapids will be the only place to be on both days with Wakeboarding, Skateboarding, BMX, Volleyball, and more all going on in one parking lot! If you're thinking about riding in this new contest be sure to call the Hudsonville store and ask for Kevin to make sure you have time to get all your paperwork done. You MUST preregister for this event at least 2 weeks in advanced, NO EXCEPTIONS!

For more info on whats going on check out the Wake Wars website at www.thebob.com/wakewars.

Walled Lake Beach Party 2009

We're just week and a half out from the 2009 beach party and now in its third year, the beach party will be bigger and better than ever! Doug Gierosky and the Pine Lake Ski School team do a great job organizing the event and working with the city of Walled Lake to make this a weekend of wake that no one wants to miss! Head out July 11th for the Rail Jam. 16 competitors go head to head in a double elimination tournament including an A-Frame, Rooftop, flat box, and kicker.



Saturday the rails are removed and Michigan's biggest 4 division wakeboard tournament gets underway. Come out, hang out, and don't miss one of Michigan's biggest Wake Fests.



For More info on the Walled Lake Beach Party checkout www.wlwake.com.

Photo by Chris.

Global Invitational Results 2009

The Global Invitational did not disappoint last weekend at Placid Waters with multiple head to head passes into 41 off and skiers jumping 220+ feet. We had amazing weather all weekend and the skiers had only positive remarks of the new site in Allendale.
When things wrapped up between 8 and 9 pm, Freddy Krueger proved he can fly the farthest, Will Asher outstretched Nick Parsons, and Glenn Valentine proved to out match the rest sticking 720s, Crow Mobes throughout the day.
Click here to read the Grand Rapids press article on Mlive.com.

Don't Miss Out On All the Action!

Can't make it out to the Global Invitational this weekend? We've got it taken care of. Here are 3 ways to stay updated on everything that happens.

1. Follow us on Twitter. You don't event need a twitter account! Visit www.twitter.com/AWShudsonville and we'll posts results along with photos.

2. Check out our facebook page. All of the AWShudsonville twitter updates automatically post to our facebook status.

3. This blog will get updated as the week moves on. But twitter is where it's at for the timely updates.

Global Invitational Week

Global invitational week is here! Skiers from all over the world are flying into Gerald R Ford and heading to Allendale for the competition! Be sure to get your tickets in advance at AWS to save some money. We call this Global Invitational week because there is soo much more than just the tournament on Saturday afternoon.

Tuesday - Wednesday
Jodi Fisher is in town early and on the water giving slalom clinics. Catch Jodi in TC tomorrow and in Grand Rapids on Wednesday.

Thursday
The athletes will be out at the lake for a media session and then heading to AWS for a meet and greet. Swing into Action from 4-6 and meet all the athletes.

Friday
Qualifying day out at placid.

Saturday
Join us at Placid Waters for the main event starting at 3pm with the National Anthem. Then we'll see who has what it takes to make it through the 8 man finals of Ski, Wake, and Jump to take home the top spot.

Derek's Video Blogs and the PWT

Derek Grasman was back in town for a while and did some filming with James Hindes and friends for his blog. Here is video blog #5 from DG off of derekgrasman.wordpress.com.



Derek and James are in Wisconsin for PWT stop #2. Catch your Twitter updates as they battle it out at the PWT from @TheWWA, @DerekGrasman, and @MasterCraftLive.

Ronix brings 5 gallons of Freedom to West Michigan

Ronix riders Dean Smith and Parks Bonifay hit the water with us on June 14th and brought the 2009 line up of Ronix goods along with. We had boat loads of people all day and put lake Placid to the test when PB and Dean took sets behind our loaded up X15.
Lake Placid is an amazing place to hold events, even with a strong breeze at parts of the day the lake stays as flat as ever and is perfect to get a couple tips from the pros.

Thanks everyone for coming out! If you didn't make it, jump on our e-mail news for invites to FREE Events like this!