Date: 10/21/02
Author: Centurion Boats Press Release

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In the early 1990's, Rick Lee, President of Centurion Boats, and his R&D crew were developing the first wake board boat to be offered to the public. One of the criteria was that the boat could create a wake so big that riders could surf behind the boat without a rope! "We actually came up with the name WAVE for our first wakeboard boat because we were surfing behind it," Rick said. "We were having so much fun that we felt that there could be a market for the sport of Wake Surfing." In 1995, Centurion contacted Rusty Surfboards, packed up a Wave and held the first World Wake Surfing Championship at Mission Bay in San Diego, California.

This year's contest will boast prize money in excess of $10,000 dollars. Planners anticipate the event will be held in early spring, in San Diego or Lake Powell, Arizona. "This will be a cultural phenomenon, something completely new. We will take surfing where there is no ocean," says Lee. "After seven years of waiting, the sport of wake surfing has now come of age and is destined to become the next exciting board sport. We feel that wake surfing will take the country by storm."

For additional information, contact Robert Thayer at (757) 650-9791 or email him at rthayer@finelineeast.com.

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