Nautique, the title sponsor of the 2012 Wake Games, is upping the ante at this year’s contest by sponsoring two new pro events worth more than $10,000 in cash prizes. The boat manufacturer will front cold, hard cash for both a traditional double-up contest and an innovative expression session challenge during the '12 Games.

Known as the biggest film festival in all of action sports, X-Dance celebrated its 12th anniversary in Salt Lake City, Utah on January 12-15. DEFY, The Danny Harf Project was one of 30 films selected from over 100 submissions, and stood alone as the only selection from the sport of wakeboarding this year.

For the first time in its 23-year history, the Nautique WWA Wakeboard National Championships, presented by Rockstar Energy Drink will be held in Ohio. Event organizer World Sports & Marketing announced today that the four-day event will be held on Aug. 2-5 at Voice of America MetroPark in the greater Cincinnati area of West Chester.

Wakeboarding’s top professional and amateur riders will once again assemble in the sport’s capital, Orlando, Fla., to compete together in the largest team-formatted event in the world — the Nautique Wake Games, presented by Rockstar Energy Drink. The 2012 Games will be played at the Orlando Watersports Complex, April 11-14.

Watch the Byerly Toe Jam Finals between Ben Horan, Matt Hooker, Dieter Humpsch and Andrew Pastura. A cement hubba ledge separated the two pools and all the boys threw down during the course of the contest...

Check out some pretty cool footage of BT from a camera hooked up to his dome piece. I tell you what, this makes it look a whole lot easier than it actually is. The GoPro footage is all wake to wake and super fun to watch...

Orlando, FL – Correct Craft, producer of Nautique boats, was named Manufacturer of the Year by the Manufacturers Association of Central Florida (MACF). The Manufacturer of the Year award is given to a company that exemplifies excellence and quality in all of its manufacturing operations...

Watch Nautique Boats team rider Shaun Murray rip behind his 2010 Super Air Nautique 230 wakeboard boat. Then find out how Murray's PCM engine allows him to load up his Super Air Nautique 230 with more than 4,000 pounds of ballast for a massive wake and super-booted tricks...

Last Saturday, a group of Nautique Boats employees traveled to Fort Pierce, Florida, to donate goods and spend the day assisting Missionary Flights International on the Haitian relief effort. Since the Haiti earthquake, Nautique Boats employees have been donating items for the Haitian people, but they also wanted to volunteer their time...

OVERVIEW One of wakeboarding's all-time classic wakeboard boats, the Super Air Nautique 210 is a core 21-footer designed for the wakeboarding and wakeskating faithful. And it just keeps getting better...

OVERVIEW The Super Air Nautique 220 marries a host of core wakeboard boat features with tons of family-friendly seating and storage. The makes the Super Air Nautique 220 a perfect fit for the committed wakeboarder who has a boatload of up-and-coming rippers or a whole crew of riding buddies...

OVERVIEW Correct Crafts' entry-level wakeboard boat, the Nautique Crossover 211, is priced to get multisport families out on the water. It's also a Correct Craft, which means the Nautique 211 features all the reliability, durability and quality construction you expect from a company with more than 80 years of boatbuilding experience...

OVERVIEW With room for 16 and a host of comfortable and convenient features, the Nautique Crossover 236 is a no-brainer for the big multisport family. And yet, since it rests on the same hull as Nautiques' flagship wakeboard boat, the Super Air Nautique 230, this crossover offers as much wake performance as any boat in the Nautique line...

We got our first look at Danny Harf's new video project, Defy, at the 2009 Wake Awards, and it was one hell of a first impression. Just before Harf won Best Video Performance for his part in Billabong's Out of the Pond, the Wake Awards crowd was treated to the first footage from the endeavor — Harf's wrapped nose grab backside 900 captured in all its floaty, stylish glory by longtime Harf collaborator producer Sean Kilgus...