Wake Week: Nick Taylor shows you how to “Doo It!”

Posted on March 28, 2013

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WAKE WEEK
Surfing or Wake Skating or Wakeboarding? Reghardless you can throw up big walls of water behind the Sea-Doo WAKE 155. Let Nick Taylor show you how to ‘DOO IT’.

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MUST HAVE OF THE WEEK: Outfitting the Ultimate Tow Vehicle — the Sea-Doo PWC

Posted on March 27, 2013

by OnBoard Editor

How do they DOO it? The best wakeskaters in the world ride for Nike behind Sea-Doo watercraft and each has outfitted their Sea-Doo with accessories to take advantage of the ultimate tow vehicle. Whether you are pulling a wakeskater, wakeboarder or towing a tube with screaming kids, the accessories needed are all available at the Sea-Doo online store and in your local dealership.

Did  your PWC come with Ski Mode? Ski Mode makes acceleration consistent, no matter who is in the driving seat. It includes five acceleration modes so youcan pre-select and set the mode preferable for each skier’s style or preference. If your watercraft is 2011 or newer and does not include Ski Mode you can purchase the software that plugs into your diagnostic connector. The program includes all hardware necessary for installation. This module is available for 2011 and newer models with iBR (Intelligent Brake and Reverse).

Wakeboard Rack: an essential if wakeboarding is your ‘thing.’ Without a rack the riders will carry their boards or hold them in their hands when searching for the perfect waters. A wakeboard rack makes storage of your wakeboard and traveling with your board much easier! Sea-Doo has a wakeboard rack that is specially designed to fit our PWCs and are compatible with the following models: iS 2010 GTX, RXT, RXT-X & WAKE PRO, 2011 GTI and GTS, GTR 2012. Click here for more information on our Sea-Doo Wakeboard rack.

A great ride starts from a solid connection with the watercraft. Sea-Doo watercraft come equipped with an existing U-ring for towing, adding a Ski-Eye to this U-ring ensures a strong connection between the rope and the watercraft. If your model does not include a Ski-Eye, you can install one quickly and easily. The Ski-Eye is designed for the following models: GTX, GTS, GTI, RXT,2012 GTR, 2012 RXP-X, and can be used for pulling any type of skier or inflatable. For more information on the Ski-Eye click here.

 

Sea-Doo Wake models come equipped with a Retractable Ski Pylon that makes it easy for a spotter to sit on the back of the watercraft and includes built in grab rails. This ski pylon provides a higher pull point for the rider, the higher the pull point, the easier it is for the rider to get up on top of the water. The Retractable Ski Pylon fits the following models: RXT X, GTX, RXT, except models with iS, GTI & GTS (2011), GTR 2012. For more information on the Retractable Ski Pylon, click here.

A Sea-Doo Shock Tube protects passengers from ski rope kick back and helps keep the ski ropes away from the PWC impellers. This durable nylon covered, closed-cell foam Shock Tube provides riders with added peace of mind. The Shock Tube is installed closest to the watercraft for protection purposes.
For more information on Sea-Doo Shock Tubes, click here.

Sea-Doo accessories will add ‘game’ to your towing activities and make you the envy of all of the other skiers, skaters or tubers out on the water!

For more insight or instruction on Wakesports and to learn how to “DOO” some of those inspiring Nike 6.0 wakeskate tricks, check out the Sea-Doo “Doo It” Wakeskate video series.

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Wake Week with Ben Horan’s Heel Flip

Posted on March 26, 2013

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WAKE WEEK with Ben Horan
Horan shows you how he nails his Heel Flip behind the Sea-Doo Wake Pro with standard equipment Tow Pylon.
If you could be pulled up, why be pulled down?

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Wake Week: Nick Taylor’s Backside 3

Posted on March 25, 2013

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WAKE WEEK – Nick’s Backside 3
Looking to run the straight and narrow? Try a pull behind a Sea-Doo WAKE 155 and watch the video to see how Nick Taylor nails his Backside 360 in the flats with no transom pullout.
CAN WE GET A, “OH YEAH!”?

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Wake Week: Did you know that Sea-Doo and Nike partnered as early as 2008?

Posted on March 25, 2013

by OnBoard Editor

DID YOU KNOW??? Upon the inception of NIKE reentering the action sports arenas in 2008, Sea-Doo partnered with the NIKE WAKE team riders to improve the Sea-Doo WAKE model watercraft?
Let’s Kick Wake Week of with Nick Taylor showing you how to get up on a Wake Skate.

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Wake Week: Check out Andrew Pastura’s Wake Skate Set Up

Posted on March 24, 2013

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WAKE WEEK – Andrew Pastura’s wake skate set-up.
In the first of the 2013 Sea-Doo DOO IT Wake Skate Instructional series, Pastura shares his 2013 gear.
Are you looking for new Wake gear this year?

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BRP TO VISIT 23 US BOATING DESTINATIONS WITH THE 2013 SEA-DOO ‘I BRAKE FOR…’ TEST RIDE TOUR

Posted on March 23, 2013

by OnBoard Editor

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BRP will be offering consumers the opportunity to test ride new 2013 Sea-Doo watercraft, equipped with iBR, the world’s only on-water brake system at Test Ride events across the United States this spring and summer. The 2013 Sea-Doo Test Ride Tour will be visiting 23 popular family boating destinations offering consumers the chance to experience the Sea-Doo lifestyle and learn about latest technological watercraft advances from BRP.

The Sea-Doo Test Ride Tour provides current and potential watercraft riders the opportunity to try before they buy. The Sea-Doo events team will assist consumers in finding the right Sea-Doo product to fill their watersports/boating life. Guests are offered an on-water experience aboard a variety of Sea-Doo watercraft models, the only watercraft with a brake.  Sea-Doo is the number one watercraft brand in the North America and world-wide and BRP’s initiative is the biggest manufacturer supported on-water demo effort in the marine industry and is looking to introduce the Sea-Doo lifestyle to over 3000 people during the 23 three-day weekend events.

The Sea-Doo Test Ride events will be FREE to the boating public* and are managed by the Sea-Doo events team – comprised of industry and product experts – and partnering, authorized Sea-Doo watercraft dealers. Each Sea-Doo Tour STOP is designed for both experienced and first time boating families to experience the Sea-Doo lifestyle in a casual, fun filled atmosphere. Attendees will also have the opportunity to win a new Sea-Doo GTI Limited 155 model and Sea-Doo MOVE I trailer in the Sea-Doo ‘I BRAKE FOR…’ sweepstakes.  Anyone can enter by visiting www.sea-doo.com or directly at www.ibrake4.com starting April 10th and simply sharing the special moments and destinations that you brake for.

Event participants will be able to experience multiple award-winning models to best find the right Sea-Doo watercraft to fill their watersports/boating desires. They will be able to experience the handling of the high-performance Sea-Doo RXP-X platform, the performance of various 4-TEC engine packages, the comfort of the smoothest ride possible on a PWC with various suspension equipped models with S3 hull, the simple fun or the GTI platform, and the braking capabilities of the iBR (Intelligent Brake & Reverse) system. Guests will also learn about and experience the durability and reliability of the Rotax 4-TEC marine engine while testing the various power packages available.

Experiencing BRP’s Sea-Doo iBR system gives riders more control and a new perspective of the heightened level of fun to be had aboard Sea-Doo watercraft. We encourage everyone to visit www.seadoodemo.com starting March 25 for detailed event information and to lock in a specific time slot on the day of your choice.

2013 Sea-Doo Test Ride Tour schedule

April 6

Orlando, Fla.: Lake Underhill Park – East of Downtown

April 12-14

Tampa, Fla.: Hogan’s Beach Grille – Courtney Campbell Parkway

April 19-21

Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.: Markham Park – PWC Lake

April 26-28

Bonita Springs, Fla.: Big Hickory Marina and Restaurant

Phoenix, Ariz.: Lake Pleasant – Pleasant Harbor Marina

May 3-5 

Colorado River, Ariz./Calif.: Pirates Cove Resort – Needles, CA

Charleston, S.C.: California Dreaming Restaurant

May 10-12

Lake Lanier, Ga.: Laurel Park Launch Ramp – Gainesville, GA

Long Beach, Calif.: Long Beach Marine Stadium

May 17-19  

Lake Cumberland, Ky.: State Dock Marina

Sacramento, Calif.: Granite Bay Launch Ramp – Folsom Lake

May 31-June 2

Atlanta, Ga.: Dallas Landing Park, Lake Allatoona – Acworth, GA

Houston, Texas: South Shore Harbor Marina – Clear Lake, TX

June 7- 9   

Charlotte, N.C.: Stutt’s Marina – Lake Norman

Dallas, Texas: Sneaky Pete’s Restaurant – Lake Lewisville

June 14-16

Norfolk, Va.: Willoughby Launch Ramp

June 21-23 

Annapolis, Md.: Hemingways Restaurant – Bay Bridge Marina Yacht Club

Lake of the Ozarks, Mo.: Dog Days Grill

June 28-30 

New Jersey: Captain Carlsen Park/Woodbridge Municpal Ramp

Minneapolis, Minn.: East Medicine Lake Park

July 11-13

Delevan, Wis.: Lake Lawn Resort – Lake Delevan, WI

July 19-21 

Traverse City, Mich.:  Torch River Marine – Torch Lake

Gilford, N.H.: Ellacoya State Park

Visit www.seadoodemo.com or www.facebook.com/seadoo for the most up-to-date information regarding the Sea-Doo Test Ride Tour events and everything Sea-Doo!

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2013 SEA-DOO WAKE WEEK

Posted on March 23, 2013

by OnBoard Editor

SONY DSCWith the coming of spring in the northern hemisphere BRP is kicking off the 2013 riding season with SEA-DOO WAKE WEEK. The Sea-Doo Wake Week will begin on March 24 and run through March 31 with wake skating and wakeboarding inspired product highlights, images, and the premier of the 2013 Sea-Doo ‘DOO IT’ wake skate video series featuring NIKE Wake Team riders Ben Horan, Andrew Pastura, and Nick Taylor.

BRP and the Sea-Doo brand has long been part of the wake sports scene. Wakeboarding stepped into the action sports realm in 1991 when the sport was showcased on prime time television.  ESPN’s Hot Summer Nights featured the Pro Wakeboard and Kneeboard tour. The year prior the Sea-Doo GT was launched, the first three-seat watercraft capable of pulling skiers and wakeboarders and became the official personal watercraft of the Pro Wakeboard Tour to showcase the models’ towing capabilities.

Sea-Doo watercraft have helped the sport progress as PWC became the preferred tow vehicles with sliders and rails becoming more prevalent among enthusiasts.

In 2002 BRP was again a catalyst for the growth of a new watersport when wake skating began it’s rise in popularity. Wake skating brought a more technical way to ride a board behind a watercraft and massive engines and wakes were not required to have fun. A wake skate is similar to a wakeboard but without bindings.  It shares many of the characteristics of a skateboard, but riders ride the wake instead of a sidewalk. Sea-Doo watercraft were used by the sports pioneers, the Cassette wake skate team riders of Thomas Horrell, Aaron Reed, and Danny Hampson.

The Cassette team was heavily involved with the launch of the Sea-Doo Vans Triple Crown Edition Wake model watercraft in 2003 and now a decade later the next generation of world class wake skaters has teamed with BRP and utilizes Sea-Doo WAKE 155 and WAKE PRO 215 models, the NIKE Wake team.

The Sea-Doo WAKE model watercraft have significant advantages in shallow water access, ability to retrieve a downed boarder quickly, lower operating costs, and it is less intimidating for new riders.  All of these features make them the tow vehicle of choice among top pros and weekend water lovers alike.

The best wake skaters in the world, Ben Horan, Andrew Pastura, and Nick Taylor as well as wakeboarder Kevin Henshaw average over 250 hours a year on their Sea-Doo watercraft and we can’t think of anybody who tests them in real world towing applications more intensely than these riders.

Their input is used in the development and refinement of the Sea-Doo WAKE models such as the revised Ski Mode settings for 2013 offering a smoother transition in the RAMP settings.

During the 2013 Sea-Doo Wake Week visitors will gain insight on how these riders do their tricks behind Sea-Doo watercraft, you will learn about their gear and set up, and see their X-TEAM profile interviews.  Visit OnBoard regularly to see the latest news about the world of Sea-Doo.

 

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WELCOME TO THE WATER: Kevin Wassum, Sea-Doo’s Ultimate Fan, Journey to the Bahamas, Volume 2

Posted on March 21, 2013

by OnBoard Editor

Sea-Doo Ultimate Fan Kevin Wassum and his Tampa Crew continue their journey from Miami to the Bahamas on Sea-Doo watercraft and a Sea-Doo boa. On day 2 the video starts at the arrival to Chub Cay in the Bahamas, not exactly the resort they were expecting. The next morning they departed Chub Cay for Nassau, the last stop before reaching their destination, the Exuma Island chain.

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MUST HAVE OF THE WEEK: Sea-Doo Boxes and Bags — Get Organized for the Season

Posted on March 20, 2013

by OnBoard Editor

Sea-Doo time (or summer) is just around the corner and now is the time to prep for the season.  We hope you have taken the time to read Dr. Doo’s post on Pre Season Fuel Care and the blog on Pre-Season prep for your Sea-Doo.  Now it is time to get organized.

Dry BagRemember last season when you got soaked and wanted to stop by your favorite restaurant for a bite to eat?  Wouldn’t it have been nice to have a dry shirt or shoes to put on (since shirts and shoes are required by most eating establishments)?  We recommend carrying a dry set of clothes in your Sea-Doo Dry Bag. These bags are watertight and made of puncture-resistant PVC coated polyester fiber materials.  They have a reinforced bottom and are designed to keep everything dry.

Sea-Doo glove boxes are roomy and designed to keep multiple items safe during your ride. Many people keep their cell phones, keys,GLove box organizer sunglasses, boater’s safety license, registration, etc., in it.  Once you place all of these items in the glove box, they tend to shuffle around when you are shredding and carving.  Our solution is a Sea-Doo Glove Box Organizer.  The Glove Box organizer fits all models with S3 Hulls and iS models.  It is a semi-rigid splash-resistant, portable case.  The liner cushions the inside of the glove box and provides insulation.  The case fits perfectly in the glove box and provides easy access when opening the glove box cover. Bonus! When you dock or are heading home, you can grab the case and easily take all of the items with you.

AFront storage trayfter jumping in the water to cool off or beaching at your favorite island destination, you will likely have a wet towel (or two), wet rope, snacks, etc.  The Sea-Doo Front Storage Tray is the perfect solution to safely storing these items in one place while underway.  This storage tray has a cargo handle and can store up to 3.2 gallons of ‘stuff’.  Plus, it lifts out (and in) easily for transportation.  The Front Storage Tray fits the 2012 and newer Sea-Doo RXP-X 260, GTI, GTS 2011 and newer and GTR 2012 and newer.

Check out all of these Sea-Doo organization boxes and bags online store or visit your local dealer and they can help you get prepared for an organized day on the water!

Do you have any organizational tips? Anything you LOVE that helps you keep your on-water life as organized as your off-water life?

 

 

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