Wake for Warriors

Nautique announces a new partnership with the Wake for Warriors non-profit organization.

Wake for Warriors and founder David Deep, come to the aid of American Veterans when they return home from service. David and his team give these heroes a day out on the water with their friends and family; creating memories they won’t soon forget.

Spending time on the water is an incredible stress reliever, and the team at Wake for Warriors gives veterans the chance to get away from it all with quality time on the boat.

Events are planned all year long, and the team at Nautique is happy to contribute to the effort to give these heroes the best possible experience.   “At Nautique, we’re always looking for impactful ways to give back to our communities with our Nautique Cares initiative,” said Nautique president, Greg Meloon. “This partnership with Wake for Warriors perfectly aligns with that and we’re proud to be supporting the American Veterans that have given so much for our country.”

“The entire Wake for Warriors team is excited to partner with Nautique,” stated Wake for Warriors founder, David Deep. “This partnership demonstrates Nautique’s commitment to using their resources to positively impact and help our nation’s military veterans. Our participants will ride behind the best towboats in the world and be supported by the great people at Nautique.”

For more, visit wakeforwarriors.org 

Jump World Records Fall in Florida

Girl’s got major up’s.

Nautique athlete Jacinta Carroll’s Jump World Records set behind the PCM powered Ski Nautique 200 set on Sept. 26th have now been approved by the IWWF (International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation) Tournament Council. World Record aside… look at these pictures.

Jacinta Carroll sets a jump world record.

Carroll shocked the world during the Ski Fluid Invitational in Polk City, FL setting back-to-back world records of 194 feet (59.2 meters) and 198 feet (60.3 meters). Carroll’s final record-breaking jump marked the first time a female has ever broken the 60-meter barrier. You go girl.

“Jumping 60 meters has been a goal of mine ever since I can remember. I am so thankful to have the ability to jump and compete behind the industry’s best boat which enables me to push the world record limits day in day out!” said Carroll.

The Ski Nautique 200 has now officially pulled twenty-one world records among all three waterski disciplines (slalom, trick, and jump) since it hit the water in 2010. In addition to Carroll’s records, three pending trick world records have been set behind the Ski Nautique 200 within the past month and once approved will officially bring the 200’s world-record count to twenty-four.

Southern Exposure Spotlights Nautique Boat Company

As part of its Nautique Cares initiative Nautique Boat Company employees recently served in two separate projects; one in their home community of Central Florida and another in Haiti.

In Orlando, Nautique employees volunteered March 7^th to help build a Habitat for Humanity home that the Nautique Boat Company is funding. This is the second Habitat for Humanity home in the past three years that Nautique has funded. Nautique’s sister company, Orlando Watersports Complex (OWC), funded another for a total of three homes. Nautique and OWC employees also volunteered time to help build each of these three homes.

Another group of Nautique employees traveled March 13-14 to Haiti to distribute 3,400 pounds of food to hungry Haitian families. The Nautique team flew into the Haitian countryside with a plane full of the food and worked with various organizations to hand out the food to the Haitian families. The Nautique team also had the opportunity to review work done by several charitable organizations in Haiti.

Bill Yeargin, Nautique’s President and CEO, stated, “I am thrilled at the wonderful spirit of our employees who are always willing to serve as part of our various Nautique Cares initiatives. Both the home building in Central Florida and food distribution in Haiti helped people who really need it.” Yeargin added, “Over the past eight years our Nautique team has traveled the globe serving others. We want to build the world’s best boats but we also want to use our time and resources to help those who need it.”

To ready Bill Yeargin’s Nautique Insider blog about these Nautique Cares initiatives click here.

Southern Exposure April 2015