To help commemorate one of the most exciting and innovative seasons yet, the MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour will host its 19th annual Pro Tour Awards ceremony on Saturday, August 14 from 9 p.m. - 11 p.m. at the Bijou Theater in downtown Knoxville. The Awards will take place immediately following the conclusion of the season-ending contest, held at Volunteer Landing, just three blocks south of the Theater.

"The 2010 Pro Tour has been one of the most impressive and exciting seasons yet," said Sean Dishman, Sales and Marketing Director of the MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour. "Everyone works extremely hard during season and this ceremony is a celebration of those season-long efforts."

Awards will be presented to the Knoxville tour stop winners, as well as the overall Pro Men and Jr. Pro Men champions. Rookie of the Year honors for the Pro Men's division will also be presented during the ceremony.
The ceremony will also include drinks and an end of the season video, highlighting of some of the most memorable moments on the 2010 MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour.
The Bijou Theater is located on the corner of Cumberland Ave. and Gay St. at 803 South Gay Street Knoxville, TN 37902.

Sparks, Nev. -- The King of Wake,The world's elite pro wakeboarding series -- makes its fifth stop of the 2010 season on July 14-18 in the greater Reno area of Sparks, Nev., for the Air Nautique WWA Wakeboard National Championships, presented by ROCKSTAR. With four of the eight stops already in the books for the 2010 season, only 27 of the 62 riders remain in contention for the King of Wake crown, and from those 27 pros, only 10 will still be alive in the points chase, following the Air Nautique WWA Nationals.

The Air Nautique WWA Wakeboard National Championships, presented by ROCKSTAR serves as the final contest in the series before the "Chase for the Crown." The Chase tightens the points race in the series by adjusting the totals of the top 10 riders in the standings, following the fifth stop of the season.

Only the 10 riders involved in the Chase will have the three remaining stops in the series to top each other in the standings for the King of Wake crown.

"The Chase is kind of like our version of the playoffs," said defending King of Wake Aaron Rathy, who currently ranks 20th in the standings. "Nationals is going to be a high-stakes contest, with a lot of added pressure to step up our riding. Nobody wants to end their season early."

Currently, 16-year-old Aussie phenom Harley Clifford leads the King of Wake standings with 360 points. Two-time King of Wake crown-bearer Phillip Soven trails closely behind Clifford with 335 points, while former wakeboard world champion Rusty Malinoski rounds out the top three with 246 points.

While the top three point leaders are very likely to remain in the Chase even if they don't compete at the Air Nautique WWA Nationals, for everyone else this event will be their last chance to save their season.

For the Pro Women's division, the Air Nautique WWA Nationals serves as the third stop in the five-event Queen of Wake series. While the Queen of Wake does not use the Chase format, the Air Nautique WWA Nationals does mark the midway point in the season, when the top riders begin to break away from the rest of the competition.

Former crown-bearer Nicola Butler sits at the top of the standings with 190 points, while 2008 Rookie of the Year Raimi Merritt trails closely behind with 165 points. Current Queen of Wake and defending U.S. national champion Dallas Friday rounds out the top three in the standings, tied with Merritt at 165 points.

Unfortunately, Friday suffered a season-ending injury to her right knee during the second stop of the series and will be unable to continue to defend her crown. With Friday out for the season, the door has been opened for newcomers to step up to contend for the Queen of Wake title.

You can see Aaron Rathy is trailing far behind the lead in 20th, after a hard start to this season with injuries. Its gonna be hard to stop Harley Clifford from running away with the lead soon. The top 10 is pretty interesting with some riders who people would not of bet on pushing for top spots. Its only half way through the season so there is a lot more action to come this year.

King of Wake
(after 4 of 8 events)

1. Harley Clifford - 350
2. Phillip Soven - 345
3. Rusty Malinoski - 246
4. Jimmy LaRiche - 242
5. Bob Soven - 229
6. Austin Hair - 221
7. Josh Palma - 185
8. Olivier Derome - 177
9. Danny Harf - 177
10. Kyle Rattray - 164
11. Shaun Murray - 160
12. Adam Errington - 157
13. JD Webb - 155
14. Bryan Hutton - 152
15. Keith Lyman - 146
16. Trevor Hansen - 140
17. Chad Sharpe - 133
18. Andrew Adkison - 132
19. Dean Smith - 130
20. Aaron Rathy - 124