UPDATES:
7/27- Chain Skimmers (one of the youngest ski teams) was a blast. the site was awesome and we are glad the entire team / family/friends loved the film. Thanks to Karisa for making it happen and to the team who helped with setting up and breaking down. This was one of our favorite stops!
7/25- Thanks to the SKI SPRITES (Eau Claire / Chippewa Falls) for our FIRST and ONLY AM Screening @ Micon Cinemas. Happy 21st Bday Dustin and thanks to the team and Panera Bread for hostin H2o Extreme Screening
7/23-Thanks to LITTLE CROW team for hosting at their incredible site. This team and town is also home to Ryan Jones (main stunts) and Dan Olson (plays himself)
7/22- Rochester WaterSki Show team hosted our screening at their site as they prepped for their regionals. Pete Kuhlmann is an alumnist for their team and has a speaking part as well in the movie
7/20- SOLD OUT SHOW!!!! We outsold Harry Potter today! lol. we had to turn some people away cause we were maxed out. Special Thanks to the Family/Friends and also the River City Ski Team for showing support. This was by far our BEST event so far!
7/19- Congrats to all the teams/athletes that took home awards today!! Sold more Dvd's today
7/18- Sat. at the State Show. Mad City put on an awesome show. Sold quite a bitt of Dvd's today
7/17 - Friday at the Wisconsin State Show Tourney, so awesome to be here, been over 20 years. Screening tonight ended in an applause and many smiling faces...makes this journey so worth it!!!! Thanks for everyones support! Saturday should be huge and some more amazing ski shows cant wait.
7/14-We would like to Thank the BACKWATER GAMBLERS for a successful screening! Special Thanks to Angi & Co. for the press/media coverage.
7/13-We are here in Rock Island / Quad City. Checked out the site of the Backwater Gamblers and it was an awesome site!! We got a Morning Radio Show to do and then off to promote and of course, back to back showings at Nova6 Cinemas.
7/12- We are on the road towards Davenport, IO and Quad City.
7/3- Thanks to Chuck Gleason over at Eagle SPORTS/Barefoot Central for hosting our special screening at the AMC Katy Mills Mall. We packed the theatre for a very successful screening!!
7/2- TEXAS SKI RANCH in New Braunfels. Great screening with Dan Olson in the audience. He plays himself in the movie. The setting was great with beachside seating and wakeboarders in the background!
6/29&6/30- We are currently on the road towards TEXAS for few events.....
6/27-28- ProWake Tour #3 in Knoxville, TN. The site was awesome, the sun was blazing and No rain til the very end....as everyones leaving. Congrats to Jacob Disney for winning the HYPERLITE board from our contest.
6/24-RedLine Watersports in MADISON, WI. Director Bill Scharpf came back from ITALY the same night and walked in right at the films credits. We are headed towards Knoxville!
6/23-Thanks to the Pewaukee Lake & Badgerland ski club members for making it to the screening at Majestic Cinemas. Wish the projection/audio was better from the theatre though.
6/22-We are headed to Milwaukee for a special screening @ the Muskego Gateway 9pm!
*Thanks to the Waterbugs for a great screening.
6/21-ProWake Tour #2 was a blast, even with a tornado that blew through fri. nite and flattening EVERYTHING in site. 90mph WINDS!!! it was part Mudfest.
6/17-We are parked at PRAIRIE LAKE in Pleasant Prairie, WI.....getting ready for the PROWAKE TOUR
6/16-Special Screening @ Barts Watersports (one of our sponsors)....Very intimate screening.
6/15-Passing through the mountains by Nashville was pretty cool! Just in time for the Special Screening @ Boatworks (Taylorsville, KY). Thanks for the pizza Patti ;)
6/14-Headed towards NC! Had Bus Problems so it was a LONGGGGG Trip North.
6/13-H2o Was at the Wakeboard event @ Orlando Watersports Complex
6/11-THANKS to everyone who came out and supported H2o on PREMIERE NIGHT IN CLERMONT. The Turn out was excellent!
H20 EXTREME” Movie Promotional Tour! Coming to a city near you!
Kicks off June 13th – August 31st. 2009.
The “H20 Extreme” Bus is hitting the road and headed to the nearest Ski Clubs and Wake-Ski Events around town. H20 is the first feature film of its genre. Come join the party and meet the director, Bill Scharpf, for your chance to screen the movie!
A young man gets one last shot at becoming a professional water skier but has to overcome his family and the rigors of the pro circuit so see if he has what it takes. The movie stars Chris Carmack (the O.C, Desperate Housewives), Rider Strong (Boy Meets World, Cabin Fever), Nikki Griffin (the O.C), Tad Hilgenbrink (American Pie: Band Camp) and John Schneider (Dukes of Hazard, Smallville).
Bill Scharpf (Director) has been in the movie business for 20 years. He is also the President for Mirror Image Productions. It was filmed at Cypress Gardens in Central Florida. This film is also set to open the Drake International Film Festival in Naples, Italy.
H20 will visit 60 Cities in just a little over 2 months. Anywhere from Orlando, Nashville, Houston, Green Bay, Toronto, to Minneapolis to name a few. You will also see the tour bus at events such as: Pro Wake Tours, WWA Wake Nationals, USA Wake Nationals, Wake Stock, and the Surf and Ski Expo. H20 is Currently setting up Tv and Radio Interviews.
The Water Ski and Wake Boarding community is the unique selling property of the film. The intended strategy is to create a relationship between the niche audience and the film. This is a target audience who is passionate about the sport who has been waiting a long time for a movie about their lifestyle.
The Water Ski and Wake Boarding Industry has over 14 million participants and 500 ski clubs in North America and 30 million world wide.
Don't Miss the BUS! DVD's will also be available for the FIRST TIME EVER at these events. Get it signed by the Director! Who knows, some of the stars might even stop by and chat with you.
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