WORLD’S LARGEST WAKE FESTIVAL SET
TO ROCK SUMMER INTO HIGH GEAR!
JULY 24-27, 2008 • TORONTO ISLAND PARK

(Toronto, Canada) July 18, 2008 -- WAKESTOCK, the worlds premiere wakeboarding and wakeskating event, and Canada’s largest action sports and music festival brings the most anticipated wake party of the summer to Toronto Island Park, July 24-27, celebrating 11 years of boarding, bands and bikinis!

Bud Light and TELUS present WAKESTOCK, the anchor event of the WWA WORLD SERIES of Wakeboarding, and the only contest to collectively showcase all of the best wakeboarders AND wakeskaters together at one event. Featuring four separate pro events with a worldwide reputation for pushing wakeboarding and wakeskating style and progression to new heights!

MALIBU BOATS PRO EXPRESSION SESSION
Featuring the best wake and rail course on tour.Philip Soven will be back to defend his title! Presented by Gordon Bay Marine and Paris Marine.

BILLABONG PRO RAILSLIDE
The unofficial wake rail championship of the world featuring the most progressive rails of the year by The Projects Pat Panakos. Keith Lidberg will be back to defend his title.

OAKLEY WAKESKATE POOL JAM INVITATIONAL
The world’s premier pool event featuring the best wakeskaters raising the bar in
skate style and innovation!

BILLABONG PRO WAKESKATE
Featuring the world’s best wakeskaters on the biggest rail course on tour. Brian Grubb will be back to defend his title. Presented by Monster Energy.

MALIBU WAKESTOCK AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
featuring Canada’s largest am wakeboard and wakeskate event including the unique chance to quailify into the pro main event!

WAKESTOCK’S MOST EXCITING MUSIC LINE-UP EVER!
Over 25 bands, featuring the most exciting and diverse live music line-up ever to punctuate the energy, action and vibe for 2008. RZA & GZA of the Wu Tang Clan, Metric, Hot Water Music, Silverstein, We Are Scientists, Classified and
Cavalera Conspiracy lead Wakestock’s incredible line-up of over 20 bands on the TELUS Main Stage presented by Monster Energy.

Friday, July 25
Direct from Ozzy’s Monsters Of Rock Festival come Wakestock’s Friday headliners: Cavalera Conspiracy, Dillinger Escape Plan, Throwdown and Bury The Dead. Brazilian metal titans Max and Igor Cavalera of Sepultura fame lead Friday’s eight band charge with their new project, Cavalera Conspiracy. Plus Kathleen Turner Overdrive, Age Of Daze, Dead and Divine, and Farewell To Freeway. Don’t miss the heaviest music to hit Toronto this summer!

Saturday, July 26
Cousins RZA and GZA, forefathers of the Wu Tang Clan, one of the most critically acclaimed and celebrated hip hop groups of all time, headline Wakestock’s most exciting single day line-up ever. The bill also includes Florida’s reunited, post-hardcore legends Hot Water Music in a rare appearance. Plus one of the world’s most sought after post-hardcore acts Silverstein, award-winning rap artist Classified, Rebel Emergency and Dodger!

Sunday, July 27
Hot off of two of the world’s biggest outdoor festivals, Pemberton Music Fest and Coachella Music Fest, hometown favourites, Metric headline Wakestock’s final day with their only Toronto concert of the summer! Plus famed Brooklyn, NY-based indie rockers We Are Scientists playing the only Canadian stop of their world tour, and electro-pop rockers Dragonette, Lights, Crash Parallel, and Shawn Hewitt and Port 26!

WORLD’S TOP SKATEBOARDERS
Pro demos by the Globe Shoes Team and the Zoo York Team, two of the top teams in the world, on the custom-build RGX Skatepark presented by Milk, SBC Skateboard Magazine an EYE Weekly. Plus Island Of The Ams Skateboard Contest and the Milk Mini-Ramp featuring Canada’s best up-and-coming amateur skaters!

BUD LIGHT BIKINI CONTEST & PARTIES
Three nights of Bud Light Wakestock After-Parties at Toronto’s
best clubs, including Sound Academy featuring DJ sets by
K-OS and Lil' Jazz, The Republik, and Cantina Charlies. Plus
the famous Wakestock Bud Light Bikini Contest!

WORLD’S TOP FMX-ERS
No athletes go bigger in action sports than the freestyle moto-x jumpers, and Wakestock will feature several of the best from
across Canada and around the world in the Schick Xtreme 3
Freestyle Moto-x.

CANADIAN ACTION SPORTS EXPO & PLAYSTATION
INTER-ACTIVE ZONE
Canada’s largest expo of action sports fashion and gear the Action Sports Expo is where you’ll find the leading surfwear, eyewear, skate shoes, and wakeboard brands including Billabong, Oakley, Malibu Boats, Yamaha, Gordon Bay Marine and Paris Marine. This is also where you’ll find some of the coolest new products to check-out and sample from the likes of TELUS, Monster Energy, Playstation, Right Guard Extreme, Milk, Schick Xtreme 3, Got2b and more!

TICKETSs on sale now at www.ticketmaster.ca and all Ticketmaster outlets.

WAKESTOCK.COM For More Info, Festival Map, Detailed Schedule, Daily Updates, Video and more

MEDIA inquiries, press photos, band and athlete interviews please email: media@wakestock.com

Wakestock is presented by Bud Light and TELUS; in association with Monster Energy, Malibu Boats, Billabong, Oakley, Xcel, Right Guard Xtreme (RGX), Milk (Dairy Farmers of Canada), PlayStation, Schick Xtreme 3, Gordon Bay Marine, Paris Marine, Yamaha, and Straightine in partnership with Much Music, 102.1 the Edge, Eye Weekly, The Score, Live Nation, SBC Skateboard Magazine and SBC Wakeboard Magazine.

Wakestock™is owned and produced by SBC Events Inc, an independent Canadian production company specializing in action sport & youth lifestyle marketing, in association with SBC Media Inc., publisher of leading action sports magazines SBC Skateboard, SBC Wakeboard, Snowboard Canada, SBC Surf, SBC Skier, Snowboard Women’s Annual, SBC Ski & Snowboard Resort Guide, SBC Kiteboard, Windsport, SBC Action Sports Business magazines. “Wakestock™”, "Wakestock Festival™” and “Wakestock Action Sports & Music Festival™” are trademarks of SBC Media Inc. in Canada, the United States and/or other countrie