Meloon Family to open MasterCraft of Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. – The newly opened MasterCraft of Orlando is launching the dealership with a customer-themed celebration, the Walter N. Meloon family reported in a recent statement.

Boaters from Orange, Seminole, Osceola, Lake and Volusia counties are invited to partake in food, drinks, entertainment and prizes as they climb aboard MasterCraft wakeboarding boats and Sea-Doo personal watercraft during its Grand Opening Party on Nov. 7 and 8.

MasterCraft of Orlando will offer a full-service sales and repair facility that will include the entire MasterCraft product line, plus Sea-Doo personal watercraft.

“We’re very excited about our partnership with MasterCraft and we couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate than have a party and invite Central Florida boaters and watersports enthusiasts as our very special guests,” said Gary Meloon, MasterCraft of Orlando vice president. “We want wakeboarders and waterskiiers in our five-county area to experience a new evolution in wakeboarding and to check out our new powerhouse dealership — MasterCraft of Orlando.”

Waterskiing World Champion and International Water Ski Hall of Famer Sammy Duvall will make an appearance on Saturday. He’ll be joined by Team MasterCraft athletes Wade Cox, Will Christien, Andrew Adkison, Corey Bradley, Geno Yachler, Ty Udell, Travis Moye, Josh Palma and Derek Grasman. Several of the athletes will be a part of a tramp board exhibition on Saturday. They’ll also be on hand to take boaters who stop by on demonstration rides in new MasterCraft models.

Guests will also have the chance to win thousands of dollars in door prizes, including two wakeboards, a wakeboard tower mirror, a board rack, WetSounds TalkBack System, SeaDoo Towables, MasterCraft Jackets, Ogio Backpacks, T-shirts, calendars, jerseys and hats. The Red Bull Wing Girls will be stopping by Saturday as WetSounds provides the event soundtrack.

The event will feature a bounce house and face painting. A raffle held on Friday and Saturday will benefit the House of Hope Orlando charity, a non-profit, a non-denominational, non-profit organization dedicated to helping troubled teens between the ages of 13-17. The two raffle winners will each receive a private, videotaped wakeboarding session with a pro provided by O’Town Watersports, a word-class wakeboard school and camp in Orlando.

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