Surge Licenses Rampage Sport Fishing Yachts To Produce 33’ Barta Canyon Edition; OLN TV Outdoor Hit “The Best and Worst of Tred Barta” In 2nd Season
Mark Freedman, Exec. Producer of "Best & Worst of Tred Barta," and President of Surge, exclusive worldwide licensor of Tred Barta, says licensing potential of Barta includes fishing and hunting equipment, clothing, electronics, games, publishing and other categories.
Syosset, NY (PRWEB) May 13, 2005 -- Surge Licensing announced it licensed
Rampage Sport Fishing Yachts to produce the Barta Canyon Edition 33-Foot Sport
Fisherman, built to the big game fishing specifications of Tred Barta, the world
renown offshore fisherman Captain and host of the hit outdoor TV show, “The Best
and Worst of Tred Barta,” airing Fridays at 9 pm and Mondays at 8 pm (ET) on the
Outdoor Life Network.
Mark Freedman, Executive Producer of the TV show
and President of Surge, exclusive worldwide licensor of Tred Barta, said, “The
Rampage license is the first we know of in the sport fishing yacht business. The
Barta Canyon Edition yacht will be outfitted to Tred’s demanding blue water
specs.”
Tred Barta, the hard driving world class outdoorsman whose
in-your-face style is the talk of the hunting and fishing communities, holds
blue water fishing world records and hunts big game with bow and arrow. He voice
of big game blue water fishing, he is also a prolific outdoor sports writer and
advocate of “doing it the hard way” in facing big game challenges. His exploits
at sea facing marlin or blue eyed tuna, and in mountains facing big game with
bow and arrow, are legendary.
Freedman said, “In its second season, the
show has outperformed all competition and is OLN’s top rated new outdoor series.
The show is gaining strong audience word-of-mouth as shown by a 66% increase in
men 18 to 34 and 35% gain in men 18 to 49 in the final weeks of its first
season. Tred Barta shows the passion behind the good, the bad and the ugly of
no-holds-barred fishing and hunting entertainment.”
He added, “The
licensing potential of Tred Barta obviously includes fishing and hunting
equipment but also ranges to the key sectors of clothing, electronics, games,
publishing and the full spectrum of licensing categories that want to associate
with a dynamic, strong and opinionated sportsman who stands for integrity and
hard work as applied to outdoor sports.”
Freedman said, “Tred’s TV show
is the first of its type offering the most demanding outdoor entertainment and
the format is a hit as the OLN show climbed to the number one spot on the
network’s ratings list. The New York Times profiled him, sporting publications
follow him, and there is a growing media interest bringing Tred Barta to sports
enthusiasts across the nation.”
Freedman said, “Rampage is known the
offshore authority, manufacturing the ultimate sports fishing boat, capable of
blue water adventures 100 miles offshore in trying ocean conditions. With the
Tred Barta Edition sport fishing yachts they will open tremendous opportunity
for sport fisherman.”
Barta said, “The Rampage Tred Barta Edition sports
fishing yacht will have speed, long range capability and be able to meet the
rigors of blue water fishing, where conditions a hundred of miles offshore can
be unpredictable and dangerous. I do it hard way, the Barta way. Do the work,
prepare hard, be fair and don’t give up. Every fish or game you take is a
trophy, no matter its size, if you do the work.”
Viewers respond to Tred
Barta and his name recognition is skyrocketing among fans of big game hunting
and fishing. Barta said, “I put my life and expertise on the line in every
show.” The second season, which began May 6th, has Tred fishing giant bluefin
tuna off North Carolina, wild sea ducks with a long bow off New York’s Long
Island, hunting a grizzly bear with longbow and facing down a wild hog with
wooden arrows in a face to face encounter in Colorado.
Rampage Sport
Fishing Yachts debuted in the mid 1980s with a mission to make the strongest,
best performing, most comfortable and affordable sport fishing yachts available.
Rampage is known for its rugged blue-water sport fishing yachts as well as for
its consumer-focused approach to design and engineering. At its state-of-the-art
344,000 square-foot facility in Navassa, North Carolina, Rampage builds walk
around, express and convertible models, from 30 to 45-feet, which can be seen on
its website: www.rampageyachts.com.
Freedman, also Executive
Producer of “The Best And Worst Of Tred Barta,” OLN-TV’s #1 new show, said,
“Tred will captain the Rampage 33 Express, powered by twin CAT® engines, on
episodes featuring him fishing ocean canyons.”
Freedman, also Executive
Producer of OLN-TV’s #1 hit and an avid sportsman who has fished the deep
canyons off Long Island with Barta, said, “Most outdoor TV shows are like
infomercials, but with Tred viewers get the real experience of success and
failure in hunting and fishing. We show the hits and misses, and all the emotion
that goes along with these outdoor adventures. The show is a high octane, out of
the box, in-your-face experience. The meek and the weak need not tune
in.”
Freedman is the architect who built the Ninja Turtles to a $4
billion hit in the 1990s, including the #1 TV show, three major hit movies that
were #1 in independent gross, a #1 toy line and licensing and merchandising
tie-ins worldwide, among his other industry firsts and TV and licensing
hits.
Freedman said Barta’s annual Blue Marlin Classic fishing tournament
off North Carolina, has raised over $1 million to help kids. The tournament has
been sponsored by companies such as Anheuser-Busch, Rolex, Rampage Yachts,
Caterpillar, Maui Jim, Mercury Marine, OLN-TV, Volvo Penta and others.
Barta is also a sports writer whose “For The Record” column appears in
Sport Fishing Magazine and he has written articles for Big Game Fishing Journal,
Yachting, Power & Motor Yacht and Sports Illustrated. He also writes for the
offbeat, Improper Hamptonian.
Surge Licensing, based in Syosset, NY, is
the worldwide licensor of Tred Barta, star of OLN-TV’s #1 hit, “The Best and
Worst of Tred Barta.”
Contact: Brian Dobson, 203-894-9240, e-mail
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