Surge Appoints Rampage Sport Fishing Yachts Licensee Of Tred Barta, Host of OLN’s “The Best and Worst of Tred Barta,” The Ground Breaking Reality Outdoors Show

Syosset, NY (PRWEB) March 26, 2005

Surge Licensing appointed Rampage Sport Fishing Yachts as official boat licensee of Tred Barta, host of the hit Outdoor Life Network TV show “The Best And Worst Of Tred Barta,” (Saturday, 7:30 pm ET), announced Mark Freedman, President of Surge, exclusive worldwide licensor of Tred Barta.

Tred Barta, the in-your-face hard driving sportsman who holds blue water fishing records and hunts big game with bow and arrow, is a legend in outdoor sports and fast becoming a pop culture figure. His choice of Rampage is a testimony to the quality of Rampage boats.

Freedman said, “Rampage is truly the offshore authority, manufacturing the ultimate sports fishing boat, capable of blue water adventures 100 miles offshore in trying ocean conditions.”

He added that Surge expects Barta to gain licensing and marketing appeal in a number of industries.

Rampage Sport Fishing Yachts is “The Offshore Authority,” 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: http://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 on episodes featuring him fishing ocean canyons.”

Barta said, “My boat has to be fast, have long range capability and withstand the rigors of blue water fishing, where weather, currents and demanding seas can play havoc with a craft a hundred of miles offshore.” Barta’s Rampage 33 Express is made for that demanding situation and is a fast sport fishing yacht powered by twin CAT® engines.

Freedman said that “The Best and Worst of Tred Barta” has been renewed for a second season, starting in May in primetime on Friday nights at 9pm ET. The show debuted last September.

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, “I see tremendous entertainment value with Tred. 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. This difference is critical to what appeals to viewers and what will appeal to marketers.”

“The show is a high octane, out of the box, in-your-face experience.” He added, “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 now held in Beaufort, 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.

Summing up his unwavering philosophy, Barta says, “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.”

The New York Times, in January, 2005, reported:

“Mr. Barta, a record-holding saltwater fisherman and big-game hunter… was on a mission to bring to outdoor television shows, and to hunting and fishing in general, a sense of humility and respect for nature that he felt was being lost.”

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.”

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