Ranger Boats are a popular line of bass fishing boats designed primarily for blackbass fishing. The company was founded in 1968 by Forrest L. Wood

Forrest L. Wood

Forrest L. Wood is the founder of Ranger Boats, and widely acknowledged as the developer of the modern bass boat. He is also the namesake of the Walmart FLW Tour for sportfishing....

 in Flippin, Arkansas

Flippin, Arkansas

Flippin is a city in Marion County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,357 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Flippin is located on a major non-interstate highway, US 412/62, in the Ozark Mountains near the South Shore of Bull Shoals Lake...

. Ranger is generally credited with the introduction of the modern bass boat

Bass boat

A bass boat is a small boat that is designed and equipped primarily for bass fishing or fishing for other panfish, usually in freshwater such as lakes, rivers and streams...

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The world's largest recreational boat manufacturer. Ranger is a major sponsor of the Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. , branded as Walmart since 2008 and Wal-Mart before then, is an American public multinational corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. The company is the world's 18th largest public corporation, according to the Forbes Global 2000...

 FLW Tour of bass fishing tournament

Tournament

A tournament is a competition involving a relatively large number of competitors, all participating in a sport or game. More specifically, the term may be used in either of two overlapping senses:...

s; the tour's initials are taken from Wood, and its championship event is named the Forrest Wood Cup.

External links

• RangerBoats.com, official website

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