The first MB Sports boat, August of 1993. Built by Mike and Irv Brendel along
with a few trusted partners. This boat was nicknamed "Kermit" because the
gelcoat came out such a bright green. It was built at a friend's farm near
Merced and then Irv, Mike and Mike father-in-law, Delbert Briscoe towed it across
the country for the WaterSki magazine test.
1993 saw the introduction of the signature series boats from MB.
1994. At this point in time MB was still a very small, very family-run business
with Caren doing all the paperwork and answering the phones from a desk right on
the factory floor, and Mike and his father Irv worked side by side, day and night
with a few other artisans building boats by hand.
Victory Party, 1974. Irv Brendel's "Hot Damn Hondo 006" broke records and won
races in Long Beach and Oakland. In fact they broke and set every record in NDBA,
APBA and UMI making history in the racing books and making them legends in their
own time. Mike was the driver of that boat and was elected to the Gulf Hall of
Fame as a result of those runs.