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Monday, July 28th, 2008

The biggest Canadian wakeboard tournament of the year is in the books, and the hometown boys reclaimed the wakeboard titles from the defending Wakestock champions who were hailing from the US.  Rusty Malinoski defeated the seemingly invincible Phillip Soven in the finals for the Pro Mens Expression Session, while fellow Canadian, Aaron Rathy, took it home on the rails.

The American’s did represent in the wakeskate division though.  Stuart Shinn bested the all-American final which included the likes of Brian Grubb, Reed Hansen, and Danny Hampson.

The men weren’t the only ones on hand as Amber Wing added another impressive win to her increasingly long resume.

Wakestock 2008: Quick results

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Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Acworth, Ga. – Over the past three days, the world’s top pro wakeboarders battled it out on the waters of Dallas Landing Park in Acworth, GA to compete for the first win the 2008 MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour season.

Four rounds and three days later, the top-four riders in the Pro Men’s Division took to the water for the final heat of the contest, where all eyes were on Rusty Malinoski (CAN), Phillip Soven (USA), Adam Errington (SCT) and JD Webb (USA).

All four rippers had a killer showing in the finals, but in the end reigning MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour champion Phillip Soven posted a 92.50 to claim the top spot in the contest and became the first rider on Tour to win back-to-back contests in Acworth. Webb, Malinoski and Errington rounded out the competition respectively.

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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Liquid Force just released the 30th edition of their newsletter The Truth. The stories found in this edition include…

• For those that have been wondering about the fires…
• Love is in the air at Liquid Force
• Phillip Soven Dominates 2007 Contest Season…
• 2007 King of Wake Crowned: Phillip Soven Makes Action Sports History
• In Wakeboarder’s on NBC news…
• In cable news…
• Raimi Places 2nd in Singapore…
• Shane adds another solid contest result to his resume…
• International Travels…
• Liquid Force to launch new clothing line…
• And… in Maven Sessions news…
• The Exclusive Kick Flip Club: Tale of Two Steph/fs
• Amber Goes Back Home and Shelby Goes Back to School

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Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

Boonier Corp [Press Release]
10/24/07

ORLANDO, Fla. – After sweeping the Tigé Pro-Am Wakeboard Championships, Phillip Soven, 18, of Longwood, Fla., made action sports history today, as the 2007 wakeboard world champion became the first rider ever to win the Pro Wakeboard Tour, the WWA World Series and the King of Wake World Cup in the same year.

“Ever since I was a little kid, I have dreamt of winning the World Cup,” said Soven. “It’s an incredible feeling to accomplish your dreams.”

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Monday, October 22nd, 2007

Phillip Soven, Dallas Friday and Reed Hansen all took home victories in their respective classes at the Tige Pro Am this past weekend.

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Sunday, October 21st, 2007

Through day two of three in Cancun, Mexico Philip Soven leads the skins format in the pro men’s division of the 5th annual Tige Pro-Am Wakeboard Championships. Soven once again overpowered opponents to position himself as the top seed going into tomorrows final round.

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Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

Well, it’s been in the books for a while now, but Phillip Soven has officially been crowned WWA World Series Champion. Soven completed the task when he won Boardstock XII, being the first to ever sweep the whole series with 5 wins out of 5 events. I can’t recall such domination since someone went after Nancy Kerrigan’s knee over a decade ago [editor's note: distasteful---I know].

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Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Boardstock Promotions [Press Release]
OCTOBER 5, 2007

LAKEPORT, CA, BoardStock XII culminated the five-stop World Wakeboarding Association’s World Series with Phillip Soven being crowned the Series Champion behind the power of the Centurion Enzo boat. BoardStock is the world’s largest extreme water sports event in Northern America. Now in its twelfth year BoardStock has been a part of the WWA World Series for three years. Shawn Perry of the WWA said, “This was the first year that Boardstock has culminated the WWA World Series, and it ended with Phillip Soven becoming the first rider in WWA World Series history to win all five stops. Phillip has been riding unbelievably well all season and he made it look easy once again at Boardstock XII. Soven’s heroics netted him a $19,000 dollar payday – not bad a day’s work for the seventeen year-old phenom.

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Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

Liquid Force has every angle covered again this year for wake. Their vest line is extensive, their board line is adaptive and the bindings are innovative once again.

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