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Monday, September 8th, 2008

Oklahoma City, Okla. — Fans packed the shorelines of the Oklahoma River in Oklahoma City today to witness the final rounds of the 2008 Rockstar Energy Drink WWA Wakeboard World Championships, presented by Supra.

As expected, the defending world champ Phillip Soven, 19, of Longwood, Fla. reached the Pro Men’s division finals today and as the top-seeded rider. But the pressure of retaining his title got the best of Soven, as the Florida native posted a score of 82.00, landing him in third-place.
Taking the top spot in the six-man final and claiming the 2008 world title was Rusty Malinoski, 24, of Humboldt, Sask., who became the first Canadian rider to win the world title since Jeremy Kovak claimed it in 1997. Fellow Canadian rider Aaron Rathy of Nanaimo, B.C. finished the contest in second-place.

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Friday, September 5th, 2008

Oklahoma City, Okla. — Action-sports fans can now stay in loop with the world’s premier wakeboarding circuit, the King of Wake series, by joining Loop’d, an action-sports social networking website.

The King of Wake series has created a profile page on www.Loopd.com, which features news and information on upcoming events, photos and a Comments section dedicated to fans who wish to post messages.

Fans, athletes, sponsors and wakeboarding enthusiast can checkout the King of Wake’s profile page on Loop’d by visiting www.loopd.com/Members/kingofwake.

Add the King of Wake as a friend on Loop’d before 12 p.m. noon on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008 and you will automatically be entered to win Rockstar Energy Drink team rider Rusty Malinoski’s 2008 Hyperlite “Marek” wakeboard. The winner of the “Marek” wakeboard will be announced on Sept. 7, 2008 LIVE on FUEL TV’s webcast of the Rockstar Energy Drink WWA Wakeboard World Championships, presented by Supra.

Watch the exciting action of FUEL TV’s LIVE webcast at www.fuel.tv/wakeboardworlds beginning Friday, Sept. 5 and wrapping up on Sunday, Sept. 7.

Monday, August 11th, 2008

Kenosha, Wis. – Today marked the fifth and final day of the 2008 Air Nautique WWA Wakeboard National Championships, presented by Rockstar Energy Drink, where seven national titles were claimed.

In the Pro Men’s Division, five riders battled it out on the water for the national title. Last year’s winner Rusty Malinoski looked to have a repeat performance in the finals, but Phillip Soven threw down a near perfect run, posting 98 points to take the top spot in the finals and ride away with his first-ever national title. Malinoski finished in second-place followed by Andrew Adkison in third.

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Sunday, August 10th, 2008

Kenosha, Wis. – With seven national titles still up for grabs at the 2008 Air Nautique WWA Wakeboard National Championships, presented by Rockstar Energy Drink, the top riders in the United States hit the waters of Lake Andrea at Prairie Springs Park in Pleasant Prairie, Wis. today to vie for a spot in tomorrow’s finals.

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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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Monday, July 28th, 2008

WAKESTOCK 2008 MALIBU PRO EXPRESSION SESSION WWA WORLD SERIES

Men’s Pro Finals
1 Rusty Malinoski CAN 97.50
2 Phillip Soven USA 85.00
3 Aaron Rathy CAN 82.00
4 Andrew Adkison USA 75.50

Women’s Finals
1 Amber Wing AUS 100.00
2 Barrett Perlman USA 87.50
3 Erika Langman CAN 78.00
4 Ashley Leugner CAN 74.50

WAKESTOCK 2008 BILLABONG PRO RAIL CHAMPIONSHIP

1 Aaron Rathy CDN 60.00
2 Collin Harrington USA 50.00
3 JD Webb USA 41.67
4 Keith Lidberg USA 23.33

WAKESTOCK 2008 BILLABONG PRO WAKESKATE

1 Stuart Shinn USA 73.33
2 Brian Grubb USA 66.67
3 Reed Hansen USA 56.67
4 Danny Hampson USA 36.67

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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Friday, November 2nd, 2007

CANCUN, Mexico — Fuel TV is set to air the 2007 Tigé Pro-Am Wakeboard Championships, presented by Rockstar Energy Drink, on Monday, Nov. 5, at 8 p.m. Eastern and Pacific time.

The Pro-Am Championships, held in Cancun, Mexico, will feature the world’s best professional and amateur wakeboarders and wakeskaters. Riders will vie for the Pro-Am title by performing rail tricks and aerial stunts while maneuvering on the water at a speed of approximately 30 mph.

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Monday, October 15th, 2007

Yet another generous offer by a boat company allows us and then you access to pictures of Mastercrafts 2008 line of X series boats. Director of Marketing John Behling slipped us the link after an interview at surf expo so we could post almost every detail right down to the drain plug changes. Browse through their broad range of different size wake vessels, accessory changes, and graphic stylings. We even included photos of a non-X-Series model which is one of their salt water releases because we heard it is a pretty sweet wake boat.

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Friday, October 12th, 2007

Over the past few weeks we’ve been releasing content covering Surf Expo 2007. This was the very 1st event that DailyWake has ever covered, and we were pretty happy with the results. In this final entry, we’ll let you know everything we covered and give you links to it as well. Think of this wrap-up story as a table of contents or index of all the content we covered during Surf Expo 2007.

[Directory and links to all our Surf Expo 2007 stories after the break]

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