Adkison Wins Second Title in Three Years at WWA Wakeboarding World Championships in Fort Worth
Adkison, who has been a leading rider all year on the professional circuit, also won the last world championship to be held in the United States, two years ago in Orlando, Florida. He says both titles mean everything to him.
"I think just like in 2004, I'm walking away from the podium floating. It's a dream; you just can't put it into words. Now that it has happened twice, I'm just blown away," said Adkison.
On the women's side, Orlando native Dallas Friday also won her second world title in three years. And similar to Adkison, she also came back from a back injury. She re-injured her back last year in the first round of the worlds and couldn't continue, but this year completely healthy, she cruised to the title with a 54.33.
This was final stop of the WWA Wakeboard World Series, a season-long point's chase run by the official sanctioning body of wakeboarding, the WWA. Despite his second-place finish today, Malinoski won the season-series title just beating Adkison.
The No Fear WWA Wakeboard World Championships presented by Malibu Boats was organized by World Sports & Marketing of Orlando, Florida. The Worlds had the support of the following: No Fear, Malibu Boats, Indmar, Verizon Wireless, U.S. Air Force, Circuit City, Sobe, Hyperlite Wakeboards, CWB, Liquid Force, Gator Boards, Wakeworld.com, Wakeboarder.com and One Percent Design.
Sunday's Results:
Pro Men Finals
1 Andrew Adkison USA 95.00
2 Rusty Malinoski CDN 88.50
3 Danny Harf USA 80.50
4 Tino Santori USA 73.50
5 Shaun Murray USA 62.50
Pro Women Finals
1 Dallas Friday USA 54.33
2 Hayley Smith AUS 49.44
3 Emily Copeland Durham USA 48.22
4 Laura Lohrmann USA 42.78
5 Lauren Loe USA 40.00
6 Sunni Anne Ball CDN 34.44
7 Miku Asai JPN 27.78
8 Melissa Marquardt USA 23.00
Pro Wakeskate Finals
1 Aaron Reed USA 50.33
2 George Daniels USA 46.67
3 Brian Grubb USA 41.00
4 Reed Hansen USA 33.33
Junior Men Finals
1 Jimmy LaRiche USA 66.67
2 Alex Scagliotti USA 51.67
3 Ryan Anderson USA 49.89
4 Alex Hamrick USA 46.78
5 Rhett Whatley USA 41.78
6 Eddie Valdez USA 40.00
Junior Women Finals
1 Shawna Hoffman USA 57.44
2 Caitlin Blaauw AUS 50.00
3 Maggie Jaicomo USA 43.33
4 Megan Blaschka USA 36.67
Junior Boys Finals
1 Blake Payton USA 48.33
2 Noah Flegel USA 45.00
3 Tony Iacconi AUS 40.00
4 Joseph Martella USA 30.00
Boys Finals
1 Raphael Derome CDN 72.22
2 Jacob Valdez USA 65.00
3 Harley Clifford AUS 58.00
4 Steel Lafferty USA 48.33
5 Gunnar Shuler USA 40.00
6 Daniel Powers USA 18.33
Pro Men Semfinals (winner in each heat advance to finals)
Heat 1
1 Shaun Murray USA 100.00
2 Chris O'Shea AUS 81.50
3 Keith Lidberg USA 79.50
4 JD Webb USA 79.00
Heat 2
1 Rusty Malinoski CDN 97.50
2 Josh Sanders AUS 92.50
3 Trevor Hansen USA 80.00
4 Adam Wensink USA 70.00
Heat 3
1 Andrew Adkison USA 100.00
2 Erik Ruck USA 87.50
3 Brett Lee USA 82.50
4 Gabe Lucas USA 70.00
Heat 4
1 Danny Harf USA 97.50
2 Phillip Soven USA 92.50
3 Corey Bradley USA 77.50
4 Keith Lyman USA 72.50
Heat 5
1 Tino Santori USA 100.00
2 Brett Eisenhauer AUS 85.00
3 Gerry Nunn USA 78.50
4 Chad Sharpe CDN 76.50
Pro Wakeskate Semifinals (top 2 in each heat advance to finals)
Heat 1
1 Aaron Reed USA 63.33
2 George Daniels USA 46.67
3 Steven Campbell USA 36.67
4 Jesse Landry USA 15.00
Heat 2
1 Brian Grubb USA 63.33
2 Reed Hansen USA 58.33
3 Ben Kaiser USA 33.67
4 James Balzer CDN 26.67
5 Drew McGuckin USA 20.00
