Portland Will Decide All
By WSM Press Release
Orlando, FL – With only one contest remaining this season, there is still no clear-cut winner for the 2007 MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour title. Therefore, the winner of the title and the largest cash award in tour history will be decided at the fifth and final stop in Portland, Ore., on July 21-22. The top Pro Men rider for the season not only will have bragging rights, but will also be presented with the $10,000 Indmar Performance Award from Indmar Marine Engines, which is given annually to the tour’s top rider.
The following four pro men’s riders are vying for the cash and the title: Phillip Soven, Rusty Malinoski, Chad Sharpe and Danny Harf.
Phillip Soven, 18, paces all riders in the Indmar Performance Standings with a score of 370. Soven has captured three wins on tour this season and could earn his first tour title with a victory in Portland.
Rusty Malinoski, 23, trails just behind Soven with a score of 360. Malinoski took home a victory in Fort Worth, Texas, earlier this year and has finished in the top three all season long. The Saskatchewan native could also claim his first tour title with a win in Portland, as long as Soven finishes no better than third place due to the tiebreaking rules.
Chad Sharpe, 26, follows Malinoski in the rankings with a score of 320. Sharpe has earned podium finishes at all the previous stops this season and could also potentially capture his first tour title in Portland. A victory at the tour’s final stop, and with Malinoski and Soven finishing no better than 10th place, could earn Sharpe his first overall title.
Danny Harf, 22, is the last rider eligible for the title with a score of 300. Although Harf has claimed only one podium finish this season (second place at Fort Worth), he is also the most experienced, as he captured the title last year. The 2006 champion could retain his title with a win in Portland and with Soven, Sharpe and Malinoski finishing no better than 15th place.
All four riders will take to the water at Blue Lake Park in Oregon July 21-22 for a shot at the title and the cash award. The Pro Women division season winner will also receive an Indmar Performance Award in Portland.
Emily Copeland Durham, 23, could capture the title and cash payout, as she leads the female riders in the Indmar Performance Standings. However, with scores so close among riders, it is anyone’s guess who will claim the overall victory.
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Fuel TV is a 24/7 action-sports lifestyle network for skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing, BMX, freestyle motocross and wakeboarding. A unit of Fox Cable Networks, Fuel TV was launched July 1, 2003, and is seen in 24 million U.S. homes. To subscribe to Fuel TV, call 877-4-FUEL-TV. For program times and other information, visit www.fuel.tv.
MasterCraft is the exclusive tow boat for the Pro Wakeboard Tour, as it has been since the tour’s wakeboarding events began in 1992. Indmar Marine engines will provide the power for MasterCraft’s X Series line of competition tow boats. Rip It Energy Fuel is the exclusive sponsor of the JX Series, the proving ground for amateur male riders 18 and younger, who will also be competing in Portland.
The official magazine of the MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour is WakeBoarding, the premier publication for the sport. The Pro Wakeboard Tour also has the support of the following: Rip It Energy Fuel, the U.S. Air Force, Indmar, RGX, Sea-Doo, Verizon Wireless, Hyperlite Wakeboards, Billabong, Oakley, Reef, Gator Boards, CWB, Liquid Force, g3, Epiphone, Cire, Transhield, Taco Del Mar, WakeWorld.com, theliquidcircus.com and Wakeboarder.com.
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