Portland Pro Tour Stop - Day 1 of 2
By WSM Press Release
Portland, OR – Fans came pouring into Blue Lake Park today to watch the best wakeboarders in the world compete in the opening rounds of the 2007 MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour season-ending event. With season titles on the line for the Pro Men, Pro Women, and Rip It JX Series Divisions, Portland area fans were treated to some of the most exciting and intense riding seen yet.
All eyes today were on Pro Men Division riders Danny Harf, Rusty Malinoski, Chad Sharpe and Phillip Soven, as all four shredders are in contention for the overall season title and the largest cash prize in tour history, the $10,000 Indmar Performance Award. Malinoski, Soven, Sharpe, and Harf not only advanced past today's quarterfinals, but each led their heats as well. Competition will conclude tomorrow where one of these four riders will be named tour champion.
Amber Wing led the Pro Women's Division today during their semifinals. With current division leader, Emily Copeland Durham, failing to advance past today's semifinals, Wing is now the frontrunner for the season title. However, it will not be easy for the Australia native, as Wing will be joined by Melissa Marquardt, Raequel Hoffman, Shelby Kantar, Sunni Anne Ball, Laura Lohrmann, Maeghan Major, and Nicola Butler for tomorrow's final round of competition.
AJ Racinelli is well on his way to claiming his fourth win of the season and possibly the overall title, after leading his heat today during the Rip It JX Series quarterfinals. Racinelli will ride against eight other riders in tomorrow's semifinals. The top four riders from the semifinals will then proceed to the final round of competition, where one rider will be crowned the overall winner.
Competition will begin tomorrow morning at 9:30.
To catch all the wakeboarding action from home, tune into Fuel TV on Mondays at 9:30 p.m. For exact air dates, go to www.prowakeboardtour.com.
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 under, who will also be competing in Kelowna.
The official magazine of the MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour is WakeBoarding, the premier publication for the sport. To catch all the wakeboarding action from home, tune into Fuel TV on Mondays at 9:30 p.m. For exact air dates, go to www.prowakeboardtour.com. 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, WakeWorld.com, theliquidcircus.com and Wakeboarder.com.
Pro Men Quarterfinals (top two in each heat advance)
Heat #1
1. Adam Errington (USA) - 92.50
2. Keith Lidberg (USA) - 92.50
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3. Danny Thollander (USA) - 78.00
4. Anthony Hollick (CAN) - 77.00
5. Philip Combs (USA) - 60.00
Heat #2
1. Dean Smith (AUS) - 97.50
2. Daniel Watkins (AUS) - 92.50
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3. Erik Ruck (USA) - 76.00
4. Corey Bradley (USA) - 74.00
5. Mikey Ennen (USA) - 60.00
Heat #3
1. JD Webb (USA) - 95.00
2. Brett Eisenhauer (AUS) - 90.00
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3. Shaun Murray (USA) - 85.00
4. Jeff Weatherall (NZL) - 70.00
5. Nick Ennen (USA) - 60.00
Heat #4
1. Aaron Rathy (CAN) - 98.50
2. Trevor Hansen (USA) - 91.50
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3. Jeff House (USA) - 80.00
4. Dustin O'Ferrall (CAN) - 66.00
5. Zane Schwenk (USA) - 64.00
Heat #5
1. Danny Harf (USA) - 100.00
2. Shane Bonifay (USA) - 85.00
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3. Josh Sanders (AUS) - 82.50
4. Andrew Adkison (USA) - 72.50
5. Nick Weinacker (USA) - 60.00
Heat #6
1. Chad Sharpe (CAN) - 97.50
2. Shawn Watson (USA) - 91.00
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3. Tino Santori (USA) - 78.50
4. Josh Palma (USA) - 73.00
5. Justin Savich (USA) - 60.00
Heat #7
1. Rusty Malinoski (CAN) - 100.00
2. Bryan Hutton (USA) - 84.00
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3. Nick Jones (USA) - 81.00
4. Alex Brown (CAN) - 71.00
5. Chris Law (USA) - 64.00
Heat #1
1. Phillip Soven (USA) - 100.00
2. Derek Grasman (USA) - 82.50
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3. Olivier Derome (CAN) - 79.50
4. Robby Carter (USA) - 75.50
5. Kevin Henshaw (CAN) - 62.50
Pro Women SemifFinals (top two in each heat advance)
Heat #1
1. Shelby Kantar (USA) - 56.11
2. Melissa Marquardt (USA) - 50.56
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3. Ashley Leugner (CAN) - 30.56
4. Shawna Hoffman (USA) - 25.56
Heat #2
1. Laura Lohrmann (USA) - 47.22
2. Sunni Anne Ball (CAN) - 40.56
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3. Tarah Benzel-Mikacich (USA) - 27.22
4. Louise Moore (GBR) - 20.00
Heat #3
1. Nicola Butler (USA) - 56.11
2. Raequel Hoffman (USA) - 52.78
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3. Emily Copeland Durham (USA) - 51.67
4. Barrett Perlman (USA) - 50.00
Heat #4
1. Amber Wing (AUS) - 56.67
2. Maeghan Major (USA) - 48.89
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3. Andrea Fountain (NZL) - 40.00
4. Jenacee Jackson (USA) - 30.56
5. Hayley Smith (AUS) - 28.33
Junior Men (14-18) Quarterfinals (top two in each heat advance)
Heat #1
1. Julian Cohen (USA) - 55.00
2. Danny Burnstein (USA) - 48.89
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3. Gunnar Shuler (USA) - 44.44
4. Kirby Liesmann (USA) - 30.56
Heat #2
1. Mitchell Langfield (AUS) - 65.56
2. Bradey Price (CAN) - 57.22
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3. Steel Lafferty (USA) - 47.22
4. James Hindes (USA) - 41.11
Heat #1
1. Raphael Derome (CAN) - 60.00
2. Ryan Anderson (USA) - 49.44
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3. Robert Soven (USA) - 34.00
4. Drew Conroy (USA) - 23.89
Heat #1
1. Jimmy LaRiche (USA) - 66.11
2. Tony Carroll (USA) - 55.00
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3. Alex Scagliotti (USA) - 48.33
4. Daniel Dyck (USA) - 28.33
Heat #1
1. A.J Racinelli (USA) - 56.67
2. Kyle Alberts (USA) - 48.33
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3. Steven Cahail (USA) - 47.78
4. Samuel Cole (USA) - 18.89
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