TEAM GREENWOOD WINS FIRST SFWA PROS AND JOES WAKEBOARD EVENT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 20, 2007

The South Florida Wakeboarding Association is proud to announce the success of our first annual Pros and Joes Wakeboard Festival.  The event could only be described as a huge success.  The crowd was consistent at between 300-350 spectators throughout the day.   The weather truly was perfect and the water was close to glass all day long.   Our sponsors displayed the newest and best of their upcoming product lines and families with children could enjoy the carnival games, bounce house and dunk tank. 

The event begin with a huge bang as Nick Taylor took the first run of the day and landed a Toeside Backside 3 on a wakeskate.  Nick set the mood both with his run and with his attitude.  From there the riding was incredible all day.  The line between pro and amatuer was close.  At the end of the day the finals came down to Team Greenwood featuring Ben Greenwood, Nathan Brown, Jeffrey Skulnik and Travis Cook vs Team Henshaw featuring Kevin Henshaw, Nathan Schneider, Justin Beale and Steel Lafferty.  When the riding was finished Team Greenwood took the crown with a final score of 129 to 126.  Each joe on the winning team was presented with a brand new 2008 Liquid Force wakeboard and a set of 2008 Liquid Force bindings. 

In addition to the team event, prizes were handed out for best trick and “best” crash.  Best Trick was awarded to joe Travis Cook for a huge S Bend that had the judges super-stoked.   This was one of many tricks that Travis threw that could have been picked but the S Bend was amazing and won Travis $150.   “Best” Crash went to Steel Lafferty for his attempt at a backside 720, unfortunately for Steele it was a backside 690 to face plant.  Steel was ok and for his trouble picked up a cool $150.

At the end of the day the event was amazing.  The pro riders were incredible.  Without them the event wouldn’t have been what it was.  To see them stoked about the event and to stay until the very end indicates the success of the event.  A special thank you to Nick Taylor, Ben Greenwood, Kevin Henshaw, Colin Harrington, Zane Schwank, Tara Hamilton, George Daniels, Jimmy LaRiche, Kyle Hymes and Aaron Reed.  

Also thank you to the joes, each of which I feel competed like a pro:  Dustin Johnson, Alex Czajkowski,  Dan Kubes, Travis Innella, Morgan Pedersen, Paul Murray, Brandon Wood,  Chad Annalora, Steven Hulsey,  Reid Garner, Steven Leighton, Travis Cook, James Young, Rudy Ladicani, Chad Fischman Kyle Grondzik, Troy Wynne, Chelsea Rioux,  Jeffrey Skulnik, Nathan Brown, Nathan Schneider, Justin Beale, James Pathman, Lisa Pathman and Steel Lafferty.

Please check out photos of the event at www.sfwake.com .