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New WWA National Champion Crowned
2006 Air Nautique WWA Wakeboard National Championships
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Sunday, August 27, 2006
Eager wakeboard fanatics packed the shores of Lake Andrea in Pleasant Prairie, just outside of Kenosha, Wisconsin today to witness a huge display of wakeboarding and wakeskating at its finest.
An enormous field of young riders finished their battle in the Rip It JX division and this group proved there is a promising future in the competition arena. Adam Errington, winner of the 2006 Pro Tour, won by landing a smooth backside lipslide on the transfer box followed by a stunning toeside frontside 720 on his way to victory, a National title repeat for the 18-year-old Errington.
Pro Womens wakeboarding brought a storm to the lake, with last year’s champion, Dallas Friday boosting off the wake in her normal aggressive fashion. This marks a five-time repeat for Friday, an unprecedented feat in Pro Womens competition.
Wakeskaters were pleased to launch off the Air Nautique 210 wake, with an amazing semifinal round on Saturday. Today, conditions were a bit windier, but manageable as wake-master Brian Grubb sealed the deal after sticking a toeside shove-indy, slob grab frontside 360 and a big backside 180, definitely utilizing the huge wake. “It’s good to be behind the boat in a contest,” Grubb said. “I think wake-to-wake riding is where wakeskating started and to be able to represent that at a national level is great for the sport.”
Pro Mens narrowed down to a five-man final with an impressive performance from legendary competitor Shaun Murray and ripper Andrew Adkison, but today was Tino Santori’s time for the limelight as he stuck a toeside frontside 720 and 900, as well as a heelside frontside 720, switch backside 540 and heelside frontside 900 off the double-up. This is Santori’s second National title and the 22-year-old was stoked to re-visit this podium. “It was a dream to be able to win the Nationals two years ago on my Dad’s birthday in Indianapolis and for it to happen again is incredible,” Santori said. “It definitely took two 900’s for me to win today.” The win was even sweeter for Santori, because he had a huge family showing with his parents, uncles, aunts and cousins on the shore cheering him to victory.
Winning the U.S. Air Force Big Air Awards was Danny Harf with a heelside frontside cab 900 off the kicker. Winning the Rip It Rail Award was Philip Soven with a frontside 270 transfer to 270 spin off the transfer box.
The Air Nautique by Correct Craft is the exclusive tow boat of the WWA Wakeboard Nationals, which also has the support of the following sponsors: Fox Riders Co., Verizon Wireless, U.S. Air Force, Rip It, Circuit City, Hyperlite Wakeboards, Oakley, Reef, Gator Boards, CWB, Ogio, G-3, and Wakeworld.com.
Celebrating more than 80 years of excellence in the marine industry, Correct Craft is a family-owned manufacturer of internationally acclaimed competition-caliber water-ski and wakeboard boats as well as boats for recreational enjoyment. Correct Craft Inc. is known for superior-quality products, cutting-edge technology and innovative hull designs.
SUNDAY, 27 August 2006 – Nationals – Milwaukee, WI
Junior Men (14-17) - Semi Finals
Top 2 Riders advance to next round !
Heat 1
1 Alex Hamrick USA 66.67
2 Rhett Whatley USA 59.44
3 Julian Cohen USA 58.33
4 Ryan Mocerino USA 52.22
5 Kirby Liesmann USA 41.67
6 Phillip Aslinger USA 35.00
Heat 2
1 Ryan Anderson USA 62.22
2 Dustin Shows USA 55.56
3 Jimmy LaRiche USA 48.89
4 Eddie Valdez USA 36.67
5 Andrew Shearer USA 28.33
6 Jeff Baker USA 21.67
Heat 3
1 Adam Errington USA 51.67
2 A.J Racinelli USA 46.67
3 Kyle Alberts USA 38.89
4 James Feid USA 37.22
5 Christopher Perrone USA 31.67
6 Alex Graydon USA 20.00
Junior Women - Finals
1 Shawna Hoffman USA 60.00
2 Victoria Kulp USA 52.22
3 Maggie Jaicomo USA 48.33
4 Corrie Dyer USA 33.33
Junior Boys (9 and under) - Finals
1 Jason Soven USA 51.11
2 Cody Coffey USA 45.00
3 Noah Flegel USA 34.44
4 Blake Payton USA 34.11
5 Paul Koch USA 31.11
6 Zachary Brown USA 25.00
Boys (10-13) - Finals
1 Jacob Valdez USA 62.78
2 Steel Lafferty USA 57.22
3 Gunnar Shuler USA 56.67
4 Daniel Powers USA 50.56
5 Ben Kaiser USA 46.67
6 Mitchell Connell USA 38.89
7 Braxton Tomlinson USA 34.44
8 Michael Dowdy USA 20.00
Junior Men (14-17) - Finals
1 Adam Errington USA 76.67
2 Alex Hamrick USA 68.33
3 Rhett Whatley USA 56.11
4 A.J Racinelli USA 55.56
5 Ryan Anderson USA 48.33
6 Dustin Shows USA 38.89
Men's Professional - Semi Finals
Top 1 Riders advance to next round !
Heat 1
1 Andrew Adkison USA 100.00
2 Rusty Malinoski CDN 85.00
3 Adam Wensink USA 80.00
4 Chris O'Shea AUS 75.00
Heat 2
1 Shaun Murray USA 100.00
2 Kyle Rattray CDN 85.50
3 Keith Lidberg USA 84.50
4 Trevor Hansen USA 70.00
Heat 3
1 Jeff Weatherall NZL 97.50
2 Erik Ruck USA 85.00
3 JD Webb USA 84.50
4 Adam Fields USA 73.00
Heat 4
1 Tino Santori USA 97.50
2 Brett Lee USA 92.50
3 Brett Eisenhauer AUS 77.50
4 Corey Bradley USA 72.50
Heat 5
1 Danny Harf USA 100.00
2 Phillip Soven USA 87.00
3 Chad Sharpe CDN 83.00
4 Bryan Hutton USA 70.00
Women's Professional - Finals
1 Dallas Friday USA 61.00
2 Melissa Marquardt USA 56.56
3 Emily Copeland Durham USA 55.00
4 Lauren Loe USA 49.61
5 Barrett Perlman USA 35.44
6 Cathy Williams USA 28.33
Professional WakeSkate - Finals
1 Brian Grubb USA 68.33
2 Aaron Reed USA 60.00
3 A. Rathy USA 50.00
4 Brandon Thomas USA 43.33
5 Steven Campbell USA 35.00
6 Drew McGuckin USA 20.00
Men's Professional - Finals
1 Tino Santori USA 96.00
2 Andrew Adkison USA 94.00
3 Shaun Murray USA 75.50
4 Jeff Weatherall NZL 74.50
5 Danny Harf USA 60.00
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