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Canada’s Rusty Malinoski Wins His First Tour Stop of the Year in Portland

Portland, Oregon – So far this season on the MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour, Canada’s Rusty Malinoski has fallen just short in picking up a victory.  But today in Portland, he took that final step. A number-two seed coming into the contest, Malinoski defeated Philip Soven 96.0 to 94.0 in the head-to-head finals to win his first tour stop of the year.

Malinoski has finished second and third respectively the last two stops – in Minnesota and his home country of Canada. – but came through today in Portland defeating a number-one seed Andrew Adkison in the semifinals and the seventh seeded Soven in the finals.

Danny Harf, who lost to Soven in the semis, remains in first place on the season-long Indmar Performance Award points race. Going into the final stop of the season in two weeks in Reno, Nevada, Harf, who’s from Orlando, Florida, has a 20 point lead over Adkison. And with today’s victory, Malinoski moved himself into sole position of third place in the season’s race.
Turning to the future pros, Ryan Anderson picked up his first victory of the year on the Rip It JX Series. Anderson topped second-place finisher Adam Errington, who still leads the season race for the juniors. The Rip It JX Series is a series within the tour for amateur riders 18 and under.
For the Sea-Doo Pro Wakeskate Tour, Reed Hansen won the title topping Brandon Thomas for the title.

The Pro Tour Finals in Reno is set for July 28-30. Indmar Performance Award season champions will be decided at the final stop in pro men and women. Season titles for the Rip It JX Series and the Sea-Doo Wakeskate Tour will also be on the line.

MasterCraft is the exclusive towboat for the Pro Tour as it has been since the Tour's wakeboarding events began in 1992. Indmar Marine Engines provides the power for MasterCraft's line of competition towboats, the X Series.

The MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour is a five-event circuit organized by World Sports & Marketing of Orlando, Florida. The Pro Tour has the support of the following: Verizon Wireless, U.S Air Force, Circuit City, Rip It Energy Fuel, Sea Doo watercraft, Billabong, Hyperlite Wakeboards, Perfect Pass, Infinity Marine Audio, Liquid Force, Gator Boards, CWB, J-Star, Oakley, Reef, Epiphone Guitars, Wakeworld.com, Wakeboarder.com, and One Percent Design.

Rip It energy fuel is the exclusive sponsor of the JX Series, the proving ground for amateur male riders 18-under. WakeBoarding, published by World Publications, is the official magazine of the Pro Wakeboard Tour. WakeBoarding magazine is the definitive source on all things wakeboarding, with expert coverage of professional instruction, gear, boats and the latest news.

Men’s Pro Wakeboarding
Champion Round
1 Rusty Malinoski (2)            96.00
2 Philip Soven (7)                     94.00  

Semifinals #1
1 Philip Soven (7)       100.00
2 Danny Harf (1)          90.00

Semifinal #2
1 Rusty Malinoski (2)            97.5
2 Andrew Adkison (1)  92.5

Quarterfinals
Group One
1 Danny Harf (1)        100.00
2 Tino Santori (5)         90.00

Group Two
1 Philip Soven (7)       100.00
2 Daniel Watkins (3)     90.00

Group Three
1 Andrew Adkison (1)            100.00
2 Jeff Weatherall (5)                 90.00

Group Four
1 Rusty Malinoski (2)            100.00
2 Chad Sharpe (6)                    90.00

Professional WakeSkate - Finals 
1 Reed.  Hansen               USA  66.67
2 Brandon  Thomas    USA   55.00

 Pofessional WakeSkate - Semi Finals 
Top 1 Riders advance to finals
Heat  1
1 R.  Hansen     USA      90.00
2 Matthew  Manzari                 76.67
3 Brian  Grubb     USA       60.00
4 Scott  Byerly    USA        20.00

Heat  2
1 Brandon  Thomas    USA  73.33
2 George  Daniels           USA  63.33
3 Aaron.  Rathy                             60.00
4 James  Balzer              CDN  36.67

Junior Men (14-18)
Finals
1 Ryan  Anderson     USA     66.00
2 Adam  Errington    USA     61.78
3 Robby  Carter        USA     55.44
4 Jimmy  LaRiche     USA     52.22
5 Bryan  Hutton        USA     45.89
6 Rhett  Whatley       USA    36.67
7 Austin  Hair           USA    36.33
8 Alex  Scagliotti       USA    26.67

Pro Men Wakeboarding – Round #2 (LSH)
Group One (seeds in parenthesis)
1 Danny Harf (1)         100.00
2 Derek Grasman (8)     90.00
Group Two
1 Tino Santori (5)        97.5
2 Erik Ruck (4)             92.5
Group Three
1 Daniel Watkins (3)   95.5
2 Shaun Murray (6)       94.5
Group Four
1 Philip Soven (7)       100.00
2 JD Webb (2)              90.00   

Professional Men’s – Round #2 (RHS)
Group One
1 Andrew Adkison (1)            100.00
2 Nick Heaney (8)         90.00
Group Two
1 Jeff Weatherall (5)   `100.00
2 Trevor Hansen (4)      90.00
Group Three
1 Chad Sharpe (6)       100.00
2 Brett Eisenhauer (3)   90.00
Group Four
1 Rusty Malinoski (2) 100.00
2 Corey Bradley (7)       90.00