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WWA Wakeboarding World Championships

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Adkison Wins Second Title in Three Years at WWA Wakeboarding World Championships in Fort Worth

Fort Worth, TX – Coming back from a broken back that kept him out of last year’s world championships, Andrew Adkison won his second world title in three years today at the No Fear WWA Wakeboard World Championships in Fort Worth, Texas. Adkison, from Orlando, Florida, topped the finals field with a 95.00 to defeat Canada’s Rusty Malinoski and his fellow American rider Danny Harf.

Adkison, who has been a leading rider all year on the professional circuit, also won the last world championship to be held in the United States, two years ago in Orlando, Florida. He says both titles mean everything to him.

“I think just like in 2004, I’m walking away from the podium floating. It’s a dream; you just can’t put it into words. Now that it has happened twice, I’m just blown away,” said Adkison.

On the women’s side, Orlando native Dallas Friday also won her second world title in three years. And similar to Adkison, she also came back from a back injury. She re-injured her back last year in the first round of the worlds and couldn’t continue, but this year completely healthy, she cruised to the title with a 54.33.

This was final stop of the WWA Wakeboard World Series, a season-long point’s chase run by the official sanctioning body of wakeboarding, the WWA. Despite his second-place finish today, Malinoski won the season-series title just beating Adkison.

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Sunday’s Results:

Pro Men Finals
1 Andrew  Adkison                  USA    95.00
2 Rusty  Malinoski                    CDN    88.50
3 Danny  Harf                           USA    80.50
4 Tino  Santori              USA    73.50
5 Shaun  Murray                       USA   62.50

Pro Women Finals
1 Dallas  Friday                        USA    54.33
2 Hayley  Smith                        AUS    49.44
3 Emily  Copeland Durham    USA    48.22
4 Laura  Lohrmann                   USA    42.78
5 Lauren  Loe                           USA    40.00
6 Sunni Anne  Ball                    CDN    34.44
7 Miku  Asai                            JPN    27.78
8 Melissa  Marquardt  USA    23.00

Pro Wakeskate Finals
1 Aaron Reed                           USA    50.33
2 George Daniels                      USA    46.67
3 Brian Grubb              USA    41.00
4 Reed Hansen                         USA    33.33

Junior Men Finals
1 Jimmy  LaRiche                     USA    66.67
2 Alex  Scagliotti                      USA    51.67
3 Ryan  Anderson                     USA    49.89
4 Alex  Hamrick                       USA    46.78
5 Rhett  Whatley                       USA    41.78
6 Eddie  Valdez                        USA   40.00   

Junior Women Finals
1 Shawna  Hoffman                  USA    57.44
2 Caitlin  Blaauw                      AUS    50.00
3 Maggie  Jaicomo                   USA    43.33
4 Megan  Blaschka                   USA    36.67

Junior Boys Finals
1 Blake  Payton                        USA   48.33
2 Noah  Flegel                          USA    45.00
3 Tony  Iacconi                        AUS    40.00
4 Joseph  Martella                    USA   30.00

Boys Finals
1 Raphael  Derome                   CDN    72.22
2 Jacob  Valdez                        USA    65.00
3 Harley  Clifford                      AUS    58.00
4 Steel  Lafferty                        USA    48.33
5 Gunnar  Shuler                       USA    40.00
6 Daniel  Powers                      USA   18.33

Pro Men Semfinals (winner in each heat advance to finals)
Heat  1
1 Shaun  Murray                       USA    100.00
2 Chris  O'Shea                        AUS    81.50
3 Keith  Lidberg                       USA    79.50
4 JD  Webb                             USA    79.00

Heat  2
1 Rusty  Malinoski                    CDN    97.50
2 Josh  Sanders                        AUS    92.50
3 Trevor  Hansen                      USA    80.00
4 Adam  Wensink                     USA    70.00

Heat  3
1 Andrew  Adkison                  USA    100.00
2  Erik  Ruck                            USA    87.50
3 Brett  Lee                              USA    82.50
4 Gabe  Lucas                          USA    70.00

Heat  4
1 Danny  Harf                           USA    97.50
2 Phillip  Soven             USA    92.50
3 Corey  Bradley                      USA    77.50
4 Keith  Lyman             USA    72.50

 Heat  5
1 Tino  Santori              USA    100.00
2 Brett  Eisenhauer                   AUS    85.00
3 Gerry  Nunn                          USA    78.50
4 Chad  Sharpe                        CDN    76.50

Pro Wakeskate Semifinals (top 2 in each heat advance to finals)
Heat  1
1 Aaron  Reed                          USA    63.33
2 George  Daniels                     USA    46.67
3 Steven  Campbell                  USA    36.67
4  Jesse  Landry                       USA    15.00

Heat  2
1 Brian  Grubb             USA    63.33
2 Reed  Hansen                        USA    58.33
3 Ben  Kaiser                           USA    33.67
4 James  Balzer                        CDN    26.67
5 Drew  McGuckin                   USA    20.00