Team Malinoski Wins 2011 Nautique Wake Games

The 2011 Nautique Wake Games came to a close this weekend and topping the podium of this year’s team challenge was Team Malinoski, captained by pro rider Rusty Malinoski and including Daniel Powers, Kat Laird, Shaun Murray, Scott Stewart, Danny Hampson, Meagan Ethell, Will Green, Craig Buss, Dustin Abel.
Australian rider Harley Clifford won his second consecutive Pro Men’s division title along with the $1,000 prize in the Rockstar Energy Drink Double Up Contest, after landing a Melon Poke Heelside Frontside 900.
Rockstar Energy Drink’s Amber Wing placed first in the Women’s Pro division followed by Meagan Ethell in second place and top-seeded Nicola Butler in third.
In the Pro Wakeskate division, Rockstar Energy Drink’s Reed Hansen was able to keep his title followed up by Danny Hampson and Brian Grubb.
For more information on the 2011 Nautique Wake Games visit kingofwake.com.
About King of Wake
The King of Wake is the world’s elite pro wakeboarding series, attracting the sport’s top athletes from across the globe. Over the course of a season, athletes compete for the ultimate wakeboarding crown in a series points race of eight events throughout the United States to see who rules the wake. The 2011 series consists of the Wake Games, the WWA National Championships, the WWA World Championships and all five stops on the Pro Wakeboard Tour. The King of Wake is organized by World Sports & Marketing — the leading wake-events producer since 1988.
May 1 – Final Results:
Team Scores
Team Malinoski – 801
Team Clifford – 768
Team Hansen – 754
Team Hair – 751
Team B. Soven – 707
Team Webb – 699
Team P. Soven – 669
Team Derome – 682
Team Palma – 657
Team Harf – 588
Pro Men
Final Round – Heat #1
1 Harley Clifford AUS 90.00
2 Rusty Malinoski CAN 80.00
3 Bob Soven USA 75.00
4 Phillip Soven USA 69.17
5 Austin Hair USA 65.00
Pro Women
Final Round – Heat #1
1 Amber Wing AUS 75.00
2 Meagan Ethell USA 70.00
3 Nicola Butler GBR 65.67
4 Raimi Merritt USA 60.00
5 Emily Durham USA 53.33
6 Barrett Perlman USA 40.00
Pro Wakeskate
Final Round – Heat #1
1 Reed Hansen USA 83.33
2 Danny Hampson USA 61.67
3 Brian Grubb USA 60.00
4 Grant Roberts USA 36.67
Jr. Pro Men
Final Round – Heat #1
1 Daniel Powers USA 90.75
2 Freddie Wayne USA 89.25
3 Dylan Prideaux AUS 82.75
4 Noah Flegel USA 77.25
Men II
Final Round – Heat #1
1 Leif Lacey USA 68.33
2 Dustin Abel USA 56.67
3 Rob Corum USA 46.67
Men I
Final Round – Heat #1
1 Ben Allbright USA 70.00
2 John Rodriguez USA 58.33
3 Will Green USA 46.67
Boys
Final Round – Heat #1
1 Jason Soven USA 80.00
2 Arnie Watkins USA 61.67
3 Jeongwook Kim KOR 50.00
4 James Loisel USA 38.33
Jr. Boys
Final Round – Heat #1
1 Hunter Henderson USA 70.00
2 Tyler Worrall USA 56.67
3 Kade Kasey USA 31.67
Boys Beginner
Final Round – Heat #1
1 Mitch Allen USA 61.67
2 Ryan Harris USA 53.33
Jr. Boys Beginner
Final Round – Heat #1
1 Kevin Duffy USA 78.33
2 Carter Mather USA 63.33
3 Braden Tautkus USA 46.67
Pro Men
Semifinal Round – Heat #1
1 Austin Hair USA 70.00
2 Jeff Weatherall NZL 60.00
3 Nick Jones USA 50.00
4 Josh Palma USA 45.00
Pro Men
Semifinal Round – Heat #2
1 Rusty Malinoski CAN 80.00
2 Trevor Hansen USA 71.67
3 Adam Fields USA 45.00
4 Sam Thomson AUS 35.00
Pro Men
Semifinal Round – Heat #3
1 Bob Soven USA 81.67
2 Steel Lafferty USA 71.67
3 Dean Smith AUS 61.67
4 Andrew Adkison USA 51.67
Pro Men
Semifinal Round – Heat #4
1 Harley Clifford AUS 85.00
2 Shaun Murray USA 65.00
3 Adam Errington USA 60.00
4 Olivier Derome CAN 38.33
Pro Men
Semifinal Round – Heat #5
1 Phillip Soven USA 80.00
2 Aaron Rathy CAN 70.00
3 Jimmy Trask USA 61.67
4 JD Webb USA 59.00







Unleashed Magazine #53