Air Nautique Wake
Games - Sunni-Anne Ball Takes Gold, Rusty Finishes 4th
Sunni-Anne Ball
won the gold medal in the women’s wakeboard competition on
Sunday at the Wake Games.
Ball’s victory was considered a big upset as she defeated
reigning world champion Emily Copeland Durnham by two points. Melissa
Marquardt was third. Copeland Durnham edged Ball for the Pan American
title last month.
Ball is coming off a strong 2006 season in which she won a World Cup
event and also took the national wakeboard title.
In the men’s pro wakeboard final, Phllip Soven of the U.S.,
defeated a stellar field for the victory. Adam Errington and Shaun
Murray, also both the U.S., took second and third while Rusty Malinoski of
Humboldt, Sask., reached the final round and was fourth.
Rusty Malinoski
started
his day with a victory in his semifinal heat to advance to the final
four. He enjoyed a phenomenal 2006 season on the various pro circuits.
He won the four-stop World Series title, was second overall on the
five-stop Pro Tour circuit and the King of Wake Series and was third
overall on the World Cup circuit. Last month he took the Pan Am
Championships title.
Results
Men's Pro Finals
1. Phillip Soven 100.00
2. Adam Errington
88.50
3. Shaun Murray 81.50
4. Rusty
Malinoski 70.00
Aaron Rathy - 1st in Qualifying
Heat
Kyle Rattray - 1st in Qualifying Heat
Chad Sharpe - 1st in Qualifying Heat
Anthony Hollick - 5th in Qualifying Heat
Braden Stumborg - 2nd in Qualifying Heat
Ashley Leugner - 7th in Quarter Finals
Pro WakeSkate Finals
1. Brian Grubb
81.67
2. Reed
Hansen
60.00
3. Brandon
Thomas
51.67
4. Nick
Taylor
43.33
Junior Men (14-18) - Finals
1. Jimmy LaRiche
75.00
2. Robert Soven 66.67
3. AJ
Racinelli
51.67
4. Danny Burnstein
40.00
5. Alex Scagliotti
36.67
Amateur Women - Finals
1. Jennifer GilanFarr
36.67
Junior Boys (9 and under) - Finals
1. Jason
Soven
63.33
2. Noah
Flegel
46.67
3. Nathaniel Worcester
30.00
Men's 2 (25-29) - Finals
1. Ryan
Jones
56.67
2. Jesse
Dunbar
45.00
3. Jojo
Lemberg
28.33
