Malibu Riders Dallas Friday, Brian Grubb & Matt Manzari took home huge
Wake Award honors from Wakeboarding Magazine last week during Surf Expo in Orlando, FL. Dallas earned Best Rider and Grubby too Best Video Performance and Team
Malibu Boats' Matt Manzari captured Wakeskate Move of the Year with a boardslide backside flip. Way to go Team!
Best Women's RiderThis female ripper kills it in all aspects including contests, exposure, photos, video sections and progressive riding. ’06 Winner:
Dallas Friday / ’07 Winner: Amber Wing / ’08 Winner: Nicola Butler
5. Raimi Merritt
4. Melissa Marquardt
3. Nicola Butler
2. Amber Wing
And The Winner Is:
Dallas FridayBest Video Performance – WakeskateThis is awarded to both the rider and producer, with consideration given to both the level of riding and filming/editing. This is a new category for 2007. ’07 Winner: Aaron Reed / DVS – N.A.R.L.A. / ’08 Winner: Danny Hampson Volume Wakeskate Videos
5. Ben Horan / Scene One / Fun Boots
4. Nick Taylor / Scene One / Fun Boots
3. Brandon Thomas / A.V.E. / Rewritten
2. Andrew Pastura / Scene One / Fun Boots
And The Winner Is: Brian Grubb (
@BriankGrubb) / Billabong / Out of the Pond
Oakley’s Move Of The Year: WakeskatingThis award is for the single most impressive, sickest, innovative and progressive move pulled all year, with categories for wakeskating. The winner was chosen by the WAKEBOARDING Magazine. Wakeskate MOY Runners Up:
James Balzer - Toeside Wake-to-wake Kickflip
Russell Brightwell - 360 shove on Spillway Wall Ride
Russell Brightwell - Varial Flip
Travis Doran - Front Big
Justin Forest - Hard Flip
Brian Grubb - Bomb Drop Billabong Bus
Brian Grubb - Wake-to-wake Indy Back Big
Danny Hampson - Backside Big Spin
Reed Hansen - Wake-to-wake Heelside Frontside 540
Reed Hansen - Wake-to-wake Backside 540
Ben Horan - Backside Tail Slide to Backside Big Spin
Dieter Humpsch - Wake-to-Wake Frontside Flip
Kyle Hyams - Backside Big Spin Down Spillway
Chris Kallas - Wake-to-wake Backside Big Spin 360
Matt Manzari - Board Slide Varial Flip
Andrew Pastura - Backside 360 Kickflip
Andrew Pastura - Switch Grapeflip
Andrew Pastura - Switch Front Big Heel Flip
Grant Roberts - 360 Shove
Stu Shinn - Wake-to-wake Shove Catch Shove
Nick Taylor - Backside Big Spin
Nick Taylor - Switch Flats Backside Flip
And The Winner Is — Wakeskating:
Matt Manzari, Boardslide backside flip
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Malibu Boats (@MalibuBoats) is honoring the most successful female wakeboarder in history with an autographed Dallas Friday jersey give-a-way. Worn by Dallas during the 2008 Malibu Open, we thought this unique prize could help a lucky winner wave bye to the 2010 pro wakeboard season and begin looking forward to Dallas's return. Sing-up for the Malibu Boats Enews to enter to win. If you win and you follow Malibu Boats on Twitter or are a Malibu Boats fan on Facebook you'll receive a bonus Malibu Gear gift card. 
Malibu Boats (@MalibuBoats) Factory Team Rider Dallas Friday captured victory at the Wakestock wakeboarding event in Abu Dahbi this past weekend. Santioned by the World Wakeboarding Associations (@TheWWA) and the first stop of this year’s Wakeboard World Series, Wakestock Abu Dahbi was a great way to kick of the wakeboarding season. Congratulations Dallas! Way to come out of the gate swinging in 2010!
Over the last several months, TheWakePlace.com (@TheWakePlace) has been filming Team Malibu Boats (@MalibuBoats) Dallas Friday as a training tool for Dallas and her coaches. During this time TheWakePlace.com has gathered quite a bit of footage of Dallas, and according to them, "...she is pulling out some crazy impressive stuff on the water these days!" So they have begun creating a full feature on the World's No. 1 female wakeboarder that will be out by the end of 2009. While you're waiting for that take a look at this short clip TheWakePlace.com has put together as a teaser. It is pretty sweet! Gotta love that pink Malibu Wakesetter VLX! 
The Cleburne Times Review recently posted an article featuring long-time WaterSki America customers and Malibu boat owners, the Cain Family. These Cleburne, TX wakeboarders recently competed in the INT Southeastern Invitational tournament in Little Rock, Ark as a family.
The results of WakeWorld.com Rider's choice awards were posted this morning and Team Malibu Boats took two of the top three awards. World Champion Pro Female Rider Dallas Friday wins an amazing 9th Top Female Wakeboarder honor from WakeWorld.com viewers. Malibu Boats Pro Wakeskater Brian Grubb (@BriankGrubb) is back on top in the Top Wakeskater catagory reclaiming his thrown from last year's winner Aaron Reed. Malibu Boats (@MalibuBoats) would like to congratulate Dallas and Grubby on their WakeWorld.com (@WakeWorld) Rider's Choice Awards. Way to go! Your both a fan favorites and Malibu Boats favorites too!
