Check out WAKEBOARDING's interview with pro kiteboarder, model and wakeboarder Gretta Kruesi. See some of her modeling photos and find out about this fit shredder's turn-ons and turn-offs.

On Aug. 20, Dallas Friday capped her best season since 2006 with the Best Womens Rider award at WAKEBOARDING magazine's sixth-annual Wake Awards in Orlando. Along with the 2009 Queen of Wake title, the award marks Friday's return to the top of women's wakeboarding...

We got our first look at Danny Harf's new video project, Defy, at the 2009 Wake Awards, and it was one hell of a first impression. Just before Harf won Best Video Performance for his part in Billabong's Out of the Pond, the Wake Awards crowd was treated to the first footage from the endeavor — Harf's wrapped nose grab backside 900 captured in all its floaty, stylish glory by longtime Harf collaborator producer Sean Kilgus...

The first time I saw Phil Aslinger ride, I remember everyone on the boat going silent. It was the summer of 2008, and Scott Byerly, George Daniels, Wes Brisco and I were on the road for the inaugural Byerly Bus Tour...

Last time we heard from Phillip Soven, he was already looking ahead to 2010. He had endured his worst start to a contest season in years, having ridden in just one final through the first five events of the King of Wake series...

1.    How did you become pro? I didn't really set out to become a pro wakeskater.  I did it for fun, and I just did it a lot.  Me and Matt Manzari did it every day, all day, so I guess we became qualified as "professionals" for back then pretty quick...

words Craig Kotilinek pic Spencer Smith 1.    How did you become pro? I guess just riding and being in the right place at the right time.  Hanging out with Byerly and those guys.  I was wakeboarding at the time, and I did a few pro events and made a little money doing that, but that's about the time I started wakeskating too, and I wanted to see where it took me, and that's when I started hanging out with Byerly and he helped me out a lot along the way...

words Craig Kotilinek photo Rodrigo Donoso 1. How did you become pro? I started wakeboarding when I was six years old, and I grew up with the Bonifays at their camp — actually waterskiing — I started competing in Boys division when I was 11 years old, and my last year in Boys I won every single contest and JD Webb has stepped up to Junior Mens, but I was too young to ride Junior Mens, so I just went straight up to Pro at age 11...

Words Kari Wilberg Photos Spencer Smith Halfway through the King of Wake season, Andrew Adkison is off to one of his best starts in years. The two-time world champ has ridden in the finals of all four King of Wake events this season and has finished on the podium twice...

Words Kari Wilberg Photo Rodrigo Donoso He's won the last two stops on the Pro Wakeboard Tour, but Aaron Rathy isn't letting it go to his head. With four events remaining and riders like Phillip Soven, Rusty Malinoski, Harley Clifford and Andrew Adkison trailing him in the standings, Rathy knows the 2009 King of Wake title is still far from decided...

We caught up with Jimmy at the Texas Tour stop where he told us a little about his section in Hyperlite's new team film, Rewritten, and his King of Wake ambitions for 2009. Check out the video here.

We caught up with Nick Davies at the Texas Pro Tour stop just before he won the Rockstar kicker competition with a big toeside 900.  Check out the interview here.

words craig kotilinek photo rodrigo donoso Rusty Malinoski. Wakeboarding's working man. Trudging out to the coalmines (the buttery lake) to take eight-hour-long, Rockstar-fueled sets, stopping only to switch out boards as he tears through them...

Words Kari Wilberg Photo Joey Meddock Joey Meddock started his career as a wake photographer 10 years ago after he blew out his knee wakeboarding. Unable to ride anymore, he bought a camera to shoot his friends who were still able to ride and his career took off from there...

Words Justine Griffin Photo Spencer Smith Rusty Malinoski rode through the toughest semifinals heat of his professional career and a separated rib to win his second straight Air Nautique Wake Games title...