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...

It's been a long time coming for old Bob, and we're stoked to be posting a winning run of him. Check it out here.

Click here for the video. We haven't been this impressed by a session in a long time.  As you're checking this video out, bear in mind that we had to go pick up Harley in the morning for the shoot because he's not old enough to drive, and as we called Bob's phone in the morning and he didn't answer, it was because his dad had taken it away...

The world's premier pro wakeboarding series, the King of Wake, kicks off its 2009 season in Orlando, Florida with its first event of the year, the Air Nautique Wake Games, presented by ROCKSTAR. The four-day event, which will be held April 23-26 at the Orlando Watersports Complex is the first of eight stops throughout the United States on the 2009 tour...

Getting out of his brother's shadow, dropping the Billion Dollar Baby 540, and growing a 'stache. Interview: Jennifer Ross Photos: billdoster.com 1. How did you become pro? Actually, right now I'm a junior pro, so I've got one more year competing in the Jr...

The fifth and final day of the 2008 Air Nautique WWA Wakeboard National Championships, presented by Rockstar Energy Drink, had seven titles up for grabs.


In the Pro Men's Division, five riders battled it out on the water for the national title...

Check out the photo gallery here.Home country favorites Rusty Malinoski and Aaron Rathy charged through to upset wins over defending champions Phillip Soven and Keith Lidberg in the Wakestock 2008 Malibu Expression Session and Billabong Rail Championship events, respectively...

(Video Below) If you're looking for substantial, informative wake content with real take-home value, you'll have to look elsewhere. This digital trainwreck features Dano "the Mano" Amir bantering with Jeff Barton about everything from pro men predictions to throat infections on the announcer's tower at the Malibu Open in Detroit, MI...

Phillip Soven won the Reno Pro Tour Stop on July 13, 2008 earning him an Indmar Performance Award for the season title. Soven won all five Pro Tour stops in 2008. Some say he is the first rider to sweep an entire season, however we spoke with Darin Shapiro today and he said (for the record) "I can't remember anyone else winning a Pro Tour event in 1992 or 1993...

With every other pro men rider falling at least once, Soven threw his standard hammers and walked through to the win. The incredible thing about it is the run you see in this video is the run Soven throws all day long (with a few variations), which means he could be throwing these same, incredibly difficult moves three times a day, and he's consistently been on the podium this year, with a perfect season last year...

Stay tuned for updates and be sure to check out the links on the right to see the video Phil talks about of the first ever crow 7. Event results below.


Sunday, June 1

Not too sure what to say about this because it already speaks loud. Soven's hit four crow 7s at the time of publication and he came close to one more during his semi finals run today in Fort Worth. Stay tuned for more Texas action and you can be sure that if Soven nails a crow 7 tomorrow, we'll give you some video...

Over the past three days, the world's top pro wakeboarders battled it out on the waters of Dallas Landing Park in Acworth, GA to compete for the first win the 2008 MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour season...

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After his sweep of the Tige Pro-Am Wakeboard Championships, 18-year-old Phillip Soven became the youngest rider to win the King of Wake World Cup. He also became the first rider to win the Pro Wakeboard Tour, the WWA World Series and the King of Wake World Cup in the same year...