Andrew Adkison won his first-ever MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour title today in Acworth, Georgia just outside of Atlanta. Born in neighboring state Tennessee, Adkison soared through the first Tour stop of the year winning his final match up of the day beating JD Webb
Seeded #2, Adkison, a MasterCraft team rider, knocked off the #1 seed of the contest Daniel Watkins in today’s semifinals before beating the #5 seed Webb. He also had to beat the #3 seed Danny Harf in the quarterfinals. Adkison now takes the lead on the season-long Indmar Performance Award that signifies the season Tour champion.
This weekend, the tour debuted its new competition format where each rider in the field is seeded and placed into two 16-seeded brackets. Single elimination in head-to-head match-ups brings the field down to a round of 16, 8, 4 and then a match-up of the winning riders from each bracket. Judging by reaction of the riders and fans along the shore, the format was a huge success.
On the women’s side, Dallas Friday proved once again she is the most dominant women rider in the world. Friday scored a 70.00 in the finals easily topping second-place rider Melissa Marquardt’s score of 52.67. Friday, an Orlando, Florida native, has been nearly unbeatable the last three years winning virtually every time she takes the water.
Adam Errington took the first stop on the Rip It JX-Series. This series within the Pro Tour is for amateur riders 18 and under. Errington, whose parents are originally from Scotland, easily outdistanced the field with a score of 71.33. Many experts say Errington has all the tools to become a star in the future.
In wakeskating, Reed Hansen took home his first-ever Sea-Doo Pro Wakeskate Tour title. Hansen topped wakeskate veteran Brian Grubb in a head-to-head match up for the win.
The next stop on the Pro Tour is Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, June 10-11. The venue in the Twin Cities will be Island Lake Park in Shoreview.
MasterCraft is the exclusive towboat for the Pro Tour as it has been since the Tour’s wakeboarding events began in 1992. Indmar Marine Engines provides the power for MasterCraft’s line of competition towboats, the X Series.
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Pro Men Finals (seed in parenthesis)
(2) Andrew Adkison 100
(5) JD Webb 90
Pro Men Semifinals (seed in parenthesis)
Bracket A:
(2) Andrew Adkison 97.5
(1) Daniel Watkins 92.5
Bracket B:
(5) JD Webb 100
(3) Tino Santori 90
Pro Men Quarterfinals (seed in parenthesis)
Bracket A:
(1) Daniel Watkins 98.5
(4) Erik Ruck 91.5
(2) Andrew Adkison 100
(3) Danny Harf 90
Bracket B:
(5) JD Webb 100
(8) Jeff Weatherall 90
(3) Tino Santori 96
(10) Shane Bonifay 94
Pro Women Finals
1. Dallas Friday 70.0
2. Melissa Marquardt 52.67
3. Lauren Loe 50.0
4. Emily Copeland Durham 45.00
Jr. Men Finals
1. Adam Errington 71.33
2. Rhett Whatley 59.67
3. Jimmy Lariche 59.22
4. Bryan Hutton 55.00
5. Alex Hamrick 51.67
6. Bradey Price 39.44
7. Brett Lee 33.89
8. Ryan Anderson 28.33
Pro Wakeskating Finals
1. Reed Hansen 98.67
2. Brian Grubb 56.67
