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Dallas Friday, arguably the best woman wakeboarder in the world, won the semifinals heat today at the WWA National Championships. This is a major feat for her, considering she suffered a very serious injury in Singapore last September and this is the first competition she's been in this year.
"I'm just excited to be back on the water competing," Friday said. "I am healthy and feeling confident, so I expect to do well this weekend."
Today the Boys, Jr. Boys and Pro Wakeskate semifinals took place and 70 riders in the Pro Mens division. Wisconsin native Erik Ruck led his heat today, along with 19 other riders who advanced past the quaterfinals. Tomorrow will mark the final round of the remaining divisions and it will be fierce competition for those vying to go to Worlds in Reno, NV.
Here are today's results:
Junior Boys (9 and under) - Semi Finals Heat 01

1 Noah Flegel USA 55.56

2 Jason Soven USA 48.67

3Joe Martella USA 36.67

4 Christopher Herrera USA 31.67

5 Zach Brown USA 18.33

Boys (10-13) - Semi Finals Heat 01

1 Cooper Swink USA 63.33

2 Braxton Tomlinson USA 61.67

3 Evan Dean USA 50.00

4 Freddie Wayne USA 40.00

Boys (10-13) - Semi Finals Heat 02

1 Daniel Powers USA 63.33

2 Michael Dowdy USA 53.33

3 Joshua Twelker USA 40.00

4 Kyle Evans USA 25.00

Boys (10-13) - Semi Finals Heat 03

1 Jacob Valdez USA 61.67

2 Cale Middleton USA 50.83

3 Chad Payton USA 41.67

4 Paulie Koch USA 30.00

Professional WakeSkate - Semi Finals

Heat 01

1 Brandon Thomas USA 71.67

2 Reed Hansen USA 68.33

3 James Balzer CDN 60.00

4 Chase Gregory USA 48.33

Heat 02

1 Stuart Shinn USA 76.67

2 Brian Grubb USA 71.67

3 Matthew Manzari USA 35.00

4 Grant Roberts USA 33.33

Women's Professional - Semi Finals
Heat 01

1 Dallas Friday USA 72.50

2 Emily Copeland Durham USA 65.56

3 Raequel Hoffman USA 60.00

4 Shelby Kantar USA 49.44

Heat 02

1 Melissa Marquardt USA 60.00

2 Amber Wing AUS 57.78

3 Sunni Anne Ball CDN 47.22

4 Maeghan Major USA 43.89

Men's Professional - Quarter Finals

Heat 01

1 JD Webb USA 95.00

2 Keith Lidberg USA 92.50

3 Tino Santori USA 72.00

4 Kevin Henshaw CDN 72.00

5 Gabe Lucas USA 68.50

Heat 02

1 Erik Ruck USA 97.50

2 Daniel Watkins AUS 83.00

3 Anthony Hollick CAN 77.50

4 Andrew Dyrhood USA 77.00

5 Chase Andrews USA 62.50

6 James Hindes USA 52.50

7 Jade Whirley USA 40.00

Heat 03

1 Andrew Adkison USA 100.00

2 Danny Thollander USA 82.50

3 Mikey Ennen USA 81.50

4 Kyle Rattray CDN 76.00

5 Jeff Weatherall NZL 60.00

6 Daniel Walden USA 47.50

7 Mark Weikel USA 42.50

Heat 04

1 Austin Hair USA 96.00

2 Danny Harf USA 92.50

3 Corey Bradley USA 81.50

4 Chris O'Shea AUS 68.50

5 Mike Marsh USA 53.00

6 Clay Fletcher USA 49.50

7 Tony Carroll USA 49.00

Heat 05

1 Shaun Murray USA 100.00

2 Shane Bonifay USA 90.00

3 Rhett Whatley USA 70.00

4 Kyle Alberts USA 68.00

5 Chris Law USA 66.50

6 Wes Brisco USA 55.50

7 Adam Haller USA 40.00

Heat 06

1 Trevor Hansen USA 97.50

2 Shawn Watson USA 92.50

3 Ben Greenwood USA 69.50

4 Philip Combs USA 64.00

5 Justin Savich USA 62.50

6 Jesson Vedel TAH 56.00

7 Randall Harris USA 48.00

Heat 07

1 Adam Wensink USA 85.00

2 Aaron Rathy CDN 83.00

3 Zane Schwenk USA 77.00

4 Collin Harrington USA 68.50

5 Chad Sharpe CDN 65.50

6 Alex Brown CAN 58.50

7 Troy Mackey AUS 52.50

Heat 08

1 Adam Errington USA 100.00

2 Nick Jones USA 82.50

3 Ricky Gonzales USA 71.00

4 Dean Smith AUS 62.50

5 Tim Keepers USA 61.00

6 Nick Weinacker USA 60.00

7 Rob Jacques USA 53.00

Heat 09

1 Rusty Malinoski CDN 100.00

2 Derek Grasman USA 87.50

3 Bryan Hutton USA 76.00

4 Bradley Smeele NZL 73.50

5 Scotty Broome AUS 60.50

6 Scott Mackey AUS 52.50

7 Chris Harvey USA 40.00

Heat 10

1 Phillip Soven USA 100.00

2 Olivier Derome CAN 87.00

3 Brett Eisenhauer AUS 77.00

4 Josh Sanders AUS 73.50

5 Robby Carter USA 62.50

6 John Rodriguez USA 50.00