Check out our latest Nautique podcast featuring the talented Emily Copeland Durham to find out more about her experiences as a female athlete and Team Nautique rider as she hangs out with wakeboarding legend and Nautique rider Shaun Murray.
The 2009 Air Nautiques Australian Pro Tour of Wakeboarding wrapped up its three event series ranking Team Nautique rider Jimmy LaRiche second overall for the tour with second, first, and fourth place finishes. Fellow team rider Aaron Rathy got an overall third with two fifth place finishes and a win at the final stop. Nice work guys!
Overall Australian Pro Tour of Wakeboarding standings:
Pro Men (1) Harley Clifford (2)Jimmy Lariche (3) Aaron Rathy (4) Jeff Weatherall (5) Brad Smeele (6) Trevor Hansen (7) Jarrod Askew (8) Corey Bradley (9) P J Bomb (10) Troy Mackey
Pro Women (1) Haley Smith (2) Melissa Marquardt (3) Amber Wing (4) Shelby Kantar (5) Rebecca Gange (6) Caitlin Blaauw
Not many people have the opportunity to go behind the scenes with pro athletes, but here at Nautique we do. We’ve spent a day in the life of J.D. Webb, Rail Master of the Year for 2008, so we hope you enjoy.
Last month a few of the guys from the team headed up to Toronto Canada for the Amsterdam Rail Jam. The firstweekend Jimmy LaRiche and Aaron Rathy were there followed by Keith Lidberg and Jeff McKee on the second. They were all in full wet suit gear doing it up for our Nautique dealer, Pride Marine Group, in Canada.
This is the largest indoor pool I’ve ever seen. The Nautique guys from Pride Marine Group know how to put on a show. They had a hockey arena filled with 40 degree water pumped right out of Lake Ontario. You know you’ve witnessed true love for the sport with you see wakeboarders hitting rails in freezing cold water. This didn’t stop Jimmy LaRiche from sticking a toeside 900 off of the kicker either and winning the “Best Trick” award.
