7.17.08 NICOLA FINISHES 1ST ON THE PROTOUR
Team rider Nicola Butler took home a 1st place finish on the Mastercraft Pro Wakeboard Tour this past weekend in Reno, NV. She dominated the entire tour, taking first at every stop except the 5th and final stop, where she got 2nd by only .25 points!! Here is what she had to say about her win:
Congrats on winning the tour! How does it feel to claim the top spot on the Pro Tour? Thank you, soo awesome to win the tour title, although i didn’t win all 5 like i wanted to it was still a fun year.
What was it like competing against some of the top pros in women’s wakeboarding that you look up to? Really cool to come into the scene, only my second year pro and standing on the podium next to legends.
What did you do to prepare for each competition weekend? Just trained as hard as i could the week before, not having much time at home cuz al the comps are so stacked, but yeah just tried to ride as much as i could.
Is there any particular trick you landed or moment on the tour that you were super stoked on? Definitely coming onto tour and landing my first mobes in a comp like mobydick and whirlys. Then later on in the season learning 911s and roll to blinds and throwing that in my pass.
A lot of people are saying that you are setting the bar for the future of women’s wakeboarding..how do you feel about that? Really awesome to be getting that image and i hope that i can do what Dallas did and just change womens wakeboarding.
What are your plans for the rest of the season? Well i have Nats and worlds and then i get to just mellow out a bit until next season.
Lastly, anyone you would like to give a shout out to? Yeah, all my sponsors… Mastercraft, Hyperlite, Osiris, OWC, monavie, my dad for all the help and patience and my sister for all the moral support!
The final standings for the 2008 Mastercraft Pro Wakeboard Tour:
- Nicola Butler (UK) 490
- Amber Wing (AUS) 400
- Emily Copeland Durham (USA) 368
- Shelby Kantar (USA) 355
- Melissa Marquardt (USA) 340
- Raimi Merritt (USA) 326
- Laura Lohrmann (USA) 284
- Dallas Friday (USA) 255
- Danni Petraitis (USA) 212
- Shawna Hoffman (USA) 207
Congrats to our friends Amber Wing, Shelby Kantar and Melissa Marquardt for taking 2nd, 4th and 5th as well. Great job girls!
The 2008 Mastercraft Pro Wakeboard Tour is part of the inaugural 2008 Queen of Wake Series, the first pro women’s wakeboarding circuit of its kind. The Queen of Wake series, presented by MonaVie, is a nine-event professional wakeboarding circuit for female riders that will tour with the men’s King of Wake series. This is the first time that pro women’s wakeboarding will be featured at all nine King of Wake events, with a series title for pro women and a $10,000 bonus for the overall winner crowned Queen of Wake. Click here for the air times and coverage on FUEL TV.
