News From Osiris

On July 11-13, the “World’s Greatest Skateboard Competition” went down in Orange County, CA. It was called the Maloof Money Cup and the total prize purse was $450,000 which is the largest purse in the history of professional skatebaording. Ever. The tournament was created by the Maloof brothers (owners of the Palms hotel in Vegas) who brought on some of the most respected names in skateboarding including Rob Dyrdek, Pierre Luc-Gagnon and Jake Brown to help design the contest.

Osiris girls team rider Leticia Bufoni competed in women’s street, where she placed 2nd in prelims and took 5th in the finals. The competition was stacked as the top pros in women’s skateboarding battled it out in the jam session format for the $25,000 first place price.

Here are the final results and pictures:

1. Lacey Baker $25,000
2. Rachel Reinhard $8,000
3. Vanessa Torres $4,000
4. Elissa Steamer $2,000
5. Leticia Bufoni $1,500
6. Amy Caron $250
7. Lorena Lima $250
8. Lauren Perkins $250
9. Evelien Bouilliart $250
10. Marissa Del Santo $250

Video Highlights c/o The Side Project:

Congrats to all the girls who competed, they all killed it out there..!

For more info check out www.maloofmoneycup.com

Nicola Butler

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:

1. Nicola Butler (UK) 490
2. Amber Wing (AUS) 400
3. Emily Copeland Durham (USA) 368
4. Shelby Kantar (USA) 355
5. Melissa Marquardt (USA) 340
6. Raimi Merritt (USA) 326
7. Laura Lohrmann (USA) 284
8. Dallas Friday (USA) 255
9. Danni Petraitis (USA) 212
10. 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.

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Nicola Butler

This weekend, July 11-13th, the fifth and final stop of the Pro Wakeboard Tour is going down in Reno, NV. Osiris girls team rider Nicola Butler has dominated the tour, winning every stop thus far, making her the first female in the history of wakeboarding to ever win 4 consecutive stops on the tour. A win this weekend in Reno will make her the first wakeboarder to ever go undefeated on the MasterCraft Pro tour. At 16 years old and only in her 2nd season as a pro, Nicola is setting the bar for women’s wakeboarding. We wish her and the rest of the girls on tour the best of luck this weekend. For more info, check out www.prowakeboardtour.com and tune into FUEL TV to catch all the action.

AKO @ Monkeyhouse Gallery

Check out Osiris Girls featured artist AKO’s art exhibit this month in Los Angeles, CA.

Monkeyhouse Toys And Gallery is proud to present a solo art exhibit of new paintings, drawings, and photos by San Francisco artist Ako/Akayo. This exhibition will fill the gallery’s complex with a large number of paintings on wood panels ranging in size as well as mixed media works on paper, a photo installation, and more. The exhibition will be on view from July 12th - July 27th, 2008 with a opening reception held on Saturday, July 12th from 5-10pm.

Monkeyhouse Toys & Art Gallery
1618 1/2 Silver Lake Bl.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
PH:323-662-3437

To see more of AKO’s work, click here.

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