October 7, 2008

2008 Wakeword.com Riders Choice Awards presented by Liquid Force!

2008 was another record-breaking year for participation in our 8th Annual Riders Choice Awards. Wakeworld has tabulated the results and now your collective voices will be heard by the wake industry! WakeWorld appreciates your participation and thanks everyone for making a statement about the riders and products that make up wakesports.

So what do the results look like for 2008? As usual, there are a few surprises and probably a few on which you would have bet the farm.

Phillip Soven jumped up one spot to follow Rusty in the #2 position for Rider of the Year.

In the Top Female Wakeboarders category, Amber Wing continued her climb toward the top by moving up one more spot to #2.

Aaron Reed is responsible for breaking the longest-running streak in Riders Choice history. For the first time in eight years, Brian Grubb did not come out in first position in the ranking of the Top Wakeskaters

Now let’s take a look at the 2008 products. This year’s Wakeboard of the Year also won this category two years ago, so I’m sure Shawn Watson is happy to have his Liquid Force pro model back on top. In fact, the same thing happened in the Binding of the Year category. The Liquid Force Watson won two years ago and has now made its way back to the top.

The Liquid Force SST was runner up in the Wakeskate of the Year category.

Another first for the Riders Choice Awards happened in the Wakesurf Board of the Year category. Hyperlite was knocked from the top spot by the Liquid Force Custom in its second year of production.

The Innovation of the Year competition went to one of the simplest ideas in the Liquid Force Vantage binding.