Rio Bravo Pro Recap!
Amazing riders, one colossal slider combo, and hot Monster girls; all ingredients of one amazing event! The Rio Bravo Pro returned to Rio Bravo Wake Camp in Reynosa, Mexico this past weekend, bringing with it fifteen of the top pro wakeboarders in the world! Aaron Rathy, Rusty Malinoski, Danny Harf, Philip Soven, Shane Bonifay, JD Webb, Randall Harris, Adam Errington, Ben Greenwood, Bob Soven, Collin Harrington, Kyle Rattray and Shawn Watson all came down to participate in the fun and festivities. These world class riders competed for a cash prize of $15,000 and the chance to be named Rio Bravo Pro Champion!
The weekend kicked off with an unscheduled riding jam followed by a pre party with Sergio, owner of the camp, presenting to his guests the famous BEER Room! The next day Phil, Rusty, and Rathy put on a show for some of the locals, throwing down huge tricks. All were impressed and wanted to see more, so once the sun went down, a rail jam proceeded to break out. Each rider had a chance to showcase their skills, and JD Webb came out swinging with pretty much every tech trick in the book. Crowd favorite Phil Soven did a gap to tail tap over a Monster Energy Drink eze-up tent to everyone’s amazement.
Sunday marked the official start of the main event. All riders went head to head and received two river passes, one down and one up. For the third pass everyone had the opportunity to hit either a kicker or a flat bar for extra points. It all came down to four riders in the semi finals; Rusty Malinoski, Adam Errington, Phil Soven, and Randall “The Vandall” Harris.
Randall hit the water first with massive wrapped tricks and huge airs to put pressure on Soven. Phil ended up falling on the second trick of his first pass, and the rest of his run wasn’t quite what the judges were looking for. Harris walked away with the W and $4K large, winning his first contest since 1995. Danny stomped a super huge wrapped backside 7 off the kicker to bring home some cash and the Best Kicker Trick award. JD Webb claimed the Best Rail Trick award with a frontside 180 to switch nose press to blind.
The weekend came to an end with the ceremonial foam spray on the podium and the Monster Girls handing tons of cash. Thanks to Monster Energy, Liquid Force, Corona, Quiksilver, DC Shoes, Skull Candy, Longhardride Shop, Texas Ski Ranch, & Mastercraft.
