Rusty's Latest 1080 Video

Thanks to Adam Dodd and The Wake Show, here is a clip of Rusty's latest 1080. He goes so high that the camera has to pull up to where the water leaves the frame. Absolutely crazy amplitude!

http://wakeworld.com/Galleries/GetImage.asp?GalleryID=500&ImageID=14

i think a 1260 is not that far off for rusty. check out how "slow" he starts the rotation and how fast he finishes. imagine if he spun faster (not necessarily earlier).

nice work rusty.

Ridiculous. Thanks for posting.

thats amazing

Now that is a d-up hit. Wow!!! Way to go Rusty.

Doood...how does he get back on axis from that high up and stomp down in the trough, still wrapped, without falling.

Rusty is fricken amazing.

Unreal. May be the biggest DU I've seen....and a 1080 at that.

Nice vest.

He is probably the only person who could pull off that last handle pass. Pretty much forced that. AMAZING!

Thats what makes Rusty good, his handle control is the best ever & hes strong as a damn ox.

Who's the old ratty dude with the nappy dreadlocks? Get a job hippy.

"Who's the old ratty dude with the nappy dreadlocks? Get a job hippy."

that was my first thought.

Rusty went huuge on that. so clean too.

That was so much better than his first 1080 on video. Huge, clean, and it didn't even look forced or hucked. Sweet.

sick! this guy is insane that was a meaty meaty d up! Props to Rusty!

The sad part is that he is just getting better, and he works for every bit of it. Hope he stays healthy. Just think if Mark Kenny was still alive.

that wake is insane. Sweet video

He made it look so easy.

Rusty is the man, and judging by his physical build, he should stay healthy for a while, which means the 1260 is probably in his future.

I think its a lil early to start talking about the 12... but dayyyum, that was HUGE, but one thing Im wondering... will we see it in competition, because hes going to have them wired as long as he stays healthy! Absolutely sick!

He cheated. Anyone can do a 1080 without a vest restricting the handle pass!!!!

J/K of course.

speaking of 1080's, where is the sequence shot of parks' 1080?

I don't know if a 12 is that far off. I mean Rusty just learned 9's a year or so ago, and he's already throwing 10's.

Parks' sequence shot is in the Aug. issue of Wakeboarding.

He started landing 9's a year ago, but he had regular and switch 7s dialed. So a 9 was no big deal.

So how come no is freaking out about him not wearing a vest, and every time I post a photo without a vest on everyone goes crazy. You cannot tell me he doesnt get slammed on those 10's from time to time.

Sorry just had to play devils advocate.

GOOD WORK RUSTY!

"Nice vest."
a little sarcasm noted from a previous post. personally, I can't tell half if they are wearing one or not they are wearing shirts.

that was f**king huge!
best one yet

i thought it was pretty weak wow his legs had to have hurt!

man, he has balls to throw a 1080 with no vest!!! Yeah, that D-Up was sooooo effing huge!!!

Someone should tell Rusty to hit the gym a every now and then and actually put some EFFORT into his riding. if he actually worked at it, he mite actually accomplish something haha!!

Props rusty you are killin it!!

Holy freakin cow! That was insane! Definitely my favorite 1080.

how can he pop that high...

Thats CRAZY!!!!! Looks like he isn't spinning crazy fast like his and danny's first 1080s. Looks a little more controlled, yet at the same time, totally out of control, lol.

that is the most rediculous hight i have every seen

That was HUGE period.

sick rusty. i agree whats the deal w/ lifejackets? i thought the unfortunate and premature death of corey kraut had set it clear..... i have seen more pics of jacketless riders in mags every month. i was down when the mags wouldn't publish a rider w/out a vest.

I don't know why everyone is obsessing with the fact that he isn't wearing a vest. I would say about 95% of the pros don't wear Coast Guard Approved Vests anyway. Maybe he should be wearing a vest, but that isn't the point of this post, the point of this post is that he nailed a third 1080, and that is sick. And no the vest doesn't hinder his handle pass ability, he landed the first two wearing a vest, the kid has long arms, seeing as he is over 6' tall. He is the Man right now, plain and simple!!

When I saw the video I thought that it was pretty poor form for someone at his level to not set an example by wearing a vest. I figured everyone would be going crazy about it too.

i think 12's might be farther off then you would imagine. rustys landed 3 10's out of how many attempts? and about competition, i think rusty will always play it safe with the 9 unless he needs something big or he has 10's absolutely down 9/10 times.

Proper

"and about competition, i think rusty will always play it safe with the 9 unless he needs something big or he has 10's absolutely down 9/10 times."

Or unless he has the comp in the bag, he knows it, and he just wants to put on a show.

FWIW, Rusty usually wears a vest UNDER his t shirt when he's riding. I can't tell if this is the case this time around, because I haven't seen the video clearly due to a crappy internet connection.

jarrod - your right
also, rusty definately wasnt wearing a vest.
you could see when his shirt fly's up at the end that he's got nothing

Who cares about the "Vest" the 1080 was sick Rusty nailed it !!!

I predict that he was somewhere around 15 feet in the air measured from water to his feet. If he is about 6 feet and his head is horizon-high on the water and then he is still yet a little higher than his head is when you put him at horizon level... probably about 15 feet OR a bit higher...

Damn he went straight up! Nice.

How about the wake that is about nipple high on 6'1 Rusty?

Ya, that wake looks meaty and his 10 is sick.

Wonder why didn't wear a vest.. Surely he must have known that would raise some questions and perhaps even distract from that SICK a$$ 10!

Whats the point of wearing a tshirt anyways? i hate having a wet tshirt on

Congrats once again

I like watching someone wearing a wet t-shirt... but only if she's a female... but anyway that's not what it's about here... props to Danny for driving such a meaty double-up... and congrats to Rusty for the hat trick... keep em coming man... we'll be watching in awe... my knee hurt just lookin at this...

(Message edited by tantrum20 on July 22, 2007)

the t-shirt is probably a rash guard.

How'd ya'll like the song to the video? While Logan Farris and Josh Rice were in the Philippines for the World Cable Board comps Josh meet Adam the producer of The Wake Show, Josh gives him a CD that he and Logan had recorded and Adam used Demagnatized Compass for the vid. That's my son Logan singing. A wakeboarder singing for a wakeboard vid, sweet...Logan is currently in Tampico Mexico teaching wakeboarding at a camp there. Josh and he will be releasing another CD when Logan gets back home to Canyon Lake, Texas.