Pan American Results- Brazil?

(roswell_wakeair)

Anyone have the results from the wake side of things? Tried to find them elsewhere to no avail.

Cheers

(alevitt) · (alevitt) **Join Date: Aug 2006** 07-23-2007, 7:55 AM

Ross, McClintock, Buskas qualify for finals at Pan Am Games

Wakeboard is a new sport on the Pan Am Games program and Buskas qualified second for the final at 68.11. Marcelo Girardo of Brazil was first at 80.50.

(taken from a Waterski-Wakeboard Canada press release)

(headhunter) · (headhunter) **Join Date: Jun 2007** 07-23-2007, 11:02 AM

How'd Austin Hair do?

(roswell_wakeair)

This just in- Brad Buskas from Canada took 2nd...

(roswell_wakeair)

I heard Austin took fourth... but he was apparently injured

(wakedad33) · (wakedad33) **Join Date: Oct 2005** 07-23-2007, 11:36 AM

Winner? Austin is injured, so 4th is sweet. Congrats to Brad, he works so hard and he is so much fun to ride with, never a dull moment with Brad in the boat

(behindtheboat)

From another site: Good job Austin and Brad

WAKEBOARD FINALS
1 Marcelo Girardi BRA 86.46
2 Brad Buskas CAN 81.00
3 Edgardo Martin ARG 76.98
Austin Hair USA 57.56
Daniel Gremion Ortiz MEX 49.00
Alfredo Bonard ECU 47.78

(brasilian) · (brasilian) **Join Date: Jan 2007** 07-23-2007, 11:49 AM

The brazilian Marcelo Giard won the Pan Am Games with 82.45, the canadian was 2nd with 81 and Edgard of Argentina was 3rd with 76,98. Go ahead MArcelo also called MARRECO - Wild brazilian duck (translate)

(louise) · (louise) **Join Date: Feb 2001** 07-23-2007, 11:54 AM

Good for the Brazilians!!}

Having married a Brazilian and having Brazilian channels with our TV, we have been watching and enjoying the Pan American Games. It's an embarrassment and a shame that the United States, having so many amazing sports available, cannot find enough interest in the Pan American Games to televise this awesome competition. The Pan American Games - one of the few "amateur" events and one of the few wherein politics have not thoroughly corrupted its presence.

If you have the chance to watch what is left of the games, do not miss the opportunity. It has been exciting to watch athletes truly rejoice in the competition itself and to watch the exclamations of ecstatic joy when the athlete wins.

(kneeboarddad) · (kneeboarddad) **Join Date: Sep 2005** 07-25-2007, 7:46 PM

Great time in Rio. Site was unbelievable. Pics to follow. Austin was in a cast all week. Pulled the tendons in his foot at Kelowna. Couldn't ollie at all and had little use of his left foot. Very disapointing but what can you do. The Brazilian winning was good for the sport though. When a Brazilian wins gold it gets front page news coverage with pics and tv coverage. The Games are huge in South America with lots of tv coverage. Austin will have a complete story of trip soon with pics.