Wakeboard on the podium at Women's Dew Tour?

(andrew_moreton)

Is snowboarder Elena Hight holding a wakeboard on the podium at the Women's Dew Tour in UT?

http://www.allisports.com/news/elena-hight-takes-snowbasin-superpipe

(andrew_moreton)

(otown_dave) · (otown_dave) **Join Date: Dec 2007** 01-17-2010, 12:14 PM

That's what they looked like the last time I saw mine..

(wkbrd) · (wkbrd) **Join Date: Mar 2006** 01-17-2010, 12:47 PM

David- you act as if his question is totally retarded! I also want to know why? Would you go on a wakeboard podium holding a snowboard?

(wakerider111) · (wakerider111) **Join Date: Jul 2006** 01-17-2010, 12:49 PM

was it part of the prize maybe?
notice the sticker/print in the center. "Snow Basin 2010"

(hypoxic_films)

and we thought the woman's purse for winning in wakeboarding was bad!..

and...... heres a wakeboard, congrats

(otown_dave) · (otown_dave) **Join Date: Dec 2007** 01-17-2010, 1:26 PM

Looks like the Trophy to me, She is holding her board also....

(otown_dave) · (otown_dave) **Join Date: Dec 2007** 01-17-2010, 1:28 PM

"Is snowboarder Elena Hight holding a wakeboard on the podium at the Women's Dew Tour in UT?" Question answered, Did not ask why...

(duffmangt) · (duffmangt) **Join Date: Jan 2008** 01-17-2010, 3:26 PM

the guys got the same wakeboard...i saw it today and was wondering haha

(benjaminp) · (benjaminp) **Join Date: Nov 2008** 01-17-2010, 3:29 PM

Not a big deal to let the "why?" be implied? They get a silver trophy as well(see her other hand), but I'm not sure if one is for the tour and one is for the event?

(mckenna) · (mckenna) **Join Date: Mar 2008** 01-17-2010, 4:02 PM

why do wakeboards get given guitars?

same concept imo.

(cwfletch) · (cwfletch) **Join Date: Dec 2009** 01-17-2010, 8:18 PM

Silver trophy with a miniature wakeboader on it lol.

(andy_nintzel)

I think its AWESOME that they used a WAKEBOARD as a Trophy, especially because snowboards HATE on wakeboarders all the time. That is Brilliant!

(jason95gt) · (jason95gt) **Join Date: May 2006** 01-18-2010, 11:17 AM

How can you say that snowboarders hate on wakeboarders when most of US are snowboarders in the off season?

(andy_nintzel)

Jason,

I could go on and on and on about this, but Transworld and Snowboarder Magazine Routinely take pot shots at wakeboarding.

For the record I too am a winter snowboarder.

(otown_dave) · (otown_dave) **Join Date: Dec 2007** 01-18-2010, 1:07 PM

Here is my take on different objects handed out at comps, at the Dew event if they gave a snowboard there might be a conflict of interest on board sponsors. Same with wakeboarding, "here's a Ronix board Trophy " Handing it to a Byerly rider that is on the podium..

(joe_crawley) · (joe_crawley) **Join Date: Jan 2007** 01-18-2010, 6:12 PM

quote:
How can you say that snowboarders hate on wakeboarders when most of US are snowboarders in the off season?"

Did you see the February Snowboarder? Page 32? One of the drawbacks of winching into an urban rail is the "risk of looking like a wakeboarder"

But it's true, you'd be hard pressed to find a core snowboarder who doesn't wakeboard and vice versa