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Old     (jarrod)      Join Date: May 2003       07-14-2010, 11:25 AM Reply   
Toeside. On facebook.
Old     (redlinewatersports)      Join Date: Sep 2006       07-14-2010, 11:47 AM Reply   
Unreal, that's great to hear!
Old     (jason95gt)      Join Date: May 2006       07-14-2010, 6:37 PM Reply   
Nice! Of course it is behind an X-Star.
Old     (steezy)      Join Date: Jul 2010       07-14-2010, 6:40 PM Reply   
shes killin it this year, pete rose, toe 9. damn
Old     (lfadam)      Join Date: Nov 2008       07-14-2010, 6:43 PM Reply   
nice. about time!
Old     (cheesydog)      Join Date: Mar 2009       07-14-2010, 7:12 PM Reply   
whaaaat

ambers on fire!
Old     (wakeworld)      Join Date: Jan 1997       07-14-2010, 7:35 PM Reply   
Check the video at: http://www.wakeworld.com/news/featur...omens-900.html
Old     (bennn)      Join Date: Jun 2010       07-14-2010, 10:10 PM Reply   
that's sick!!
Old     (jsw)      Join Date: Apr 2009       07-14-2010, 10:27 PM Reply   
sweeeet
Old     (wakerider111)      Join Date: Jul 2006       07-14-2010, 11:38 PM Reply   
awesome footage. that was a nice save on the landing. maybe i can start sticking my 360s again...
Old     (hyperlite)      Join Date: May 2009       07-15-2010, 4:01 AM Reply   
shell get a 10 in the next year
Old     (texastbird)      Join Date: May 2003       07-15-2010, 5:58 AM Reply   
Way to go Amber - awesome to see the ladies stepping it up!!!
Old     (hawkeye7708)      Join Date: Feb 2007       07-15-2010, 6:00 AM Reply   
Congrats!!! HOLY COW!
Old     (Luker)      Join Date: Feb 2010       07-15-2010, 6:08 AM Reply   
Quote:
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shell get a 10 in the next year
Stoked for the 9 but really man? Not gonna happen.
Old     (wakeandsnow27)      Join Date: Jun 2004       07-15-2010, 7:01 AM Reply   
awesome... whats weird is of the 3 the landed one looked the smallest. The first one looks much more booted.
congrats amber.
Old     (jarrod)      Join Date: May 2003       07-15-2010, 7:04 AM Reply   
"Stoked for the 9 but really man? Not gonna happen. "

it took pro men riders 10 years of doing 9s until 10's were landed.
Old     (jarrod)      Join Date: May 2003       07-15-2010, 7:08 AM Reply   
That was sick! Congrats Amber.

BTW, that heelside poked out melon OA 360 was awesome. I thought that was cooler than the 9.
Old     (dakid)      Join Date: Feb 2001       07-15-2010, 8:06 AM Reply   
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Quote:
"Stoked for the 9 but really man? Not gonna happen. "
it took pro men riders 10 years of doing 9s until 10's were landed.
eh, i'm sure most were saying that a girl will never land a 9.
Old     (Luker)      Join Date: Feb 2010       07-15-2010, 8:41 AM Reply   
^ I don't think we're saying a chick will never stick a 10... We were just commenting on Lee's statement that she'll stick one next year... Cause thats not happening LOL Feel free to make me eat my words Amber
Old     (xistential)      Join Date: Jul 2007       07-15-2010, 9:27 AM Reply   
Nice Amber!! I don't see any reason why Amber won't land a 10. She will be the one to do it for sure.

Womens wakeboarding has progressed more in the last 2 years than in the 5 before. If there is nobody to push a sport, it flatlines. 7's,a 9,crow mobes,petes,handle pass kgb's,a 13 year old doing dum dums etc,etc,etc.In 2008 I went to all the stops and the biggest trick was a wrapped kgb, the odd whirly and tootsie roll.Later in the year Moby dick and R2B consistently. And the irony is that, IMO the girls are getting better,a lot better in fact and the prize money is now so low that if you don't win,not podium,win, it;s almost not worth competing. You go from Orlando to Reno and with your flight,hotel,entry fee,etc and you get 2nd you will be a little above breaking even.
Nice if you could earn a living free riding.
Old     (wazzy)      Join Date: Nov 2001       07-15-2010, 9:56 AM Reply   
Sick... CONGRATS!
Old     (canadian_waterboy)      Join Date: Apr 2008       07-15-2010, 10:13 AM Reply   
Amber KILLIN it..... i got a boner.
Old     (guido)      Join Date: Jul 2002       07-15-2010, 10:25 AM Reply   
Good stuff Amber. I remember 4 years ago when she was just trying to get a 7 on the books. 9's are big, even for guys. The women are progressing fast, for sure. It's great to see.

Interesting perspective Chris. Hopefully things will turn around. Unfortunately girls are still only a small part of the wakeboarding population. Sponsors just aren't getting enough $ behind them.
Old     (hayes)      Join Date: Aug 2007       07-15-2010, 10:41 AM Reply   
J-rod, you are forgetting Parks' 1080 in 1999! Talk about being waaay ahead of the game!
Old     (bhyatt_ohp)      Join Date: Oct 2007       07-15-2010, 11:47 AM Reply   
Quote:
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That was sick! Congrats Amber.

BTW, that heelside poked out melon OA 360 was awesome. I thought that was cooler than the 9.
Absolutely on point. Well said brother.
Old     (eubanks01)      Join Date: Jun 2001       07-15-2010, 11:53 AM Reply   
I agree J-Rod. I stopped the video and watched that 3 several times before I even watched the 9.
Old     (hyperlite)      Join Date: May 2009       07-15-2010, 12:15 PM Reply   
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J-rod, you are forgetting Parks' 1080 in 1999! Talk about being waaay ahead of the game!
I agree with this. I think this is exactly where amber is on the womens end of things. She has progressed further, faster than other female rider. Shes got a 9 within a year of a 7. If she stays healthy and keeps pushing it like she is, I dont see why a 10 of the dub is impossible.
Old     (jarrod)      Join Date: May 2003       07-15-2010, 12:49 PM Reply   
I feel bad for participating in the 1080 discussion on this thread.

I was not saying at all that she wouldn't land a 10. Just that a 1080 next year is ambitious. If anyone can do it though, she can.
Old     (xistential)      Join Date: Jul 2007       07-15-2010, 3:05 PM Reply   
"She has progressed further, faster than other female rider."

I don't like these comparisons. Somebody was on here the other day that said Dallas was landing tricks that other girls weren't coming close to. That was just nonsense. Megan Ethell is 13. Look what she's doing. She's learnt about 5 new tricks since the start of the season. It's relative. The more tricks you already have the less you are going to add in a short space of time. Girls anyway. If anybody was blazing such a red hot trail they would be absolutely dominating the sport. Dallas wasn't even doing that.
People would be quite surprised. When last if ever did you see a female throwing 4 or 5 mobes in a pass?
Old     (brhanley)      Join Date: Jun 2001       07-15-2010, 4:05 PM Reply   
In any event, good to see the girls pushing it and, perhaps more impressive to me than mobes or 9's, upping the style quotient considerably...that video was impressive throughout...
Old     (cheesydog)      Join Date: Mar 2009       07-15-2010, 6:55 PM Reply   
i agree that was probably the most stylish riding Ive seen from girls ever, both nicola and amber. The off axis 3 was beautiful.
Old     (waterdork88)      Join Date: Aug 2005       07-15-2010, 10:15 PM Reply   
Yeah I don't think anyone was doing 1080s in 1989... Though it would be insanely sick to see someone do one on a skurfer bwhahahaha

I don't think a 10 is very likely within the next year, though I would be stoked to be proven wrong and wouldn't consider it impossible. But I think we'll see a bs 7 and heel 9 first. But enough of talking about whats in the future, Lets just be stoked about what just happened

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