Rusty wins GOLD at Pan Am games!

(santa) · (santa) **Join Date: Jun 2004** 07-22-2015, 7:31 PM

So stoked! Great day for Canada!

http://www.sportsnet.ca/more/canadas...boarding-gold/

(phillywakeboarder)

Great to see Rusty get the win. One of the things I really like about the wakeboarders who compete in the Pan Am Games is that they subject themselves to drug testing.

(bcrider) · (bcrider) **Join Date: Apr 2006** 07-23-2015, 9:16 AM

Apparently Rusty's been living in the Florida too long if he's wearing a wetsuit....or at least bottoms.lol.

(boardjnky4) · (boardjnky4) **Join Date: Dec 2011** 07-23-2015, 10:11 AM

where was it held? the water takes a really long time to warm up when you get that far north lol

(bcrider) · (bcrider) **Join Date: Apr 2006** 07-23-2015, 12:44 PM

It was in Toronto

(dvsone79) · (dvsone79) **Join Date: Dec 2012** 07-24-2015, 1:42 PM

Dude is a beast!

(eubanks01) · (eubanks01) **Join Date: Jun 2001** 07-26-2015, 5:46 PM

Who actually rode in this thing? I didn't see any coverage or any other riders talking about it.

(alevitt) · (alevitt) **Join Date: Aug 2006** 07-26-2015, 7:13 PM

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Originally Posted by eubanks01

Who actually rode in this thing? I didn't see any coverage or any other riders talking about it.

Each country was only allowed one rider and the Pan Am Games is only countries from North and South America. Daniel Powers represented the US, he got the silver medal. I didn't recognize the names from Brazil and Mexico.

And for the comment about Rusty getting soft for cold water, the contest was in Toronto on Lake Ontario, one of the Great Lakes. It's not exactly the warmest body of water. Probably at least 25-30 degrees colder than Rusty's tiny lake in Clermont.