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Dean Bare
Dean's been riding for a long time and it shows! He is one of our first Team Riders. Dean rides out on the Saint Marys River. He competes in the Outlaw Division and has many podium wins to his name. Dean has been our main judge since day 1 of our contests. He is now taking his great knowledge of the sports and is teaching all levels how to become better wakeboarders.
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Morgan Pedersen
Morgan was born in 1994 on November 13th and has been wakeboarding since 2003. He lives in Odessa, FL, and his favorite spots to ride are O'town Watersports, Lake Keystone, and most lakes in Orlando.
Morgan's first competition was at a Gravel Tour event in Orlando, FL in 2005 and he has been competing ever since at every local contest he can attend, such as Wake Games, Nationals, Board up Miami, and Worlds. He regularly rides behind his Mastercraft X-
In 2011 Morgan qualified for and rode the Jr. Pro Tour and the WWA Wakeboard World Championship.
Morgan has coached wakeboard camps at Bay Area Watersports for the last 4Summers.
Favorite Tricks: Million Dollar Baby, a big toe 9, and a nice super big and poked out stailfish to blind into the flats.
Favorite Wakeboarders: Rusty Malinoski, Shaun Murray, Jimmy Lariche, and Nick Davies
Sponsors: Steez Clothing, Overtons, All Wet Sports, O'Town Watersports, Bay Area Watersports Mastercraft, and wakeboardingfilms.com
Favorite Brands: Steez Clothing, Fox, Nike, and Nixon
Favorite Music: Rap, Country, and dubstep
Other Sports of Interest: Track and Field
Other Interests: 4 Wheeling, Working out, Jumping on the Trampoline, and chillin with friends
Rankings and Awards: 2010 WWA National Jr. Men Champion and 3rd place in the world in 2010 at the WWA Wakeboard World Championship in Jr. Men division.
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Jack Branston
Jack is one of our newest Team riders joining the AWS Team in 2010. He started competing in the Expert Division and after 4 straight bullets (1st) he figured he needed to move up to Outlaw divison!
We are really excited to have Jack on the TEAM! You can catch him out on Black Creek.
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Dylan Prather
Dylan has been one of our most consistant team riders! After tearing it up in '08 and '09 in the AWS competitions in the ever competitive Intermediate Division, we knew we had to have him on the AWS Team. We are lucky.., he said YES! He has been on the Podium every year since in the expert divison.
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Tyler Nelson
Tyler Nelson joined the team in late 2011! He has been competing locally and killing it down in O Town at the Gravel tour! We are expecting good things next year from Tyler! Welcome to the team, Tyler!
Hometown: Callahan, FL
Years riding: 5 -
Favorite tricks: H/S backroll, H/S nosegrab shifty , H/S nosegrab 360
Hometown: Callahan, FL
STATS:
2010 aws stop 4-
2011 aws stop 1-
stop 2-
stop 4-
2011 Gravel tour stop 1-
2011 Gravel tour stop 2-
2011 Gravel tour stop 3-
2011 Gravel tour stop 4-
2011 Gravel tour stop 5-
(currently 2nd place in overall standings with one stop left and only a one point spread between 1st and 2nd at 84to83)
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Austin Tovey
Austin Tovey is our newest member to the AWS Team! He has been riding for 5 years now but has really "blown up" this last year. He usually rides on the Intracoastal water way near Beach Blvd. in Jax. His background was Kite Boarding so the transition to wakeboarding was a natural fit! We can't wait to see how well he does in 2013! Last year in his 1st tournament he came in 1st in the Intermediate division. Austin goes to Fletcher High School and his favorite wakeboard tricks are scarecows and 540's. Yea we are excited to see what he can do in Advanced this year!
Welcome aboard, Austin!
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