LANTANA, FL [June 27, 2007]--Girls' wakeboarding World Champion Raimi Meritt captured her third WWA National Championship this past weekend in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Merritt rode two flawless heats just three weeks after having a cast removed following an ankle injury.
Merritt, 14, caught the eye of many spectators at the tournament including the announcers, who asked her on the podium when she would be turning pro. "I want to enjoy this season and get my tricks consistent," Merritt told them. "I have a few tricks I need to learn and I need to get better on the rails. My goal is to turn pro next year." She also thanked her dad, former World Champion barefoot water skier Steve Merritt, for bringing her to the Nationals on his birthday.
Raimi now has her eyes set on the USA Wakeboard Nationals (another wakeboard organization) which will be held July 12-15, 2007 in Syracuse, New York.
Merritt began wakeboarding at the age of nine and has dominated the awards podium winning the very first WWA National Championship she competed at in 2004. She trains with two of the best wakeboarding coaches in the industry: Mike Ferraro and Dean Lavelle and has been a member on the USA World Championship Wakeboard Team since she was eleven years old. Merritt's goals for 2007 are to win the IWSF World Championships in Qatar in October and rack up enough tricks in her arsenal to turn pro next year.
Merritt is sponsored by Liquid Force Wakeboards, Girls4Sport, MonaVie Nutrition Beverage, R3 Global, and Fly High Wakeboard Gear. For more information about Merritt, visit: www.raimimerritt.com.
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