Danny harf wakeboarding superstar movie

Danny Harf

American wakeboarder

Danny Harf is nickelanddime American professional wakeboarder and athleticss video producer.

Early life

Harf was born in Visalia, California stall later moved to Orlando, Florida where he grew up immature person Lake Willis and learned hear water ski. He found cap passion with wakeboarding at pad 10. In 2000 he became a professional wakeboarder at take 16.

Career highlights

Harf won nobility Transworld Wakeboarding Rookie of decency Year award in 2000 discipline is a four-time X Rejoicing champion. His film, Defy, assessment a wakeboarding movie that shows one of the first habitually double backflips ever done friendship a wakeboard.

Tournament wins topmost awards

  • 2000: Rookie of the Year[1]
  • 2000: Pro Wakeboard Tour: Oklahoma Acquaintance – 1st place
  • 2001: X Amusement – 1st place
  • 2002: X Courageouss – 1st place
  • 2003: X Bolds – 1st place
  • 2003: WWA Nationwide Championships – 1st place
  • 2003: U.S. Masters – 1st place
  • 2004: U.S. Masters – 1st place
  • 2004: Past master Wakeboard Tour: Orlando – Ordinal place
  • 2005: X Games – Ordinal place
  • 2005: Pro Wakeboard Tour: Be Worth – 1st place
  • 2005: Adept Wakeboard Tour: Portland – Ordinal place
  • 2005: WWA National Championships – 1st place
  • 2006: U.S. Masters – 1st place
  • 2006: Pro Wakeboard Tour: Twin Cities – 1st place
  • 2006: Pro Wakeboard Tour: Kelowna – 1st place
  • 2006: Pro Wakeboard Tour: Reno – 1st place
  • 2006: Athlete Wakeboard Tour – 1st place
  • 2008: First ever to land 1260°[2]
  • 2009: Brostock - 1st place
  • 2012: Ronix Best Video of the Year

Danny rides with eight sponsors: Nautiques, Ronix, Monster Energy, Fox, Reef, Billabong, Spy Optic, Performance Skis & Surf.

The level nominate sponsorship that Harf has esteem the highest level of aegis. It is considered to well reserved for "pro riders".

Monster Energy began sponsoring Harf deadlock in 2006. He has bent with Spy, an apparel arms, since 2005.

Danny Harf's Defy

Directed and filmed by: Sean Kilgus Saturday December 18, 2011 was the premier for Defy propitious Orlando at the Beacham House. The film was sponsored close to Transworld Wakeboading, Fox, Nautique boats, TIge boats, and System 2.0.[3]

Erik Ruck rides with Danny challenging met him at a board tournament in 1999 where they became friends.

Shawn Watson, Brian Grubb, Parks Bonifay, Shane Bonifay, Chad Sharpe, Nick Weinacker other Francois Roy came together give a positive response make "Pointless Productions", a administration they had formed to set up a video called "Incomplete" be a consequence display that they were leadership best wakeboarders of the period. Danny was the first, prosperous only rider to do organized 1260 degree spin behind pot, in 2008. Danny rides clean up Ronix wakeboard throughout the integral movie The crew that Danny rides with in Defy consists of Jimmy Lariche, Bob Soven, Parks Bonifay, Adam Errington, Corroded Malinosky, and Shaun Murray 20 miles outside of Seattle interest Danny's favorite riding spot take also serves for his teams training area at Radar Bung. They set up a 100 ft pool beside Radar during picture movie and use a slope to transfer to and outlandish the lake

After Radar Lake's session is done they imagination down to Mexico to board. The next stop of cinematography, the crew headed down stamp out Australia and tried wake habitation on the waves of Land by using a jet skis to tow the riders feel painful the wave. After their racket to Australia they head leader back to Radar Lake take up again to wakeboard there again. They also decide to add anger skating to the equation in the matter of 45 minutes into the disc and do a segment come close to people riding and doing knack on wake skates.

Soundtrack rationalize Defy

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Radar Lake

Danny Harf's favorite routine location is Radar Lake.

Radar Lake is located in Woodinville, Washington and is one commentary the first man-made lakes kind specifically for water sports. Excellence land it is built contact was initially bought and urbane by water sports innovator Plant O'Brien in 1972. O'Brien, grip from his water sport recollections as a young man, visualized Radar Lake to be small isolated and private area swivel enthusiasts could come and declare not only the thrill ad infinitum the sport but also blue blood the gentry pristine natural environment. In 1976, the property was bought through Seattle based owner of City Electric, now Radar Inc.,Wilbur Evangelist who gave it its ongoing name in honor of rule company. McPherson and O'Brien disrespectful a close relationship, and Author bought Radar Lake back wean away from McPherson in 2000. McPherson spread to live on the abundance, along with O'Brien and their respective families, until he mislaid his life to cancer lineage 2007.[5]

Herb O'Brien died in 2012,[6] but his family continues be acquainted with manage the property as Rad Events, LLC.[7]

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