Dallas Friday
# Dallas Friday

Dallas Friday (born 6 September 1986) is an American wakeboarder. Her competition victories include four X Games gold medals and several World Wakeboarding Titles. She has also won the ESPN ESPY Award for Best Female Action Sports Athlete.

## Career

Friday began wakeboarding aged thirteen, and began competing professionally within a year. In her rookie season she won the Americas Cup title and a silver medal at the X Games, where she was the youngest competitor.

Aged fourteen, Friday won gold at the ESPN X-Games and at the NBC Gravity Games. In 2001, she won the World Cup and placed first in the 2001 Malibu Open, the first two Pro tour stops, the Vans Triple Crown Ford Ranger Pro, Cable Wakeboarding Nationals, and the X-cup. In the 2003-2004 season, Friday won all but one professional event, and in 2005 she won her third gold at the X Games. In 2006, Friday won the World, Nationals, Masters and the Pro Tour Championships, and in 2007 she was undefeated in overseas Wakeboarding World Cup events. Friday won the "Queen of Wake" title in 2009, as well as the World Title. In 2010 Friday suffered severe injuries that required 2 years of rehabilitation causing her to miss the 2011 season.

## Other activities

In 2004, she made a guest appearance in the popular television series Kim Possible.

She is named after Dallas, a small town in North Carolina where her father was raised.

## Competition history

2013: World title

Year 2008: Injured part of season

    First Place | Masters Champion
    First Place | IWSF World Cup Champion
    Second Place | Pro Tour - Twin Cities, Minnesota
    Second Place | World Championships - Oklahoma
    First Place | World Cup Singapore
    First Place | Malibu Open
    Second Place | Pro Tour - Fort Worth, Tx
    Second Place | Wakeboard World Cup - Doha, Qatar

Year 2007: Injured part of season

    First Place | Pro-Am Wakeboarding Champion
    First Place | Wakeboard World Cup - Doha, Qatar
    Second Place | Wakeboarding Nationals Champion
    Second Place | Masters Champion
    First Place | Wakeboard World Cup - Singapore
    First Place | IWSF World Cup Champion
    Second Place | Wakeboarding World Champion

Year 2006:

    First Place | Pro Wakeboard Tour - Acworth, GA
    First Place | Wakeboard World Cup - Doha, Qatar
    First Place | Masters Tournament - Callaway, GA
    First Place | USA Nationals - Polk City, FL
    Second Place | Pro Tour - Reno, NV
    First Place | Wakeboard World Cup - China
    First Place | Pro Tour Champion
    First Place | WWA Nationals - Kenosha, WI
    First Place | WWA Worlds - Fort Worth, TX
    Second Place | Wakeboard World Cup - Singapore

Year 2005:

    First Place | Pro Wakeboard Tour - Orlando, FL
    First Place | Masters Callaway Gardens - Georgia
    First Place | Pro Wakeboard Tour Reno - Nevada
    First Place | Pro Tour Champion
    First Place | X-Games - Los Angeles, CA
    First Place | Wakestock - UK
    First Place | Nationals Champion - Wisconsin
    First Place | Pan American Champion - Orlando, FL

Year 2004:

    First Place | X-Games - Los Angeles, CA
    First Place | Gravity Games - Perth, Australia
    First Place | Masters Callaway Gardens - Georgia
    First Place | Vans Triple Crown
    First Place | World Cup
    First Place | Pro Tour Champion
    First Place | World Champion
    First Place | National Champion
    First Place | Malibu Open - Sacramento, CA
    First Place | Orlando Pro Tour Stop
    First Place | Vans Triple Crown - Portland, Oregon
    First Place | U.S. Open Champion
    Second Place | Pro Tour Stop - Reno, NV

Year 2003:

    First Place | X-Games - Los Angeles CA
    First Place | Nationals Vans Triple Crown - Indianapolis
    First Place | World Cup
    First Place | Vans Triple Crown
    First Place | Worlds Vans Triple Crown - Orlando
    First Place | Masters Champion
    First Place | Pro Tour Stop - Orlando
    First Place | Vans Ford Ranger Pro - Dallas
    First Place | Pro Tour Stop - Portland
    First Place | Overall Pro Tour Champion
    First Place | Malibu Open Champion - Sacramento
    First Place | Betty Series Champion - Orlando
    Fourth Place | Gravity Games - Cleveland OH

Year 2002:

    First Place | Van's Triple Crown U.S. Nationals
    First Place | Pro Tour Stop - Orlando
    Third Place | Van's Triple Crown Series - Pensacola
    Third Place | Pro Tour Standing
    Silver Medallist | X-Games - Philadelphia, Pa
    Bronze Medallist | Gravity Games - Cleveland
    First Place | Wakestock - Canada
    First Place | Vans Triple Crown Series Champion
    Third Place | Vans Triple Crown Worlds
    Third Place | World Cup Standings

Year 2001:

    Ranked #1 World Cup standings
    First Place | US Pro Wakeboard Tour - Orlando
    First Place | US Pro Wakeboard Tour - Ft. Lauderdale
    First Place | Vans Ford Ranger Pro - Pensacola
    First Place | X-Cup - Orlando
    First Place | X games qualifier - Ft. Lauderdale
    First Place | Malibu Open - Joliet, Illinois
    Second Place | US Pro Wakeboard Tour - Portland
    Second Place | Pro Tour Standing for 2001
    Second Place | U.S. Nationals - Orlando
    First Place | X-Games Gold Medallist - Philadelphia, Pa
    First Place | Gravity Games Gold - Providence, RI
    First Place | Cable Wakeboarding Nationals - Orlando
    Second Place | World Championships - California
    First Place | World Cup Champion

Rookie Year 2000:

    First Place | America's Cup Championship
    Second Place | X-Games
    Third Place | Pro Wakeboard National Championships
    Fourth Place | Gravity Games
    Fourth rank | World Cup Standings
    Fifth rank | US Pro Wakeboard Tour
