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