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The Other Side: Raimi Merritt

By Brian A. Giuffra
ESPN RISE Magazine

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

To say the future of wakeboarding is in the hands of Raimi Merritt is perhaps a bit of an overstatement. But not by much. The home-schooled sophomore out of Orlando, Fla., is an up-and-coming phenom in an up-and-coming sport. At age 16, she is a world champion who's redefining women's professional wakeboarding as the youngest and most daring rider on the International Water Ski Federation tour. Merritt turned pro in 2007. In 2008, she won a pair of IWSF World Cup events -- one in Egypt and the ...

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