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Wakeboard Champ Intends To Go Pro

of 30-40 kilometres an hour while
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performing tricks and jumps on and
above the water.
“Yeah, I’m pretty nervous before
I ride sometimes,” he says. “I had a
concussion three years ago. It was
pretty bad but other than that I haven’t
- Design hurt myself.”
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Petrie, and sister Mackayla, have
- Printing been serious about wakeboarding from
- Binding an early age. Ever since a friend of

- Finishing Mackenzie’s first brought over a board

when he was eleven, he’s been finding
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new ways to excel at the sport. Now 16,
3308 Second St. East, Cornwall, ON
Mackenzie has competed at the national
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level and spends a portion of the off-
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season training in Orlando, Florida.
“She’s getting really good,” says
KIA Mackenzie of his sister. The two
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siblings are often performing tricks
and jumps in separate competitions for
OF CORNWALL It takes a special kind of person to successfully complete some of the serious sibling rivalry.
boys and girls, which helps prevent any
Deal of the Week tricks and jumps that Mackenzie Petrie has mastered on the wakeboard. Mackenzie placed third at a national

2009 Toyota Rav4 Limited AWD Supplied photo. competition in 2012, held in St. Zotique,
Quebec, where both he and his sister
By Marc Benoit most wakeboarding competitions occur
Only 113,000 KMS
Only 113,000 KMS competed. He intends to go professional
in the dead heat of summer; during July
$ 14,972 hile many people have had their and August. with the sport in the future,
Plus HST* Weyes on the World Cup, some “I like that,” says Petrie. “It’s like “I’d like to become pro at it. Compete
*price does not include HST, summer sports enthusiasts have been individual, pretty much just you. It’s in the states on the pro tour.”
Fuel, License, OMVIC, or 6545A
$189 Admin Fee gearing up and getting ready for another fun, different,” says Petrie on why he Mackenzie credits some of his
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Cared For, All Wheel Drive, Power Sunroof, Push Button Start, Air, season on the water. For CharLan High enjoys wakeboarding. success to the support of his family and
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Financing is available (OAC) and trades are always welcome. School student and wakeboarding In the winter Petrie plays hockey, coach Ken McGregor, who has helped
613-937-3433 • 1405 Rosemount Ave. champion, Mackenzie Petrie, this is the where he’s no stranger to the danger him reach his current level of expertise.
www.kiaofcornwall.ca beginning of his competitive season. of injury. This is especially true for How much farther he can go, well,
With open waters from May to October, someone who often reaches speeds that’s pretty much up to him.
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