Austinite wins world wakeboarding title

From statesman.com, July 11, 2008...

The road to Tom Fooshee's fame as a champion wakeboarder began with a tree and a trampoline.

"I've always had a trampoline in my backyard," said Fooshee, a 23-year-old student at Texas State University. "I was one of those kids who liked to mimic the moves (wakeboarders) do today."

On Sunday, Fooshee — who went to McNeil High School — took first place in the pro men's division of the Wakepark World Championship in the Philippines. The five-day competition, hosted in Naga City, drew more than 230 competitors from all over the world.

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