To win the Pan Am Games nomination, Malinoski beat out Aaron Rathy, the 2009 WWA World Wakeboarding Champion and Christian Primrose, the 2013 Canadian Wakeboarding Champion. “Having only one male event in wakeboarding at the Games put a lot of pressure on the selection process, especially considering Canada has some of the best wakeboarders in the world,” said Michael Lieffers, Team Canada Wakeboarding Coach. “Rusty Malinoski, Aaron Rathy and Christian Primrose all trained and competed hard over the past 12 months, however, Rusty showed the greatest success with his past and recent podium finishes to win the selection.” “I have known Rusty for many years and I’m confident he can win gold for Canada at the Games.”
