MELISSA MARQUARDT

When she was just twelve years old, Melissa was introduced to wakeboarding by her brothers and spent day-after-day riding on the Canyon Lake. At age thirteen she received her first wakeboard and was placed on the Liquid Force team. Melissa Marquardt did a few local contests around Canyon Lake and other local hot spots and then started entering pro contests at age fifteen. The same year she won her first Pro contest in Oahu, Hawaii. This pushed her to continue practicing and competing. In 2011 Melissa was honored with the title of Alliance Wakeboard Magazine’s Female Rider of the Year.