2015 Comeback of the Year
Mike Dowdy

Mike-Dowdy-4Hi-Res-soden@dirtymikedowdy working on his street cred. photo: Soden

Remember how Mike Dowdy missed all of 2014 with a blown knee? This coming after an insane 2013 where he pushed professional boat riding to heights nobody ever dreamed of before. It would be fair to give Mike a break coming into 2015 – to not expect much and to allow him to not push things quite as hard as he did in 2013. But that’s not who Mike is. The kid from Michigan didn’t just come back to ride, he came back looking to continue to push boat riding past where he’d taken it in 2013. And for the most part he did. His X-Games Real Wake part was one of the most respected amongst the group of competitors. Mike didn’t just make up for missing 2014, he blew the roof off the “this is how you come back from knee surgery” establishment.