OK, This is the last of the competition videos and some of the best surfing of the weekend along with the other Open classes.
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This was one of the funnest classes to watch, some good competition, and some great wakesurfing. Enjoy!
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We had to combine the Women’s Open with the Amateur Women’s division, but we still had some great surfing. Bri Chmel takes first place with a great run, but HELLO, here comes Adriana Borelli with a second place and $350. This division saw the highest prize money.
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Some great competition in this class. Kevin Riffle from Seattle took first, RJ took second, and watch out for Chris Wolter, he took third and was so stoked he signed up for worlds. Good luck, Chris!.
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So we RJ, Dennis, Chase, Farrah, Dave and Maddie had a great time surfing the V226. It had a great wake on both sides. The pocket seemed a little shorter than the RZ2 but I didn’t hear any complaints, everyone enjoyed it. I heard the goofy wake may be a bit better than the regular, but both sides were good. Watch the video and check the photos section to see for yourself. I have to apologize in advance for our intro.
The Walker Smackdown. Jeff pulled it out in the end, but Judy ALMOST made her 360, and then it would have been another story!
Enjoy.
This was a great session with 3 great names in wakesurfing. Chase Hazen, James Walker and Johnny Stieg. This is the first division where James and Chase went head to head, James nailed his run, and Chase faltered a bit, but there is still the Open Surf division, and Chase came back hard for that one. It was great watching these guys battle.
View it in Hi Rez at the Festival Media section.
The Surf/Skim challenge is a great event, it shows up overall wakesurf skills, riding a surf board in one direction on the course, then a skim board in the other.
Special thanks to Wakeshredder.com for sponsoring this division.
We will be updating The Wake9.com Experience podcast with several videos from the festival, starting with the competition video from inside the boat. Visit wake9.com/festival for updates on all of the photos and video from the Festival.
Here is a subset of the “photo shoot behind the scenes” images. There are just some darn amazing images of James Walker surfing. We have lots of other images, and more of other pros that we will be posting, but these were just sick. James really like the Tige RZ2 wake and told Dennis Horton that the wake just booted him in the air, and he almost felt like his knees were gonna buckle when he landed. The 2010 Tige RZ2 puts out an amazing recreational surf wake on both sides of the boat with just a few flicks of the Tige Touch screen. It switches sides in about 6-8 minutes. Just a few hundred more pounds and you can get a knee busting competition wake like the ones in these images. We used the same 2010 Tige RZ2 for regular and goofy surfing for this photoshoot, and we also used the same boat for the competition. Any boat can do that, but not many with this great of a surf wake.
Check out James kill it. Go to flickr.com/wake9 for all the wake9.com photos, but here is a slideshow of few images. Hit the Play button, then click the Full Screen icon in the lower right corner of the slide show and sit back and enjoy for the best viewing experience.
