**First Ever Nautique and Rockstar Wake Park Showdown Won by Raph Derome
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Some of the Biggest Names in Wakeboarding Go Head-to-Head in Pro Features-Only Competition
Orlando, Fla. — For the first time in its storied history, the Nautique and Rockstar Wake Park Showdown presented by Polaroid Action was included as an event at the Nautique Wake Games. Boasting a field of the sport’s top professional male athletes, the inaugural event was won by Raph Derome, who put on an exhibition in riding a Pro features-only course.
“Nautique came to us with the idea of having a wake park event at Wake Games and as soon as we mentioned the idea to Rockstar and Polaroid Action they were all over it” said Chris Bischoff, competition director at World Sports & Marketing. “With household names like team Nautique riders Bob Soven and Mike Dowdy going against the world’s best park riders and a crew of Orlando’s finest local riders, the Wake Park event had all the makings for a classic showdown. Congratulations to Raph for taking first-place over a very versatile and talented group of riders.”
The prestigious invite-only event pitted the world’s top boat riders against the best park riders on a Pro features-only course battling it out for a $10,000 prize purse. The field also included a contingent of Central Florida’s top park riders that were handpicked by Orlando Watersports Complex to represent their home park.
The Nautique Wake Games, presented by Rockstar Energy Drink is organized by World Sports & Marketing of Orlando, Fla., and has the support of the following sponsors: Nautique Boats, Rockstar Energy Drink, Overton’s, Polaroid Action, Fox, ZEAL Optics Ronix, CWB, Hyperlite, Liquid Force, Byerly, Peavey, PCM Marine Engines and TransWorld WAKEBOARDING magazine.
For more event information, including daily schedules, tickets, results, standings, photos, videos, athlete bios and more, visit www.kingofwake.com.
Complete Results:
Quarterfinals Heat 1(Top 2 advance)
1. Nick Kamper 87.75
2. Mike Dowdy 69.75
3. Chad Sharpe 58.00
4. Jimmy Trask 42.25
Quarterfinals Heat 2
1. Shane Bonifay 86.50
2. Chandler Powell 84.50
3. Ian Smith 68.50
4. Phil Soven 68.50
Quarterfinals Heat 3
1. Bob Sichel 81.75
2. Danny Thollander 71.25
3. Austin Pratt 56.25
4. Antoni Van Der Wekken 48.50
Quarterfinals Heat 4
1. Ralph Derome 90.00
2. Bob Soven 74.00
3. Chad Worrall 73.50
4. Daniel Powers 58.00
Quarterfinals Heat 5
1. Oli Derome 88.25
2. Jimmy Lariche 82.75
3. Brad Smeele 58.00
4. Stephen Pierce 54.50
Quarterfinals Heat 6
1. Mitch Langfield 87.75
2. Christian Primrose 68.00
3. Ryan Anderson 61.75
Quarterfinals Heat 7
1. Brian Reeder 86.25
2. Aaron Rathy 84.75
3. Kirby Liesmann 60.00
Quarterfinals Heat 8
1. Chris O’Shea 84.75
2. Dustin O’Ferrall 79.50
3. Austin Hair 78.75
Quarterfinals Heat 9
1. Dominik Hemler 86.50
2. Adam Errington 83.00
3. Keenan Allen 73.50
Quarterfinals Heat 10
1. James Windsor 83.50
2. Yonel Cohen 81.00
3. Tony Carroll 78.50
Semifinals Heat 1 (Top rider advances)
1. Mitch Langfield 90.00
2. Oli Derome 81.00
3. Dustin O’Ferrall 67.75
4. Aaron Rathy 44.50
Semifinals Heat 2
1. Raph Derome 90.00
2. Jimmy Lariche 73.50
3. Brian Reeder 72.50
4. Yonel Cohen 70.00
Semifinals Heat 3
1. Bob Sichel 82.00
2. Adam Errington 72.50
3. Danny Thollander 72.25
4. Chris O’Shea 68.75
Semifinals Heat 4
1. Shane Bonifay 77.00
2. Bob Soven 74.50
3. Dominik Hemler 68.75
4. Mike Dowdy 63.25
Semifinals Heat 5
1. James Windsor 88.50
2. Chandler Powell 77.00
3. Nick Kamper 71.00
4. Christian Primrose 59.00
Finals
1. Raph Derome 86.25
2. James Windsor 78.00
3. Mitch Langfield 73.25
4. Shane Bonifay 64.00
5. Bob Sichel 58.50
