**Tigé Announces July MyWake Global Challenge Winners
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Pro and Amateur Athletes Have Until Aug. 31 to Enter Competition
Orlando, Fla. — After reviewing a competitive stream of global video submissions from the world’s best wakeboarders, wakeskaters and wakesurfers, Tigé has announced the highly-anticipated July winners of the revolutionary MyWake Global Challenge presented by Polaroid Action. July’s winners join June’s first-place finishers in forming a field of some of the biggest names in the sport, who will battle it out at a dramatic Live MyWake Main Event in Sparks, NV. on Oct. 4-6, 2013.
Among the top names securing spots in the Live MyWake Main Event with July division wins are Shota Tezuka (Pro Men Wakeboard), Amber Wing (Pro Women Wakeboard), Noah Flegel (Junior Pro Wakeboard), Dieter Humpsch (Pro Wakeskate), Kennan Flegel (Pro Men’s Skim), James Walker (Pro Men’s Surf), Bri Chmel (Pro Women’s Skim) and Ashley Kidd (Pro Women’s Surf). A complete list of July’s winners includes:
Pro Men Wakeboard – Shota Tezuka
Pro Women Wakeboard – Amber Wing
Junior Pro Men Wakeboard – Noah Flegel
Masters Men Wakeboard – Joe Swell
Amateur Men Wakeboard – Danny Chatin
Amateur Junior Men Wakeboard – Jack Schaefer
Amateur Junior Women Wakeboard – Katherine Grant
Boys Wakeboard – Tyler Hingham
Girls Wakeboard – Emme Sutherly
Pro Wakeskate – Dieter Humpsch
Pro Men’s Skim – Keenan Flegel
Pro Men’s Surf – James Walker
Pro Women Skim – Bri Chmel
Pro Women’s Surf – Ashley Kidd
Amateur Women Wakeskate – Kayla Anderson
Amateur Women Wakesurf – Marie France Noel
Amateur Women Skim – Marie France Noel
Amateur Men Wakesurf – Zane Montgomery
Amateur Men Skim – Shane Blanton
Masters Men Wakesurf – Shannon Robinson
Masters Women Wakesurf – Sue Penner
Juniors Boys Wakesurf – Cobe France
Juniors Girls Wakesurf – Ella Sorensen
In addition to earning a spot in the Live MyWake Main Event, pro competitors are awarded monthly prizes as follows:
• Pro Men – $1000 per winning monthly video
• Pro Women – $500 per winning monthly video
• Jr. Pro Men – $500 per winning monthly video
• Pro Wakeskate – $500 per winning monthly video
• Pro Surf Male – $500 per winning monthly video
• Pro Surf Female – $500 per winning monthly video
• Pro Skim Male – $500 per winning monthly video
• Pro Skim Female – $500 per winning monthly video
August is the final month for riders to submit online videos and can do so through Aug. 31 riders can enter the online contest. Monthly winners are only eligible for one first-place finish, so new participants and repeat participants who have not yet placed first in a division are highly encouraged to continue with new video submissions. Riders can enter each unique event by submitting a video of their best runs to www.mywake.com. World Wakeboard Association (WWA) judges will review the submissions and select the monthly winners.
For riders not claiming a monthly victory, free registration is offered to amateurs and pros who can submit for an invitation to the Live Finals in a Pro-Am Style competition at Sparks Marina near Reno, NV. by visiting www.mywake.com.
For more information about the Tigé MyWake Global Challenge, including rules, regulations and entry, visit www.mywake.com.
