THE SUPREME WAKE SURFING CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY NICE RACK CROWNS NEW WAKE SURFING CHAMPIONS(Merced, CA) – The first U.S. event of the coveted World Series of Wake Surfing is in the books as the SUPREME WAKE SURFING CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY NICE RACK is history as they say. The venue was the beautiful BlueWater Resort & Casino in Parker, Arizona on the Colorado River. For two full days on the Colorado River, Supreme watersports towboats gave competitors the monster wave necessary to surf behind a boat.The event, rated as a 3-Star on the Competitive Wake Surf Association’s scale hosted 75 riders from all over the world. Each rider was there to prove that their wake surfing skills were good enough to earn them a position as the best in their division and potentially a berth in the season’s grand finale, the World Wake Surfing Championship.As a qualifying feeder system, the World Series of Wake Surfing is a series of worldwide wake surfing competitions that each contributes their best competitors to the World Wake Surfing Championship to be held in September. The 2015 Series started in early April with the Wake Surf Open Brazil event and will comprise a record setting 23 events worldwide. The Supreme Boats Wake Surfing Championship presented by Nice Rack is the Series’ second event of the 2015 season.Now, in its third year, the event is managed by Jeff Walker, Tournament Director, however Jeff announced his retirement in March stating, “This will be my last year as the event’s tournament director. I have had a lot of fun producing this event for the wake surfing community. Over the years, I have developed some great friendships with people from all over the world. It’s been a very rewarding experience, but it’s time for me to move on.”Divisions include both men’s and women’s and provide a range of age groups for both Surf Style and Skim Style riders. The professional division awarded $12,000 in cash for the top performers. Results are shown below. |
Women’s Pro Surf 1. Ashley Kidd 2. Angie Viland 3. Raleigh Hager |
Women’s Pro Skim 1. Caroline Villeneuve 2. Taylor Dorey 3. Jodi Grassman |
Men’s Pro Surf 1. Chris Wolter 2. James Walker 3. Parker Payne |
Men’s Pro Skim 1. Aaron Witherell 2. Austin Keen 3. Grant Witherell |
Men’s Outlaw Surf 1. Hunter Clement 2. Mike Viland 3. Pete Lange |
Men’s Outlaw Skim – O 1. Brandon Tolliver 2. Jason Lybeck 3. Jason Zirnite |
Men’s Outlaw Skim – Y 1. Hunter Sims 2. Leland Watkins 3. Chris Trimner |
Women’s Outlaw Surf 1. Madie Horta 2. Kailey Sparling 3. Kristy McDonald |
Men’s Am Surf – O 1. Kyle Woodard 2. Greg Anderson 3. Nathan Smith |
Men’s Am Surf – M 1. TJ Larson 2. Bryce Wagner 3. Michael Haseck |
Men’s Am Surf – Y 1. Jake Breedlove 2. Jessie Baba 3. David Casal |
Men’s Am Skim 1. Nathan Chao 2. Drew Drennan 3. Robert Ulrich |
Women’s Am Surf 1. Hailey Cox-Smith 2. Korinn Woodard 3. Nicole Hudson |
Women’s Am Skim 1. Abigail Chao 2. Jasmine Long 3. Susie Baker |
Masters Men Outlaw 1. Brent Dorey 2. Danny Biebcher 3. Todd Witherell |
Masters Men 1. Anthony Vanderlinde 2. Don Bethke 3. Chris Chao |
Masters Women 1. Christina Vanderlinde 2. Shanon Seignior 3. Linda Bethke |
Junior Women 1. Zoey Montgomery 2. Kiley Roshto 3. Alexus Nordgren 4. Savanna Nordgren |
Supreme Boats is manufactured by Fineline Industries who also builds Centurion Boats. In 1995, members of the Fineline team created the first annual World Wake Surfing Championship an event that will celebrate its twentieth season later this fall. For the next several months wake surfers from all over the world will compete in local events to earn a spot in the coveted World Wake Surfing Championship. The Series officially kicks off this month with the Wake Surf Open Brazil 2015 event. The Supreme Wake Surfing Championship presented by NiceRack is the second event of the season. The entire season schedule can be viewed here http://www.wakesurfchampionships.com/world-series.html.For more information regarding the Supreme Wake Surfing Championship presented by NiceRack or the World Series of Wake Surfing please contact Fineline Sports Marketing at 209-384-0255 or visit www.wakesurfchampionships.com.* * * *About Fineline Sports Marketing, Inc.: Fineline Sports Marketing is a division of Fineline Industries, manufacturer of Centurion and Supreme Boats. Fineline Sports Marketing was created to manage the World Series of Wake surfing and the prestigious World Wake Surfing Championship, celebrating its twentieth year. Fineline Sports Marketing also manages the production of the Supreme Wake Surfing Championship a World Series event. Fineline is most recognized as the first boat company to produce a dedicated wakesurfing boat and its Centurion brand remains at the top-of-the-class in this space. Centurion held the first World Wake Surfing Championship in 1995, an event that has grown to become the world’s largest, annual, premier wakesurfing event. For more information please contact Fineline Sports Marketing at 209-384-0255 or visit www.wakesurfchampionships.com |