St. Louis will play host to a new Extreme Water Sports festival featuring over 50 world-class waterski and wakeboard athletes competing in a high impact night-time competitions reminiscent to that of the X-games, but on water!
Saturday September 14, Creve Coeur Park (Maryland Heights, MO) will play host to Midwest NightFly, an extreme watersports festival, The first of its kind, the two worlds of extreme watersports featuring the high impact of long distance waterski jumping and ‘big air’ wakeboarding will collide together. This event will bring in some of the best extreme waterports athletes to battle it out under stadium lighting. This event will also include a variety of watersports discipline exhibition including professional waterski jumping, professional wakeboarding and tons of exciting on-the-water exhibitions such as extreme barefooting, hydro-foiling, show skiing, jetpack riding, jet skiing and more.
This inaugural Midwest NightFly festival brings a unique weekend of entertainment for the entire family to St. Louis. There will be featured kids zones, zip-line adventure course, rock-climbing walls, live music, food, drinks and more. While enjoying all the entertainment the family will have the opportunity to witness more than 50 of the best extreme athletes around the world take to Creve Coeur Park, St. Louis’s iconic lake park, to compete under a extreme format never before seen. While during the day all types of watersports disciplines will be showcased, it is at night when the main event draws excitement. Some of the world’s elite waterski jumpers and wakeboarders will soar through the air up to 80mph and at 200 feet while trying to see who can put on the best areal demonstration. Something never before seen in St. Louis.
Tickets for Saturday’s main event are only $5, VIP all inclusive tickets are $50. There will be clinics offered on Sunday for anyone interested in learning how to waterski and wakeboard. Sunday will also offer special opportunities for who may just want a new PWC from Big St. Charles Motorsports or watersports boats from State-a-mind and Dri-Port Marine. To purchase tickets or sign up for the clinics, visit midwestnightfly.com. For more information visit midwestnightfly.com or facebook.com/midwestnightfly. For sponsorship and vendor questions contact us at: randy@midwestnightfly.com.
