Wakeboarding

The Byerly Team and the West Side Rider crew came out to Arizona for some Spring Break Riding. In this second part episode the crew heads to Havasu to give a wake demo to a few lucky people from SWAT!

Recap Cable Riders Tourstop 2012: No. 1 from the Big Pixel Company on Vimeo.

The 19th of May was the first stop of the brand new Dutch Cable Riders Tour 2012

Down Under Cableway, Nieuwegein, was the hosting Cable of this new competition format by Riders, for Riders.

A competition where three categories lead to overall winners:
Kicker, Rail and Airtricks

The SWC would like to thank the sponsors of this event: Hyperlite, Rehall and Teva

What is the Wakeboard Coach Foundation!? (Dutch: Stichting Wakeboard Coach : SWC)

The Wakeboard Coach Foundation was established to “coach” the sport of wakeboarding in the biggest possible sense of the word. It goes far beyond coaching riders to learn a certain trick or run..!

SWC was founded by initiator Rens Cosijn, a pioneer in cable wakeboarding. Organizing the Dutch Cable Championships 2010 & 2011, Ex Dutch National Team coach, ex-member of the NWWB and reigning world champion at the Masters category.

Tommy Swaan : A Thai Winter from the Big Pixel Company on Vimeo.

17 year old Tommy Swaan a.k.a. The Nose decided to spend his winter in Thailand

Training his ass off and representing his new sponsor: Jobe Watersports! This won’t be the last thing you’ll hear from him…

Tommy would like to thank his sponsor Jobe Watersports and Down Under Cableway!

Music: Pretty Lights – Summer’s Gone

When you watch this video just think about how cool it would be to get a call to ride with this group of Rockstar riders.  I know they ride for Rockstar and when you think about it I can understand why they are on the team.  Each of these guys is a true Rockstar of our sport.  Scott Byerly, Vandall, Ricky G., B. Thomas, and Kyle R.

The Byerly Team and the West Side Rider crew came out to Arizona for some Spring Break Riding.  Check out how the first part of the trip went and stay tuned for part two.

Ft. Worth, Tx. – In front of a crowd of thousands, the final day of the MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour concluded with an action packed day of riding from the sport’s top athletes. The top performance of the day came from Harley Clifford, who dazzled the spectators at Texas MasterCraft by landing the first ever wake-to-wake double flip in a contest to claim first place in the Men’s Pro division.

Giving Clifford a run for his money were, Phillip Soven and Rusty Malinoski, who also put in inspired efforts to claim second and third place respectively and keep pace in the season standings race.

“So much sick riding went down today, I’m excited to come away with the win,” said Clifford. “The whole event was great and I can’t wait for Branson next week.”

The Women’s pro division is also shaping up to be a tight race this season. In a highly competitive final heat, Nicola Butler went just a little bigger than the rest of the field to claim victory. Solid runs also came from Meagan Ethell and Amber Wing who join Butler on the podium.

The ultra-competitive MasterCraft Junior Pro Tour gave the crowd a glimpse of the future of the sport and also determined a winner today.  Mike Dowdy won his second consecutive Overton’s Junior Pro Series event by edging out Massi Piffaretti with a final round score of 91.50.

Following the MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour divisional heats, fans were treated to the jaw-dropping Sony Big Air Contest.  Being pulled behind the new XStar, the top Men’s Pro athletes stuck gravity-defying tricks that are rarely pulled off in a traditional contest setting. The performance of the event came from Chad Sharpe who took first place.

For more information on the MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour, please visit: KingofWake.com

The MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour, presented by ROCKSTAR is organized by World Sports & Marketing of Orlando, Fla., and has the support of the following sponsors: MasterCraft, Rockstar Energy Drink, Overton’s, Indmar, Peavey, Billabong, Hyperlite, CWB, Ronix, Liquid Force, Byerly, Oakley, Sayiwon’t, Epiphone and TransWorld WAKEBOARDING magazine.

MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour Day Two Results

Men’s Pro – Quarterfinals Heat 1

1. Adam Errington          70.00
2. Tony Carroll                65.00
3. Jimmy Lariche 60.00
4. Danny Thollander       51.67

Men’s Pro – Quarterfinals Heat 2

1. Andrew Adkison        78.33
2. Aaron Rathy               71.67
3. Shota Tezuka              63.33
4. Nick Jones                   56.67

Men’s Pro – Quarterfinals Heat 3

1. Phillip Soven               75.00
2. Daniel Powers             65.00
3. JD Webb                     63.33
4. Chad Sharpe               51.67

Men’s Pro – Quarterfinals Heat 4

1. Dan Smith                   75.00
2. Rusty Malinoski          70.67
3. Austin Hair                 66.67
4. Kyle Rattray               36.67

Junior Pro Men – Semifinals Heat 1

1. Massi Piffaretti           98.00
2. Keenan Allen              83.25
3. Christian Primrose       81.50
4. Parker Siegele             77.25

Junior Pro Men – Semifinals Heat 2

1. Noah Flegel                 93.00
2. Jacob Valdez               91.50
3. Tony Iacconi               81.25
4. Landon Kasey             74.25

Junior Pro Men – Semifinals Heat 3

1. Mike Dowdy               98.00
2. Freddie Wayne           90.50
3. Marc Kroon                 81.50
4. Jason Soven                70.00

Pro Men – Semifinals Heat 1

1. Phillip Soven               80.00
2. Rusty Malinoski          75.00
3. Andrew Adkison        65.00
4. Daniel Powers             60.00
5. Tony Carroll                50.00

Pro Men – Semifinals Heat 2

1. Harley Clifford           95.00
2. Aaron Rathy               90.00
3. Dean Smith                 85.00
4. Steel Lafferty              80.00
5. Adam Errington          40.00

Junior Pro Men Finals

1. Mike Dowdy               91.50
2. Massi Piffaretti           85.50
3. Freddie Wayne           80.00
4. Noah Flegel                 69.50
5. Jacob Valdez               61.75
6. Kennan Allen              61.25

Women’s Pro Finals

1. Nicola Butler               78.33
2. Meagan Ethell             73.33
3. Amber Wing               66.67
4. Raimi Merritt              61.67
5. Dallas Friday               53.33
6. Taylor McCullough     41.67

Men’s Pro Finals

1. Harley Clifford           95.00
2. Phillip Soven               89.17
3. Rusty Malinoski          80.83
4. Dean Smith                 76.67
5. Aaron Rathy               67.67
6. Andrew Adkison        55.00