RESULTS OF THE 1ST ANNUAL NWWSA WAKESURF OPEN

MASTERS
1st – Scott Culp
2nd – Jeff Walker
3rd – Judy Walker

OPEN
1st – James Walker
2nd – Sean Cummings
3rd – Wes Beck

AMATEUR FEMALES
1st – Caroline Villeneuve
2nd – Susanne McCully
3rd – Kaley Sparling

AMATEUR MALES
1st – Jimmy Sparling
2nd – Richard McCully
3rd – Kevin Riffle

JUNIORS
1st – Maddie Garcia
2nd – Thomas Garcia

BIG TRICK COMPETITION
Bret Van Den Heuvel (reverse saddleback)

(check out nwwsa.org for photos of the Awards ceremony, and check out kenstanek.com for photos of the entire event)

The 1st Annual NWWSA Wakesurf Open was a huge success!

On August 29, hundreds of spectators converged on Vasa park to witness 50 wakesurfers compete in five divisions for awards, prizes and fun.

It was an event of firsts
-First sanctioned wakesurf competition in Washington state
-First inclusion of a "big trick" competition
-First live web broadcast of a wakesurf competition.

That's right, Wake9.com showed up to install video cameras on both boats. The cameras transmitted back to shore where it was projected onto a large screen, giving spectators a terrific view of the surfers. The transmission was also simultaneously broadcast live on the web where it was viewed by over 800 people (about 30 at any one time) with over 400 watching for at least 1.5 hours! Stay tuned to their page at: http://wake9.com/blogs/1st-northwest-wakesurf-open/ for other video clips of the competition.

And don't forget to check out http://www.kenstanek.com for a complete photos gallery of the entire three day event!

Also, Ray Jijina took aerial shots from the Kenmore Air seaplane. See them here

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE COMPETITORS AND THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS AND TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED MAKE THIS EVENT SO MUCH FUN!

Stay tuned for information on the 2nd Annual NWWSA Wakesurf Open!