Wakeskating At Cable Wakeboard NationalsNew Braunfels, TX (July 21, 2003) – Cable wakeboarding and wakeskating continued their rapid growth in popularity in the United States as the Texas Ski Ranch hosted the 3rd USA Cable Wakeboard National Championship July 19th and 20th in New Braunfels, Texas.
Wakeskating continues to make its popularity known around the world as the 2003 Cable Nationals hosted more wakeskaters than any time in its history. Amazingly, for the first time ever, there were as many women wakeskaters as men. Zak Stone wowed the crowd on the kicker with his innovative Indy-Raley trick known as the Chrysler, capturing the National Champion crown in the Mens division, while Savanah Barber was crowned National Champion in the Womens division.
Spectators were also treated to the always popular and entertaining "Wakeskate Skeetball" competition, where wakeskaters hit the kicker with as much speed as possible to launch themselves off the kicker and their wakeskate with as much style, height and distance as they can muster, with a bonus for going through the rings in the water. A total of twenty two riders launched, flipped, spun, twisted and turned to an electrified crowd, and in the end Josh Wright emerged the winner, with Kyle Reed and Josh Potter finishing second and third, respectively.
The American Wakeboard Association and the Cable Wakeboard Tour would like to thank all of our Sponsors for their generous support of the US Cable Wakeboard National Championships, including the Texas Ski Ranch, the Board Shop at TSR, Coconutz Bar & Grill, WakeZone, Gravity Wake and Skate, Vikingsextreme, Cobian, Joyride, Reef, Off-Axis, Jet Pilot, and Performance Ski and Surf.
The next stop of the Cable Wakeboard Tour will be August 1-3 at the ever-popular Beach Club in Montreal, Canada. Known as WakeFest, this competition will also host the first-ever Canadian Cable Wakeboard National Championship, with over $10,000 in cash prizes, a Double-Up competition (boat), Miss Reef Brazil bikini contest, DJs, bands, skateboarding demos, beach volleyball, and some of the best riding in North America. Check out www.beachclub.com or www.cablewakeboardtour.com for more information.
Final Wakeskating Results
Women
1 Savanah Barber
2 Jillian Moss
3 Raegan Cottrell
4 Lauren Sanders
5 Stef Tor
Men
1 Zak Stone
2 Ty Benfield
3 Kyle Hyams
4 Danny Molina
5 Jerry Lafferty
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