Trojan WaterSports

Young Tony Iacconi is the 2009 10-14 year-old boys WWA World Wakeboard Champion.

After coming first in his heats during the first day of competition, Tony's score was highest overall for the division and put him in top seed for the finals.

In the final Tony impressed with a huge pass of mobes, spins and big airs, going on to beat 2008 and 2007 world champions, Noah Flegel and Jason Soven by a solid margin.

From here on it will be officially known as CABLES WAKE PARK, and the first generation logo is attached.
Work progresses steadily at the venue with construction of the interiors of the buildings -change rooms being refitted, kitchen and coffee shop installed, pro shop setup, counters for check in etc.

As well as construction of the kids playground and jumping castle beside the main building.
The new cable system is ready to be shipped from Germany on August 24 so an opening in late October still looks on the cards.
An official launch and opening weekend is tentatively planned for November 7-8.

There will be an advance sale of a LIMITED number of FULL MEMBERSHIPS prior to the parks opening.

Historic Wrap Up To The 2009 Pro Tour

Anyone who has witnessed the Pro Wakeboard Tour for any amount of years would agree that today’s action at Sparks Marina in Reno, Nevada made for one of the best season finale’s in history.

A big-time move was landed for the first time in a contest, a Junior Pro clinched his 5-stop sweep and a rookie won the season title.

What a day. Emotions were running high as the final day of the 2009 MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour got underway. And emotions definitely peaked during the finals, as Rusty Malinoski signaled for a “left” double up at the end of his run.

Driver Travis Moye knew that this could be the day for the first 1080 in competition; especially since Rusty lands 1080s behind his own MasterCraft X Star wake pretty much daily. The crowd was silent as Rusty booted off the meaty double up. After spinning three frontside 360’s, Rusty landed smooth, edging out on his switch toeside edge, making it look easy. The announcers, judges, sponsors and fans all went crazy. The center tower shook with the fever for this monumental moment in wakeboarding history. Rusty took a victory lap around Sparks Marina as his wife and son watched with pride and excitement. The entire site lit up with cheers as Rusty pulled back to shore, a true heroes welcome that he will never forget.

It seems like a 1080 would sum up the action for the day. However, Phillip Soven stood up a flawless finals pass, which scored him the first place finish for the Pro Men division. Bob Soven also claimed first place in the Junior Pro Men’s division. This victory for Bob leaves him with a perfect 2009 season.

As for the Pro Women, Dallas Friday and Nicola Butler went head to head for first place, with Dallas prevailing in the end.

Although the riding has commenced, the day is not yet over. We are headed to the awards ceremony for the MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour here at the Nugget Casino. There is plenty to celebrate tonight and we plan on taking advantage of that. Take a peek at the photo gallery and wish that you were here to witness this epic wrap-up to the 2009 PWT season.

Danny Harf’s wrapped toeside melon backside 180’s have made for some of Rodrigo Donoso’s best photos of the season.

Harley Clifford on his way to becoming the first rookie since Parks Bonifay to win a Pro Tour season title. Bonifay’s was in 1996. – Toeside crail roll to blind.

Harley Clifford getting ready to strap in for a wild ride – his first Pro Tour season title.

Bob Soven boots a huge stalefish on his way to winning every event on the five-stop Junior Pro Tour.

Dallas Friday made a killer comeback in 2008, winning the Reno event putting her in good shape for a Queen of Wake title.

TOP-10 OVERALL PWT – PRO MEN RANKINGS 2009:
1. Harley Clifford AUS 450
2. Aaron Rathy CAN 440
3. Phillip Soven USA 415
4. Andrew Adkison USA 365
5. Rusty Malinoski CAN 341
6. Olivier Derome CAN 281
7. Danny Harf USA 257
8. Jimmy LaRiche USA 257
9. Dean Smith AUS 252
10. Trevor Hansen USA 250

TOP-10 OVERALL PWT – JR. PRO MEN RANKINGS 2009:
1. Bob Soven USA 500
2. Mitch Langfield AUS 440
3. Steel Lafferty USA 375
4. Daniel Powers USA 370
5. Phillip Aslinger USA 365
6. Jarrod Askew AUS 271
7. Jacob Valdez USA 243
8. Johnny Tobaben USA 239

Collingwood, ON - The final day at Wakestock was highlighted by sunny, hot weather and calm water, although an early morning thunderstorm threatened to put a damper on the day's festivities. Once the storm cleared, the day kicked into high gear as the world's best wakeboarders and wakeskaters took to the water of Collingwood Harbour to battle out the final rounds of the WWA World Series for an overall prize purse of $25,000 and the coveted Wakestock belts.

The action got under way in the Malibu Boats Pro Wakeskate Championships with a six-man semifinal. Leading the way into the final round was past Wakestock wakeskate champs, Stuart Shinn and Brian Grubb. They were also joined by Wakestock rookies Grant Roberts and local Ontario rider Dan Brown. In the end, it was Grubb walking away with the win; his 5th Wakestock title overall.

Up next was the Billabong Pro Wakeboard Championship, which saw a 16-man quarterfinal cut down to an eight-man semifinal. Canadians made a strong showing by filling up half of the field with Rusty Malinoski, Aaron Rathy, Olivier Derome and Raphael Derome all advancing.

The four-man final was comprised of the hottest riders in the world at the moment; Phillip Soven, the WWA World

Series overall points leader, Aaron Rathy, the King of Wake overall points leader, Harley Clifford, the PWT overall points leader and Bob Soven, the Jr. Men's PWT point leader. Buoyed on by the hometown crowd, Aaron Rathy had two flawless passes, which included a Heelside Wrapped Back 7 and a Toeside Backside Off-axis 5 to take home the Wakestock title.

"This is unreal. I'm super stoked to win Wakestock," claims Rathy. "Especially considering how good everyone was riding here. The Wakestock crowd is so big and so close it really makes riding a lot of fun. Rusty [Malinoski] told me that I'm only the third Canadian ever to win along with him and Jeff Heer so it feels good to be in that company."

Wakestock is presented by Monster Energy in association with Billabong, Malibu Boats, Coors Light, Gordon Bar Marine, Paris Marine, SBC Skateboard Magazine and SBC Wakeboard Magazine.

Wakestock is owned and produced by SBC Events Inc, an independent Canadian production company specializing in action sport & youth lifestyle marketing, in association with SBC Media Inc., publisher of leading action sports magazines SBC Skateboard, SBC Wakeboard, Snowboard Canada, SBC Surf, SBC Skier, Snowboard Women's Annual, SBC Ski & Snowboard Resort Guide, SBC Kiteboard, Windsport, SBC Action Sports Business magazines. "Wakestock" "Wakestock Festival" and "Wakestock Action Sports & Music Festival" are trademarks of SBC Media Inc. in Canada, the United States and/or other countries.

Billabong Wakestock Pro Wakeboard Finals
1. Aaron Rathy, CAN
2. Phillip Soven, USA
3. Harley Clifford, AUS
4. Bob Soven, USA

Malibu Boats Wakestock Pro Wakeskate Semifinals
1. Brian Grubb, USA
2. Grant Roberts, USA
3. Stuart Shinn, USA
4. Dan Brown, CAN

Heat #1
1. Aaron Rathy, CAN
2. Harley Clifford, CAN
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3. Olivier Derome, CAN
4. Austin Hair, USA

Heat #2
1. Phillip Soven, USA
2. Bob Soven, USA
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3. Rusty Malinoski, USA
4. Raphael Derome, CAN

Malibu Boats Wakestock Pro Wakeskate Semifinals
(top two in each heat advance)

Billabong Wakestock Pro Wakeboard Quarterfinals
(top two in each heat advance)

Heat #1
1. Aaron Rathy, CAN
2. Olivier Derome, CAN
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3. Danny Thollander, USA
4. Marcelo Giardi, BRA

Heat #2
1. Raphael Derome, CAN
2. Rusty Malinoski, CAN
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3. Shane Bonifay, USA
4. Trevor Hansen, USA

Heat #3
1. Austin Hair, USA
2. Harley Clifford, AUS
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3. Kevin Henshaw, CAN
4. Dean Smith, AUS

Heat #4
1. Phillip Soven, USA
2. Bob Soven, USA
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3. Andrew Adkison, USA
4. Dylan Rivait, CAN

Penrith Cable Park set to (re)open later this year

Australia’s newest cable park is set to open its doors to the public in October or November of 2009 at Panthers Penrith in NSW.
It will boast a new state of the art cable system with electronic operation and lake control system and will incorporate 2 new additional Sesitec system 2.0's.
Owners Clayton Dun and Chris Angus will begin operations with 10 world class obstacles in place and the park will be fully stocked and sponsored by Liquid Force.
It will be the 4th Liquid Force Cable Park in Australia and the first stop of the 2009 Liquid Force Rail Jam Series, representing and reinforcing Liquid Force’s commitment to all types of wakeboarding world wide.
Work is underway already and all permits and leases are in place and ready to go…….watch this space for more details as they come to hand

Oklahoma City, Okla. – The 2009 Air Nautique WWA Wakeboard National Championships, presented by ROCKSTAR wrapped-up its final day of action in Oklahoma City, Okla. today, with several wakeboarding firsts occurring throughout the day.

In the Pro Men’s division, Adam Errington upset the top-seeded rider, Andrew Adkison, in the five-man final today to win his first pro national title. Adkison finished the contest in second place, while Danny Harf rounded out the podium in third. Though he didn’t claim the national title, Harf did make an impact on the water today, landing the first Wrapped Nose Grab Backside Off-Axis 720 in a contest. Rusty Malinoski and Shane Bonifay finished the five-man final, respectively.

Taking home the ROCKSTAR Best Trick Award was Keith Lidberg for his Toeside 270 on the Fun Box. The Award is a $1,000 cash prize.

Reed Hansen landed the first Switch Heelside 540 in a contest during his final run today to help earn his second Pro Wakeskate national title. Hansen won his first in 2007. Brian Grubb and Brandon Thomas rounded out the podium, respectively.

Breaking her own record, previously set at five, Dallas Friday claimed her sixth U.S. national title today - the most won be any wakeboarder. Friday topped the podium after taking first place in today’s Pro Women’s division six-woman final. Nicola Butler and Amber Wing rounded out the podium, respectively.

The Jr. Pro Men’s division hit the water today for their six-man final, with Bob Soven taking first place with a score of 97.00, a near 20-point differential from the next closest competitor. Jacob Valdez and Daniel Powers rounded out the Jr. Pro Men’s division podium. Today’s win marks Soven’s first national title in the Jr. Pro Men’s division.

The Boys and Jr. Women divisions also wrapped-up their riding today, with Jason Soven and Megan Blaschka claiming their respective division’s national title.

Now that the Air Nautique WWA Wakeboard National Championships, presented by ROCKSTAR has ended, the top tier riders from each of the 20 divisions will be invited to represent the United States at the WWA Wakeboard World Champions later this year in Orlando, Fla.

Pro Men – Final #1
1. Adam Errington 92.25
2. Andrew Adkison 82.25
3. Danny Harf 78.00
4. Rusty Malinoski 77.75
5. Shane Bonifay 66.75

Pro Women – Final #1
1. Dallas Friday 93.50
2. Nicola Butler 89.75
3. Amber Wing 83.75
4. Haley Smith 66.00
5. Danni Petraitis 59.00
6. Raimi Merritt 48.00

Pro Wakeskate – Final #1
1. Reed Hansen 93.33
2. Brian Grubb 86.67
3. Brandon Thomas 53.33
4. Stuart Shinn 33.33

Jr. Pro Men – Final #1
1. Bob Soven 97.00
2. Jacob Valdez 78.50
3. Daniel Powers 75.75
4. Joshua Twelker 67.25
5. Phillip Aslinger 66.75
6. Steel Lafferty 65.75

Jr. Women – Final #1
1. Megan Blaschka 68.44
2. Jasmine Lally 50.56
3. Emily Wright 16.67

Boys – Final #1
1. Jason Soven 66.67
2. Noah Flegel 57.11
3. Paulie Koch 49.01
4. Zach Brown 45.33

Pro Men – Semifinal #1
1. Adam Errington 94.75
2. Jim LaRiche 92.50
3. Danny Thollander 79.00
4. Erik Ruck 73.75

Pro Men – Semifinal #2
1. Shane Bonifay 93.75
2. Phillip Soven 92.50
3. Nick Weinacker 77.50
4. Trevor Hansen 76.25

Pro Men – Semifinal #3
1. Rusty Malinoski 89.50
2. Olivier Derome 88.75
3. Keith Lidberg 84.25
4. Chad Sharpe 77.50

Pro Men – Semifinal #4
1. Andrew Adkison 93.25
2. Shawn Watson 91.00
3. Austin Hair 84.25
4. Shaun Murray 71.50

Pro Men – Semifinal #5
1. Danny Harf 98.50
2. Aaron Rathy 86.50
3. Bryan Hutton 82.00
4. Adam Wensink 73.00

Great jump Troy. On Saturday at our 4^th annual Carpark Slider Challenge Troy Roker jumped a motor cross style gap on his wakeboard over concrete 13.5 meters (44.26 feet) long and was around 5.5 meters (18 feet) high in the air. To pull off the jump he rode over a specifically designed up-ramp and down-ramp built by Liquid Malisha. To get the speed he needed, he used an Urban Rider Winch with a 9hp engine. Troy practised for 4 days before the event slowly moving back the up-ramp as he felt confident.
Troy said "I was pretty nervous before the first jump, there were a lot of people who had come out to watch and I wanted to go as far as possible for them". "After I got my first jump out of the way I was feeling heaps better and was able to go 13.5 meters on my third jump".
“Before his jump there was a wakeboard rail comp, held out the front carpark of the shop. Matty De Nittis took out the honours followed by Ryan Leary and James Tyrell. Also a huge thanks needs to go to Trojan Wake Ski Snow for putting on the event and promoting our sport in such a big way. “It was great to see so many people come to see our event this year and we are now looking towards next years event which will be held on the Saturday night before the Sydney Bridge to Bridge Water ski Classic next November.

Many thanks must go to all our sponsors who without this event would not have been possible.

MICHEAL (fish Farm) SEARL WINS TROJAN’S CARPARK SLIDER CHALLENGE

The 3rd Annual Trojan Carpark slider challenge took place over the weekend, and was a massive success for all involved. With $8000 prize money up for grabs, some big name riders came down for the event, and really turned it on for a huge crowd, showing why they are some of the best rail riders in Australia.

The set up used was all part of Liquid Malisha’s rails and pools. There were 3 pools. with a brand new flat bar, for the guys to get their steez game on, then through the second pool, and into the infamous LM A frame.

The boys were absolutely ripping it, throwing down some big combos across the 2 rails, pushing each other to the edge.

Josh O'Connell came off second best a couple of times, but this didn't stop the crowd from getting behind him to give it another crack, again and again and again.

Eventually, it would turn out into a battle royal, between 3 heavyweights in Josh O' Connell, Michael Searle (Fish Farm) and Troy Roker.

These 3 guys are very well known in Australia for their skills on the rails, and it really showed in their ability to get the crowd on their feet.

Coming out on top was Fish Farm, who threw down some amazing presses
along the flat bars, and incredible spin combos over the A frame to take home the $3000 first prize. His consistency sealing the deal.

In second place was Troy Roker, who walked away with $2000. He really
showed people how to almost break your ankle when pressing out tailslides, while at the same time, passing the handle through your legs. His style is unbelievable.

And in third place went to Josh O' Connell, taking home $1000, who really introduced himself on several occasions to the A frame, at times, letting his chest do the sliding instead of his board! However, his nose slides wowed the crowd throughout the night.

All in all, the night was a massive success with lots of giveaways, beats cranking all night and some quality riding going down.
A BIG thanks to the sponsors, Trojan Wake Ski Snow, Fluid, Wake Magazine, Liquid Force, Zee, Jstar, Dirty Dog and Wing wetsuits.

Watch the Video on You Tube

Yes it will be on again next year, under lights 8pm Saturday 22^nd

November.

Final Results:

1 Michael Searl

2 Troy Roker

3 Josh O,Connell

4 Drew Ghantous

5 John Pervan

6 Chris O’Shea

7 Michael Hancock

8 Ben Tolson