On Saturday, Aug 21, 2021 at Lake Lanier Olympic Park the last PWT Tour stop of the year was held including the Moxie-Pro women’s series Live boat event. The venue, originally built for the rowing races at the Atlanta Olympic Games, provided a perfect setting for spectators and a challenging backwash for the pros.

In the Pro Men’s quarterfinal heats, rollers and contest jitters got to some riders. Kai Ditsch fell on the last trick of his second pass, Finn Bullock missed the handle on his last trick but edged Kai out from the semis along with his twin brother Ulf who fell early. Finn advanced behind stand-out Sam Brown who rode solid and stood both passes.

Unfortunately Bobby Knapp, the local kid from Lake Lanier had a heartbreaking fall in front of his cheering home crowd. Italy’s Massi Piffaretti advanced next to Guenther Oka, Cory Teunissen, Tyler Highman and Jake Pelot from Orlando who rode huge and clean.

Legend Bob Soven came out of retirement but fell early and did not advance, neither did the rookie on the tour Thomas Herman who fell on the double and missed the handle on a 720. Japan’s Shota Tezuka, the first rider to land a heel side 1080 in a contest, was nursing a recent knee injury and rode conservatively. He stood both passes and advanced to the next round behind defending tour champ Nic Rapa who stuck everything consistently.

In the pro men’s semifinal, sixteen-year-old Finn Bullock, who also trains with the olympic snowboarding team, fell at the end of first pass and didn’t make the cut neither did Shota Tezuka who fell early in both passes.

In the Pro women’s semifinals a few faces where MIA from the line up including Fan Favorite and US Masters Champion Mary Morgan Howell, 6xWorld Champion Dallas Friday along with Japan’s top Moxie-Pro boat qualified finalist Hinata Yoshihara. That did not make it any easier for the pro women who competed since the level and the depth of riding today is amazingly high.

Today there’s no room for error, Bec Gange known for being the first woman to land a whirlybird 540, fell early in her second pass and did not advance to the finals. Neither did the youngest qualifier of the Series, 12-year-old Kitt Smith. Kitt had a brave participation along experienced pros like Tarah Mikacich who stood up both passes and won the heat.

Jamie Lopina landed roll to blind advancing next to Meagan Ethell who landed 540′s and a whirlybird, Eugenia de Armas landed a 540 and a Tootsie Roll and Orlando’s Taylor McCullough made it through in third place.

The stakes were high at the In the Pro men’s final. When the scores came in Guenther Oka came out on top but was a few points shy from the Tour Overall.

Final Scores:

• 1st USA Guenther Oka 86 points
• 2nd AUSTRALIA Nic Rapa 83.33
• 3rd AUSTRALIA Sam Brown 64.33
• 4th ITALY Massi Piffaretti 53.33
• 5th AUSTRALIA Cory Teunissen 41.66
• 6th USA Jake Pelot 23.33

Guenther Oka’s golden 2021 season includes 2 wins at the PWT, the US Masters title and a third place at the groundbreaking Red Bull Wake Capital in Hamburg. The incredibly talented rider has two more big contests on the line, the World Wakeboard Championships and the World Wake Park Championships going down in September. Stay tuned while he continues to progress with new tricks like the X-MOBE7 and doubles.

Nic Rapa inspired and challenged a stacked field of elite competitors with his consistency and focus. He defended his title and made history by winning the PWT Overall Championship for the third year in a row. A feat that has only been accomplished by the eminent Darin Shapiro.

Top contender Sam Brown went for it in the final and nearly landed a Chicken Salad Moby Dick 540 but caught an edge and fell. Although he missed the trick, he earned a spot in the podium winning third place in stop #4 and third overall for the 2021 season behind Oka and Rapa.

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Honorary mention to Indiana’s Thomas Herman who won the coveted Rookie Of The Year award.

In the much anticipated Pro Women’s Final, the big surprise was Meagan Ethell who fell early and ended up in sixth place. Hollie Waldrop earned a respectable 5th.

Tarah Mikacich missed the handle on an off-axis 540 and barely missed the podium just a point behind Taylor McCullough.

It was incredibly refreshing and inspiring to watch the Pro Women compete at the PWT. Plans for next year are underway!

In the Junior Pro Men’s final, Tyler Highman placed 3rd with 58.33 points, followed by Cody Hunnicutt with 64 points and winner Parker Swope with 71.66. Missing in action was points leader Jamie Huser who unfortunately could not attend, we wish him a speedy recovery.

Wakesurf Finals

Pro Wakesurfing Final Heat Scores:

• 1st – Taylor Swanson: 91.00
• 2nd – Sean Silveira: 81.66
• 3rd – Nick Parros: 73.33

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Terminus Wake Park, Georgia August 22, 2021

Good vibes and blue skies greeted the world’s top female Wake Park contestants for an anticipated day of competition at the Moxie-Pro Live Cable event. The top eight qualifiers from the Moxie-Pro Online International Cable Event were invited to compete at the Live event final.

The All-Star list of pro women included the 2021 US National Champion Texas native Anna Nikstad, World Champion Julia Rick from Germany, Moxie-Pro Boat winner Jamie Lopina, 15-year-old Terminus Wake Park native Rivers Hedrick, Trick of the Year winner Lisa Baloo and Fan Vote winner 10-year-old Anastasia Syrova (both from Russia), Maryh Rougier from France and daredevil Katinka Buiting from Holland.

Unfortunately Baloo, Syrova, Roughier and Buiting were unable to participate because of traveling restrictions, which opened the door to pro riders Meagan Ethell, Taylor McCullough and Hollie Waldrop who rounded up the line-up along standout Master Women’s champion Shannon Stuckey and local riders Riley Payne and Lacy Carlton.

Advancing through stacked heats we watched Orlando’s Taylor McCullough (fresh from her podium finish at the PWT/Moxie Boat event) make it to the Semis. While 18-year-old Hollie Waldrop rode clean and big but got edged out at the Quarters by Meagan Ethell that landed a half cab mute roll and a clean 540. Rider of the Year Anna Nikstad stuck a huge seven and a Pete Rose.

Nikstad dealt with food poisoning yet spent her morning coaching and inspiring dozens of girls at a riders clinic held prior to the event. In the semifinals, she fell on the kicker and did not have time to hit it again. She was eliminated by youngster Rivers Hedrick, the crowd favorite local rider, who landed a huge and clean 720.

Rivers Hedrick, Terminus Wake Park local favorite, made it into the finals landing a sick frontside 720 and defeated the top seed World Champion Julia Rick. Rick came all the way from Cologne, Germany and made it into the finals going huge and getting scarily close to some features in her landings. After sticking a huge and clean 720, she had a gnarly crash transferring from rail to rail and ended up in third place.

Online Moxie Pro Event winners World Champions Meagan Ethell and Julia Rick didn’t take home the gold in neither of the Moxie Pro Live contest. Ethell placed sixth at the Boat finals and Rick placed third at the Cable Final. New faces decorated the podium’s coveted top spots as the extraordinary level of riding continues to rise.

Jamie Lopina flew in from London and continued her legendary weekend the day after winning the Moxie Live Boat event. Equally good at the Park, and not a stranger on podium, Lopina had a third place win earlier in the season at the Red Bull Wake Duel in Lithuania.

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She rode flawlessly round after round getting better and better. In the final she landed big 720′s, did inverts with hand-plants, huge transfers and won the event defeating the best riders in the world in BOTH Moxie-Pro (Boat and Cable) Live events!

Honorary mention to stand-out competitor “Momma” Shannon Stuckey, the 2020 Masters Women’s Champion made it into the Semis riding clean and sticking big 540′s (we clearly see who the Stuckey Boyz take after), and to the qualified riders that earned their invitations but missed the action because of traveling restrictions, pictured below.

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It has been nearly a decade since the pro women and the pro men competed at a PWT stop together. Thanks to the vision of the leading sponsor Supra Boats, this historical weekend we will watch the final Stop #4 of the PWT Men’s Tour and the Moxie-Pro Women’s live event share the stage.

The PWT Mens Overall championship is up for grabs and a winner will be crowned over the weekend. The race for the championship is as exciting as it could be with the top riders inches away from the overall title. The stakes are high in a cutthroat competition with last year’s defending overall PWT champion Nic Rapa from Australia leading by 10 points over fellow Aussie Corey Teunissen and USA’s Guenther Oka who are tied in second position only 10 points ahead of 18 year old Australian phenom Sam Brown.

In the Pro Women’s Moxie-Pro event, it will be the first time the invited finalists will compete live at a Tour Stop. The stacked heat of extremely talented riders and World Champions include US Masters Champion Mary Morgan Howell from Alabama, reigning 6 time World Champion Meagan Ethell form the USA, Two time World Champion Bec Gange from Australia, 6 time World Champion Dallas Friday from Orlando, this year’s Wake the Desert winner Tarah Mikacich and Eugenia de Armas from Argentina, who is the only female that has landed a double flip behind the boat.

In the Junior Pro men’s division Jamie Huser from Switzerland leads the scoreboard over US riders Parker Swope and Cody Hunnicutt. The mens Wakesurfing championship will be decided between Sean Silveira who is ranked in the first position followed by the Swanson brothers Taylor and Camron in second and third.

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It is incredibly exciting for the sport to move towards gender inclusivity. Keeping up with the times will increase the hopes for Wakeboarding to return to the XGames and in a near future become an olympic sport. Fittingly the event will be held at Lake Lanier’s Olympic Park in Gainesville, Georgia on August 21. Stay tuned!

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The scores are in! The fan vote favored last year’s series defending champion Nic Rapa who won the digital event by merely two points over fellow Aussie (and newly crowned WWA Nautique National Champion) Cory Teunissen. Nic tallied a total of 780 votes that gave him the win over Teunissen 480 while US Master’s champ Guenther Oka placed third with a total of 642 fan votes.

The fervid competition continues as the best boat riders in the world keep that $10,000 overall series payout in close sight. Rapa leads the overall ranking scoreboard with 270 points followed closely by Teunissen and Oka who are both tied with 250 points. Trailing behind by only 10 points is dark horse Sam Brown, the Australian teenager who won the first Pro Wake Tour Stop in Kathy, Texas. Brown is ranked 4th with 240 points

There was a major upset In the Junior Pro Men’s division. Parker Swope from the USA broke the winning streak of Switzerland’s Jamie Huser winning first place with 94.38 points. Huser placed second with 90.88 points and Daniel Johnson came in third with 86.50 points. Huser leads the overall rankings with 290 points followed by Swope in second with 270 and Cody Hunnicutt with 225 in third

In the men’s Pro Wakesurf division, Taylor Swanson won the event with the highest fan vote of 1,169 followed by brother Camron with 1,109 votes in second place. Sean Silveira leads the overall tour rankings with 275 points ahead of Taylor and Camron, the Swanson brothers are tied in second position with 260 points.

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Like they say, “It ain’t over until the fat lady sings!” We will hear her loud and clear at the Pro Wakeboard Tour finals scheduled on August 21st in Gainesville, Georgia. The rider who is on their A-game that day, will be crowned as the Pro Wakeboard Overall series champion and take home the biggest prize. Stay tuned!

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Wakeboarding Podium

The performances at August Lakes today in Katy, Texas at the Pro Wake Tour powered by Supra Boats were the best many have ever seen. The stellar conditions at this man made facility and an amazing wake from the Supra Boats SA 550 created the perfect platform for the professional and junior professional wakeboarders as well as the professional wakesurfers to put on an incredible show.

Learn about the PWT digital qualifier!

In the Pro Wakeboarding Final, Sam Brown led off the line up of the 6 rider final with some of the biggest names in the sport including Rapa, Teunissen, Oka and Pifferetti. After the first set of runs in the best of two run format, Cory Teunissen was sitting solidly in the top spot, then came Sam Brown’s final run. Sam kicked off the second round by putting down a line that was so prominent almost every rider on the dock proclaimed him the winner before they even took their second run. For Sam’s last move he landed a Nuclear Ole 720, a move that he had only landed once before and it had never been done in a contest.

Pro Wake Tour Marketing Director, Devin Tatro said, “The riding was absolutely incredible at this first event and it’s so good to be back to live – in person events, there is nothing quite like it.”

In addition to the performances, the wakeboarding and wakesurfing fans came out in droves to be a part of one of the first live wakeboarding events to return. The huge crowd helped to push the athletes to deliver their phenomenal runs.

The kick off of the 2021 Pro Wake Tour Powered by Supra Boats also carried an International field with winners from Australia, Switzerland, and the United States. Between the quality of the conditions and this diverse field the Pro Wake Tour is setting the standard in 2021 for professional wakeboarding and wakesurfing events.

Finals

• 1 Sam Brown – 90.00
• 2 Nic Rapa – 84.33
• 3 Cory Teunissen – 80.66
• 4 Fynn Bullock – 70.66
• 5 Guenther Oka – 62.00
• 6 Massi Piffaretti – 34.00

Semi Finals

Heat 1

• 1 Guenther Oka – 77.66
• 2 Fynn Bullock – 73.66
• 3 Cory Teunissen – 62.33
• 4 Jake Pelot – 50.00

Heat 2

• 1 Massi Piffaretti – 81.00
• 2 Nic Rapa – 74.33
• 3 Sam Brown – 69.66
• 4 Tyler Higham – 65.33

Quarter Finals

Heat 1

• 1 Massi Piffaretti – 68.16
• 2 Guenther Oka – 63.50
• 3 Shota Tezuka – 59.66
• 4 Thomas Herman – 53.33

Heat 2

• 1 Fynn Bullock – 68.33
• 2 Tyler Higham – 67.66
• 3 Luca Kidd – 45.00
• 4 Ulf Ditsch – 36.66

Heat 3

• 1 Cory Teunissen – 78.33
• 2 Sam Brown – 62.66
• 3 Jake Hill – 55.66
• 4 Mike Dowdy – 41.66

Heat 4

• 1 Nic Rapa – 73.33
• 2 Jake Pelot – 66.33
• 3 Noah Wildman – 57.66
• 4 Tony Iacconi – 49.33

In Pro Wakesurfing the 3 time Pro Wake Tour Champion Sean Silveira put down what is likely the most technical, smooth, and stylish wakesurfing competitive run ever landed. The shape of the Supra SA 550 wake was absolutely spectacular which allowed these guys to stomp nearly perfect runs. Right behind Silveira were the technically strong Swanson Brothers from Arizona. These three may very likely be in every final this year.

Three-time Pro Wake Tour Champion Sean Silveira ( 91.66) won the wakesurfing podium, while brothers Taylor Swanson (left, 70.00) and Camron Swanson (right, 64.33) came in second and third, respectively.

Wakesurfing Podium

Pro Wakesurfing Finals

• 1 Sean Silveira – 91.66
• 2 Taylor Swanson – 70.00
• 3 Camron Swanson – 64.33

Pro Wakesurfing Semi-Finals

• 1 Camron Swanson – 92.00
• 2 Sean Silveira – 91.66
• 3 Taylor Swanson – 87.00
• 4 Beaux Wildman – 84.00
• 5 Nick Parros – 75.00
• 6 Parker Payne – 70.66

In the Jr Pro Final, Swiss born Jamie Huser was the standout for the day with a dominant win in the semi-finals and solid win in the final heat. Parker put pressure on him in both rounds to keep him honest. Look for these two to be pushing each other to step up all season.

Jr. Pro Finals

• 1 Jamie Huser – 74.66
• 2 Parker Swope – 71.66
• 3 Cody Hunnicutt – 56.66
• 4 Tanner Higham – 46.00

Jr. Pro Semi-Finals

• 1 Jamie Huser – 78.33
• 2 Parker Swope – 67.33
• 3 Tanner Higham – 59.83
• 4 Cody Hunnicutt – 53.67
• 5 Daniel Johnson – 47.00
• 6 Alex Albin – 38.33
• 7 Brett Powell – 33.33

Congratulations to all of the Pro Wake Tour athletes for your incredible riding, specifically our three event champions – Sam Brown, Sean Silveira and Jamie Huser. Don’t miss the next Pro Wake Tour event in Birmingham, Alabama on July 10th!*Pro Wake Tour Partners*

In addition to title sponsor Supra Boats, the Pro Wake Tour is sponsored by: Indmar Marine, Roswell Marine, Boatmate Trailers, PTM Watersports, JL Audio, Gatorstep, Zero Off, Acme, Fat Sac Ballast Systems, Connelly, Liquid Force, Zulz Bags, Leus, Apex Canvas, Universal Products, Transhield, Marine Products International, Piedmont Plastics, and BH Electronics.

About Skier’s Choice Inc.

Skier’s Choice, Inc. is the manufacturer of Supra and Moomba performance inboard wakeboard, wakesurf and waterski towboats. Supra has been a leader in the inboard industry since 1981. The Supra brand is synonymous with innovative styling, luxurious interiors, highest construction quality, and unsurpassed wake performance. The Moomba brand delivers quality and performance far above its class. Moomba offers the best wake performance technology and none of the fuss. The company is privately held and is based in Maryville, Tennessee. Skier’s Choice encourages all boating participants to learn and follow safe boating practices. There are risks associated with boating and water sports activities. Be mindful of the risks, familiarize yourself with the environment, know your limits and conduct yourself accordingly.

About Alliance MultiMedia

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For more information please visit – prowakeboardtour.com or email Chris Bischoff – Chris@prowaketour.com

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The Pro Wake Tour Powered by Supra Boats will launch the 2021 digital qualifier on Monday, May 17th. Tune into www.prowakeboardtour.com to see the level of riding from many of the top riders in the sport. With 3 live onsite events this year and great prize money the riders are ready to compete as proven by the names entering the contest.

Big names like Harley Clifford, Massi Piffaretti and Mike Dowdy have entered lines to qualify for the first PWT event in Katy, Texas on June 12th. As Clifford was stuck in Australia with lockdown mandates and a newborn, he was unable to compete in the events last year and both Dowdy and Piffaretti were sidelined with injuries. All three riders have been training hard and have put together some incredible lines in the effort to qualify for the 2021 PWT. It will be an exciting moment for the world to see the level of riding from these iconic athletes. Will they make the cut? Judging from what we have seen … definitely!

The 8 riders who are pre qualified onto the 2021 PWT based on 2020 standings are –

Nic Rapa, Cory Teunissen, Tyler Higham, Shota Tezuka, Guenther Oka, Fynn Bullock, Jake Hill and Jake Pelot. There will be a total of 8 more who qualify for the first event based on this online qualifier.

For Pro Wakesurfing there are 3 spots open for qualifiers into the first event. Currently, Sean Silveira, Camron Swanson and Taylor Swanson have pre-qualified into the wakesurfing series based on their final standings in 2020. For Jr. Pro this qualifying round will establish seeding for the first event, all riders entered will be invited to the Katy event.

Scoring for the digital events will be 75% based on the pro judges scores and 25% based on the online voting from the global enthusiasts. So get to www.prowakeboardtour.com and vote for the best rider in each heat and help your favorite rider make it onto the 2021 Pro Wake Tour.

For more information please visit – www.prowakeboardtour.com.

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The Pro Wake Tour Powered by Supra Boats has announced that it will include a Jr. Pro Men’s division for each of the events in the 4 stop series; three live events as well as the one digital event. 10 riders will be eligible to compete in the live and online event after qualifying through the PWT digital qualifier. This will be the first time since 2013 that the Jr. Pro Men have had an opportunity to compete with the reigning pros on the PWT stage.

The Open Digital Qualifier is open to all Jr. Pro Men from around the world. The top 10 athletes from the qualifier will be eligible to compete in the first live event in Katy Texas on June 12th.

Historically the top Jr Men’s athletes have continued on to become the next generation of top professional athletes helping to push the boundaries of what is possible on a wakeboard. This includes current top pro athletes like Guenther Oka, Mike Dowdy, Harley Clifford and Tyler Higham.

See action from last year’s PWT! This year, the action is expected to exceed expectations!

The PWT is expecting to see a big turn out for the digital qualifying event next month with names like Alex Albin, Benjamin Brown, Brett Powell, Cody Hunnicutt, Jamie Huser, Parker Swope, and Tanner Higham.

2021 Jr. Pro Men’s Schedule

• May 17th – DIgital Qualifier
• June 12th – PWT #1, Katy, Texas
• July 10th – PWT #2, Birmingham, Alabama
• August 2nd – PWT#3, Digital Event
• August 21st – PWT #4, Gainesville, Georgia

In addition to the incredible opportunity of being included in this industry leading event series and riding alongside their heroes, the Jr. Pro Men will be competing for the prestigious title of the PWT Jr. Men’s Overall Series Champion!

Jr. Pro Men Criteria – Junior Pro Men Age 14-18 (as of January 1, 2021). For more information, registration and rules for the Jr. Pro Men’s digital qualifier click HERE to be taken to PWT website for complete information.

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The results of the third stop of the Supra Boats PWT are in, and it was another totally insane virtual event with some unbelievable (and never-before-seen) riding from the best riders in the world. For this round, Supra had each rider add a double up to their run, which definitely upped the fun-factor and the progression.

With one of the craziest runs we’ve ever seen in a contest/straight line setting, Cory Teunissen took home the victory. Here’s the 2018 PWT champ’s six-trick line:

• Double indy tantrum to blind
• Mute double half cab roll
• Switch melon crow mobe 720
• Switch melon 360
• Switch toeside 1080
• Toeside double indy back roll

For his double up, Teunissen threw down a massive switch heelside 1080. His run put him over the top, and he’s in line to take back the overall PWT title from fellow Aussie Nic Rapa if he does well enough at Stop 4. Stay tuned!

Watch all the Finals runs here!

Supra Boats PWT Stop 3 Results

• 1st: Corey Teunissen – 96.00
• 2nd: Nic Rapa – 92.38
• 3rd: Tyler Higham – 89.25
• 4th: Fynn Bullock – 86.38
• 5th: Guenther Oka – 86.13
• 6th: Shota Tezuka – 79.88
• 7th: Kai Ditsch – 79.25
• 8th: Tony Carroll – 76.00

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Since 1996, Centurion Boats have hosted and pulled the World Wakesurfing Championships. This year, the event took place in Fort Worth, TX, pulled by the all-new Ri245 and Ri265 boats. Despite the smaller scale of the event thanks to COVID-19, the event was a huge success, featuring some incredible riding. Here’s a look back at some of what went down.

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We waited for the Fan Favorite voting to conclude last week before announcing the winners of this year’s epic Liquid Lockdown contest. If you haven’t seen the whole event yet, do yourself a favor and check it out right here, right now!

Here are the results:

1. Pedro Caldas

2. Ryan Peacock

3. Nico Von Lerchenfeld

And the Fan Favorite winner is: Pedro Caldas

Congrats to Pedro for taking home the double victory!

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