2019 WWA WAKEBOARD WORLD SERIES ANTICIPATED TO BE THE WORLD’S MOST COMPETITIVE SEASON TO DATE

ORLANDO, FL (April 12, 2019) – The World Wake Association (WWA) is excited to announce the 2019 WWA Wakeboard World Series (WBWS) schedule comprised of six of the world’s most respected event stops in wake. The top professional athletes from around the globe continue to return to this series as a career-defining platform to showcase progression and define themselves as the sport’s elite. New to this year additional stops have increased their WBWS star level, featuring over $300,000 prize money up for grabs throughout the season. 

“The WWA Wakeboard World Series (WBWS) is a series of the world’s most respected events that bring everyone in wakeboarding together behind the world’s best boats,” commented WWA Executive Director Corrie Wilson. “As we are celebrating the WWA’s 30-year anniversary, paired with the insane offseason runs we’ve seen on social media, the 2019 season is setting up to be unlike anything we’ve seen before. We are excited for another incredible year that wouldn’t be possible without the partners, competitors, judges, and wake family that bring the WWA WBWS together year after year.” 

The WWA WBWS and Nautique Wake Series 2019 season kicked off in March at the world’s most spectated watersports event, the Nautique Moomba Masters in Melbourne, Australia. The Nautique Moomba Masters saw quite the shakeup proving that the upcoming season is going to be one of the most progressive and competitive seasons to date. Stop two will bring riders to the world’s most prestigious event held at the legendary Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, GA for the 60th Nautique Masters Waterski & Wakeboard Tournament, presented by GM Marine Engine Technology over Memorial Day Weekend. Riders will have the opportunity to earn a Masters invitation at the 2nd annual Nautique Masters Wakeboard LCQ held in Orlando, Florida at the Orlando Watersports Complex on April, 27th. 

Stop three will bring us back to the good ol‘ Tennessee River for the Malibu Factory Smoky Mountain Pro, now a WWA-WBWS  4-star event.  Stop four will land in the Pacific Northwest at Monroe, WA for the Nautique WWA Wakeboard National Championships presented by Rockstar Energy July 24th – 27th. The series will then head to Cologne, Germany for stop five, Eat Play Love, a new one to the world-renowned list of stops. 

The sixth and final stop will take riders and families to the beautiful tropical paradise of Playa del Carmen, Mexico for the Nautique WWA Wakeboard World Championships presented by Rockstar Energy. For the first-time ever the Nautique WWA Wakeboard World Championships will join the WWA Wake Park World Championships presented by Nautique for an epic weekend with the world’s most elite field of athletes October 17th – 20th at the Mayan Water Complex.

The Nautique WWA Wakeboard World Championships presented by Rockstar Energy, the final stop of the season will crown WWA World Champions, Nautique Wake Series Overall Champions and WWA Wakeboard World Series Overall Champions.