Malibu Boats Rider Massi Piffaretti Takes Quarter Final Win at the Malibu Houston Pro Presented By Rockstar Energy

Malibu Boats Rider Massi Piffaretti Takes Quarter Final Win at the Malibu Houston Pro Presented By Rockstar Energy

Lake Alfred, Fla. (October 3, 2015) – The pro women wakeboarding semi-finals were first to get behind the Malibu 25 LSV yesterday morning as we saw the top WBWS pro women such as Dallas Friday, Meagan Ethell and Raimi Merritt compete. It didn’t take long before the action began to heat up with all three Friday, Ethell and Merritt putting in phenomenal runs. They will be joined by Larisa Morales, Tarah Mikacich and Ashley Leugner tomorrow to compete for the WBWS title.

With the top two men advancing out of each quarter final heat to the semi-finals the action on the water was impressive, thanks to the incredible wake from the Malibu 25 LSV. Tony Iacconi, Tony Corroll, Dean Smith and Malibu’s Massi Piffaretti all advanced to the semi-finals, where they will be joined by Harley Clifford, Phil Soven, JD Webb, Mike Dowdy, Noah Flegel and Steel Lafferty, who have already prequalified into the semi-finals.

“The new Malibu 25 LSV is awesome, I’ve been looking forward to competing behind the new boat all season,” said Piffaretti. “The 25 LSV’s wake is massive which allowed me to really perform at my full capacity and really have fun.”

The action didn’t stop there as the event continued over at Hanger 9 Cable Park where the riders were also putting on impressive runs with only the top two advancing to the traditional and features pro men semi-finals tomorrow. After a close battle in the women’s pro, it was Meagan Ethell taking her second win of the day claiming the top spot in the cable features pro women qualifying heat.

“The conditions on the lake today were perfect and I’m excited to have won both my boat and cable heats,” said Ethell. “It’s really cool to be able to compete in both competitions in one day and really push myself to the limits”

To top the day off fans were entertained by a jaw dropping Rockstar Energy Kicker Contest where we saw Tom Fooshee land an Indy KGB 540 to grab first place followed closely by Chandler Powell and Jake Pelot to round off the podium.

Semi-finals and finals will begin today at the Hanger 9 Cable Park followed up by the pro men and women WBWS championship finals over on the Bel-Ray Action Sports Park.

Results

Malibu Houston Pro Presented by Rockstar Energy
Bel Ray Action Sports Park – Houston, Texas
Friday, October 3, 2015

BOAT

TOP 2 RIDERS ADVACNE TO FINALS

Pro Women – Semi Finals – Heat # 01

1. Merritt, Raimi USA     33
2. Morales, Larisa MEX    00
3. Lopina, Jamie USA     33
4. Butler, Nicola USA     33

Pro Women – Semi Finals – Heat # 02

1. Ethell, Meagan USA     67
2. Mikacich, Tarah USA     33
3. Mills, Chloe AUS     33
4. Wilson, Corrie USA     00

Pro Women – Semi Finals – Heat # 03

1. Friday, Dallas USA     67
2. Leugner, Ashley CDN     67
3. Rodriguez, Carolina MEX 33
4. McCullough, Taylor USA     67

Pro Men – Quarter Finals – Heat # 01

TOP 2 ADVANCE TO SEMI-FINALS

1. Piffaretti, Massi ITA       00
2. Malinoski, Rusty CDN     33
3. Knapp, Vinny USA     67
4. Homsey, Peirce USA     00

Pro Men – Quarter Finals – Heat # 02

1. Iacconi, Tony AUS     00
2. Powers, Daniel USA     67
3. Adam, Damien MRI     00
4. Derome, Raph CDN     67

Pro Men – Quarter Finals – Heat # 03

1. Carroll, Tony USA     67
2. Siegele, Parker AUS     33
3. Liesmann, Kirby USA     33
4. Cole, Ian USA     00

Pro Men – Quarter Finals – Heat # 04

1. Smith, Dean AUS     33
2. Derome, Oli CDN     33
3. Yasui, Toshiki JPN      00
4. Van Helvoort, Max USA     33

Pro Men – Quarter Finals – Heat # 05

1. Teunissen, Cory AUS     35
2. Pierce, Stephen USA     00
3. Langley, Jefferson USA     44
4. Fooshee, Tom USA     00

Pro Men – Quarter Finals – Heat # 06

1. Hair, Austin USA     67
2. Twelker, Josh USA     67
3. Borwn, Alex USA     67
4. Sharpe, Chad CDN     33

CABLE

Traditional Pro Women Qualifying

1. Ethell, Meagan USA     50
2. Lopina, Jamie USA     50
3. Nikstad, Anna 50
4. McCullough, Taylor USA     00
5. Wilson, Corrie USA     00

Traditional Pro Men Qualifying – Heat # 01

TOP 2 ADVANCING TO NEXT ROUND

1. Patry, Brady 00
2. Calada, Pedro 50
3. Worrall, Chad 50
4. Branch, Dylan 00

Traditional Pro Men Qualifying – Heat # 02

1. Voges, Kaden 00
2. Bingham, Bryce 00
3. Pelot, Jake 50
4. Elwood, Thomas 50

Traditional Pro Men Qualifying – Heat # 03

1. Powell, Chandler             80
2. Dorrestijn, Jack 50
3. Whitaker, Adam 50
4. Nikstad, Erik 00

Traditional Pro Men Qualifying – Heat # 04

1. Fooshee, Tom USA     00
2. Huebner, Kelbey 00
3. Burnstein, Danny 00
4. Dorrestijn, Max 50

Features- Pro Men Qualifying – Heat # 01

1. Smith, Ian 50
2. Derome, Oli 30
3. Whitaker, Adam 20
4. Derome, Raph 00

Features- Pro Men Qualifying – Heat # 02

1. Dreiling, John 60
2. Huebner, Kelbey 30
3. Branch, Dylan 10
4. Dannecker, Grayson 00

Features- Pro Men Qualifying – Heat # 03

1. Burress, Graeme 80
2. Burnstein, Danny 10
3. Hibbs, Keegan 40
4. Nikstad, Erik 00

Features- Pro Men Qualifying – Heat # 04

1. Worrall, Chad 90
2. Elwood, Thomas 10
3. Pelot, Jake 20
4. Karstedt, Cody 80
5. Greer, Clayton 00

Features- Pro Men Qualifying – Heat # 05

1. Powell, Chandler 70
2. Caldes, Pedro 50
3. Patry, Brady 00
4. Holland, Adam 20
5. Teich, Justin 00

Features- Pro Men Qualifying – Heat # 06

1. Fooshee, Tom 80
2. Neville, Jamie 60
3. Voges, Kaden 40
4. Knapp, Vinny 90
5. Svoboda, Jay 90

Features- Pro Men Quarterfinals – Heat # 01

1. Worrall, Chad 50
2. Burress, Graeme 20
3. Derome, Oli 70
4. Caldas, Pedro 60

Features- Pro Men Quarterfinals – Heat # 02

1. Powell, Chandler 90
2. Dreilling, John 10
3. Neville, Jamie 20
4. Heubner, Kelbey 80

Features- Pro Men Quarterfinals – Heat # 03

1. Fooshee, Tom 20
2. Smith, Ian 20
3. Elwood, Thomas 40
4. Burnstein, Danny 20

Rockstar Kicker Contest

1. Fooshee, Tom Indy KGB 540
2. Powell, Chad Method to Blind 540
3. Pelot, Jake Mute Mobe 540