The Competition Scene Heats Up at Day Two of the 2019 Nautique WWA Wake Park National Championships Presented by Rockstar Energy

WACO, TX (August 30, 2019)– The near perfect conditions and crowds lining the shoreline made BSR Cable Park the place to be for day two of the 2019 Nautique WWA Wake Park National Championships presented by Rockstar Energy. With the anticipation of individual National titles as well as team titles on the line, the riders turned it up a level displaying everything they’ve been working on all summer.

The ladies kicked off the Open Women Features Only quarterfinal rounds with epic conditions, taking the top two riders from each heat to the semifinals. Advancing to the semifinals were Katie Callahan (HYD), Lisa DeRue (STWP), Mattie Armer (TERM), Payton Gibney (OWC), Rivers Hedrick (TERM), Tracy Land (NLR), Hailey Flinkingshelt (SHARK), and Riley Payne (TERM).

The Junior Features division brought the heat with Connor Wooten (TERM) winning quarterfinal heat one scoring 95.70 ahead of Bryce Thompson (HYD) with 85.60 points in second. Heat two went to Sebastian Moran (HYD) scoring 100.00 points just ahead of Ashton Smallwood (TERM) with an 86.20. Coby Armer (TERM) won heat three with a 95.70 point score followed by Brayden George (HYD) in second with 94.30. Heat four was owned by Sam Lacerte (HYD) in first with a solid 97.50 point score, followed closely by Jimmy Schmidt (QUARRY) with a 92.50 in second. The Junior Features semifinals will hit the water on Sunday.

The crowds were going crazy in the Open Men Features Only quarterfinals, with the top two riders from each heat earning their spots in Sunday’s semifinals. Taking the top spots in their heats and moving on to the semifinals, heat winners were Bobby Trammell (SHARK), Noah Isley (TERM), Drew Glickman (TROPHY), Kellan Rudnicki (OWC), Shawn Rysak (OWC), and Johnathon Wilkes (TERM).  

The Jr. Pro Features semifinal round saw Fynn Bullock-Womble take the top spot throwing a T/S B/S 900 off the kicker followed by super technical rail hits off the CnB rail for a perfect score of 100.00 sending him on to the final round of action. Tyler Toberman (Shark) kept the pace going in the heat throwing a switch mute mobe for a final score of 81.10, just ahead of Garrett Coleman (OWC) in third with 80.50 points. The third Shark Wake Park representative headed into the Jr. Pro Features final round included Brett Powell (SHARK) in fourth with 75.90 points.

The top two riders from the heats in round one cleaned house and went on to the quarterfinal rounds. In the Grom’s division quarterfinal round the battle was on in heat one with Evan Cole (OWC) coming away with the top spot for 97.90 points, followed by Ike Phillips (TERM) in second with 92.10 points. The heat two win went to Kyle Bendele (NLR) with a final score of 96.10, ahead of Brady Landon (H9) in second place with 93.90. 

The Kids Features Only showed us just how quickly the sport is progressing with the top two riders from each heat earning their spots in Sunday’s semifinals. Taking the top spots in their heats and moving on to the semifinals, heat winners included Kaiden Powell (SHARK), Mati Kornfeld (MWC), Wake Purdy (ACTION), Barrett Swope (NLR), Hayden Chambless (HYD), and Grant Adams (TERM). 

The Pro Traditional division kept the pace of the day with Traditional Wake Park quarterfinal rounds seeing the top four riders in each division advance through to the semifinals. In heat one of the quarterfinals, Jake Pelot (OWC) landed in the top spot with a 79.50 throwing a blind judge in the flats, followed by Daniel Grant in second with a 78.50. Heat two winner Guenther Oka scored 90.00 points throwing down a melan Pete Rose, ahead of with Brett Powell (SHARK) hot on his heels scoring 77.00. Tom Fooshee (TSR) crushed it in heat three taking the win with 86.50 points and throwing an S-mobe in the flats ahead of Joe Battleday taking second with 84.50.

In the Jr. Pro Traditional semifinal, heat one winner Trent Stuckey (OWC) will head to the final round scoring 82.50 points along with Liam Brearley (RYWP) placing second with 76.50 points. Parker Swope (NLR) took the win in heat two with a score of 86.50 and Fynn Bullock-Womble (SHARK) scored 82.00 in second.

For a full list of results CLICK HERE.

Day three of the 2019 Nautique WWA Wake Park National Championships presented by Rockstar Energy begins at 9:00 a.m. CT on Saturday, August 31st with fourteen divisions including a mix of Features semifinal and quarterfinal rounds, Traditional final rounds and Pro division Traditional semifinals. 

To view the daily schedule, CLICK HERE.