West Chester, OH. — For the second consecutive year, Wakeboarding’s largest contest on U.S soil, the Nautique WWA Wakeboard National Championships presented by Rockstar, kicked off competition in Ohio. Day one of the prestigious event saw 19 different divisions take to the Lake at Voice of America Park in West Chester with riders vying for the honor of being crowned National Champion.
Among the most competitive performances during day one of Nationals came from the athletes in the Junior Men division, who did not shy away from the flawless Nautique G23 wake. The division’s biggest airs came from James Loisel who unleashed an arsenal of stylish airs to post a division high score of 79.00.
“The entire King of Wake tour and all of our sponsors are thrilled to be back in West Chester for Nationals,” said Chris Bischoff, competition director. “The venue is perfect for all types of conditions and the on-land layout for spectators is second to none for a contest of this magnitude.”
Also dazzling the crowd today were the riders in Mens I and II semifinals. Taking charge in Men’s I was Colby Bernier, who looks to be the early favorite after putting in a well-balanced, judge-appeasing run to claim first place in his heat. In Men’s II, Tim Pitschke looked equally impressive with a polished run that judges rewarded with a heat winning score of 75.00.
RESULTS Nautique WWA National Championships
| Amateur Women (19-29) | Jr. Boy’s Beginner (9 & under) | Jr. Boy’s Beginner (9 & under) | |||||||||||
| Semi Finals | Heat | 01 | Semi Finals | Heat | 01 | Semi Finals | Heat | 01 | |||||
| 1 | Steele, Nicole | USA | 63.33 | 1 | Brown, Benjamin | USA | 70.00 | 1 | Johnson, Daniel | USA | 60.00 | ||
| 2 | Porter, Baylee | USA | 45.00 | 2 | Ringer, Samuel | USA | 61.67 | 2 | Powell, Brett | USA | 45.00 | ||
| 3 | Chrisman, Stacey | USA | 36.67 | 3 | Prowse, Karson | USA | 38.33 | 3 | Ralston, Rocco | USA | 41.67 | ||
| 4 | Wallace, Kenton | USA | 25.00 | 4 | Brown, Bradley | USA | 21.67 | ||||||
| Jr. Boy’s Beginner (9 & under) | Jr. Boy’s (9 & under) | Jr. Girl’s (9 & under) | |||||||||||
| Semi Finals | Heat | 01 | Semi Finals | Heat | 01 | Semi Finals | Heat | 01 | |||||
| 1 | Ralston, Pierce | USA | 58.33 | 1 | Steiner, Rocker | USA | 66.67 | 1 | Hendricks, Kyla | USA | 60.00 | ||
| 2 | Stidham, Laird | USA | 45.00 | 2 | Bullock, Fynn | USA | 56.67 | 2 | Howell, Palmer | USA | 43.33 | ||
| 3 | Usterbowski, Michael | USA | 26.67 | 3 | Herman, Thomas | USA | 30.00 | 3 | Deary, Sydney | USA | 37.67 | ||
| 4 | Usterbowski, Samantha | USA | 31.67 | ||||||||||
| Jr. Girl’s (9 & under) | Girl’s (10-13) | Girl’s (10-13) | |||||||||||
| Semi Finals | Heat | 02 | Semi Finals | Heat | 01 | Semi Finals | Heat | 02 | |||||
| 1 | Mendez, Sofia | USA | 53.33 | 1 | ** Howell, Mary Morgan** | USA | 53.33 | 1 | Waldrop, Hollie | USA | 70.00 | ||
| 2 | Adams, Kaitlyn | USA | 40.00 | 2 | ** Sahinbas, Shannon** | USA | 46.67 | 2 | Bauer, Hallie | USA | 50.00 | ||
| 3 | Brown, Bailey | USA | 30.00 | 3 | Deary, Sarah | USA | 36.67 | 3 | Herman, Jessica | USA | 33.33 | ||
| 4 | Schaak, Maddie | USA | 26.67 | ||||||||||
| Masters Women (30-39) | Masters (30-39) | ||||||||||||
| Semi Finals | Heat | 01 | Semi Finals | Heat | 01 | ||||||||
| 1 | Manning, Joy | USA | 60.00 | 1 | Hook, Michael | USA | 57.33 | ||||||
| 2 | Graham, Natalie | USA | 1.67 | 2 | Kopp, Ryan | USA | 40.00 | ||||||
| 3 | Boston, Bill | USA | 39.00 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Leever, Matt | USA | 26.67 | ||||||||||
| Masters (30-39) | Masters (30-39) | ||||||||||||
| Semi Finals | Heat | 02 | Semi Finals | Heat | 03 | ||||||||
| 1 | Baker, Jeremy | USA | 85.00 | 1 | Lackey, Brandon | USA | |||||||
| 2 | Lecklider, Aaron | USA | 77.33 | 2 | Michael, Kevin | USA | |||||||
| 3 | Dougherty, Mark | USA | 70.67 | 3 | Anderson, Brent | USA | |||||||
| 4 | Rokita, Steve | USA | 40.00 | ||||||||||
| Veteran’s (40 and above) | Jr. Men’s (14-18) | Jr. Men’s (14-18) | |||||||||||
| Semi Finals | Heat | 01 | Semi Finals | Heat | 01 | Semi Finals | Heat | 02 | |||||
| 1 | Vermillion, Matt | USA | 1 | Abendroth, Jon | USA | 1 | Pelot, Jake | USA | 70.00 | ||||
| 2 | Holsey, Darren | USA | 2 | Holladay, Clayton | USA | 2 | Akers, Weston | USA | 43.33 | ||||
| 3 | Chrisman, Ben | USA | 3 | Coffey, Cody | USA | 3 | Thibodeau, Brendon | USA | 33.33 | ||||
| Jr. Men’s (14-18) | Jr. Men’s (14-18) | Jr. Men’s (14-18) | |||||||||||
| Semi Finals | Heat | 03 | Semi Finals | Heat | 04 | Semi Finals | Heat | 05 | |||||
| 1 | Payton, Chad | USA | 72.33 | 1 | Tuckfield, Ryan | USA | 71.67 | 1 | Loisel, James | USA | 79.00 | ||
| 2 | Fike, Hayden | USA | 64.33 | 2 | White, Woody | USA | 65.00 | 2 | Duncan, Trevor | USA | 63.33 | ||
| 3 | Ferguson, Austin | USA | 51.67 | 3 | Rumford, Cullen | USA | 41.67 | 3 | Collins, Danny | USA | 50.00 | ||
| Jr. Men’s (14-18) | Boy’s (10-13) | Boy’s (10-13) | |||||||||||
| Semi Finals | Heat | 06 | Semi Finals | Heat | 01 | Semi Finals | Heat | 02 | |||||
| 1 | Rau, Ethan | USA | 68.00 | 1 | Higham, Tyler | USA | 84.00 | 1 | Duffy, Kevin | USA | 78.33 | ||
| 2 | Oka, Guenther | USA | 58.33 | 2 | Sommer, Tyler | USA | 70.33 | 2 | Brown, Nicholas | USA | 76.67 | ||
| 3 | Piearcy, Ty | USA | 47.33 | 3 | Hancock, Bryson | USA | 53.33 | 3 | Worrall, Tyler | USA | 56.67 | ||
| 4 | McCauley, Zach | USA | 43.33 | 4 | Brooks, Tyler | USA | 46.67 | ||||||
| 5 | Rokita, Drew | USA | 39.00 | ||||||||||
| Boy’s Beginner (10-13) | Boy’s Beginners (10-13) | Men’s 1 (19-24) | |||||||||||
| Semi Finals | Heat | 01 | Semi Finals | Heat | 01 | Semi Finals | Heat | 01 | |||||
| 1 | Coleman, Garrett | USA | 73.33 | 1 | Prowse, Kenny | USA | 69.97 | 1 | Green, Will | USA | 80.00 | ||
| 2 | Stever, David | USA | 50.33 | 2 | Stidham, Kai | USA | 56.67 | 2 | Vaccari, Nick | USA | 70.00 | ||
| 3 | Semon, Trystan | USA | 40.00 | 3 | Birch, Andy | USA | 52.00 | 3 | Zdeblick, John | USA | 65.33 | ||
| 4 | Drennan, Drew | USA | 47.33 | 4 | Burnier, Timothy | USA | 60.33 | ||||||
| 5 | Poison, Jay | USA | 20.00 | ||||||||||
| Men’s 1 (19-24) | Men’s 1 (19-24) | ||||||||||||
| Semi Finals | Heat | 01 | Semi Finals | Heat | 01 | ||||||||
| 1 | Bernier, Colby | USA | 90.00 | 1 | Dever, Michael | USA | 55.00 | ||||||
| 2 | Herrema, Ben | USA | 85.00 | 2 | Steiner, Cameron | USA | 45.00 | ||||||
| 3 | Gensler, Jordan | USA | 57.00 | 3 | Schad, Chris | USA | 35.00 | ||||||
| 4 | Clements, Cole | USA | 36.67 | 4 | Hutts, Kevin | USA | 35.00 | ||||||
| 5 | Poison, Troy | USA | 20.00 | ||||||||||
| Am Wakeskate | Adaptive Stand | ||||||||||||
| Semi Finals | Heat | 01 | Semi Finals | Heat | 01 | ||||||||
| 1 | Mendez, Cristobol | USA | 60.00 | 1 | Deemer, Jesse | USA | 46.67 | ||||||
| 2 | Hamon, Josh | USA | 46.67 | ||||||||||
*Athletes in bold advance
