SOME MAGICAL MELBOURNE MOOMBA MOMENTS 2013
EMMA AND ANDY DO THE IMPOSSIBLE – BY ANY STANDARDS ! This was one of the very best Moomba Masters ever ! With 200,000 spectators and 37C for the Monday Finals, as they say in the USA, AWESOME ! For me the real highlights were the performances of Emma Sheers AUS and Andy Mapple GBR. Emma had not competed for eight years. As a past World Slalom and Jump Champion, …
IRISH RIDERS JOIN 31 COUNTRIES AT CABLE WAKEBOARD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
OPENING CEREMONY COMPLETE AND TWO RIDERS OF OURS ON THE WATER TODAY To say it is hot here at Deca Clark Wakeboard Park just 80km from Manila in the Philippines is an understatement. It is scorching day and night. Today we had blue skies and great conditions at the Cable Park. These World Championships are vital to efforts to bring the sport to the 2020 Olympic Games. Observers from the …
TWO IRISH TEAM RIDERS SELECTED BY WORLD CUP OFFICIALS
CONGRATULATIONS TO RIDERS DAVID O’CAOIMH & SIAN HURST The 35th World Cup Stop is scheduled to take place in Palembang in Indonesia on November 23/25. Only the World’s Top Riders receive invitations and the line-up on the official waiting is always extensive. That makes getting an invitation a very special honor. Congratulations to Irish Wakeboard Team members David O’Caoimh and Sian Hurst who have just received their official invitations – …
LAST CHANCE QUALIFIERS FOR WAKEBOARD TEAM IRELAND
GREAT PERFORMANCES MIXED WITH SOME DISAPPOINTMENTS TODAY It was a tough day for Team Ireland today, with 4 Irish riders competing in very competitive heats in the Last Chance Qualifiers. First up was Aisling Deegan, 3rd off the dock in Junior Ladies, which included 5 riders vying for only 1 place in the finals on Sunday. Aisling stood up her first pass of grabs and 180s and finished it with …
METEOR GOES ON AND GOLDEN FALLS GOES OFF – COMPETITION UPDATE
METEOR SLALOM GOES AHEAD THIS SATURDAY GOLDEN FALLS FORCED TO CANCEL SLALOM & JUMP GRAND PRIX Cormac Fitzpatrick of Meteor WSC has confirmed today that the scheduled ULSTER OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP will go ahead this coming Saturday – but with some interesting changes to the original format. We all know that the awful weather has spoiled a lot of skiing time this Summer and so many are a bit reluctant to …
