World’s Best in Monroe for MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour

Monroe Pro Tour Stop - Day 2 | Monroe Pro Tour Stop - Video

Monroe, Wash. – The world’s top wakeboarders kicked off the Pacific Northwest leg of the MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour presented by Rockstar in grand fashion during the first day of competition in Monroe. To the delight of thousands of spectators who flocked to Lake Tye, progressive riding was on full display throughout the first two rounds of action.

MasterCraft team riders leveraged their familiarity behind the X-Star, the event’s official towboat, to register some of the day’s most impressive performances. Among the standouts was top ranked Pro Tour rider Harley Clifford. The Aussie phenom continued his dream season in usual dominating fashion, launching jaw dropping tricks off the X-Star’s huge wake including stylish rotations, difficult grabs and highly-technical rail rides en route to a round one heat win.

Fellow MasterCraft Team rider, Shota Tezuka looked equally in form today. The Japanese rider opened up his deep bag of tricks to unleash one of the day’s most entertaining runs, also earning a heat win. All round one heat winners bypass round two and earn an automatic spot in tomorrow’s third round.

"It’s great to be back in Monroe for another Pro Tour contest," said Chris Bischoff, competition director. "The guys were going huge off the X-Star today and every heat contained some of the day's best rides. Tomorrow is shaping up to be a really exciting final day of action on Lake Tye."

Ticket's for Saturday’s finals will be available at the gate for $13 (adult); $5 (ages 6-12); free (ages 5 and under).

Prior to tomorrow’s Pro Men final, the crowd will also enjoy the Contour Big Air Contest. The mind boggling specialty event features some of the best pro men riders launching from a ramp to perform massive rotating aerials that are rarely accomplished in a traditional contest setting.

Results - Day One

Pro Men - Round Two (top four riders advance)

Heat #1
1. Massi Piffaretti - 81.67
2. Dean Smith - 77.67
3. Pierce Homsey - 70.00
4. Jason Bannatyne - 63.67
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5. Kyle Evans - 51.67
6. Ian Cole - 43.33

Heat #2
1. Tony Carroll - 80.00
2. Danny Thollander - 70.00
3. Austin Hair - 63.33
4. Aaron Rathy - 55.00
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5. Darin Shapiro - 50.33

Heat #3
1. Steel Lafferty - 85.00
2. Oli Derome - 76.67
3. Noah Flegel - 68.33
4. Keenan Allen - 60.00
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5. Gunnar Shuler - 46.67

Heat #4
1. Rusty Malinoski - 80.00
2. Kyle Rattray - 66.67
3. Damien Adam - 60.00
4. Brad Teunissen - 55.00
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5. Josh Palma - 50.00

Pro Men - Round One (top rider advances, others go to round 2)

Heat #1
1. Danny Harf - 80.00
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2. Massi Piffaretti - 76.67
3. Josh Palma - 68.33
4. Danny Thollander - 55.00

Heat #2
1. Josh Twelker - 83.33
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2. Damien Adam - 63.33
3. Keenan Allen - 56.67
4. Gunna Shuler - 35.00

Heat #3
1. Daniel Powers - 81.67
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2. Tony Carroll - 73.33
3. Noah Flegel - 60.00
4. Ian Cole - 35.00

Heat #4
1. Phil Soven - 81.67
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2. Steel Lafferty - 78.33
3. Darin Shapiro - 66.33
4. Kyle Rattray - 58.33

Heat #5
1. Tony Iacconi - 78.33
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2. Jason Bannatyne - 68.00
3. Brad Teunissen - 61.00
4. Kyle Evans - 46.67

Heat #6
1. Shota Tezuka - 80.00
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2. Oli Derome - 68.33
3. Dean Smith - 61.67

Heat #7
1. Stephen Pierce - 81.67
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2. Rusty Malinoski - 79.33
3. Pierce Homsey - 65.00

Heat #8
1. Harley Clifford - 86.67
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2. Austin Hair - 73.33
3. Aaron Rathy

For more information on the MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour, please visit KingOfWake.com.

The MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour presented by RockStar is organized by World Sports & Marketing of Orlando, Fla., and has the support of the following sponsors: MasterCraft, Rockstar Energy Drink, WWA, Indmar, Ronix, Billabong, CONTOUR, CWB, Hyperlite, Byerly, Peavey, Sayiwon’t, Epiphone and WAKEBOARDING magazine.

About MasterCraft
MasterCraft is the exclusive towboat for the Pro Wakeboard Tour, as it has been since the tour’s wakeboarding events began in 1992. For more information visit MasterCraft.com.
 
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About King of Wake
The King of Wake is the world’s elite pro wakeboarding series, attracting the sport’s top athletes from throughout the globe. Over the course of a season, athletes compete for the ultimate wakeboarding crown in a series points race of eight events throughout the United States to see who rules the wake. The King of Wake is organized by World Sports & Marketing – the leading wake-events producer since 1988.

Monroe Pro Tour Stop - Day 2 | Monroe Pro Tour Stop - Video