World Cable Wakeboard unfolds this weekend
DEFENDING champions Nick Davies and Kirsteen Mitchell of Britain headline a stellar field vying for top honors in the 2012 World Cable Wakeboard Championships on Saturday and Sunday at Deca Wakeboard Park in Clark Field, Angeles City.
The two-day event that has lured participants from 32 countries will also feature the Open gold medalists in the recent Tokyo World Cup—Austria’s Angelika Shriber and Germany’s Frederic von Osten.
Wakeboard aces from 32 countries, including Brazil, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia and the Philippines—to be led by Samantha Bermudez, Mark Griffin and Carlo dela Torre—are also joining the competition that starts with the qualifying phase on Nov. 6.
Organizers see a successful staging of the event as a boost to the bid of the International Waterski and Wakeboard Federation to get the sport included in the Olympic calendar in 2020.
The event will be streamed live on the YouTube Sports Hub link in full HD.
The event is backed by Rixen Cableways, IWWF Wakeboard 2020 Vision, Smart, Gatorade, Deca Homes, Stoked Inc., RipCurl, Monster Energy Drink, Devant LED TV, Bacardi, Department of Tourism Region III, Aktion Parks and Plus Event Marketing and organized by Eventking Corp. in cooperation with the Waterski and Wakeboard Association of the Philippines
