Wakeboarders chip in share, look forward to Worlds next year

One sport that quietly contributed to the success of Team Philippines in the 30th Southeast Asian Games was wakeboarding.

Little was heard from this sport during the magical 12 days of the biennial meet, but wakeboarding netted two gold, two silver and two bronze medals in what was its most productive showing in years.

Winning two of five golds contested at Deca Wakepark Clark were Jhondi Wallace (men’s wakeskating) and Susan Larsson (women’s skating), while settling for silvers were Samantha Bermudez and Raphael Trinidad, both of wakeboarding.

The two bronzes were produced by Ralph Villaro (wakeboarding) and Christian Joson (wakeskating).

“This has been our strongest showing yet in the biennial meet as the Thais and Indonesians dominated the previous tournaments. But we trained so hard for this SEA Games and we’re glad we delivered,” Bermudez said.

The two other golds were won by Thailand.

With its SEA Games success,the team is looking to make waves in the Cable Park World Championships in Thailand next year.