Now in its third year the Liquid Force Boardstock event, presented by Nautique Boats and powered by Monster Energy, really came of age in 2012 and reached its potential as the dominant wakeboarding event on the Australian calendar. Boasting a field of over 150 riders from countries all over the globe, including the USA, Korea, Thailand and Germany, the event offered something for all riders across its 4 different contest formats and invitational events. With the richest cash purse ever offered at an Australian wakeboarding event the standard of riding reached a level never before seen on these shores and few thought possible. King of Cable Tom Fooshee and young superstar Daniel Grant headed an international field that vied against Australias top pros for the I Ride Sideways Ultimate Rider Award.
Superlatives such as “…greatest event ever…”, “ most fun I’ve ever had at a contest” have been heard repeatedly in the aftermath of the event
Boardstock 2012 was the culmination of a series of wakeboarding events that began a week earlier and united all diverse elements of the wakeboarding world at Cables Wake Park Penrith. The Liquid Force Gromstock event began at Black Diamond earlier in the week and gathered together 30 of the nation’s youngest stars for an intense week of coaching by the sports top pros. The Australian Open Boat contest ran all day on Australia Day on the nearby Hawkesbury River where Australia’s top pro boat riders vied for a wildcard entry into the World Cup event later in the year. Friday afternoon the Trojan Wake Life Cup kicked off the activities at Cables Wake Park, where every major wakeboard brand entered a team of riders who competed against each other in a unique team style format for the title of the “best brand”. The Liquid Force International team took home the title from Liquid Force Australia and Team O’Brien.
After the completion of the Wake Life Cup we were all treated to the Sydney premier of the new Danny Harf movie DEFY. With inclement weather approaching the venue was switched at the last minute from the open air park to the Nautique Central shed nearby which proved to be a great move.
Early Saturday morning was taken up with private rail coaching clinics as part of the Gromstock experience and the events proper got underway as the weather gods smiled upon us and the skies cleared to provide beautiful weather that lasted all weekend. The Indy Industries 2 Tower Challenge was the first competition event with a record 85 riders competing on the newly revamped System 2 course featuring Australia’s first quarter pipe obstacle. 14 year old Thai rider Daniel Grant proceeded to set the tone for the weekend with victories in both the Pro Mens and the wakeskating sections. Mitch Langfield showed his skill for a 2nd place ahead of Harley Clifford in 3rd. Hayley Smith headed the Pro Women’s field from Courtney Angus and Sophie Hogben. Zac Neville announ...
For those who may have missed an episode of season ten so far, you can now visit www.wakelife.com.au and update yourself!
Heaps top watch including:
Wakeskater Deon Naggy
Mitch Langfield
The Trojan Car Park Slider Challenge
Troy roker
Dean Smith
Chad Charpe
WakeLife Intructionals
Shane Bonifay
Wakeboarding in Thailand Video Diary
Chris O Shea
Ryan Leary Wakeskater
and heaps more Aussie and U.S riders
New episode of WakeLife back next week Tuesday 7th Feb at 8pm on Foxtel Aurora Channel 183
Hey Everyone.
We just wanted to let you know that the Liquid Malisha Mega Clearance Sale starts on the 1st of February 2012.
Our concept store will be closed till this date in preparation for this massive once a year event.
Our sale this year will be bigger than ever with prices slashed to the lowest you will ever see.
Make sure you check out the online store at www.liquidmalisha.com on the 1st of February for massive savings or drop into our Concept Store at Windsor NSW from the 2nd of February.
Looking forward to packing your orders
From the team at Liquid Malisha
The annual Trojan WakeLife Team Rider Cup 2012 kicks off this Friday at 4.30pm at Cables Wake Park in Penrith as part of the Boardstaock festival.
This year twelve of the best board brands in wakeboarding grab their finest team pro riders, pro womens riders, junior riders and wakeskaters to battle it out to find out who wins the sixth annual Team Rider Cup.
This event has previously been a closed to public filming only event for WakeLife. For the first time in WakeLife's six year television history, viewers can come down and watch the three and a half hour contest and witness Australia's best lineup of riders at one contest for 2011/2012 summer.
teams will include Liquid Force Australia, Ronix, Obrien, Hyperlite, Indy, Byerly, CTRL, Double Up, Fluid, Slingshot, Liquid Force International and CWB.
There will be over 50 riders including:
HARLEY CLIFFORD, TOM FOOSHEE (USA), AMBER WING,DEAN SMITH, ERICK RUCK (USA), HAYLEY SMITH, TROY ROKER, DONALD BAKER, DEON NAGGY (WAKESKATE), BRENTON PRIESTLEY, MITCH LANGFIELD, RYAN LEARY (WAKESKATE), MARK 'TURTLE' MCNAMARA, SAM THOMSON, SCOTTY BENNETT, DONALD BAKER, JAMIE NEVILLE, JAMES WINDSOR, ETHAN AGIUS, ZAC WOOD (WAKESKATER), CORY TEUNNISSEN, LIKE BOOR, JOEL BARTLEY, AND MANY MORE.....
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Now in its third year the Liquid Force Boardstock event, presented by Nautique Boats and powered by Monster Energy, really came of age in 2012 and reached its potential as the dominant wakeboarding event on the Australian calendar. Boasting a field of over 150 riders from countries all over the globe, including the USA, Korea, Thailand and Germany, the event offered something for all riders across its 4 different contest formats and invitational events. With the richest cash purse ever offered at an Australian wakeboarding event the standard of riding reached a level never before seen on these shores and few thought possible. King of Cable Tom Fooshee and young superstar Daniel Grant headed an international field that vied against Australias top pros for the I Ride Sideways Ultimate Rider Award.
