Orlando, Florida (October 2, 2003) - The Mountain Dew WWA Wakeboard World Championships the final stop in the 2003 Vans Triple Crown of Wakeboarding™ series showcased the talents of the globe's top amateurs in the water of Orlando WaterSports Complex on Thursday.
The four-day event boils down to two separate world championships. Thursday's semifinals feature the world's top amateurs with World Championships set on Friday at Orlando WaterSports Complex. The amateur finals will then set the tone for the pro men's and women's finals set for Saturday and Sunday.
In all, 99 top amateurs competed on Thursday for spots in Friday's world finals. The competitors represent nine nations and more than 20 U.S. States.
The Canadians and Japanese represent the largest contingent of international competitors at these world championships, and their presence was felt across each of the ten divisions.
In the women's ranks Japanese and Canadian competitors are especially strong. Canadians took three of four qualifying spots in Thursday's Junior Girls semifinals. Japanese women took two of four spots in the Amateur Women's semifinals.
In the male divisions internationals dominated the Open Men and Men's I Division. Four of six qualifying spots in the Open Men's division went to riders from Canada and Brazil. In Men I four of the six qualifying spots went to riders from Canada, Japan and Great Britain.
World Championship finals will begin on Friday at 10 a.m. at Orlando WaterSports Complex with the Girl's Final.
The Vans Triple Crown of Wakeboarding™ and the Mountain Dew WWA Wakeboard Worlds presented by Ford and Vans are made possible through the support of the Xbox™ video game system from Microsoft, Right Guard Xtreme, Fox Sports Net and NBC Sports. The Vans Triple Crown™ Series features the world's top athletes participating in premier venues throughout North America for the top prize purse in each of six Core Sports™ disciplines: Skateboarding, Wakeboarding, BMX, Freestyle Motocross, and Surfing.
Mountain Dew WWA Wakeboard
World Championships
Orlando, FL
October 2 - 5, 2003
Jr. Women Semfinals
(top 2 each heat advance to Finals)
Heat # 1
1 Sunni Anne Ball (CAN) 58.67
2 Magalie Dubois (CAN) 27.12
Monique Cordelle (TX) 24.34
Barrett Perlman (FL) 9.10
Heat # 2
1 Sheena Price (CAN) 63.11
2 Amber Hansen (FL) 36.23
Cassandra Page (CAN) 28.88
Ai Takenouchi (JPN) 25.22
Amateur Women Semifinals
(top 4 advance to Finals)
1 Tristan Seley (FL) 38.90
2 Yuko Miyata (JPN) 31.66
3 Keiko Tsudano (JPN) 28.37
4 Summer Young (GA) 26.00
Tressa Main (CAN) 21.00
Nadine Berry (MN) 11.67
Jr Boys Semifinals
(top 3 each heat advance to Finals)
Heat # 1
1 Jacob Valdez (CA) 77.78
2 B J Hoekstra (IL) 52.89
3 Daniel Pate (NC) 47.11
Justin Gratzfeld (CAN) 36.00
Cody Coffey (IL) 30.00
Shota Tezuka (JPN) 8.33
Heat # 2
1 Harley Clifford (AUS) 70.45
2 Daniel Powers (FL) 47.33
Gus Shuler (WI) 45.00
Cale Middleton (GA) 40.00
Yuuki Okumura (JPN) 31.33
Noah Franklin (CO) 23.33
Boys Semifinals
( top 3 each heat advance to Finals)
Heat # 1
1 Reed Hansen (FL) 75.00
2 Anthony M Racinelli JR (AZ) 70.67
3 Ryan Mocerino (FL) 52.33
Phillip Aslinger (TN) 46.45
Eddie Valdez (CA) 40.55
Jason Bannatyne (CAN) 35.45
Shimpei Kawaguchi (JPN) 13.33
Heat # 2
1 Robert Soven (FL) 74.36
2 Ryan Anderson (OK) 67.67
3 Robert Southworth (LA) 55.76
Sascha Gattiker (Switzerland) 53.45
Gregory Chidgey (CAN) 36.89
Nick Mertes (MN) 31.45
Danny Burnstein (MI) 30.00
Open Men Semifinals
( top 3 each heat advance to Finals)
Heat # 1
1 Austin Langston (NC) 73.35
2 Daniel Mavrey (CAN) 60.55
3 Steve McKinley (CAN) 59.24
Brandon Graham (NC) 49.26
Hayden Maguire (NZL) 31.11
Kiyotaka Shikine (JPN) 11.33
Heat # 2
1 Rusty Malinoski (CAN) 66.00
2 Mike Schwenne (CA) 65.33
3 Luiz Fellipe Carvalho (BRAZIL) 48.58
Ants Colling (NZL) 47.45
Tim Clinton (FL) 39.47
Michael Bros (MN) 36.79
Tsuguo Takahashi (JPN) 18.33
Men I Semifinals
( top 2 each heat advance to Finals)
Heat # 1
1 Yoshio Oka (JPN) 68.57
2 Brad Buskas (CAN) 58.65
Bryan Born (WI) 51.11
Jeffrey Anderson (SC) 46.43
Marco Mannana (BRA) 28.33
Heat # 2
1 Adam Fields (NC) 71.70
2 Kazunori Uechi (JPN) 58.35
Eric Miller (PA) 52.22
Michael Vincz (IN) 47.23
Heat # 3
1 Adam Wensink (OH) 67.01
2 Peter Stewart (GBR) 48.35
Mark Weikel (IN) 36.15
Brent Starr (FL) 33.57
Kazuyuki Tsujimoto (JPN) 29.10
Men II Semifinals
( top 2 each heat advance to Finals)
Heat # 1
1 Jonathan Vander Velde (FL) 63.88
2 Dave Tsuyuki (CAN) 60.31
Robbie Loftus (FL) 54.14
Kurt Robertson (FL) 50.57
Heat # 2
1 Matt Von der Ahe 60.55
2 Sam Wideman (UT) 47.00
Dayle Cartwright (FL) 46.10
Naosuke Hatakeyama (JPN) 36.10
Jeremy Matthews (CAN) 22.77
Heat # 3
1 Manabu Hanada (JPN) 52.80
2 Matt Hickman (FL) 36.67
Justin Mastrud (WA) 27.77
Bill Boston (IL)USA 23.90
Mark Gratzfeld (CAN) 17.20
Masters Semifinals
( top 3 each heat advance to Finals)
Heat # 1
1 Billy Garcia (TX) 63.92
2 Robert B Moore (TX) 47.00
3 Jeremy Leonard (NJ) 46.12
Hiroki Hara (JPN) 38.30
Tsutomu Imada (JPN) 18.33
Heat # 2
1 J B (Jeff) Barton (NJ) 62.23
2 Anthony Monaco (FL) 51.34
Ronnie Romero NE) 47.50
Shawn Gratzfeld (CAN) 47.00
Ken Ito (JPN) 29.45
Veteran Men Semifinals
( top 4 advance to Finals)
1 Pat McElhinney (TX) 65.03
2 Mark Norwell (IL) 62.30
Takao Okubo (JPN) 48.00
Ito Yonosuke (JPN) 47.50
Anthony M Racinelli (AZ) 23.87
