After the first day of competition, Over 30 junior athletes have begun to compete in multiple events. The MasterCraft Junior Tri-X, hosted by Texas Ski Ranch, is a unique event that forces junior athletes to compete in three of six action sports. (Wakeboard, Skateboard, Cable Wakeboard, MotoX, Rock Climbing, and Cable Wakeskate) The top overall placefinishers of this event will walk away with $7500 in cash. Not to bad considering these athletes aren't even old enough to vote.
Day one saw action in four of the six events. Wakeboard behind the boat, the tournaments largest event, saw the fireld narrowed to sixteen riders which will compete in two more rounds. Jeff House, Kevin Henshaw, Danny Thollander & Rhet Whatley all won their heats and move onto Saturday's semifinals. The event is pulled behind the 04 MasterCraft X-Star, while the shores are lined with vintage and new MasterCrafts as part of the MidAmerica MC Boat Owners Reunion also takes place at TSR this weekend.
Boat Wakeboard Qualifying Round (4 Move On) Heat 1
1 Jeff House 82
2 Brandon Lee 71
3 Clint Gee 53
4 Andrew Dyrhood 52
5 Ross Carter 50
6 Hank Carter 40
7 Jeremy Lear 13
Heat 2
1 Kevin Henshaw 87
2 Rob Carter 85
3 Rob Jacques 83
4 Ryan Anderson 75
5 Adam Errington 70
6 Troy Dyer 64
7 Anthony Billingsley 46
Heat 3
1 Danny Thollander 88
2 Derek Conway 78
3 Daniel Walden 75
4 Dutin Shows 69
5 Greg Heunis 52
6 Taylor Knight 34
Heat 1
1 Rhet Whatley 85
2 Brett Lee 84
3 Austin Hair 76
4 Cody kidder 73
5 Lucas Snyder 51
6 Eric Christensen 49
7 James Carroll 45
Competitors also saw the Cable Wakeboard, WakeSkate and Skateboard divisions all narrow to eight athletes. The Cable Wakeboard and Wakeskate events saw riders use the obstacles as well as perform air tricks in the flats. The cable event saw Rob Jacques, Greg Huenis, Nick Delaurie and Cody Kidder all win their heats.
Cable Wakeboard Qualifying Round (3 Move on 4th to LCQ) Heat 1
1 Greg Heunis 83
2 Dutin Shows 75
3 Brandon Lee 65
4 Savanah Barber 63
5 Lucas Snyder 60
6 Max Bialick 34
7 Jeremy Lear 9
Heat 2
1 Rob Jacques 81
2 Rob Carter 76
3 James Carroll 70
4 Rhet Whatley 69
5 Marc Shuster 58
6 Ryan Anderson 55
7 Reed Hansen n/a
Heat 3
1 Nick Delaurie 75
2 Adam Errington 72
3 Danny Thollander 68
4 Kevin Henshaw 54
5 Eric Christensen 47
6 Clint Gee 40
7 Philip Combs n/a
Heat 4
1 Cody Kidder 72
2 Brett Lee 70
3 Daniel Walden 68
4 Jeff House 64
5 Hank Carter 62
6 Troy Dyer 45
7 Anthony Billingsley 43
WakeSkate Qualifying (4 move on) Heat 1
1 Savanah Barber 90
2 Kevin Henshaw 88
3 Darren McKinley 85
4 Austin Hair 73
5 Nick Delaurie 60
6 Marc Shuster 35
7 Jeremy Lear n/a
Heat 2
1 Chris Jordan 90
2 Mike Vestal 85
3 Rob Jacques 80
4 Greg Heunis 60
5 Max Bialick 40
6 Eric Christensen 38
TSR would like to thank the following sponsors: CWB, Liquid Force, Hyperlite, Burger King, The Board Shop, The Wake Zone, MasterCraft, Indmar, Joe Harrison Motor Sports, Jet Pilot, Tucker Rocky & SouthShore.
The remaining event schedules are as follows: SATURDAY
- 10am MasterCraft Boat Display Competition Begins
- *11am-Noon Cable WakeSkate Finals (8)
- *Noon-2pm Cable WakeBoard Finals (8)
- 2pm-3pm Qualifying for Rock Climbing (All)
- *3pm-4:30pm MotoX Qualifying and Finals (Practice starts at 2:30)
- 3pm Live Music on the Beach
- *4:30pm-6pm Rock Climbing Finals (8)
- 6pm-6:30pm Awards for MasterCraft Boat Display Competition
- 6:30pm-9pm Boat WakeBoard Semis (16)
