EVENT CONCEPT
• Wakefest Singapore 2013 Presented by Rip Curl is a fusion of explosive wakeboarding action and heart pumping music
• Wakefest will feature the best local and regional wakeboarders from Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, and Thailand.
• There will be event categories for athletes of all abilities.
• Top regional riders will be invited to compete in the Open Division which will include a SGD5,000.00 cash purse.
• Wakeboarding is a freestyle sport that has developed from surfing and waterskiing, with influences from skateboarding and snowboarding. Wakeboarding is the fastest growing water sport in the world with competitors performing flips, tricks, spins and a variety of other gravity-defying aerial stunts, sometimes as high as 20-feet in the air.
• A competitive free ride format will be used and riders will be judged on 3 style categories: Execution, Intensity and Composition. Riders will perform complex maneuvers off the boat's wake.
VENUE
Bedok Reservoir (opposite Waterfront Keys on Bedok Reservoir Road)
ORGANISERS & PARTNERS
Main Organiser
Singapore Waterski & Wakeboard Federation (SWWF)
Co-Organiser
Singapore Management University (SMU)
Statutory Boards
PUB
Dates
& Times: Saturday, 7th. September 2013
Qualifying Rounds (9:00 am – 6:00 pm)
Sunday, 8th September 2013
Semi-Finals & Finals (9:00 am – 6:00 pm)
Sunday, 8th September 2013
Prize Giving Ceremony at Wawawa Bistro by The Reservoir (7:00 pm )
Spectator Admission: Free
Event Categories: - Men’s & Women’s Novice (for first time competitors)
- Men’s & Women’s Intermediate
- Men’s Outlaw
- Men’s Masters (35 & Over)
- Men’s Masters Open (35 & Over)
- Men’s & Women’s Open
Competitors: 80 wakeboarding athletes from Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Philippines and Thailand
Event Highlight:
• Domestic & International Contest - Singapore’s and the region’s best wakeboarding competitors performing flips, spins and other acrobatic stunts in the air, sometimes as high as 20-feet in the air
Sponsors & Partners:
• Rip Curl – Presenting Sponsor
• Skull Candy – Official Headphones
• Ocean Potion - Official Sunscreen
• Red Bull – Official Energizing Partner
• Forest Adventure - Event Partner
• Ski 360 - Official Cable Park
• Wawawa Bistro – Official Prize Giving Venue
• PUB – Venue Sponsor
Main Organizers: Singapore Waterski & Wakeboard Federation (SWWF)
E-Mail: swwfed@singnet.com.sg
Co-Organizers: Singapore Management University (SMU)
Web Site: http://www.swwf.org.sg
Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/events/390109197773225/
A detailed tentative schedule of events will be released later this week.
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