Biggest wake event with the biggest prize purse

World’s biggest wake riding

event unfurls at CWC today

PILI, CamSur – PILI, CamSur – Over a hundred of the top wake riders from no less than 30 countries across the world invited by Governor LRay Villafuerte are now on-site at the Camarines Sur Watersports Complex (CWC) peaking up for actual skirmishes starting January 20 in what is conceded the biggest event ever in the history of wake sports.

Dubbed the Ultimate Wake Championship, the competition is the last and final stop of the World Wake Association (WWA) World Series covering three major wake disciplines – boat, cable and System 2.0 winch – in respective venues of the CWC,  conceded the best cable park in the world and the only facility that can handle the simultaneous three-in-one competitions.

The World Series reeled off in the USA June last year, moved to Nieuwegein in the Netherlands, Hamburg in Germany, Antalaya in Turkey and the finally to CamSur in the Philippines where the Ultimate Wake Champion will be crowned as the most diverse wakeboarder of the world.

The UWC in CamSur will go down into extreme sports annals as the biggest wake event with the biggest prize ever held thus far to be staged in eight categories – Pro Men, Obstacles Only, Junior Men, Pro Wakeskate, Open Women and Open Women Wakeskate, CWC Rain Park Contest and Cam Sur Riders Cup.


The UWC kicked-off last June at Nieuwegein in the Netherlands, moved to Hamburg in Germany, to Antalaya in Turkey and will wind up for the final and last stop in CamSur of the Philippines.

The competition is described to be the largest wake event ever to be staged with the biggest prize purse at stake.

The formidable cast of elite riders from include the formidable Republic Riders composed of riding prodigy 12-year old Thailander Daniel Grant, the Asian Wakefest 2010 champion at the CWC last November, Nick Taylor, Andrew Pastura and Kim Yong Il, elite professional wakeboarders Keith Lidberg, Tom Foshee, Lior Sofer, Chad Sharpe and Philip Soven and wakeskaters Ben Horan, Ben Labadens, Bret Little and Reed Hansen.

On top of the wake competitions is a magnificent array of out-of-the-world nightly parties and contests featuring famous bands, disk jockeys and entertainers.

The first of the repertoire of nightly entertainment for the duration of the five-day event is the welcome party dubbed High Roll Casino Royale.  In partnership with PAGCOR, the whole venue will be transformed into a casino with poker tables and slot machines where attendees who are enjoined to come in their Al Capone hats may make small bets while being entertained by the Bellestar Dancers, the Street Magicians and Issa Litton.

The second evening is Comedy Strip Night where party-goers will come decked-out in the and watch comic strip and anime show presentations while being entertained by tandem hosts Daniel Marsh and the comedian actress Giselle Sanchez.

Third night, January 21 is Black Light Party night, the bikini-clad and body-painted guests glowing in the black-lit night to win handsome prizes with top-rate entertainment courtesy of the All Star Dancers and Brigada Band.

Fourth night is extreme ambience entertainment, where the party-goers may choose to freeze while guzzling martinis at the Ice Bar or sweat with tropical concoctions at the Volcano Bar while enjoying fire-juggling and angle grinding shows in an ambience of living tree human statues adorned with snow and icicles, body painted red hot pole dancers spiced with presentations from the Pussycat Dolls of the Philippines and the Pretty Young Thing (P.Y.T.).

Finale night will be the Ultimate Awards Night that will see the crowning of the world’s most diverse wake riders and awarding of other prizes. (GBClaveria/MMEC)

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