CABLEWAKEBOARD World Trophy Finals, 4/10/2009, Bursa, Turkey. It started out absolutely beautiful - The sky was blue, the sun was shining and video wall delivered amazing shots. More than 5.000 spectators were highly anticipating the final rounds of the world's best riders.

During the Junior Men final a thunderstorm came out of nowhere and within seconds the event area turned dark and into a big mess. Overthrown advertising boards and by the wind uncovered tribunes were just the beginning as the video wall was slowly going down and almost fell on one of the towers. The cautious organizer did everything to continue the competition with one hour delay.

At 16:00 local time it was decided who is winning the Junior Men category. Moritz Petri (GER) was able to place first, right before Rene Konrad (GER) and Freddie Carter (GB). Due to the bad weather it was decided to run the Open Men final straight after the Juniors so the big stars would be definitely shown on the live stream. What happened on the water was the expected big battle of the world's best riders. In the end it was Tom Fooshee (USA) who proofed his extraordinary level of riding and Nick Davies (GB) and Dominik Gührs (GER) settled with place 2 and 3.

Hence the 10.000 US Dollar prize money are going back to the US with Tom Fooshee. The 5.000$ were unsurprisingly picked up by Maxine Sapulette (NL) With his 4th place this weekend, Mike Ketellapper (NL) was able to defeat his number one position in the world ranking and stays right on top - he still is the No 1 in the world. Right behind him are the current European Champion Dominik Guehrs (GER) and Nick Davies (GB).

As expected the ladie's ranking is dominated by Maxine Sapulette (NL). Both Maxine and Mike can now take their yellow jersey back to the Netherlands as the best ranked riders of the world.

The Sukay Park World Trophy is over and impressively demonstrated the high level of riding and professionalism that can be expected from future events. It's a pity that the bad weather ruined this amazing experience for all the spectators and people involved.

Junior Ladies

1 2 Young Tor GBR Ashford 17 F 66.50
2 22 Jansen Mayanka NED Almere 17 F 66.00
3 67 Brabänder Anna-Laura GER Marburg 15 F 60.83
4 16 Bilir Beril TUR Bursa 16 F 37.17
5 77 Parla Aylin TUR Istanbul 16 F 35.83

Junior Men

1 56 Petri Moritz GER Niederweimar 18 F 70.83
2 10 Konrad Rene GER Hamburg 18 F 69.50
3 32 Carter Freddie GBR Slough 14 F 68.00
4 28 Clifford Declan GBR Brandon 17 F 61.33
5 7 Mizrahi Eidan ISR Ramat gan 18 F 60.83
6 43 Lewis Nick GER Hamburg 17 F 60.50
7 9 Van der Hoff Yves NED Almere 15 F 58.17
8 74 Oegretici Muammer TUR Jagel 16 F 49.83
9 58 Kunte Philipp GER Brühl/Rohrhof 16 LCQ 63.83
9 3 Velickovic Filip SRB Beograd 16 LCQ 61.50
11 72 Gürdal Kerem TUR Bursa 15 LCQ 44.17
11 76 Mutlu Berk TUR Bursa 14 LCQ 44.67
13 70 Doguer Abdullah TUR Bursa 13 LCQ 40.17
13 55 Uncul Yalcin TUR Bursa 18 LCQ 40.83
15 61 Parla Kemal TUR - 13 LCQ 30.00

Open Ladies

1 1 Sapulette Maxine NED Enschede 18 F 77.17
2 47 Reimers Sophia Marie GER Schleswig 17 F 69.50
3 8 Schabransky Astrid AUT Wels 26 F 68.50
4 20 Taylan Arzu TUR Narlidere 27 F 45.17
5 40 Onaran Nergiz TUR Bursa 27 F 36.67
6 62 Ögretici Kathrin GER Dörphof 26 F DNS
7 29 Ozguven Sevda TUR Bursa 25 LCQ 41.17
8 63 Ozdemir Tayibe TUR Bursa 23 LCQ 36.67

Open Men

1 24 Fooshee Tom USA Austin 24 F 79.00
2 12 Davies Nick GBR Chertsey 20 F 68.00
3 34 Gührs Dominik GER München 19 F 66.00
4 41 Ketellapper Mike NED Almere 21 F 64.00
5 13 Sofer Lior ISR Rishon Le zion 23 F 62.83
6 35 Young James GBR Ashford 20 F 55.33
7 21 Koester Christian GBR Woking 20 F 53.00
8 23 Levi Efi ISR Jerusalem 20 F 46.67
9 37 Lidberg Keith USA Ocoee 28 LCQ 68.33
9 30 Yesilova Erkan TUR Bursa 27 LCQ 51.33
11 39 Celenk Sedat TUR Mugla 30 LCQ 49.33
11 31 Lebwohl Stefan AUT Graz 23 LCQ 62.00
13 42 Hilmi Sen TUR Istanbul 25 LCQ 30.00
13 44 Snuggs Robin GBR Weymouth 19 LCQ 19.33
15 54 Fetz Daniel AUT Gramastetten 24 LCQ 19.00
15 57 Vollert Steffen GER Aura an der Saa 22 LCQ 1.33

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Sukay Park World Trophy becomes enthusiastic

3/10/2009. The first day of the CWWC Tour finals was the thriller many expected. Little rain disrupted the otherwise perfect conditions at the Sukay Park in Bursa. Just in time for the qualification rounds of the Open Men the sun came back and brought the spectators with it. About 2.500 people were amazed by the tricks shown by the magicians of water sports.

As predicted, the qualification rounds revealed some surprises. Whilst Tom Fooshee (USA), Lior Sofer (ISR), Nick Davies (GB) and Dominik Guehrs (GER) advanced to the finals directly, the current World Champion Mike Ketellapper (NL) will have to use his last chance tomorrow to get a place in the finals. Also Steffen Vollert (GER), Keith Lidberg (USA) as well as Daniel Fetz
(AUT) and Christian Koester (GB) did not qualify directly and will fight for one of the two places left. The last chance qualifier will be a tough one and despite of the riders skills it seems like the one with the strongest nerves will make it to the finals.

The Open Ladies qualification was won by the odds-on favorite Maxine Sapulette. The 18-years old dutch girl showed without any doubt for what she is going at this competition. Out of all riders she is the one that could make the hat trick and take the money for all three parts - The win of the trophy itself, the overall tour as well as the world ranking is what she is focused on right now.

Bad Luck had the german lady Kathrin Oegretici who qualified for the finals but crashed in her second run after the kicker and unfortunately injured her knee. The second best qualified lady is Sophia Marie Reimers (GER). Still a Junior Lady she was showing in which direction the sport is going for the female riders.

For the Juniors everything went according to the plan and we will see who is joining the finals tomorrow after the last chance qualifier rounds.

All results are available at cablewakeboard.net and the live results can be followed live during the day. Don't forget to check out the live stream of the finals tomorrow from 15:00 local time. The world's best rider fighting for more than 100.000$

www.cablewakeboard.net

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