James Windsor and Friends Freeride at Wake Park Worlds from Wake Park World Championships on Vimeo.

Check out James Windsor, Tom Fooshee, Brian Grubb and friends hit some rails and have some fun at Al Forsan International Sports Resort in Abu Dhabi as they get ready for the 2012 WWA Wake Park World Championships December 6-8, 2012! Full TV show coming soon!

About Wake Park Worlds
The 2012 WWA Wake Park World Championships hosted by Al Forsan International Sports Resort (wakeparkworlds.com) is the final stop of the 2012 WWA Wake Park World Series season. Wake Park Worlds is open to all ages and abilities; for registration visit wakeparkworlds.com/registration. Make sure to stay up-to-date and interactive by following us on our Wake Park Worlds specific sites at:
   

About the WWA
The WWA is the world’s premier provider of amateur and professional wakeboard events, sanctioning and rules, developed by riders, for riders. www.thewwa.com
   

About Al Forsan
The Al Forsan International Sports resort aspires to be an internationally-recognized and top-rated world-class resort by leisure professionals, as well as companies and families. By consistently providing first-rate service and state-of-the-art facilities, it will establish itself as the major sports hub for regional events, setting new standards for international sports and leisure experiences. www.alforsan.com
 

2012 Wake Park Worlds Trailer from Wake Park World Championships on Vimeo.

Check out the 2012 WWA Wake Park World Championships trailer. Full episode coming soon, stay tuned.

About the WWA
The WWA is the world’s premier provider of amateur and professional wakeboard events, sanctioning and rules, developed by riders, for riders. www.thewwa.com
   

From Lake Alfred, FL (December 17, 2012) – The “King of Cable”, Tom Fooshee (USA), is back on top in 2012. The now 4-time WWA Wake Park World Series Overall Champion has proven to the world, once again, that he is the absolute best cable wakeboarder on the planet. The 2012 WWA Wake Park World Series (WPWS) encompassed a 6-stop series that traveled to Europe, USA, and UAE.

Throughout the year, the best wakeboarders in the world accumulate points at each stop of this worldwide series. In 2012 the series started at the Monster Energy Triple Crown-Stop 1, followed by Sooruz Wake N’ Country, Monster Energy Triple Crown-Stop 2, Protest Cable Call, Monster Energy Triple Crown-Stop 3, and last but not least the 2012 WWA Wake Park World Championships hosted by Al Forsan International Sports Resort.

Each stop of the WWA Wake Park World Series displays its own challenges; adaption is key for the riders to bring home the overall championship. Some parks are rail and kicker heavy, some parks are air trick heavy, and in the UAE, riders had to adapt to a clockwise cable, opposite from all other stops.

The rookie, James Windsor (AUS), and 2010 WWA Wake Park World Champion, Daniel Grant (TLD) pushed Fooshee to ride his absolute best at each stop, and Fooshee took the challenge personally, winning 2 of the 6 stops and finishing on the podium at 5 of the 6 stops. Nose grab S-Mobe 540s, Mute Double Flips, Backside 900s, and Insane Presses were the standard in this year’s Wake Park World Series.

“The Wake Park World Series this year has been by far the hardest year of competition I have ever come across.” Says 2012 WPWS Champ, Tom Fooshee. “There are so many riders that compete in the WPWS that can win any stop at any given time; it’s no longer one or two individual rider’s game. There is no longer dominance by any one single rider. The level of riding by all the riders this year was at a level we have never seen before in wake park riding, making it such a difficult feat to win any world series stop. To win the overall title this year is truly something to be stoked on beyond belief. I cannot explain how excited I am to be back in the number one position!”

The 2012 WWA Wake Park World Series was by far the most exciting contest series of 2012! Stay tuned for the release of the 2013 WWA Wake Park World Series right at your spot for wakeboarding info, TheWWA.com.

Monster Energy Triple Crown-Stop 1: Texas

1. Tom Fooshee – USA
2. Daniel Grant – TLD
3. Dominik Gurhs – GER

Sooruz Wake N’ Country: France

1. Dominik Gurhs – GER
2. Tom Fooshee – USA
3. Nick Davies – GBR

Monster Energy Triple Crown-Stop 2: North Carolina

1. Daniel Grant – TLD
2. James Windsor – AUS
3. Dominik Gurhs – GER

Protest Cable Call: Netherlands

1. Nick Davies – GBR
2. Tom Fooshee – USA
3. James Windsor – AUS

Monster Energy Triple Crown-Stop 3: Florida

1. Tom Fooshee – USA
2. Nick Davies – GBR
3. Nico Von Lerchenfeld – GER

Wake Park World Championships: UAE

1. James Windsor – AUS
2. Tom Fooshee – USA
3. Daniel Grant – TLD

Check out the full 2012 WWA Wake Park World Series Rankings HERE!!!!

About the WWA
The WWA is the world’s premier provider of amateur and professional wakeboard events, sanctioning and rules, developed by riders, for riders. www.thewwa.com
   

In the Pro divisions, James Windsor and Ange Schriber took matters into their own hands, winning the Pro and Features divisions; Windsor took the Pro Men’s and Pro Features divisions, and Schriber won the Pro Women’s and Women’s Features divisions; making both riders double world champions in 2012. Of course you can’t ever rule out Daniel Grant, who took podium in the Pro Men’s and Pro Features divisions and won the Pro Wakeskate Championship.

Pro Women’s and Women’s Features Champ, Ange Schriber states, “The WWA Wake Park Worlds was the best contest to end off the season and to be world champion topped it off, I definitely cant wait to come back next year.”

“To be honest, I didn’t set out to win a WWA World Championship this year, I just set out to do my absolute best. I’m so stoked to have won!” says the 2012 Pro Men’s and Pro Features champion, James Windsor. “I’d like to thank Tom Fooshee, Daniel Grant, Freddy Von Osten and Kaesen Suyderhoud for the most amazing finals in Pro Men’s and Pro Features. When Freddy and Daniel, put down such incredible Pro Men’s runs, I thought, “I’ve got nothing to loose here… I’m already in the top 4”, so I just went for it and it paid off. It was the best year I could have wished for, and I was super stoked to be part of it. Can’t wait to see what next year brings.”

On the amateur side of things, 14 other world champions were crowned; each in their respected divisions. Some of the largest fields of Junior Men and Boys divisions that the WWA Wake Park World Championships has ever seen came for the title. In Am Jr. Men’s, UAE’s own Omier Saeed worked his way through the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and put together an incredible finals pass for the victory.

Amateur Features rider Scott Rosewell (GBR) was up against riders that were twice his age; however, the 13 year old figured out the competition in the 7-minute jam format to take his first WWA Wake Park World Title.

Keep your eyes posted to www.WakeParkWorlds.com for more content from the 2012 WWA Wake Park World Championships hosted by Al Forsan International Sports Resort.

2012 WWA Wake Park World Champions

• James Windsor- AUS – Pro Men’s
• James Windsor – AUS – Pro Features
• Ange Schriber – RSA – Pro Women’s
• Daniel Grant – TLD – Pro Wakeskate
• Boris Riazantsev – RUS – Am Junior Boys
• Phoebe King – UAE – Am Girl’s
• Sebastian Dunn – AUS – Am Boy’s
• Iryna Pavlova – RUS – Am Jr. Women’s
• Omier Saeed – UAE – Am Jr. Men’s
• Faiquah Sudhir – SIN – Am Women’s
• Janick Otto – GER – Am Men’s I
• Matthaias Joekel – UAE – Am Men’s II
• Alexandria Gardiner – GBR – Am Master Women’s
• Am Master Men’s – GER – Am Master Men’s
• Sergy Syazantev – RUS – Am Veteran Men’s
• Scott Rosewell – GBR – Am Features
• Ange Schriber – RSA – Women’s Features
• Steph Caller – GBR – Am Women’s Wakeskate
• Anton Tkachenko – RUS – Am Wakeskate

About Wake Park Worlds
The 2012 WWA Wake Park World Championships hosted by Al Forsan International Sports Resort (wakeparkworlds.com) is the final stop of the 2012 WWA Wake Park World Series season. Wake Park Worlds is open to all ages and abilities; for registration visit wakeparkworlds.com/registration. Make sure to stay up-to-date and interactive by following us on our Wake Park Worlds specific sites at:
   

About the WWA
The WWA is the world’s premier provider of amateur and professional wakeboard events, sanctioning and rules, developed by riders, for riders. www.thewwa.com
   

About Al Forsan
The Al Forsan International Sports resort aspires to be an internationally-recognized and top-rated world-class resort by leisure professionals, as well as companies and families. By consistently providing first-rate service and state-of-the-art facilities, it will establish itself as the major sports hub for regional events, setting new standards for international sports and leisure experiences. www.alforsan.com