Malibu Houston Pro – Top men advance to the semi-finals

by World Wakeboard Association on 5 Oct 2015 Malibu Houston Pro – The pro women wakeboarding semi-finals were first to get behind the Malibu 25 LSV yesterday morning as we saw the top WBWS pro women such as Dallas Friday, Meagan Ethell and Raimi Merritt compete. It didn’t take long before the action began to heat up with all three Friday, Ethell and Merritt putting in phenomenal runs. They will be joined by Larisa Morales, Tarah Mikacich and Ashley Leugner tomorrow to compete for the WBWS title.

With the top two men advancing out of each quarter final heat to the semi-finals the action on the water was impressive, thanks to the incredible wake from the Malibu 25 LSV. Tony Iacconi, Tony Corroll, Dean Smith and Malibu’s Massi Piffaretti all advanced to the semi-finals, where they will be joined by Harley Clifford, Phil Soven, JD Webb, Mike Dowdy, Noah Flegel and Steel Lafferty, who have already prequalified into the semi-finals.

“The new Malibu 25 LSV is awesome, I’ve been looking forward to competing behind the new boat all season,” said Piffaretti. “The 25 LSV’s wake is massive which allowed me to really perform at my full capacity and really have fun.”

The action didn’t stop there as the event continued over at Hanger 9 Cable Park where the riders were also putting on impressive runs with only the top two advancing to the traditional and features pro men semi-finals tomorrow. After a close battle in the women’s pro, it was Meagan Ethell taking her second win of the day claiming the top spot in the cable features pro women qualifying heat.

“The conditions on the lake today were perfect and I’m excited to have won both my boat and cable heats,” said Ethell. “It’s really cool to be able to compete in both competitions in one day and really push myself to the limits.”

To top the day off fans were entertained by a jaw dropping Rockstar Energy Kicker Contest where we saw Tom Fooshee land an Indy KGB 540 to grab first place followed closely by Chandler Powell and Jake Pelot to round off the podium.

Semi-finals and finals will begin today at the Hanger 9 Cable Park followed up by the pro men and women WBWS championship finals over on the Bel-Ray Action Sports Park.

Results

Boat
Top two riders advance to finals
Pro Women - Semi Finals – Heat 01
Merritt, Raimi USA 80.33
Morales, Larisa MEX 70.00
Lopina, Jamie USA 66.33
Butler, Nicola USA 53.33
Pro Women - Semi Finals – Heat 02
Ethell, Meagan USA 85.67
Mikacich, Tarah USA 74.33
Mills, Chloe AUS 64.33
Wilson, Corrie USA 50.00
Pro Women - Semi Finals – Heat 03
Friday, Dallas USA 86.67
Leugner, Ashley CDN 71.67
Rodriguez, Carolina MEX 69.33
McCullough, Taylor USA 61.67

Pro Men - Quarter Finals – Heat 01
Top two advance to semi-finals
Piffaretti, Massi ITA 89.00
Malinoski, Rusty CDN 82.33
Knapp, Vinny USA 75.67
Homsey, Peirce USA 55.00
Pro Men - Quarter Finals – Heat 02
Iacconi, Tony AUS 84.00
Powers, Daniel USA 79.67
Adam, Damien MRI 73.00
Derome, Raph CDN 21.67
Pro Men - Quarter Finals – Heat # 03
Carroll, Tony USA 82.67
Siegele, Parker AUS 78.33
Liesmann, Kirby USA 72.33
Cole, Ian USA 67.00
Pro Men - Quarter Finals – Heat 04
Smith, Dean AUS 89.33
Derome, Oli CDN 80.33
Yasui, Toshiki JPN 64.00
Van Helvoort, Max USA 48.33
Pro Men - Quarter Finals – Heat 05
Teunissen, Cory AUS 91.35
Pierce, Stephen USA 75.00
Langley, Jefferson USA 64.44
Fooshee, Tom USA 40.00
Pro Men - Quarter Finals – Heat # 06
Hair, Austin USA 76.67
Twelker, Josh USA 68.67
Borwn, Alex USA 60.67
Sharpe, Chad CDN 23.33

Cable
Traditional Pro Women Qualifying
Ethell, Meagan USA 92.50
Lopina, Jamie USA 89.50
Nikstad, Anna 87.50
McCullough, Taylor USA 74.00
Wilson, Corrie USA 00.00
Traditional Pro Men Qualifying – Heat 01
Top two advancing to next round
Patry, Brady 98.00
Calada, Pedro 87.50
Worrall, Chad 84.50
Branch, Dylan 70.00
Traditional Pro Men Qualifying – Heat 02
Voges, Kaden 100.00
Bingham, Bryce 86.00
Pelot, Jake 78.50
Elwood, Thomas 75.50
Traditional Pro Men Qualifying – Heat 03
Powell, Chandler 92.80
Dorrestijn, Jack 85.50
Whitaker, Adam 84.50
Nikstad, Erik 56.00

Traditional Pro Men Qualifying – Heat 04
Fooshee, Tom USA 100.00
Huebner, Kelbey 88.00
Burnstein, Danny 78.00
Dorrestijn, Max 73.50

Features- Pro Men Qualifying – Heat 01
Smith, Ian 96.50
Derome, Oli 88.30
Whitaker, Adam 85.20
Derome, Raph 00.00
Features- Pro Men Qualifying – Heat 02
Dreiling, John 97.60
Huebner, Kelbey 90.30
Branch, Dylan 82.10
Dannecker, Grayson 70.00
Features- Pro Men Qualifying – Heat 03
Burress, Graeme 92.80
Burnstein, Danny 85.10
Hibbs, Keegan 78.40
Nikstad, Erik 69.00
Features- Pro Men Qualifying – Heat 04
Worrall, Chad 93.90
Elwood, Thomas 87.10
Pelot, Jake 82.20
Karstedt, Cody 68.80
Greer, Clayton 68.00
Features- Pro Men Qualifying – Heat 05
Powell, Chandler 94.70
Caldes, Pedro 85.50
Patry, Brady 82.00
Holland, Adam 70.20
Teich, Justin 55.00
Features- Pro Men Qualifying – Heat 06
Fooshee, Tom 92.80
Neville, Jamie 89.60
Voges, Kaden 80.40
Knapp, Vinny 65.90
Svoboda, Jay 57.90
Features- Pro Men Quarterfinals – Heat 01
Worrall, Chad 95.50
Burress, Graeme 85.20
Derome, Oli 83.70
Caldas, Pedro 75.60
Features- Pro Men Quarterfinals – Heat 02
Powell, Chandler 97.90
Dreilling, John 88.10
Neville, Jamie 77.20
Heubner, Kelbey 76.80
Features- Pro Men Quarterfinals – Heat 03
Fooshee, Tom 93.20
Smith, Ian 87.20
Elwood, Thomas 86.40
Burnstein, Danny 45.20
Rockstar Kicker Contest
Fooshee, Tom Indy KGB 540
Powell, Chad Method to Blind 540
Pelot, Jake Mute Mobe 540