Many of the world’s best wakeboarders gathered on Al Sahil Beach at Abu Dhabi Corniche today ahead of the final stages of competition at Wakestock Abu Dhabi which take place this weekend. Among them were Aaron Rathy, the World Boat Champion, Dan Nott, four time winner of Wakestock in the UK and Dallas Friday, the most successful female wakeboarder in the world.
Wakestock Abu Dhabi is an action-packed free three-day beachfront event of wakeboarding and music which runs until tomorrow (Saturday 6 March). It is presented by Abu Dhabi Beaches, organised by the Municipality of Abu Dhabi City and produced by Flash Entertainment, the Abu Dhabi-based live events company. The event is the first stop of the World Wakeboarding Association’s ‘World Wake Series. More details can be found at Wakestock Abu Dhabi website: www.wakestock.ae.
The final day of wakeboarding will start at 10am with the main qualifiers with four heats of five riders, with two riders from each heat qualifying for the semi-finals. The top two riders from the semi –finals will progress to the final, which will be split into two head to head heats resulting in a two man ‘super final’ chosen by the judges based on five categories of D.R.I.V.E (difficulty, risk in run, intensity, variety and execution) for the $50,000 prize money.
The Wakeboarding action will be followed musical entertainment on the main stage with local hip hop heroes, The Recipe, kicking it off at 8pm. Bringing the festival to an end will be legendary quirky rappers De La Soul.
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