12th August 2020
Circuit and Offshore Powerboat Racing News
Omeir Saeed secured his second successive victory in the UAE Wakeboard Championship as some of the rising stars of the sport in the Emirates grabbed a share of the spotlight.
Just as he did in the opening round of the series, Omeir dominated the Freeride category in round two, winning from Khalid Subaa, the UAE’s first national team captain, and Rashid Al Muhairi in third place.
Nic Rapa produced a masterful display to round off a golden day for Australia at the 2019 IWWF World Wakeboard Championships in Abu Dhabi as Alice Virag crowned a brilliant week with her own grand finale.
Australian star Nic Rapa produced a dazzling performance to stay firmly on course for a gold medal at the 2019 IWWF World Wakeboard Championships in Abu Dhabi.
Rapa underlined his status as one of the sport’s best and most daring professional athletes by producing three double flips in a single run for a brilliant top score of 93.56 in the Open Men’s quarter final heats.
Argentina’s Eugenia De Armas moved within reach of the biggest win of her career in the 2019 IWWF World Wakeboard Championships today as the sport’s leading athletes set the stage for an enthralling grand finale in Abu Dhabi.
With De Armas landing the top score to progress from the Open Women’s semi-finals, the biggest surprise was the failure of Australian leading qualifier Zahra Kell to reach the Saturday afternoon final after falling twice in her heat.
19-year-old Italian twins, Alice and Chiara Virag, qualified for the 2019 IWWF World Wakeboard Championship woman's final that will be held tomorrow and Guido Cappellini was there cheering them on.
Australian star Nic Rapa has promised a weekend super show at the 2019 IWWF World Wakeboard Championships in Abu Dhabi as the sport’s biggest talents fight it out for gold medal glory.
The five-day event reaches a big climax in the UAE capital where the world wakeboarding elite have been in brilliant form this week, and Rapa, one of the sport’s top professional athletes, says the best is yet to come over the next 48 hours.
Italian twins Alice and Chiara Virag are largely inseparable, and it was hard to tell them apart again as they produced stunning double performance at the 2019 IWWF World Wakeboard Championships in Abu Dhabi today.
The 19-year-old sisters from Milan were in sparkling form as they both topped their qualifying heats to book places in Friday’s Open Women semi-finals at the Eastern Mangroves Promenade.
Also going through was Sanne Meijer from the Netherlands, gold medal winner at last month’s first ever ANOC Worlds Beach Games.
Australian Travis Osborne turned back the clock at the 2019 IWWF World Wakeboard Championships in Abu Dhabi today, launching his bid for a second gold medal 12 years after landing his first.
