“We saw lines and flips we never imagined possible.”

Tom Soupart, Event Organizer

Saturday afternoon, a lakeside crowd held its breath in anticipation. Liam Peacock, drops a half cap flip rail transfer from the top into a massive back roll with backside 360 (KGB) and finishes with a double back roll over the spine kicker. The crowd goes wild! Opening the show in high precedence, other riders followed suit delivering full park action. Dominik Hernler answers with a 270° pipe to concrete rail transfer, earning him Best Line for stylish, technical riding. Each rider has a turn for each category and the best ride is determined by vote. Raphael Trinidad outdoes himself, landing his first backside 1080,° and the crowd erupts. This first time trick earns him the Best Kicker Spin. But the double flips are rare, and Liam’s double backroll earns him Best Airtrick. All of this being broadcasted to fans around the world through a livestream, enabled by GOMO’s high speed network. Liam shares, “I think for me this brought together all the best things of an event that we love: a crowd lakeside at the park, a live stream with people watching from all around the world, all of us riding this unique set-up with our competitive instincts kicking in as we try and one up each other with our riding. The vibes were all-time with riding continuing into the night with a floodlight set up, surrounded by a crowd with front row seats to the action. For me, this is one of my favourite events I’ve had the pleasure of riding in recent years!”

Belgium teammates Guy and Glenn snatch the Doubles award on a seemingly choreographed run riding in synchrony down the pool gap rails and throwing 270°and 450° spins on top of another, then riding in close tandem on the pipe, to finish off by ascending in both kickers up the pool gap. “I love how the Doubles (category)  showcases all the features in the park because they are forced to. There are two of them and they have to go a certain way,”  Tom comments enthusiastically.

During the last doubles run, legends Dominik and Liam hold hands on the pipe, a gesture of camaraderie and fun that seems so entrenched in water sports.

Athletes rode straight through Siargao’s majestic sunset, which backlit the Wall for the most picturesque aerial tricks. The Best Wall award was up at stake, with Dominik wagering five attempts and landing a massive backmobe. Liam answers back by landing a more polished backmobe on his second attempt and tops it off with a Pete Rose flip over the pool gap and into the wall. The riders threw down quite a finale!

Awarding, champagne, and fireworks concluded the event in one of the most picturesque wakepark settings in the world.

Save the sunset drone shots in your memory! 

After a massively successful event, main mastermind Tom reflects, “It’s amazing how quickly this all came together. Starting January, we received confirmation from Jules and Camille Charraud and Liam Peacock. Then we instantly booked the livestream and collected the needed partners. From there we launched into a rollercoaster of events, constructing the new features as well as building the marketing for the event. Liam Peacock absolutely blew our minds with his show and performance. He was the stand out rider of the week by far!

Everyone did a great job and the level of riding exceeded all expectations! Thank you so much everyone. We are proud to have been able to accommodate these top athletes and give them the challenging platform they require to perform their best.”