Saturday, February 27, 2010

Girls Clean up at Bro Stock & Riders Choice Awards!

The end of the Australian Wakeboard season has been come with Bro Stock and the Rider Choice Awards night ending the year with a bang.



2010 is the first year that Bro Stock was held in Australia, with Penrith Cable Park playing home to the event. Consisting of rail jams, cable invitationals, system 2.0 contests along with Bro Stocks usual double up competition. Run over two days our girls Amber Wing, Cairns cable rider Angie Schribber and Hayley Smith had quite the schedule as the girls entered as many categories as possible. The Wing team not only placed in all the women's events they also took a clean sweep in the 2.0 Obstacle Challenge.

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Ladies Rail Jam:

1st: Amber Wing

2nd: Hayley Smith


3rd: Lauren Mead



Ladies Cable Invitational

1st: Angie Schribber

2nd: Hayley Smith

3rd: Lauren Mead



Ladies 2.0 Obstacle Challenge

1st: Hayley Smith

2nd: Angie Schribber

3rd: Amber Wing



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The Rider Choice Awards are a series of awards voted on by riders and key industry members, with 'Best Trick', 'Male' and 'Female Rider of the Year', 'Cable Rider', one person is honoured with joining the Australian Hall of Fame with the 'Legend Award' alongside many more awards given to those who have contributed to the community.


Since the awards have run Amber Wing has continued to dominate and be awarded Female Rider of the Year. This year was a little different, though the award was kept within the Wing Wetsuits family with Hayley Smith being chosen for 2009.

Surf Team Making Headlines


In recent months the Wing team has been splashed all over the media. With Brad Whittaker making appearances on Surfimages.com.au and 'The Sea Life' email subscription and daughter Paris making cover girl of 'Cronulla' magazine along with an inside feature article. While Luke Madden was also placed on the front page of the sports page of the Sutherland & St George Shires 'Leader'.