Sophie Cordery Wins Wake The Pool

Sophie Cordery has had a great start to her 2010 season winning Wake The Pool in Leipzig Germany last weekend. She’s firmly setting the benchmark for UK women’s riding this season before it’s really begun! Her victory at the first indoor pool gap of its kind in Germany saw her fend off tough competition in the 6 rider final from the likes of World Champion Maxing Sapulette, Denise De Haan, Sophia Marie Reimers and fellow UK rider Tor Young. Here’s Sophie’s account of the event and the report from the organisers of Wake The Pool.

“Wake the pool in Leipzig Germany was a great start to the season for me with big competition from European riders including Maxine Sapulette, Denise De Haan, Sophia Marie Reimers and Tor Young plus numerous German girls!!

I took the hard way to get into the finals by having to qualify in the LCQ’s (last chance qualifiers) which set me off the dock in the finals second. I took a safe first run and at the end of the first run I was lying fourth… to get higher I knew I had to step it up. We went off in reverse order and I transferred the fun box to back lip and did a tantrum off the kicker.

The cable seemed to be running a lot faster but it could have been because of the small pool we had to stay in. Maxine tried her whirly off the kicker which she had landed every time in practice but unfortunately didn’t land it when it counted. After my second run I went into first place but did not know at the time as the commentating was all in German. The last rider off the dock was Denise De Haan who transferred the fun box and did a tantrum off the kicker so i knew it was close. After a few minutes of waiting the German girl next to me told me i had won as I couldn’t understand what they were saying. There were other tricks going round including 360’s 540’s and grab blind 180’s from Tor Young.

It was a great start of the New Year and thanks to my sponsors Sooruz and JBSki. “

Wake The Pool took place at the Beach and Boat Show in Leipzig, Germany and was the first International CWWC Indoor Wakeboard and Wakeskate Contest of its kind. The setup was a Bro in the Box two tower cable system combined with an Obstixx Kicker and Funbox  in a 55 x 12 metre pool! 86 riders from 6 countries: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Poland and Great Britain took part in the categories Wakeboard Open Men, Wakeboard Open Ladies and Wakeskate Open Men.

In the Open Men Wakeboard Category Sebastian Thums (GER) took first place with an impressive run. He started with a high and clean Transfer 360 over the Funbox followed by a massive Off-axis 3 almost reaching the top of the hall. In 2nd place was Nico Lerchenfeld with a 360 Gap and a TS Roll to Revert. Young gun Miles Töller, took 3rd place with a Front board down the A-frame and landed a perfect executed Whirly.

For the Wakeskaters it was Dominik Preisner (GER) who was the best of the pack. With a clean 360 Shuvit on Shuvit off the Funbox Table and again a clean 360 Shuvit off the kicker he took 1st place. Closely followed by Kevin Cobb from (Aus) with SWITCH FS Big Spin and TS BS 180 over the kicker. Tim Schwiertz stuck in the final a “Jimbo Christian air” and took 3rd place.

In the Open Ladies Wakeboard Sophie Cordery (GBR) showed a beautiful Transfer to BS Lip Slide with monster speed on the Funbox and ended with another perfect Tantrum, and took 1st place. It was great to see that Denise de Haan (NED) has fought her way back into the competition after a long and painful knee injury to take a suprise 2nd place. Mona Stenzel (GER), finished 3rd with a nice Nose Press and a high, clean FS 360.

Results:

Open Men Final
1. Sebastian Thums 61.00 GER
2. Nico von Lerchenfeld 58.00 GER
3. Miles Töller 56.67 GER
4. René Konrad 54.67 GER
5. Marvin Kalter 53.33 GER
6. Man Rpp 29.33 GER
7. Freddy von Osten 24.00 GER
8. Mike Rttkowski 15.00 GER

Wakeskate Final
1. Dominik Preisner 63.33 GER
2. Kevin Cobb 50.67 AT
3. Tim Schwiertz 49.00 GER
4. Janik von Lerchenfeld 48.00 GER
5. Marcel Tilwitz 44.33 GER
6. Kritof Zint 23.00 GER
7. Dennis Knasiak 17.67 GER
8. Franz Lacherbaer 10.33 GER

Open Ladies Final
1. Sophie Cordery 62.33 GBR
2. Denise de Haan 58.00 NED
3. Mona Stenzel 55.00 GER
4. Susanne Kruse 52.33 GER
5. Maxine Saplette 28.33 NED
6. Tor Yong 24.67 GBR

For more information www.wakethepool.com
Photos: Patrick Prill + Karin Baptist

Sophie’s triumph in the Pro Ladies division at King of Cable 2009 saw her land a sponsorship deal with French label Sooruz, and along side Freddie Carter joins CK to form the UK Sooruz team riders. Sooruz will be launching their UK website in the spring, and in the mean time, details of their new products can be found on their FaceBook page.

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