Liuzhou China: IWSF World Cup, Wing places 3rd

Wakeboard
After a great start to her campaign in China, with a 1st in the Asian Cup, Amber was a tough competitor during the World Cup Stop the following weekend. After spending the week between contest sight seeing and taking in the Chinese way of life Amber was relaxed and ready to go! With the best woman's competitors in the world such as Dallas Friday (USA), Nicola Butler (SA) and Raimi Merritt (USA) the Chinese spectators were sure to be in for a show.

Like many contests around the world, conditions are not quite what the riders would prefer, though defiantly ads and extra element to the competition highlighting who the strongest riders are. As always Amber handled the rough water fairly well unfortunately falling on her highest scoring technical trick, the whirly, though still managed to ride away from a toe side off axis 540 and off axis 360. This placed Wing in 3rd place behind past world champion Dallas Friday who had some big raley tricks and technical inverts in her pass, and event Champion Raimi Merritt who impressed the judges with an S-bend.

The men's division showed some very familiar faces with tour veteran Philip Soven taking first. Second place wen to Australian Harley Clifford, whom has just taken claim to the US Pro tour title on his rookie year and Canada's Rusty Malinoski rounding out the podium places

JUMP
Jump water skiing was also apart of this World Cup stop, this discipline is known for exciting the crowd and the competitors did not disappoint. The two favourites coming into Liuzhou were Jaret Llwellyn (CAN) and World Champion Freddy Krueger (USA). Llewellyn did not qualify for the semifinals, taking a lot of pressure off the shoulders of Krueger. Russia's Igor Morozov set the pace from the start with a distance of 50.7m. Only Jason Seels (GBR) could beat this with 51.3m. Krueger was last out, knew what he had to do and got a standing ovation with a distance of 57.5m to take the Liuzhou City World Jump Cup title.

The Women's Jump event attracted athletes from five countries. Right from the start, Iryna Turets from Belarus set the pace in the semifinals with a jump distance of 37.0 m. Nobody could beat this. On entering the finals, she actually looked set to take the Liuzhou City World Cup Jump title. In the end it was a very close battle between Turets, Denmark's June Fladborg and Natalia Berdnikova - also from Belarus. This time Berdnikova set the pace with a distance of 36.2 m. Fladborg had to settle for 35.6m - and the best Turets could do was 36.0m. Natalia Berdnikova took this World Cup title by a margin of just 0.2m

Pro Men Wakeboarding
1. Phillip Soven (USA)
2. Harley Clifford (AUS)
3. Rusty Malinoski (CAN)

Pro Women Wakeboarding
1. Raimi Merritt (USA)
2. Dallas Friday (USA)
3. Amber Wing (AUS)

Pro Men Jump
1. Freddy Krueger (USA)
2. Jason Seels (GBR)
3. Igor Morozov (RUS)

Pro Women Jump
1. Natalia Berdnikova (BLR)
2. Iryna Turets (BLR)
3. June Fladborg (DEN)

Wing Wetsuits & Jennifer Hawkins on Harper's Bazaar

Former Miss Australia, Jennifer Hawkins currently graces the cover of Harper's Bazaar Australia in a Wing Wetsuit. As always Jen looks stunning, and we are very proud to have her in our products!
To see more images of her photo shoot in two different wing products, follow this link!

Ashley Hancock's Pink Ribbon Breaskfast

Earlier this year a friend of the Wing family, Debbie Hancock began an unsuccessful battle with breast cancer. Debbie was wife to Steve, and mother to Mat, Michael (Hank to friends and those in the wakeboarding community) and Ashley.

Ashley Hancock is holding a fund raising event on the 25th of October for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Her goal is to reach $2,500 and is already at $600 with only 8 individuals and businesses so far donating for her event, which is brilliant!

Please help keep this number growing with a personal donation or on behalf of your buisness.

Best wishes from all at Wing, we hope that you smash your goal!

To donate or to find out more information on the Pink Ribbon Breakfast please visit these link provided.

Amber Wing, Asian Wakeboard Cup Champion!

Amber is currently in China after competing in the Asian Wakeboard Cup in the beautiful Fuyang, Zhejiang Province and is on her way to compete at the IWSF World Cup in Liuzhou.

After a headache beginning with her bags not leaving the USA where she began her journey, Amber was stuck without any of her own equipment. Being the true champion she is, Wing began competition using other competitors equipment which she was not familiar with. Luckily, in time for finals day Amber's fresh clothes and wakeboard arrived to her hotel.

As always Amber didnt let her stresses get in the way of her riding, competing strong throughout the semis and final to be crowned Women's Asian Wakeboard Cup Champion ahead of World Cup Stop Champion Chen Li Li and Japanses charger Miku Asai.

1 Amber Wing Australia 55.12
2 Chen Li Li China 54.77
3 Miku Asai Japan 40.67
4 Han Qiu China 37.23
5 Sasha Christian Singapore 34.34
6 Yuka Oehara Japan 28.79

KEELAN VETICH, 4TH AT THE WILD SURF CO MATTARA PRO!!

Bar Beach, Newcastle played host to many Australia's top surfers for the 5th stop of the Hurley Championship Circuit consisting of six events. Keelan Vetich breezed his way through Open Men's, knocking out many big names on his way to securing himself a spot in the final and walking away with 4th place!

Coming into round 5 , Vetich was placed 6th on the overal standings, his 4th place will see him climb further up that ladder!

Wing Team Manger Luke Madden was on site to witness Keelan's performance "This is a really really really big result. Most competitors are professional, and he has shown that he is just as good as them "

This was also a big day for Madden himself, as it was the first time he has taking the reins planning and organising for such a big event.

The next stop will be the Zink Surf South Coast Pro, 10-11 October 2009 at Werri Beach.

1. Michael Spencer (Lake Munmorah, NSW) - 13.00pts
2. Craig Anderson (Merewether, NSW) - 12.00pts
3. Cooper Chapman (North Narrabeen, NSW) - 9.83pts
4. Keelan Veitch (Jannali, NSW) - 9.57pts

check here for more information @ the Surfing Australia website

Miss Universe Australia wears Wing!!

Rachael Finch who was crowned Miss Universe Australia 2009 has been spotted wearing one of our Wing buoyancy vests while looking very gorgeous waterskiing.
The vest she is wearing is our Junior PFD 3!

Follow here to see the photos !!

Paris Whittaker Update and Photos!

Hey everyone its Paris here. I've been hanging out at Port Macquarie recently and having a great time. We have been getting some good waves at Town and Lighthouse Beaches and also doing all the tourist type things. Here are a few pics for you.