The Roots Stop #3: Ontario Provincial Championships
By: Erika Langman
This past weekend the Roots made its way to Gravenhurst, Ontario for the third and final stop of the three event series. It has been awhile since a grassroots Wakeboard event has taken place in the legendary cottage country and it was great to see a huge crew of local riders and spectators out to support the event. The day started off with the future of wakeboarding – the Newbie and beginner boys and girls. There were 22 young guns out there ripping behind Basecamp’s 210 Nautique, including riders as young as four years old.
As the day moved into the mid afternoon we watched the Open Men battle for not only the series title, but the title of Provincial Champ. Top seeded riders Christian Primrose, Gavin Hicks and Robbie McMillen all won their heats moving them into the leading positions for the semis and finals. At the end of the day it was Robbie McMillen taking home the Samsung Laptop for winning the Provincial gold, and Roots Stop #3 overall series title.
The Wakeskaters were out in full force, with local pro riders Dan Brown, Mark Enns, Tommy Bailey and Addison Farr rounding up the wakeskate finals. On the ladies side of things local Steph King stepped up the level of intermediate riding taking the top spot, while series leader Ally Boothroyd told the boys what’s up stomping clean shuvs and flat water tricks in the Women’s Wakeskate division. The largest category of the day was the Intermediate Men’s Wakeboard which saw a lot of new talent from all over the province. It was great to see new faces to the series, including Tyler Nicholson who took the top spot, and Logan Enright claiming the series title. Overall the contest pulled 75 riders from eleven categories which is a testament to the growth of wakeboarding in Ontario.
The day was a success, but it never could have happened without the support of all the volunteers. This year was a building year for grassroots wakeboarding in Ontario and we are excited to see how the series will evolve next year as more sponsors jump on board. A special thanks goes out to Pride of Muskoka and Basecamp for letting us use their loaded wakeboard boats, Off the Wharf and Cabana Boardshop for hooking up the riders with sweet prizes, G&G Electronics for the sound system, Ronix, Hyperlite and Liquid Force for the demo fleets, Metab Clothing for providing the riders with event shirts, Basecamp staff Leslie Sparkes, Scott Duke, Robbie McMillen, Dary Zneble, Mikey Henry, Gordie Lahare for all their help, Eric Snidal at Militia Marketing, Dan Seguin, Jer Eckford, Ally Boothroyd, Jono Boysen, Rem Diagle, Mitch Lowry, Harrison Carter, Andrew MacIvor and everyone who volunteered all their time to make this series a success!! Check out the overall series standings at www.rootswakeboarding.com.
Overall Series Champs:
Beginner Men: John VanGrunsven
Beginner Women: Kristine Tomlinson
Intermediate Men: Logan Enright
Intermediate Women: Ally Boothroyd
Amateur Wakeskate: Laurie Leblanc
Womens Wakeskate: Ally Boothroyd
Open Wakeskate: Brady Hicks
Open Men’s Wakeboard: Robbie McMillen
Roots #3 Results:
Newbie Boys:
Payton Schaley
Zack Ireland
Mike Evans
Shane Brandsetter
Theo Sastruck
Tristian Castelli
Tommy Sastruck
JoJo Sastruck
Beginner Boys:
Jesse Bryant
Dawson McLachlan
Jamie Panter
Payton Schaly
Matt Montgomery
Peter Newstead
Graeme Murry
Mike Evans
9. Remi Diagle
Beginner Girls
Jenn Evans
Kristine Tomlinson
Kaleigh Panter
Michelle Despins
Intermediate Women:
Steph King
Ally Boothroyd
Amanda Robinson
Jenn Evans
Amateur Wakeskate
Dan Seguin
Christian Primrose
Adam Fairbrass
Kane Gasparotto
Aaron Turek
Russell Braive
Mitch Lowry
Josh Vlaming
Open Men Qualifiers
Heat 1
Christian Primrose
Chris Sinkic
Dylan Rivait
Mike McBreaty
Jake Thompson
Jeremy Eckford
Heat 2
Gavin Hicks
Gordy Lehare
John Eckensviller
Jordan Long
Dary Zneble dns
Heat 3
1.Robbie McMillen
Chad Rivait
Mikey Henry
Andrew MacIvor
Drew Austin
Intermediate Qualifiers
Heat 1
Tommy Bailey
Will Morris
Cody Bryant
Matt Udon
Logan Rettie
Heat 2
Tyler Koller
Mike Case
Grant Hefferman
Mitch Lowry
Adam Lewis
Heat 3
Tyler Nicholson
Logan Enright
Harrison Carter
Charlie Murphy
Wakeskate Semi-Finals
Heat 1
Dan Brown
Addison Farr
Jeff Braun
Laurie Leblanc
Adam Lewis
Christian Primrose
Heat 2
Tommy Bailey
Mark Enns
Brady Hicks
Dan Seguin
Gordy Lehare
Austin Farr
Open Semi-Finals
Heat 1
Mike McBreaty
Christian Primrose
Dylan Rivait
Chad Rivait
Heat 2
Gavin Hicks
Mikey Henry
Chris Sinkic
Heat 3
Robbie McMillen
Gordy Lehare
John Eckensville
Intermediate FINAL
Tyler Nicholson
Logan Enright
Tommy Bailey
Tyler Koller
Will Morris
Mike Case
Open Skate FINAL
Tommy Bailey
Dan Brown
Addison Farr
Mark Enns
Open Men’s FINAL
Robbie McMillen
Gavin Hicks
Mike McBreaty
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