Sixty eight riders competed in five Flow Board and six Body Board divisions in this leg of the Wave Loch Flow Tour, taking place at Sahara Sam's in New Jersey. This AA rated event awarded $2,500 to the expert divisions..
The competition saw a stand out performance by Sahara Sam's local Steve Salmon, earning his third consecutive victory in the Master’s Flow Board division. Neil Brown trumped his competition, and took his fourth straight gold in Men's Body Board. The biggest near upset was the fierce battle between Andrew Shelton and Nick Nguyen in the Expert Body Board Division. In the end, Nguyen out-shone Shelton in a split decision. Amanda McCormick took control of the women's tour lead with her huge victory in Women's Stand Up.
Sponsors for this event included: Madrid skateboards, Victory wetsuits, X Balm, Wave Loch Flow Boards, Cheesecake Factory, Nike Town and of course, Sahara Sam's Water park.
Special Thanks to Aquatics Director Brandon Moore and President of Sahara Sam's Indoor Water Park in New Jersey, Ilya Girlya.
And now....the results.....
FEMALE BODYBOARD
1st Caitlin Clifford
2nd Amanda McCormick
3rd Allison Stefancin
JRS BODYBOARD
1st Hasim Paputchi
2nd Owen Golden
3rd Brian Betsa
4th Cameron Lodge
MENS BODYBOARD
1st Neil Brown
2nd Luigi Vargas
3rd Anthony Reed
4th Aaron Lam
FEMALE FLOWBOARD
1st Amanda McCormick
2nd Kim Koyle
3rd Caitlin Clifford
4th Hillary Bond
JRS FLOWBOARD
1st Owen Golden
2nd Brian Betsa
3rd Tim Ereritt
4th Andrew Shelton
MENS FLOWBOARD
1st Yev Lyaskovskiy
2nd Manny Rayo
3rd Tom Everitt
4th Andrew Shelton
MASTERS BODYBOARD
1st Chuck Proctor
2nd Steve Salmon
EXPERT BODYBOARD
1st Nick Nguyen
2nd Andrew Shelton
3rd Sean Silveira
4th Curtis Lam
DROP KNEE
1st Justin Montabalano
2nd Aaron Furman
3rd Brendan Fenske
4th Andy Haase
MASTERS FLOWBOARD
1st Steve Salmon
2nd Dennis Kaiser
3rd Mike McCormick
4th Chuck Proctor
EXPERT FLOWBOARD
1st Sean Silveira
2nd Nick Nguyen
3rd Curtis Lam
4th Brenden Fenske
