Scottish tour ends in style at Loch Lomond

August 11th, 2010 by james

The Loch Stock tour came to an explosive finish on 7^th and 8^th August as the final stop took place at Loch Lomond Wakeboard’s stunning hideaway at Sallochy Bay. The event saw the biggest turnout yet with the addition of the LWC rail jam which kept folk on the shore entertained as the Mastercraft X2/tour workhorse took riders out all day. Expert coaching was provided courtesy of Robin Coates and Liquid Force’s Kurt Graham. The jam came to a climax as Robin Coates and Defiantwake rider JJ Mowbray took turns at impressing the hen party who’d come down from Ardlui Retreat, each nailing some massive inverts off the incline rail.

Saturday night went off once again in the party tent as DJ Steven Willison warmed up the crowd in time for Darrell Gough and Krist McKenna of Battlemode DJs to take the roof off with yet another epic set! On Sunday morning the air was full of the sound of Relentless cans being opened as riders and spectators got themselves fired up for an intense day of competition. The X2’s monster wake was shown no mercy as the riders threw down their best runs for their last chance to take home the title of Loch Stock Champion. After some close fought battles in every single category the winners were decided and several months of speculation finally ended at a packed prizegiving.

The 2010 Loch Stock tour exceeded all expectations and we can only imagine what’s going to happen next year. So many people put so much into making the tour into what it is and the list of people to thank is almost endless. Of course without the sponsors’ backing, the tour would not have happened, and neither would the huge progression of the Scottish wake scene over the past few years; Mastercraft Boats, Fox Clothing, Ardlui Retreat, Loch Lomond Wakeboard, Relentless Energy, Liquid Force and O’Brien, Xtreme Gene and Alliance magazine.

Until next year…!

Full results as follows;

Overall winners

Loch Stock champions

Open men A - Si Shephard

Open women - Sammi Filsell

Open men B - Jamie Adams

Juniors - Ryan Butterworth

Rookies – Jess Knight

Scottish champions

Open men - Gordy Forsyth

Open women - Sammi Filsell