Loch Stock – Stop 2

by James Bowler
23 / 07 / 2010

On 17th July 2010 history was made at Loch Earn as Loch Stock officially became the first Scottish wakeboard festival! After a busy but chilled day of riding on Saturday under the expert supervision of David O'Caoimh the Loch Stock tent came to life as Blitz hit the stage to warm up the crowd. Headliners The Raw Kings kept things going as darkness fell and the tent filled, and by the end of their set the party was in full swing. Battlemode DJ’s hit the stage to round off the evening and by the end of the night it was standing room only, with the structural integrity of the tent being put to the test!

Amazingly after the carnage of the night before, almost every rider made it to the 10am briefing ready to kick off an intense day of competition. As usual the standard of riding was pushed all day long with all the usual big hitters going huge for the judges- as testament to David’s coaching skills, Craig Davies stomped (and  I mean stomped) his first ever scarecrow in his comp run after some invaluable advice the day before. In the ladies division the boundaries were being pushed just as hard as Sammi Filsell stole the top stop from Becky Hall with a convincing run. Suzy Lennox also took her 2nd Podium in as many stops, leaving her with a bronze medal to defend at Loch Lomond- let battle commence ladies!

As always Loch Stock would not have been possible without the amazing people that make it happen, not least the tour sponsors. Mastercraft Boats and Ardlui Retreat kept the wake pumping all weekend for the queue of Relentless fuelled competitors. Meanwhile Fox Clothing, Loch Lomond Wakeboard, Xtreme Gene and Oak Tree in all made sure no one left the podium empty handed by stumping up some sick prizes for the for the top riders. Of course without this stunning venue the event would not have been the same; Neil and his team at the newly managed Lochearnhead Watersports Centre definitely deserve a big thanks.

Loch Stock stepped it up a notch at the weekend and if the Loch Earn event is anything to go by then Loch Lomond won’t know what’s hit it! For all the info hit up www.loch-stock.com and get involved!

Results as follows;

Rookies:
1st           James Snowie
2nd          Nina Fraser
3rd           Gylen Boardman

Juniors:
1st           Ryan Butterworth
2nd          Matty Paterson
3rd           Ali Snowie

Ladies:
1st           Sammi Filsell
2nd          Becky Hall
3rd           Suzy Lennox

Open men B:
1st           Jamie Adams
2nd          Mike Stanley
3rd           Ali Brotherton

Open men A:
1st           Simon Shephard
2nd          Gordy Forsyth
3rd           Scottish Stu