2014 Flyboard World Cup

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BACK TO BACK CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR SUKSAN TONGTHAI

The 2014 X Dubai Flyboard World Cup was once again won by Suksan Tongthai from the Kingdom of Thailand. Damone Rippy finished second from the USA and Jake Orel also of Team Aquafly finished third. 2012 World Champion Stéphane Prayas finished in fourth place.

FINAL RESULTS

Pro Category
1. Suksan Tongthai (Thailand, World Champion 2013)
2. Damone Rippy (USA, North American Champion 2014)
3. Jake Orel (USA)
4. Stephane Prayas (France, World Champion 2012)

Ladies Category
1. Da-Yeob Kim (South Korea)
2. Stephanie Wells (Canada)
3. Yolanda Baker (USA)
4. Claudia Osternaud (France)

Veteran Category
1. Laurent Calliot (France)
2. Martin Von Stedingk (Sweden)
3. Dong-Won Yang (South Korea)
4. Antonio Martinez-Yague (Spain)

X DUBAI FLYBOARD WORLD CUP FINALS – SUKSAN TONGTHAI VS DAMONE RIPPY

X DUBAI FLYBOARD WORLD CUP SEMI FINALS – JAKE OREL VS DAMONE RIPPY

X Dubai Flyboard World Championship Top 32 Ranking – Pro Division

RANKING	COUNTRY	LAST NAME	FIRST NAME
#1	THAILAND	TONGTHAI	Suskan
#2	USA	RIPPY	Damone
#3	USA	OREL	Jake
#4	FRANCE	PRAYAS	Stéphane
#5	USA	VERLANDER	Hunter
#6	USA	WAYMENT	Jordan
#7	CHINA	XIAO	Qjao
#8	USA	GAVIC	Caleb
#9	USA	RIGGS	Cooper
#10	CANADA	WELLS	Brody
#11	CANADA	BOUCHER	Adrian
#12	BERMUDA	BURNS	Callon
#13	JAPAN	YOKOE	Kouske
#14	THAILAND	SATAPORN	Srirang
#15	NETHERLANDS	STOPPELS	Arnoud
#16	NORWAY	JOHANSEN	Carl-Jacob
#17	CANADA	BELL	Chad
#18	SPAIN	MCQUEEN	Lindsay
#19	JAPAN	SUZUKI	Motoaki
#20	JAPAN	SUZUKI	Kansuke
#21	JAPAN	OSADA	Jun
#22	NETHERLANDS	KROOK	Bo
#23	AUSTRALIA	HENDRA	Peter
#24	CANADA	BEUKERS	Ashton
#25	USA	SOLDATO	David
#26	NETHERLANDS	WEISTRA	Remco
#27	USA	AYERS	William
#28	USA	GAVIC	Jesse
#29	CANADA	HULET	Geoff
#30	FRANCE	JULIEN	Jonathan
#31	FRANCE	CAREDDU	Simon
#32	ARGENTINA	SPINELLI	Fernando

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AMAZING! The first landed Triple Backflip in competition and on video is delivered by our Champion Suksan Tongthai.

INTERVIEWS

H2RO will be sharing some of our conversations with some of the Top Pro Flyboarders from the X Dubai Flyboard World Cup.

NEW TRICKS UNVEILED IN DUBAI

FLYBOARD SHOW SET FIRE TO THE DUBAI NIGHT SKY

X Dubai Flyboard World Cup Teaser Video by Zapata Racing

X Dubai Airshow – Lindsay McQueen gets lit up!

The X Dubai Flyboard World Cup is a non-ticketed event open to the public and will take place at Skydive Dubai, The Palm Dropzone (Al Seyahi Street)

Get ready for the biggest Flyboard event of the year and tune in as we post live throughout the event. Let the adventure begin…

X DUBAI FLYBOARD WORLD CUP TOP 32 COMPETITOR SCORES AFTER QUALIFYING ROUND – All divisions. (Bold are now in the Top Eight)

SCORE	COUNTRY	LAST	FIRST
41.11,	USA	RIPPY	Damone
39.69	FRANCE	PRAYAS	Stéphane
39.47	THAILAND	TONGTHAI	Suksan
38.78	USA	VERLANDER	Hunter
38.62	USA	OREL	Jake
37.35	USA	WAYMENT	Jordan
35.93	USA	RIGGS	Cooper
35.26	CANADA	WELLS	Brody
35.25	CANADA	BELL	Chad
34.66	SPAIN	MCQUEEN	Lindsay
34.23	CANADA	BOUCHER	Adrian
34.17 (V)	KOREA	YANG	Dong-Won
34.03	BERMUDA	BURNS	Callon
33.82	JAPAN	YOKOE	Kousuke
33.79	THAILAND	SATAPORN	Srirang
33.57	JAPAN	SUZUKI	Motoaki
33.28	JAPAN	SUZUKI	Kansuke
33.20	NETHERLANDS	STOPPELS	Arnoud
32.00	NORWAY	JOHANSEN	Carl-Jacob
31.48	JAPAN	OSADA	Jun
31.32	NETHERLANDS	KROOK	Bo
30.76	AUSTRALIA	HENDRA	Peter
30.59	CANADA	BEUKERS	Ashton
30.58	CHINA	XIAO	Qjao
30.58 (L)	USA	WELLS	Stephanie
30.20	SWEDEN	von STEDINGK	Martin
29.86	USA	GAVIC	Caleb
29.74	USA	SOLDATO	David
29.66	NETHERLANDS	WEISTRA	Remco
29.37	USA	AYERS	William
29.25 (V)	FRANCE	CALLIOT	Laurent
29.23	USA	GAVIC	Jesse

TOP EIGHT BRACKET – PROS

Damone Rippy versus Caleb Gavic
Jake Orel versus Hunter Verlander

Suksan Tongthai versus Jordan Wayment
Qjao Xiao versus Stéphane Prayas

TOP FOUR – VETERENS

Yang versus Calliot

Martinez versus von Stedingk

TOP FOUR – LADIES

Wells versus Osternaud

Kim verus Baker

QUALIFYING ROUND RECAP

This was a day of extremes. Some great runs from Jake Orel, Chad Bell and Callon Burns while an underpowered ski had Damone Rippy fighting to stick his double backflip that we all know he can nail with his eyes closed. He’ll certainly be moving on but was disappointed. Very tough day for the Gavic brothers as they both had wireless EMK problems leaving Jesse in the hospital after a huge fall and Caleb with a very uncharacteristic run.

I definitely question the logic behind introducing a new product (Zapata Racing wireless EMK) to these competitors when none have had any time on it. Makes flying your best with the crowds and pressure almost impossible. Some riders said the wireless felt fine and just like the wired version and some competitors seemed to be having a totally different experience. Looks like with two units running one was performing properly while the other was having issues. We are having our own wifi issues so live updating and even uploading video at the hotel has proven difficult but we’ll persevere and get some great content up right away. Time to call the front desk and upgrade to ‘higher’ speed.

Canadians in Dubai

Chad Bell had one of the best runs of the Qualifying Round. Check’em out

THURSDAY – QUALIFYING ROUND Highlights

Sonnie Bean: Kisses the hose but keeps his cool and throws some big single flips. Lack of control may have cost him. We’ll see.

Chad Bell: Shows us his training has paid off with a huge 720 double backflip combo that training partner Jake Orel said he hadn’t even seen Chad pull. Very clean doubles and a solid run. Canada!

Adrian Boucher: CanFly continues to look strong as Adrian gives the crowd his signature reverse set up backflip combo. His supermans were big and he looked in control. Must feel good after a disappointing run in Qatar.

Paul Bulka: 360 to backflip combo was nice and Paul looked like he was getting the hang of the new wireless EMK.

Callon Burns: Strongest run so far in Qualifying. Huge one and a half with his signature double sidewinder thrown in for good measure. We’ll definitely be seeing more of ‘Afterburn’.

Petr Civin: after a huge swagged out dolphin dumped his driver cutting his round short.

Ronnie Feise: HUGE one and half and all around solid run from Ronnie. Looks to have taken his flying further since Toronto.

Caleb Gavic: One of the best Pros we have in our sport proves why introducing the wireless EMK at a World Championship is a risky idea. Caleb struggled to find the sweet spot and it definitely negatively affected his run.

FRIDAY – Qualifying continues…

Very nice to see that Jesse Gavic was able to go out this morning and fly. Looped the entire ski with his hose which created a few oohhs and aahhs.

Brody Wells put together his best run as a Pro Flyboarder nailing everything he chose to throw. Should be seeing more from the CanFly Captain.

Ladies have hit the water in a historic first female division in competitive Flyboarding.

BACK AT THE HOTEL AND THE WIFI WORKS 🙂

Lots of articles coming out of Dubai but today I played the role of cameraman as my videographer and I both did our best to capture all of the action so we can deliver amazing footage with context and behind-the-scenes insights.

We are down to our Top Eight which include:

2012 Flyboard World Champion Stéphane Prayas
15 yr old phenom Hunter Verlander
2014 Flyboard North American Champion Damone Rippy
Team Aquafly star Jake Orel
Defending Flyboard World Champion Suksan Tongthai
Flyboard North American 2nd place finisher Jordan Wayment
Qjao Xiao of China
H2RO Hydroflight World Ranked 5th Caleb Gavic

Chatting with Stéphane Prayas after today he was very much looking forward to the longer runs tomorrow because many of his more unique tricks take longer to execute and didn’t fit stylistically into his earlier runs. The young American competitors fly fast and furious but the 2012 World Champion will have a chance to employ his entire repertoire of tricks.

Cooper Riggs flipped his ski right at the end of what would have been a victorious run. Cooper said that as he dove out of the last trick it was in the back of his mind that his run was likely already enough to move him on and he should have slowed things down. When your ripping things up and in the zone it’s hard to identify the fact the ski could flip on what seems to be a relatively basic move.

We’ve arrived!

December 2nd – Airports

As I bounce from Victoria, BC to Calgary, AB to Frankfurt, Germany, to Dubai UAE I am looking in on photos as the competitors begin to settle in and get ready for the X Dubai Flyboard World Cup which starts Thursday (Dubai Time). Franky Zapata entertains and inspires. Pic courtesy of Paul Gavic.