Pierre Maixent wins 10º Jet Waves Championship
> 09/09/2008
Itajaí (Santa Catarina/Brazil) -
French ace Pierre Maixent cemented his dominance of
10º Jet Waves Championship in Itajaí. The French freeride
Jet Ski has beaten rival American’s Ross Champion in the finals
hit on the penultimate stop of this season’s world championship.
The contest has held at Brava beach in Itajaí south Brasil where
Maixent did great aerial tricks and he’s top the expectation doing
a “back flip clicker” kind of trick very known by motocross
freestyle.
Amazing aerial tricks have settled this third stage of the world championship.
Italian’s Frederico Bufacchi and Brasilian Alexandre Lenzi were
third and fourth at the course. “I had tried several times to
do this trick before. First I’ve crashed and second I’ve
even broken my head. This was the first time I could do it in a competition
and I got it”, said the elated Maixent. “I’m really
very happy with this and this is a kind of trick very common at motocross
freestlye”. Ross Champion current top of world ranking (40 points)
did also a great performance trying to overcome the French flying “black
flip superman”, but the three times freeride world champion did
better. “I’ve ran against the best freeride pilot in the
world and one of my best friend also”, said the American athlete.
At the semi-finals hits, which were fought today, Brazil’s Alexander
Lenzi has shown the local freeriders high technical level by doing a
lot of aerial tricks and surfing great on the waves, however he was
knocked out by Ross Champion and his “black flip superman”.
Lenzi has been also beaten for the third position by Italian Bruno Bufacchi
in a very tough fighting maneuver by maneuver.
With the standing of the third and penultimate
stop of world season decided, world championship has gone on at Brava
beach to take place immediately the fourth and last of the season IFWA
Championship Challenge. Took part in the new competition the athletes
who were the most graduated of the international ranking and also were
present at the moment of the fight. Graham Reid (UK), Pierre Maixent
(FRA), Arkadius Schramek GER), Romain Stampers (FRA), Alexander Lenzi
(BRA), Bruno Bufacchi (ITA), Brett Armstrong (SA) e Ross Champion (USA),
will be fighting for the world title of this season.
Jet Waves Cup 2008 - Results
1. Pierre Maixent - France
2. Ross Champion - USA
3. Federico Bufacchi - Italia
4. Alexander Lenzi - Brasil
5. Romain Stampers - France
5. Brett Armstrong - South Africa
5. Bruno Jacob - Brasil
5. Tiago Geitens - Brasil
9. Graham Reid - England
9. Arkadius Schramek - Germany
9. Cristiano Magarão - Brasil
9. Wilson Bonaroski - Brasil
9. Douglas Carvalho - Brasil
9. Octávio Bortoncello - Brasil
9. Leonardo Caldoncelli - Brasil
9. Webert Hipólito - Brasil
17. Antonio Farias - Brasil
17. Alexandre Buneder - Brasil
17. Leandro Vieira - Brasil
17. Everardo Souza - Brasil
World Championship Freeride IFWA Tour 2008
1. Ross Champion - USA
2. Federico Bufacchi - Italia
3. Pierre Maixent - France
4. Romain Stampers - France
Photos
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Ross Champion
A. Lenzi
Cristiano Magarão
Leonardo Caldoncelli
Pierre Maixent
