Check out the press release and the results from the fourth international event at Cable Krk - T-Com Croatia Open  - the first stop of the European Cable Wakeboard Tour 2005.

- press release -

CABLE KRK

T-Com Croatia Open / May 28 2005

 The first stop of the European Cable Wakeboard Tour

Cable Krk and Wakeboard club Krk hosted on Saturday in bay of Punat T-Com Croatia Open - the first stop of the European Cable Wakeboard Tour, the contest in an attractive board sport , water version of snowboard.

Over fifty riders from Croatia, Slovenia, Germany, Austria, Serbia & Montenegro, Bulgaria, Hungary, Netherlands, Switzerland and Israel, in a real summer atmosphere with 30˚C, competed in Junior and Open categories for titles and tempting prizes provided by the general sponsor of the event T-Com Croatia.

Thanks to the attractiveness and dynamics of this relatively young sport, a big audience at Cable Krk cheered their favorites during the morning qualification rounds and the afternoon finals. Three judges evaluated the execution, intensity and the composition of the riders' performance.

The best in Open Men was Lior Sofer from Israel who took the title from the double Krk champion Patrick Viererbe (Germany). In Open Ladies category celebrated the Hungarian Kinga Horvath, and the best Junior was the actual world champion in Boys category Peter Pascal Schmidt (Germany). Croatia had two ladies in the finals - Silvia Troselj was second, and Tonja Predovic fifth.

The competition was closed on Sunday afternoon with the Rope Session  - kicker and slider contest where riders performed all kinds of impressive tricks over the obstacles. Patrick Viererbe left no room for surprise this time - he won with a superb performance.

Even though Croatia has only two wakeboard and waterski cableways, this was the fourth international event on Krk, and reactions from riders and spectators are great. Croatia currently has two wakeboard clubs, Krk and Paragon, who represented Croatia at this contest with six riders.

Cable Krk is a modern cableway system, with hight and dimensions especially designed for wakeboarding. It is located in the Northern Adriatic, on the islad krk, in bay of Punat. It is a 5-cornered cableway with seven carriers, powered by electric motor of 37 kW. It is 650 meters long, and the usual speed is 30-32 km/h, convenient for both beginners and experts.

Cable Krk will on September 10 host the second Croatian & Slovenian cable wakeboard championships - T-Com Cro Board 2005. The announcement and more info soon at www.wakeboarder.hr/english.