Wake NZ is pleased to announce and congratulate the 20 strong team of athletes selected in the Wake NZ Team to compete at the IWWF World Wakeboard Championships to be held 20th-27th October 2024 at Xiang Lake, Hangzhou City, China.
When selecting the team, selectors considered the following:
- Athletes must have been a Wake NZ member for the current season and have shown a dedication to wakeboarding – training and competing.
- Athletes at or near to the top of their ranked results in Nationals and our other comps within the current season.
- Athletes be named based on the divisions they competed in nationally and the divisions they are eligible to enter at Worlds.
- Age eligibility for divisional entry for this event is determined by the age an athlete is as of 31st December 2024.
Due to the lack of details around the proposed event this year the selectors based the divisions on the last World Champs event in 2022 – selecting athletes, both male and female, in divisions U9, U12, U18, Opens, O30 and O40’s.
The team selected is as follows:
- Nick Beale
- Fletcher Broadbent
- Gavin Broadbent
- Harley Broadbent
- Jared Dawson
- Tony Evans
- Nikau Ford
- Paul Maguire
- Toby Muir
- Bryan Simpson
- Carter Steans
- Logan Steans
- Carla Blockley
- Charlotte Broadbent
- Morgan Haakma
- Heath Holley
- Andrea Lilley
- Landyn MacDonald
- Annabel Stevenson
- Milli van Straalen
Unfortunately, due to season ending injuries, not considered for selection were Phoebe Buckley, Anthony East and Darren Bishop.
We will confirm closer to the event the athletes from the team selected that have confirmed to travel and compete at the event.
Again, congratulations to the riders chosen – enjoy the winters training!