
Wakeboard UK is proud to announce the date and location of the 2021 Malibu Boats Wakeboard and Wakesurf Nationals. The competition is being held on the weekend of 9th and 10th of October 2021 at IASC Reading. Title sponsor and boat provider is Malibu Boats UK.
Entry fees for the event are £45 per wakeboarding competitor, £35 per wakesurfing competitor. Note: You must be a BWSW member to enter the competition and will be asked for you membership number on the online entry form.
If not specified instructions are applicable to both the Wakeboard and Wakeboard competitions.
Entry is Now Open via the following online forms:
IMPORTANT: All competitors must complete their entry forms by 8pm 01/Oct/2021. Late entry cannot be guaranteed due to extra precautions owing to covid.
Division |
Criteria |
---|---|
Groms |
12 years old and under on December 31st 2021. |
Boys |
14 years old and under on December 31st 2021. |
Girls |
14 years old and under on December 31st 2021. |
Junior Men |
18 years and under on December 31st 2021. |
Junior Women |
18 years and under on December 31st 2021. |
Open Men |
No age restriction. |
Open Women |
No age restriction. |
Master Men |
30 years or older on December 31st 2021. |
Master Women |
30 years or older on December 31st 2021. |
Veteran Men |
40 years or older on December 31st 2021. |
Veteran Women |
40 years or older on December 31st 2021. |
Intermediate Men |
Any age. |
Intermediate Women |
Any age. |
Owing to capped entries in the Wakesurf Divisions on a first come first served basis we will have the following
divisions scheduled:
Isis Aqua Ski Club (aka ISIS Water Ski & Wakeboard Club)
Caversham Lakes Site,
off Henley Rd,
Reading RG4 9RA.
GPS: 51.471530360553444, -0.9363896666478377
Places are limited due to availability of the water and competition wake boat.
Cost of practice is £20, and you will be allocated a 12 minute set on the water inclusive of pickup/dropoff. We will be strict on timings to enable the maximum practice sessions to be undertaken. If you fail to be on the dock ready at your allotted time you will not be able to ride later.
Practice will run between 10:30am and 5:30pm on Friday 8th October 2021.
Places are available on a first come first served basis and are dependent on weather conditions.
Sessions will be (rough timings):
10:30 Groms
11:30 Wakeboard AM Session
12:30 Wakesurf
13:30 Wakeboard PM Session
17:30 END
You can only book practice if you have COMPLETED AN ENTRY FORM above.
Due to covid precautions and limited space at the venue only parents, partners and friends of competing athletes and ISIS club members will be permitted at the event.
Your safety, and the safety of your friends and families is of utmost importance.
Please do not take any additional risk over and above that of participating in wakeboarding.
We recommend you follow strict social distancing guidance and covid-19 recommendations from the Government and NHS.
Anyone not following guidance on covid-19 will be disqualified from the competition.
Your competition footage may be utilised on our website, and on social media.
Not all footage will be released but be prepared to be on the website and on Insta if you do well!
This competition is provided for UK Citizens including people from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. This competition is organised with the backing of British Water Ski Federation Ltd and therefore competitors are required to be current members of BWSW or an IWWF affiliated federation which contains UK citizens.
There are numerous hotels within reach of the venue. Due to covid we have not designated any particular hotel as an event base. Please book your own hotel accommodation directly or via booking sites such as:
Limited basic camping will be available across from ISIS club at Caversham Lakes, details of price and booking to follow.
ISIS club members may be camping at the club location but this is not available to non club members.
Midlands Nautique are the Official UK Wake National Championships Sponsor and Official Practice Towboat Sponsor of Wakeboard UK.
Extreme Sports Performance are the Sports Science and Medical partner of the British Wakeboard Squad.
Surface 2 Air Sports provide wakeboard equipment sponsorship to the British Wakeboard Squad.
Bro Clothing provide signature Bro hoodies and sportswear to the British Wakeboard Squad.