The 2015 Nautique London Night Jump kicked off in spectacular style at Liquid Leisure over the August Bank Holiday weekend. To the backdrop of a magnificent magenta sunset, the Night Jump riders took to the water on Friday evening for a practise session behind the yellow and black Ski Nautique 200 boat making for some truly awesome images.

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On Saturday the cable was buzzing but not with the usual wakeboarders. Always wanting to do something just that little bit different, Liquid Leisure had bagged themselves a Stop on the ITC Tour (International Tour of Cable Ski). As with Night Jump, the ITC comp is all about distance, who can jump the furthest; the difference being that in ITC the riders are pulled by the cable. Whilst some riders hit the jumps with pinpoint precision, others were not so lucky resulting in some breath taking wipeouts; fair play to each and every one of the riders who not only managed, but had the guts to get right back at it, despite suffering some awful crashes.

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Whilst waiting for the night to set in, the Squibb Freestyle FMX display team got into action. Despite the rain lashing down, Jamie Squibb and his team mate threw down the moves, tail whipping to the cheers of the crowds.

Not wanting to be outdone by all the skiing action, Nautique sponsored rider Megan Baker, and Charlotte Bryant put on a wakeboarding demo. Riding behind the shiny red Super Air Nautique G21 wake boat and dressed in a red Power Rangers outfit, Meg showed that Nautique weren’t the only ones with the power! Between them Charlotte and Meg represented the ladies, showing that wakeboarding is alive and kicking in the female wakeboarding community.

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As the sun set, darkness appeared and the highlight of the event took place; the 2015 Nautique London Night.  Having competed in the ITC comp during the day, the Polish riders
Kamil Borysewicz, Krysztof Bernatowicz, and Erwin Zawadzki had to make the difficult transition to jumping at night, knowing first hand just how different the ramp looks in the dark. Whilst Kamil and Krysztof had taken 2nd and 3rd places respectively in the daytime comp, unfortunately they didn’t make it to the podium this time.

And it wasn’t plain sailing for the seasoned pros either. London Night Jump champion, American Freddy Krueger had something of a mare, with his best jump of the night 60.1m not being enough to give him his 6th consecutive win. Frustratingly for Freddy he had jumped further in the preliminary rounds. 

But where there is disappointment for one, there’s a happy ending for another as Ryan Dodd from Canada once again claimed the London Night Jump title with a jump of 64.4m saying “It’s a long time since I’ve held this” as he was presented with the London Night Jump trophy.

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Other outstanding performances came from British skier Jack Critchley. In his first ever London Night Jump, Jack notched up an impressive 57.3m giving him 4th place overall. Who knows maybe one day we’ll see a Brit take the London Night Jump title!

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Results:
ITC Stop 3 London 2015
Open Men’s Jump
1.    Alexander Vasko – SVK 60.7m
2.    Kamil Borysewicz – POL 59.9m
3.    Krysztof Bernatowicz – POL 58.3m
4.    Marius Schimanski – GER 56.0m
5.    Erwin Zawadzki – POL 56.0m
6.    Juraj Kerpcar - SVK 50.5m
7.    Daniel Maltzahn – GER 49.3m
8.    Bjoern Pech – GER 47.5m
9.    Steven Hamblin – GBR 32.9m
10.    Ben Toyne – GBR 32.1m
11.    Aiden Northley – AUS 15.0m
12.    Jeremy Mclean – NZL 14.8m

Open Ladies Jump
1.    Julia Meier-Gromyko – BLR 39.3m
2.    Veronika Cseploova – SVK 38.6m
3.    Isabel Bossow – GER 29.2m
4.    Puck Elsendoorn – NED 27.7m


2015 Nautique London Night Jump
1.    Ryan Dodd – CAN 64.4m
2.    Freddy Krueger – USA 60.1m
3.    Igor Morozov – RUS 59.8m
4.    Jack Critchley – GBR 57.3m
5.    Tom Asher – GBR 56.8m
6.    Bojan Schipner – GER 55.2m
7.    Krysztof Bernatowicz – POL 50.5m
8.    Claudio Kostenberger – AUT 41.9m
Kamil Borysewicz – POL
Erwin Zawadzki – POL

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