2011 U.S. Flow Tour at Waterville USA

May 17, 2011 - PRLog -- The top flowboarders in the country are headed to the “Cajun Classic” flowboarding competition at Waterville USA (http://www.WatervilleUSA.com) in Gulf Shores, Alabama, on Saturday, May 21st in a quest to win the US FLOW Tour (http://www.waveloch.com/flow-tour). This is the fourth year that Waterville USA has hosted a stop on the U.S. FLOW Tour and it will be the opening day of the Waterpark Season.

Competition in the FLOW Tour is already fierce as the 2010 Men’s Flow Tour and World Expert Champion Sean Silveira was upset at his home turf, Fantasy Surf at Fantasy World Resort (http://www.UltimateIndoorWave.com) in Central Florida during the April 30th event.

The 2010 US FLOW Tour and women’s World Champion Amanda McCormick came in third place at the Fantasy Surf event. Both Silveira and McCormick are sponsored by Fantasy Surf and train there regularly.

Flowboarding has the look of surfing and wakeboarding, ride of snowboarding, and tricks of skateboarding in a safe and controlled environment.

The US FLOW Tour includes 13 different competitions at water parks and indoor aquatic venues across the country. The new Fantasy Surf at FantasyWorld Resort is the second stop on the tour after Kalahari Resort.

Participants compete to earn points and cash at each event for their respective categories. Athletes with the highest number of points at the end of the season earn a bid to compete in the World FlowRider Championships in the fall.

“It’s early in the circuit and already we’re witnessing fierce competition and upsets,” said Rob Chalfant of Wave Loch, primary sponsor of the US FLOW Tour. “We expect the competitors to step it up even further with their signature tricks and techniques at Waterville USA.”

At all FLOW Tour venues, the competitors “shred it” on Wave Loch’s patented double FlowRider® system which uses high-pressure pumps to create as much as a 30 MPH three-inch sheet of water. The water from the 55,000 gallon tank flows up and over the shape of a faultless tension sheet wave simulating the feeling of surfing.

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Fantasy Surf features the patented FlowRider™ system that has the look of surfing and wakeboarding, ride of snowboarding, and tricks of skateboarding. Surf in a safe, controlled environment. This ride was designed for wipeouts!