The points for the best Wakeskater went surprisingly to Local Jan Kissmann. The wakeskater from Duisburg could not have considered a better start of the season for himself.

After winning the Wakeskate Wildcard at Warm-Up Session in Langenfeld, Jan Kissmann qualified as the last of 8 wakeskaters for Red Bull Wake The Line. Straight away in the qualification of Red Bull Wake The Line 2009 he showed that the jury at Langefeld had taken the right decision to give him the wildcard wakeskate.

With his Spintricks on the Kicker, Backside 180 and Frontside 540, he increased his lead in points on the rest of the competition and won well deserved, for Leo Labadens(FRA) and last years winner Andy Kolb (GER)

During Nike 6.0 best Trick Award Wakeskate is was Kevin Calvez who won.



The wakeboard competition started with 16 topriders. The WHO is WHO? From the international wakeboard scene was represented in Cologne. After the qualification round the top riders entered the Semifinal (K.O) and competed with full commitment against each other.

In the first run from the start is was triple Cable Wakeboard World Champion Bernhard Hinterberger (GER) against the legendary Parks Bonifay from the United States. Both wakeboarders even managed to through in and stand 450 Transfers on the A-box and perfect Wall rides. But Bernhard Hinterberger decided the result by countering the last Trick on Kicker, the Whirlybird of Parks with CrowMobe-5.

In the remaining runs of semi-finale Keith Lidberg, Shawn Watson and Collin Harrington competed against their Europeans. In the final the wakeboarders gave everything in a 2 x 20 minute battle pulled forward by the new Sesitec 2.0 system.

It was the technical perfectly carried out run of Keith Lidberg with Slider tricks, Backside Lip slides and massive Transfers, that brought him eventually the triumph in the Red Bull Wake the Line 2009 Comp. In Second place finished Bernhard Hinterberger, Who successfully defended his podium place from the previous year. Number 3 became Shawn Watson, Shawn showed earlier in the contest with his smooth style that he was the best in the Best Trick Contest on the Quarter pipe, where he took 1st place.

Red Bull Wake the Line was a perfect start of the new season. The concept Wakeboarding Urban Style has proved itself. Also the Obstacle-Setup of UNIT Parktech , the Sesitec 2.0 System and the Quarterpipe, introduced for 1st the time in the Wakeboarden open numerous new possibilities for the wakeboardsport.