By Philippe Sirech

Let me tell you something about the 2025 Centurion World Wake Surfing Championship — this wasn’t just another contest. This was wakesurfing stripped down to its raw, beautiful essence and then rebuilt into something that redefined what we thought was possible.

For one week, the water became a stage. The riders? They weren’t just competitors. They were artists with fiberglass under their feet, painting lines across Centurion’s liquid canvas that’ll be remembered long after the trophy photos fade.

The Wake That Changed Everything

I’ve been on a lot of boats. I’ve seen a lot of wakes. But what Centurion delivered this year wasn’t just good — it was surgical precision wrapped in raw power. Clean. Consistent. Unforgiving in the best possible way.

These wakes didn’t make excuses. They demanded excellence, and the riders answered back with a middle finger to gravity and a masterclass in style.

From the first heat, you could feel it. The electricity. That crackling tension when you know you’re about to witness something that’ll shift the sport’s axis. Riders lined up, locked in, and proceeded to dismantle every preconception about what’s possible on a wake.

The playbook got rewritten. Then burned. Then rewritten again.

The Gladiators and the Groms

The pros brought violence — the good kind. The kind that makes you put your phone down and actually watch. Explosive airs that seemed to defy the laws of physics. Rotations so clean you could set your watch by them. And that flow — that ineffable blend of power and grace that separates the champions from the merely talented.

But here’s what got me: the kids.

These young guns showed up with YouTube education and zero fear, throwing tricks that would’ve been podium-worthy five years ago like they were warming up. They didn’t just want a seat at the table — they brought their own damn chairs.

Every division delivered:

Amplitude that threatened low-flying aircraft.

Spins and reverts that borrowed from skateboarding’s best vocabulary and translated it to water with perfect fluency.

Technical wizardry that proved wakesurfing has officially graduated from “fun boat thing” to legitimate athletic art form.

The judges had their work cut out for them. This wasn’t just about counting rotations anymore. They were scoring style, commitment, and that intangible quality that makes you rewind the footage three times just to figure out what you just witnessed.

More Than a Competition — It’s a Movement

Here’s what the mainstream media doesn’t get about events like this: it’s not about the trophies.

Sure, everybody wants to win. But walk the shoreline at dawn and you’ll find something deeper. Families who’ve been coming for years. Kids getting autographs from heroes who probably learned the same tricks on the same YouTube channels. Industry veterans swapping stories with first-timers who just discovered the sport last summer.

This is community, uncensored and unfiltered.

The Centurion Championship has always understood this. Between heats, you’d find athlete panels where the pros talked about the reality behind the Instagram posts — the injuries, the doubts, the 4 a.m. gym sessions. Brand activations that actually felt authentic instead of corporate. Demos where everyday riders could feel what $200K worth of engineering feels like under their feet.

The vibe wasn’t manufactured. It was earned. One session, one conversation, one shared moment of stoke at a time.

The Machine Behind the Magic

Let’s talk about the elephant in the boat — or more accurately, the masterpiece of marine engineering that made all this possible.

Centurion Boats.

Since 1976, these guys have been in the wake-creation business, and they’ve elevated it to an art form. Under the Correct Craft umbrella with their “Making Lives Better” mission (which sounds corporate until you see it in action), Centurion has consistently delivered what riders actually need: wakes that don’t lie.

No excuses. No inconsistency. Just pure, predictable power that lets athletes focus on progression instead of fighting the platform.

The riders felt it. I saw it in their faces after runs — that look that says, “The wake gave me everything I needed. The rest was on me.”

That’s the difference between good equipment and great equipment. Great equipment disappears, leaving only pure performance.

Why This Matters (And Why You Should Care)

The 2025 championship wasn’t just a snapshot of where wakesurfing is — it was a declaration of where it’s going.

This sport is shedding its “niche water activity” skin and emerging as something bigger. The progression curve isn’t just steep; it’s nearly vertical. What was cutting-edge at this event will be standard by next year. What seemed impossible will be in tutorial videos by summer.

We’re watching a sport come of age in real-time, and events like this are the mile markers that prove it’s not just growing — it’s evolving.

For those of us who’ve been covering wake sports for years, this championship felt different. More polished but not sanitized. More professional but not corporate. More competitive but not cutthroat.

It felt like wakesurfing finally figured out its identity — and decided to turn that identity up to eleven.

The Final Word

The 2025 Centurion World Wake Surfing Championship delivered what great events always do: moments that’ll live longer than the medals. Performances that’ll inspire the next generation. And proof that when you combine world-class athletes with world-class equipment and a community that genuinely gives a damn, something magical happens.

Centurion didn’t just host a championship. They provided the stage for wakesurfing’s loudest statement yet:

We’re here. We’re progressing. And we’re just getting started.

Want to experience the same wakes the pros ride?
Dive into the Centurion legacy at centurionboats.com — where precision engineering meets pure stoke since 1976.

Now get off your phone and go ride something.

Philippe Sirech | Unleashed Wake Magazine
Telling wake stories the way they deserve to be told — unfiltered, unapologetic, and always authentic.

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www.centurionboats.com

“Innovation has always been the hallmark of Centurion boats. Now, thanks to new product, leadership and Correct Craft company culture, innovation is running deeper than ever, into a re-imagination of the brand. Water sports enthusiasts are embracing boats for the world’s best waves, wakes and ride, as well as ambitious design and inspired craftsmanship. Time to re-imagine your ride.”

2025 Centurion World
Wake Surfing Championship

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Ukraine event

The event includes four days of training with pro riders from Europe and USA including special guest Sean Sliv Silveira, the number one ranked by the CWSA skim pro rider. Everyone can experienced wakesurfing with qualified teachers ! The camp concludes with a two day World Series of Wakesurfing gold competition.
This week was filled with fun, exciting experience and new acquaintances. They aim to make Kyiv City Swell an unforgettable event and will take care of lodging options for foreign riders, airport transfers and tour around the city.

Highlights

List of the riders :

Sean Silveira
Sean Cummings
Marina Kaplan
Maryna Mykhalko
Alexandra Tunenko
Vitaly Ivanov
Rachy Leikela
Mike Kunz
Nick Indy
Artemiy Chudnov

-swell wakesurf festival-

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The wave

Check out Daniel Grant’s signature feature for Unit.

What’s new ?

• Steel : the Unit Surf Pool V2 has been redesigned as a highly durable and modular floating steel construction that can be expended to any width, even beyond 16m.
• Wave : the new open wave shape creates a surfable wave face up to 1,80m that allows for massive bottom turns and maneuvers.
• Power : While creating a better and more powerful wave, they have managed to reduce energy consumption to 280kw/h for a beginner session

” The wave is super easy for beginners to start and very addictive for more experienced surfers.”

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Fails at Lake Powell

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Kasey Smith Creative

Zach and Kasey is a married couple, fine art film photography and bespoke paper goods creative team. They love sharing about their converted sprinter, travel, surf, and creative projects! Their goal is to inspire people to chase their dreams, experience real, genuine, wonderful life and create beautiful things along the way. #vanlife !

From Kasey Smith Creative on Youtube.

Ckeck out the wakesurf film of Horue Movie “Unbroken Waves”.

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Riders : Philippe CANERI, Morgan Stalla, Nicolas Girard, Nicolas Commagnac and Sam Perez Candella.

UNBROKEN WAVES
Horue Movie

You all already know it, find Girls Of Wakeboarding by the same video producers on #unleashedwakemag

“Horue Movie is a complete audiovisual production company that focuses on modern and visionary creations. We know that you don’t have to take an oversized team and an exorbitant budget to create films that will captivate your audience. We are above all passionate people who are not afraid to break codes and bring new ideas.

From concept to delivery, we make films that will make your creations stand out.”

More about them on the website

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Wakesurfer from Liquid Force on Vimeo.

Primo LTD Wakesurfer
LIQUID FORCE

“Whether you’re a seasoned veteran of wakesurfing or just learning the sport, the all-new Primo LTD is the board for you. The do-it-all, ultra light, bulletproof wakesurf board just received an addition to allow you to do even more. The LTD Primo comes with inserts and foot straps. Slide your feet in and get attached to a whole new level of riding. Ollies, grabs, spins, even flips can now be part of anyone’s riding. If just learning, the straps allow the board to stay attached to your feet for ease of getting up on a board. With the straps being removable, once you get your tricks dialed with the straps, remove them and take those same tricks to strapless riding and feel the freedom of wakesurfing at it’s best.”

LIQUID FORCE
WEBSITE

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from Hyperlite Wakeboards on Vimeo.

“Noah has taken the momentum of the Varial Project and added his own twist to create a new shape! Introducing the all new RIOT Wakesurfer, built using the most advanced materials and construction processes available. This new series features a wider tail profile for added speed and drive. Combined with the fastest rocker line in the collection yet, the RIOT is designed for big airs and a responsive ride. As always, all of the Varial shapes are hand made in Ventura California using aerospace grade materials and processes yielding the finest wakesurfers available.”

Hyperlite RIOT Wakesurfer by Noah Flegel

More about the Wakesurfer RIOT on www.hyperlite.com

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Check out the video of them having a good time wakesurfing !

“This week I had the privilege to not only meet, but wakesurf with Top Fuel Drag Racer Leah Pritchett just days before she kicks off her tour with the first drag race event of the year. Leah recently set a record time on the track, and then set a record of the first female to attempt the bungee wakesurf stunt while with us! We had an awesome time and I even got to take a ride in her Dodge Hellcat afterwards. Unfortunately (but not surprisingly) Leah got a speeding ticket on the way to come wakesurfing, so go check out her channels and give her some love @leahpritchett_tf on Instagram and find more of her content at https://www.youtube.com/thehoonigans“

Austin Keen & Leah Pritchett

Austin Keen and Poopies hit the wake lume cube style on #unleashedwakemag

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LumeCube and Liquid Force get together to create an epic night production.

Devinsupertramp behind the camera and Austin Keen with extreme others athletes in front of the lens.

Liquid Force X LumeCube

Check out Trever Maur and Kaesen Suyderhoud on the
Velocity’s winter set up with #unleashedwakemag

 LIQUID FORCE WAKE

“Relentless Innovation has been our driving force at LF since day one… Every year it keeps us focused on making the best products possible! Many times our new product ideas are a natural progression of what our team needs, as well as where they want to go with their riding… Then there are the BIG ideas – ones that take years to develop, the ones that send you back to the drawing board over and over until finally… you see the light.

(…)

We have created our most complete line ever – there is something in here for everyone, wherever you ride, and however you have fun holding onto the handle. And if dropping the line is your thing, our new surfers are the best boards for all styles we’ve ever produced. We love what we do and we know you’ll have more fun this season because of the passion that has been put into creating this 2017 lineup. Go out and spread the stoke!”

– Jimmy Redmon

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