Thank You, World Champions! 🎉 2025 Worlds Recap and What’s Next

October 28, 2025

Thank You, World Champions! 🎉 2025 Worlds Recap and What’s Next
By Competitive Wake Surf Association

Thank you for making the 2025 CWSA season and the World Championship unforgettable.

Lake Pleasant, Arizona showed out: 92 entries and athletes from 12 countries competed at Scorpion Bay Marina. The performances, sportsmanship, and support from our community were exceptional—thank you athletes, families, organizers, officials, volunteers, and sponsors.

🏆 Awards Nominations Open — Friday, Oct 31

We’re opening 2025 CWSA Awards nominations on Friday, October 31. Keep an eye on your inbox and the site for the ballot.

🥇 2025 Worlds — Medal Count by Country

Country🥇🥈🥉Total
USA55212
CAN35311
RUS4127
JPN1157
TPE2103
GER1023
KOR1102
FRA1012
SUI0202
TUR0101
BEL0011

🎥 Watch (or re‑watch) Worlds

  • Full three‑day live‑stream replay playlist:
    youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNZfDzgcq9QPdqyCMdij7_g36cM1PsASG

  • A condensed “competition‑runs‑only” version will be added to the same playlist—bookmark it.

📸 Event Photography

Browse and download the full event gallery:
Dropbox Event Gallery

Please tag @thecwsa on Instagram and Facebook when you share.

📄 Final Results & Rankings

  • Worlds final results (PDF):
    thecwsa.org/Events/2025/2025WorldsResults.pdf

  • WRS Rankings (updated with Worlds + final end‑of‑year reductions):
    thecwsa.org/rankings
    Tip: Use the drop‑down on each rankings page to see event‑to‑event changes, and click any athlete to view their event‑by‑event points breakdown.

And… the 2026 season is already underway 🎬

✅ Memberships are open

Join or renew to be eligible for 2026 online and live events, rankings, and education programs.

🇷🇸 First event in the books

Take The Wake Challenge
Oct 18–19, 2025 • Bronze • Belgrade, Serbia
Results: 2026TaketheWakeResults.pdf

Rankings will update shortly with 2026 starting points and these first event results.

🖥️ Registration open: Online Event #1

2026 CWSA WRS Series Event #1 – Drop & 45
Oct 19 – Nov 20, 2025 • Bronze • Online

  • Registration & video submission deadline: November 20
  • Format & rules:
    • Riders’ Meeting — 2026D45RidersMeeting.pdf
    • Event Announcement — 2026Online1EventAnnouncement.pdf

🎓 New Judge Training Seminars

See the latest schedule and sign up (only a free 2026 membership required):
thecwsa.org/organization/judge-certifications

  • Basic Overview Training
    Nov 4, 8:00 PM – Nov 6, 12:00 AM (EST) • Online
    Credential upon completion: Judge Level 1 — Completed Basic Judge Training (after April 2019)

  • Basic Overview Training (Second Offering)
    Nov 15, 12:00 PM – Nov 16, 4:00 PM (EST) • Online
    Credential upon completion: Judge Level 1 — Completed Basic Judge Training (after April 2019)

Each seminar runs over two days, 4 hours per session. Content includes the sport’s structure, rules, the DIVE judging system, roles of judges/head judges, event formats, results & protests, WRS, and SafeSport. Completion is the prerequisite for Advanced/Head Judge modules.

Thank you again to every athlete, family member, organizer, official, volunteer, and sponsor who made 2025 special. We can’t wait to ride with you in 2026.

— CWSA · thecwsa.org

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Thank You to Our Sponsors

🌟 Platinum

  • Action Water Sports

🥇 Gold

  • Bell Bank
  • Bling Sauce
  • Janga Wetsuits
  • Paqua Park
  • Pro Wakesurf
  • Scorpion Bay Marina
  • Vibes Wakesurfing
  • WakeSurfAZ

🥈 Silver

  • Dust n Wake
  • In Dream Surf
  • Jones Ford Wickenburg
  • r.a.w.life

🥉 Bronze

  • Altitude Panoramic Drone Service
  • FatSac
  • One More Wave Sportswear
  • Spakoi