Brostock 2011 pre-party crowd

It's that time of year again. The time when large quantities of boats and wakeboarding enthusiasts come together to celebrate the air of the double up and the gathering of the bros. Brostock is back in Bull Shoals, Arkansas for the second year and already it is off to an unbelievable start. Over a hundred boats came out on a Friday for the first ever Brostock Method Contest and to get the party warmed up and ready to rock for the main event on Saturday. After a little morning shoot on one of the brand new Supra's, the Brostock riders showed Bull Shoals what the weekend is all about with some big double ups, loud music, and fun shenanigans. If you're not here yet, find a way to get here ASAP, because Saturday is going to be bonkers. Yes, bonkers.

Adam Fields takes home the bacon

Brostock 2011 went off Saturday bigger than ever before at Bull Shoals, Arkansas. Hundreds of boats and more party-people than we could ever possible count motored up, tied together, and created the biggest wake party of the year. The turnout was amazing and the riders made sure to give them a good show. From start to finish the riders were laying it all on the line trying to get hold of the $13,000 first place prize. The format this year was the same as last year’s. In every heat each rider would get three double ups: one left, one right, and one of his choice. The best trick would be scored per round. Should a rider advance he would not be allowed to repeat a trick in a later round. This way the riders had to use a little strategy to make it through the contest, it proved that a rider was more than a “one trick pony”, and it gave the crowd a little more something to watch and be entertained by.

The first round featured five heats with four riders in each heat. The top two riders from each heat would advance to the second round. Due to some technical difficulties though, the second round went from being a ten-man semifinal to a ten-man final. The riders who made the final were:

• Steel Lafferty
• Bob Soven
• Daniel Powers
• Shawn Watson
• Rusty Malinoski
• Phil Soven
• Harley Clifford
• Chris O’Shea
• Adam Fields
• Danny Harf

In the end it came down to a literal rematch from last year’s final. Adam Fields laid down a huge, grabbed, slim chance 540. Last year that netted him second place. Danny Harf countered with a grabbed toeside backside 7 of his own. Last year that gave Danny his second Brostock title in a row. This year, however, it would not give him the three-peat. Danny’s toe 7 wasn’t as big or as cleanly grabbed as Adam’s slim 5, so the judges this year gave Adam the nod and he walked away $13,000 richer.

In typical Brostock fashion, the party rocked on through the rest of the night, capping off what will go down as one of the biggest and best Brostock events ever. Stay tuned for tons of video coverage from the craziness at Bull Shoals… and get ready for Bro2012…

Welcome to Brostock

Danny kicked things off with this huge wrapped toeside backside 180

Adam Errington's second double up of the day left him with this bloody memento

Later on in the day Adam was a little upset...

The schwag boat

Bob hyping up the crowd

More Bro lovers

A band showed up on top of this houseboat to get in on the Bro action

Winner of the Alliance 10-Year super package was there to collect his winnings, including this custom Liquid Force wakeboard

JB was on the mic to keep us all entertained, but the real question is what is Steel doing on the slide in the corner?

Adam Fields won the event with a slim chance 540, but he also went huge on his other double ups...

Swimmers

Lovers of Brostock

Phil threw down a large nose grabbed switch crow 5 in the finals

Nico von Shreddingfeld came all the way from Germany for his first Brostock experience and proved to be a great TV host/interviewer

Bonecrusher and Dr. Dock Life

Every Rider of the Year from the past 10 years was there, making for one sweet group photo of wake awesomeness. Back row: Randall, Parks, Aaron, Danny Hampson, Grubb, Chris-O. Front row: Benny G, Chad, Fooshee, Harf

Fields hearing his name announced as the winner of Brostock 2011