Wakeboarding's cream of the crop recently congregated at Lake Powell for Liquid Force's 2009 BROstock. Known as one of the better contests around, BROstock seemlessly mixes work with play and often blurs the line between the two. It's no wonder why the event was able to pull 24 of the world's best riders, including: Shawn Watson, Brian Grubb, Danny Harf and Shane Bonifay.

The weekend started with a progressive wakeskate demo featuring guys like Aaron Reed and Grubb, who made the most of the ample natural terrain and proved why they're some of the best in the world. Day 1 concluded with premiers of both Collin Harrington's Box of Fun and Billabong's Out of the Pond on a gigantic 36' screen. While the crowd was partying and getting rowdy, the pros were waiting in anticipating for...

The Contest
While the Liquid Force DJ kept the beats bumping, round 1 of the annual contest began with 24 riders taking turns on the LF BROstock Supra 24' boat. This narrowed the field down to 16 and changed the format to head-to-head riding for round 2. This round knocked half the field out and eventually the final four consisted of Chris O'Shea, Bob Soven, Danny Harf and James Balzer.

Balzer, a last minute fill-in, wowed the crowd with his wakeskating prowess and enjoyed playing the contest spoiler. 17 year-old phenom Bob Soven threw 900s like it was the last time he'd ever ride. But in the end it was Danny Harf who dropped a wrapped nose-grab backside 720 en route to a first place finish and a cool $12,500 paycheck.


Check the pics above to relive what was the 2009 BROstock festival, a weekend filled with endless riding, premiers and just a bit 'o partying...


BROstock 2k9 Results


1st Danny Harf
2nd Bob Soven
3rd James Balzer
4th Chris O Shea
5th Shane Bonifay
5th Harley Clifford
7th Ben Greenwood
7th Jeff Weatherall