Singapore will field its largest away contingent of 569 athletes for a Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur this August. The athletes will take part in 35 sports at the 29th SEA Games. Four sports – cricket, ice hockey, ice skating, and indoor hockey – will be contested for the first time at the Games.
The Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) has released the list of athletes representing Singapore at the upcoming 28th SEA Games. There will be a total of 748 athletes and 230 officials representing 36 sports from Singapore.
Sasha was recently awarded the Sports Excellence Scholarship from the Singapore government to allow her to train full time, the only wakeboarder on the list of 66 athletes who won the scholarship.
Singapore’s top cable wakeboard rider, Fahrudin Bin Mohd Yasin, will be taking part in the first-ever Throwdown Obstacle Jam held this weekend.
At the ongoing IWWF Asian Waterski and Wakeboard Championships, Mark Leong of Singapore placed second in the Under-17 Slalom Waterski division with a new personal best of two buoys with a 14-meter line.
At the most recent IWWF Wakeboard World Championships, my goal was to have a clean stand-up pass to boost my confidence. As I had just returned from injury, placing wasn't the most important.
Guy Tanaka of Japan pulled off an extremely technical run in the final, fending off former SEA Games gold medallist Padiwat Jaemjan of Thailand, to clinch first place in the Men's Open at the 2013 Wakefest Singapore.
Just 14 years of age, Guy Tanaka has earned his stripes to be one of the best wakeboarders in Singapore.
