The world's greatest Watercraft Freeriders and racers will descend on Pacific City Oregon for a the year's top PWC surf event which combines the second round of the IFWA Freeride World Championship Tour with the IJSBA Freeride World Cup and Motosurf Western Championship. The event will be held at Tierra Del Mar Beach located just north of Pacific City and is free to the public on this wide expanse of beach. The Blowsion Surf Slam will bring over 30 riders from around the world competing for a cash purse and points towards the IFWA World title and competing for the first ever IJSBA Freeride World Cup. Joining them will be some of the best PWC racers in the world who will display high speed turns through a grueling buoy course all while challenging the unpredictable waves. Freeriders will compete in a head to head double elimination format. A panel of professional judges will score them 50% for their wave surfing and 50% for their aerial maneuvers. The 2009 IFWA World Tour has 3 international rounds: France, the US and Brazil. The IJSBA, in its support for the IFWA, will award the winner of this round with the IJSBA World Cup. The infamous Pacific Coast surf will boost riders over 20feet in the air while performing tricks like backflips, barrel rolls and no handed landings. Spectators will also witness exciting personal watercraft racing with the IJSBA MotoSurf Invitational. The top 20 Pro, Pro Am and Amatuer wave racers in the country will battle it out in the challenging Pacific City Surf. Racers will compete in a multi-moto format of several laps through a buoy course requiring a balance of maintaining high speeds while making split second strategic maneuvers around buoys that are constantly being moved about by the pounding surf. This event will be a weekend of non-stop surf action. The Freeride Qualifying will begin on Friday September 11th. Motosurf racing will take place on Saturday and Sunday Sept 12th and 13th. The main events will take place Saturday and Sunday from 8am-4pm. More info at http://blowsionsurfslam.com/competitors/
