In the last day of the Mastercraft Pro Wakeboard Tour held at the Sparks Marina, competitors in the men’s, women’s and junior men’s divisions competed Sunday for the top spot on the tour stop.

In front of a large crowd that lined the Sparks Marina’s shores, top competitors Harley Clifford from Australia, Aaron Rathy from Canada and Phillip Soven from the United States battled for the top men’s spot among 20 competitors in the mid-morning semifinal rounds, which narrowed the field down to four riders to compete in the men’s finals.

Clifford and Soven joined Danny Harf and Rusty Malinoski for the men’s finals. Although Soven took first place at the Sparks Marina, he also won the Rockstar best trick competition with a Backside 720 off of a kicker, or ramp.

Soven scored 93 points Sunday. Malinoski from Canada took second place with 85.5 points and Clifford scored 84 points to come in third.

Although Clifford did not win big at the Sparks Marina, his point total puts him in the lead going into the final competition of the season. Clifford has a point total of 450 from the five-stop Pro Wakeboard Tour season, Rathy finished in second place with 440 points and Soven placed third with 415 points.

The junior men’s finals found a winner with Soven’s brother Bob winning at the marina to secure a five-stop winning streak in the tour. Bob scored a 92.25, Mitch Langfield from Australia took second place with 86 points and Daniel Powers from the United States took third with 82 points.

The women hit the dock at about 2:30 p.m. with only six competitors in the final round. The women performed high-flying spins, flips and tricks to narrow down the field. After Saturday’s semifinal competition, top scorers Nicola Butler from England, Amber Wing from Australia and Dallas Friday from the United States battled it out with three other competitors for the top title at the Sparks Marina.

Friday felt good after Saturday’s competition and was confident about her run on Sunday.

“I’ve just had a string of bad luck in Reno,” Friday said in a press release on Saturday. “I’ll get hurt or the wind will pick up right before I ride. Something weird always happens. But (Saturday) went really well; I just felt dialed in and was happy with the way I rode. I’m stoked for finals.”

Friday ended up winning at the Sparks Marina, but by a close margin. Friday scored 92 points in the women’s finals, beating out Butler who scored 90.5. Wing placed third with 76.25 points.

The Sparks Marina was the fifth stop on the Pro Wakeboarding Tour, which kicked off on May 29 in Fort Worth, Texas. The second stop took the wakeboarders to Pleasant Prairie, Wisc., the third stop was in Knoxville, Tenn. and the fourth stop was in Louisville, Ky.

The next stop for the riders on the tour will be Orlando, Fla. to compete for the title of King of Wake and Queen of Wake from Aug. 27 to 30 at the Rockstar WWA Wakeboard World Championships.

The Pro Wakeboard Tour at the Sparks Marina was estimated to bring out more than 10,000 fans over the three days of competition. People who came out to enjoy the competition and the mild August weather could also look at a plethora of wakeboards, boats, tow ropes and even snag their favor riders autographs at multiple vendor booths including CWB Boards, Hyperlight Boards and Proline tow ropes.

At Sunday’s event the crowd was diverse with children, teens and families in attendance.

Raffi Attashian brought his wife and two sons to the marina to watch the day’s events.

“We have a boat,” Attashian said, adding that his family likes to go to Frenchman’s Lake about one hour north of Reno. “We love summer and wakeboarding.”

Attashian said that his sons, Parker, 6, and Harrison, 4, are already learning to wakeboard.

“We just bought them their own (wakeboard) this year,” Attashian said, adding that the boys have been good about getting behind the boat and trying their best.

“Anything we can do together as a family and have fun is a positive thing,” Attashian said.

AJ Kossol, 17, attended Sunday’s competition with a group of friends. Kossol said he came out to watch the professional wakeboarders ride and that he has been riding for nine years himself.

“I do competitions and stuff,” Kossol said. “I’ve done ones around here, in Bakersfield, (Calif.) and in Louisiana.”

While Kossol and his friends enjoyed the tricks and spectacular flips of the professionals, Kossol’s friend Zack Thompson said that he was impressed with the level of skill some riders were displaying.

“If you aren’t here, you made the wrong decision,” Thompson said. “You should have come out.”

For people who could not make it to Sunday’s wakeboarding finals at the Sparks Marina, the competition will be aired on Fuel TV and is scheduled to air on Oct. 12 at 8 p.m. Fuel TV is channel 410 for Charter Cable customers.

For more information, including results from each tour stop as well as rider interviews, visit kingof-wake.com.