Sunday 29th of June 2025
DAY 3 at MASH
In short: It was a MASH Sunday made to measure, full of excitement and fun! Another 36,000 fans flocked to the Olympic Park today - so Munich's biggest action sports festival was able to welcome over 81,000 visitors in the end. The programme on the third MASH day included three top-class finals and, of course, the MASH Fest with lots of activities to watch and take part in.
It was a furious final that the skateboarders showed on Sunday: the fans didn't have to wait long for first-class skating, as the six athletes delivered in the very first run. Naia Laso from Spain, second in the world rankings, not only made a statement with an outstanding first run and 86 points, but also secured the gold medal of the MASH contest with this run. Great Britain's Lola Tambling came second with 82 points, just like in 2023. Both Naia and Lola showed skateboarding at its best. Brazil's Yndiara Asp and Julia Benedetti (ESP) battled it out for second and third place, with the better outcome in favour of the Spaniard, who took third place with a score of 78 points. Yndiara Asp came fourth, while Italy's Lucrezia Zarattini and Alisa Fessl from Austria finished fifth and sixth respectively.
What a final! The BMX riders gave it their all again in the last contest run, and it remained really exciting right up to the very last trick. It was only in the third run, i.e. with his very last attempt, that Jacob Thiem from the USA snatched victory with 89.33 points, just ahead of his compatriot Nick Bruce, who scored 89.00 points. His first run didn't really go smoothly, the second was much better, but in the third Jacob put all his eggs in one basket. He shook up the set-up with a big trick combo and impressed the judges with the highest score of the day. For a long time, it looked as if Nick Bruce, who had already come second in 2024, would be at the top this time. His banger tricks gave him a good chance. But things turned out differently in the end. Croatian Marin Rantes caused another surprise. In his final run, he overtook Britain's Tom Justice, the ‘trick monster’ and last year's winner, to take bronze. Dean Florian from Remscheid put in a consistently strong performance and finished in a respectable sixth place. Sikharin Supanmart from Dresden then provided another real show-stopping moment. In his final run, he went so high and far into the air that he landed with his bike in the Olympic Lake. The audience on the lawn steps naturally celebrated the action in style. Sasha Cambon from France finished in seventh place.
In the run-up to the final, the question arose as to which of the Stuckey brothers would win this year's wakeboarding final and be celebrated as the winner by the thousands of fans lining the Olympic Lake. The answer came early on Sunday evening. In contrast to 2024, this time it was Trent who won the contest with 89 points. He was closely followed by his younger brother Gavin with a score of 87 points. But the Stuckeys' triumph was not a foregone conclusion in this highly exciting and top-class final. Britain's Joe Battleday, for example, risked everything in his final run and secured third place with a trick he had never done before and 86 points. Liam Peacock (GBR) came fourth and the young Australian Benny Heatley, who was celebrating his MASH première this year, came sixth. Max Milde, the only German in the final, made it to fifth place despite two crashes.