Jett Lambert won the Open Men Wake Skim world title at the 2026 IWWF World Wakesurf Championships, delivering an 83.75-point final run at Xiang Lake in Hangzhou.
A lead built, then defended
The field began with 16 skiers in the qualifying round. Lambert qualified with 80.00 points, just above Tyler Stewart's 79.75, and then posted the event's top semi-final score of 90.00.
Stewart followed on 83.33, while Olivier Scokaert reached the final on 65.00. The gap to his nearest rival stood at 6.67 points heading into the decisive heat.
One clean pass under the Hangzhou sun
He landed 83.75, and the margin told the story.
Stewart slipped to 70.83, a fall of 12.50 points from his semi-final mark. Scokaert was the only podium finisher to improve, rising to 66.67, yet the gap to Lambert still stretched to 17.08 points. Yang Shu-Kai of Chinese Taipei took fourth with 62.08, ahead of Switzerland's Michael Kunz at 56.67.
A record already being written
The title sits alongside Lambert's Skim men's gold at the 2025 World Games, where he was the youngest male athlete in the wake sports field.
Team USA defended its overall team title with eight of the 18 world crowns and 15 medals, from more than 120 athletes across 20 nations. The Open divisions competed for a share of a US$30,000 prize purse.
