As much as I love taking pictures, this year the odds were against me. I was at work on the first two days of the regionals, leaving the camera off the water for the beginning of the action. I was late to the action on Saturday, as I volunteered to fix the starting dock that [...]
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For the second year in a row, the Eastern Regionals are being held nearly in my back yard, here in Penfield NY. And for the second year in a row, most people in the Rochester area won’t even know about it. While the sport of tournament waterskiing has never been a large spectator event, I [...]
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This weekend there is a Pro-Am tournament at Diablo Shores in Northern California. There is a legends division added that will include Kris LaPoint, Bob LaPoint, Lucky Lowe and Andy Mapple. The first 3 guys were “gods” in the 80′s, with Andy being the young gun carrying his massive domination through the 90′s and into [...]
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I couldn’t make it out to the tournament in upstate NY this past weekend, so I bribed Jim Dibella to bring a camera and snap a few shots. It turned out to be a wet half of the day, making skiing a frigid experience for everybody involved. We even saw Rob break out the dry [...]
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I took a small road trip this weekend, along with my wife, to go and see the site that Darrell and Crystal DeBay built, near Friendship NY. It was actually a sanctioned event weekend, marking the 18th time they have hosted the Buoy Bash at their lake. The event, the atmosphere and the location itself [...]
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I know all of you have been dying to know, you can cut the tension with a knife. Its a cell phone holder, Steve wins the cigar. Below is a picture from the manufacturer’s website.
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Videos of the finals in tricks, jump and slalom from Calgary, CA. Very cool, take a look. Men’s Slalom Women’s Slalom Men’s Jump Coverage Women’s Jump Coverage http://waterskiworlds.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=208&Itemid=32
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Huge thanks to Jim for sending over the link to the Big Dawg webcast from last week. While the video production is a little “raw”, it gives us a glimpse at the sweet 16 for the Big Dawg series final. Hopefully we will try to find these webcasts BEFORE they are over, so we can [...]
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It was really difficult being up here in upstate NY waiting for trickling news to reach us regarding nationals. The results are up now, but we were completely spoiled by being able to witness the regionals tournament in our own backyard. While we can’t be at all of the tournaments…yet…we do get some pictures and [...]
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Nearly 800 skiers competed this year. I can’t imagine the level of organization required to run something like that. Our local representation made a pretty good showing, Steve Cole came in 22nd in Men 3. Crystal DeBey had some trouble, which is too bad because she is capable of winning her division when she is [...]
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