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Enrique Iglesias: A Bet is a Bet!

Phil Buehler — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:34:15 +0000

Enrique Iglesias plans to make good on this one people! Check it out at MSNBC! http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/38257902/ns/today-toyota_concert_series_on_today/

Enrique Iglesias to Ski Naked?

Phil Buehler — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:03:51 +0000

As a crossover story, this one is pretty good. Any time you can bring naked, singing heartthrobs and soccer into the tiny world of waterskiing, it’s a win-win situation.

If you have not heard already, stuff.co.nz has broken the story that Enrique Iglesias has promised – or threatened, depending on how you look at it – to ski naked in Biscayne Bay if Spain wins the world cup. Now, as any soccer fan knows, there is a good chance that Spain could win the world cup, so there is a good chance Mr. Iglesias will have to put his money where his mouth is, and he’s got a lot of money. I guess we should all be happy that it was not his dad, Julio that made the promise. Either way, someone is going to be sore.

Winter Water Skiing and Ice Breaking

Stephen Burke — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:27:06 +0000

I am convinced that I need to drive up to see these guys whenever I complain that nobody is skiing.

Hibernation Killed my Website

Stephen Burke — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:06:48 +0000

Hibernation away from Waterskiing in Upstate NY is a painful thing. While the entire planet has not stopped skiing on a regular basis, it is sometimes easier to push the concept of your favorite past time as far away as possible, knowing you won’t see it for a long cold winter.

Regardless, I apologize. There is no excuse for the site going quiet, except that I have been the only one adding content. The answer to the big question is YES, this site will be active again.

The Forums
That area needs to die, and become an actual forum. The built in plugin for WordPress filled the site with so many bogus logins and spam services, that I spent a good couple days cleaning out the mess. It should, and will remain a separate entity, so that it does not impact the usability of this site.

Hydrofoil Record (826 Flips/hr)

Stephen Burke — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:38:43 +0000

I have a good friend who has transitioned his time away from the slalom ski over to the hydrofoil. While I constantly refer to the sport as the retirement option for skiers, calling it a rocking chair instead of an air chair, there are people out there set to prove me wrong regarding it’s position in the sport.

This week we saw the record being broken for the most consecutive flips in a one hour span on a hydrofoil. I am not sure I can quite comprehend what it means to flip 826 times in one hour, but Geno Yauchler has set a new record, shattering the record set only in 2008 by Greg Gill who had 529 flips.

While I do want to point out that the fact that anybody could physically do that within an hour, obviously makes it less demanding on the body than slalom skiing, it was a damn impressive display of which I get dizzy thinking about.

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World Championships – Womens prelim results

Phil Buehler — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:54:43 +0000

Of the 50 women from around the world skiing, only the top 12 go to the finals this weekend and the competition was FIERCE! When the dust had settled, Canada’s own Whitney McClintock had taken the pole position with a score of 2 bouys at 10.75m (39.5off). That was not the exciting part, after all of the scores were in there was a 7 way tie for 7th place! If you do the math, only 6 can move on to the finals. 7 girls had skied 3bouys at 11.25m (38off) and had to go back out for another set. See all results at http://waterski.online.fr/competition.php?cc=T-09IWSF02&page=TimeTable

	Bib	Name	Country	Categ.	Preliminary	Overall	Team
1	(3)	Mcclintock Whitney	CAN	Ope F	2,00/55/10.75	1000,00	1000,00
2	(7)	Wagner Breanne	CAN	Ope F	1,00/55/10.75		973,68
3	(55)	Amade Anais	FRA	Ope F	4,00/55/11.25	894,74	894,74
3	(38)	Jaquess Regina	USA	Ope F	4,00/55/11.25	894,74	894,74
3	(64)	Nowlan Karina	AUS	Ope F	4,00/55/11.25		894,74
6	(176)	Knutson Jill	*USA	Ope F	3,50/55/11.25
7	(180)	Hamrick Halt Nathalie	*USA	Ope F	3,00/55/11.25 (Tie break: 3,50/55/11.25)
7	(141)	Welter Claire Lise	*FRA	Ope F	3,00/55/11.25 (Tie break: 3,50/55/11.25)
9	(179)	Barton Bischoff Rhoni	USA	Ope F	3,00/55/11.25 (Tie break: 3,00/55/11.25)	868,42	868,42
9	(158)	Edebäck Hanna	SWE	Ope F	3,00/55/11.25 (Tie break: 3,00/55/11.25)		868,42
9	(133)	Lucine Clementine	FRA	Ope F	3,00/55/11.25 (Tie break: 3,00/55/11.25)	868,42	868,42
12	(119)	Truelove Karen	*USA	Ope F	3,00/55/11.25 (Tie break: 2,00/55/11.25)

Waterski World Championships

Phil Buehler — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:53:17 +0000

The World Championships got underway in Calgary, Canada yesterday. They will run through this Sunday. Check the website below for schedules, startlists and live results.

http://waterski.online.fr/competition.php?cc=T-09IWSF02

Thanks Steve!

Phil Buehler — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:31:53 +0000

Now that the 4+ days of the Eastern Regionals has drawn to a close with some amazing skiing recorded, we need to give a hand and a bow to the mastermind behind it all. Steve was at the tournament every day, first pull to last in most cases. He brought us streaming video and multiple updates every day. There are probably over 100 photos on this website related to the regionals. I spent a total of 4 hours at the tournament, but thanks to Steve, I feel like I was there all 4 days. There are Pro Tour stops with less coverage.

I know what Steve was/is trying to do; shed more light on the sport of waterskiing, especially locally. Make people aware of the skiing community, competitive and recreational, and making it more accessible. Accessibility starts with awareness and that is exactly what this website is designed to do and Steve is making it happen.

Broadcast Attempts

Stephen Burke — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:25:06 +0000

With a late start to the morning, and a long night not working on water ski updates, I think I finally have the video stream running online for the regionals. The view is looking at ball 3 going North, and catches the podium to cover the awards. I am not sure how good the audio is on there, just yet, but it will give you a glimpse as to what is happening here.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/waterski-tournament-coverage

Skier Album – Mike Knittle

Stephen Burke — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:46:24 +0000

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