Radar Day and Night Ski

November 14, 2010 at 11:29 am · Filed under Community

The weather was beautiful for the Radar Demo Day.  A big thanks to Matt Rini, Mike Ferraro, Whitney McClintock and Lou Thomas for coming out.  The crew was busy with anxious skiers trying new skis during their “winter” break. 

The docks were full and the north wind made skiing on the main and turnpike a little more challenging.  Those wanting great conditions were patiently waiting for the east west course. 

The temps cooled down for the night ski so only two skiers were willing to try Noah Velke and Lou Thomas

had a mini competion but came out a tie.   Gene Daulton, is crowned the biggest night ski fan and gets first class reservation in the boats.  We try to encourage her to ski, but she prefers watching as opposed to jumping into the night water.  She is a tough gal and one day, we will get her to partake. 

John Shealy was indicted into the grill cooking of celebrity cookers.  There is a long list of cookers including, Brad Cox, Linda Zibelli, Patrick, Larjoski (fired) and Krispy (retired).  See photos. 

 

There were compliments of the decision to buy real meat for burgers and not the Bubba Burger meat substitute.  But there was some confusion of who would actually pat the meat into burger shapes. 

Thanks to everyone for a good day and a good time. 

See more photos in our story book. 

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September Slalom Jamboree

September 22, 2010 at 4:59 pm · Filed under Community

A little cross-wind did not stop some fantastic skiing over the weekend.  This was our first experiment with a head to head double elimination tournament.  Even though at times, there was some confusion, the tournament kept rolling along at a good pace.  The weather was sunny and energy up. 

Mike Baldwin won the mens segment and he skied a total of 8 times in one day.  Many others skied almost as much between 4-7 sets in one tournament.  Even though there were only 4 women, it was still exciting because the women did not get a break.  Laurie (moi) and Brenda skied 4 rounds in a row, and I can personally say, I had more energy in the last round than the first.  Good skiing to Trish and Patricia as well. Read the rest of this entry »

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World 35+ Senior Championships

September 22, 2010 at 4:42 pm · Filed under Community

September was a busy month with many tournaments across the World.  Since I will find it difficult to write in 3rd person, I can tell you about my experience at the Senior Worlds in Milan, Italy. 

The town of Segrate, Italy near Milan hosted the 35+ Worlds and  the tournament organizers were very welcoming and proud of their water ski site.  From what I understand, it is similar to Okeeheelee because it is part of a Parks and Rec project.  The conditions were a little more difficult than our perfect conditions we ski in 365 days a year. 

The first day was raining and a balmy 69 degrees.  It was difficult coming from 95 degree temperature and entering into the rashguard and black spandex pants for warmth.  I was a little nervous because of the weather, but even more wiggy because I could not run 28 off the day before, but I managed a rodeo and squeeked out 5 at 32 off in the preliminary. 

The atmosphere at the Worlds is different than our usual tournaments we ski at every weekend.  There are usually flags flying, high pitch screaming, and a lot of hugging and encouragement no matter what country Read the rest of this entry »

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