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Mar 08, 2010

Mar 03, 2010

 

 2010 Masters Water Ski & Wakeboard Tournament

The 51st Masters Water Ski & Wakeboard Tournament® will be held May 28-30, 2010. The Masters is known throughout the world as the most prestigious watersports tournament. The event began in 1959 at Callaway Gardens and is held annually during the Memorial Day weekend.

The Robin Lake site at Callaway, built specifically for the Masters, boasts an expansive pavilion with covered stadium seating, judges’ tower and media area. The action can be seen clearly from the beach and picnic areas. The immaculately maintained gardens, lakes, resort and attractions at Callaway provide a tournament venue like no other in the world.

An invitation to compete in the Masters is universally considered an honor and an acknowledgement of achievement for reaching the pinnacle in a given watersports discipline – only the world’s most elite athletes compete at the Masters! This tournament is IWWF/USA Water Ski and WWA sanctioned.

 

The 18th Junior Masters Tournament features the world’s finest junior waterskiing and wakeboarding athletes. In lieu of prize monies, junior competitors receive trophies.


Mar 03, 2010


Mar 01, 2010

The 2010 Malibu Open is scheduled to go off at Veteran’s Park in Milwaukee, WI this August.

(Milwaukee, WI) – Malibu Boats and Milwaukee County Parks have teamed up to bring the 2010 Malibu Open to Veteran’s Park in Milwaukee, WI on August 6-7. World records can expect to be broken with Malibu as the official towboat. The world’s top slalom and jump skiers will be competing for $50,000 in prize money on the smooth waters of Veteran’s Park. At this high-profile location, spectators will witness a weekend of history-making performances amidst the fun and excitement that a Malibu Boats-supported tournament is known for.

The site of Harley-Davidson’s 105th Anniversary Celebration, Veteran’s Park is home to the 2010 Malibu Open. This Milwaukee County Park has hosted numerous large events. The Harley event welcomed crowds in excess of 100,000.


Feb 28, 2010

This week's web show is tonight, Sunday February 28th. Marcus Brown is traveling to Australia tomorrow for the 50th Moomba Masters, so our weekly chat is a day early.

Trent Finlayson has promised to make an appearance tonight -- so expect to see him live with Marcus at 6PM Pacific, 9PM Eastern.

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Feb 24, 2010

No Ski League is complete without it's own Championship Event. USAWS Has Nationals, NCWSA Has All-Stars, INT Has Championships... and the Summer Shootout League has the Team Tournament of Champions (name under review).

What is this?

The Top Teams at the end of the Summer Shootout Will be Invited to Participate in a Team Championship Tournament. The Team Tournament is tentatively set for the weekend of September 24, 2010 at the H2Osmosis Training Center in Charleston, SC. Details are in the works, but it will be a multiple-round elimination tournament featuring the best 2-4 teams from the Summer Shootout.

There are already teams from New Hampshire, South Carolina, Georgia, Canada, and Utah. There's been interest from California, Oregon, Michigan, Tennesee and Minnesota... as well as the Midwest and Toronto.

The Summer Shootout League is scored by a handicapping system that awards skiers who are able to improve their scores from week to week. The league exists for you to have fun with your friends, outside the formality of USAWS-style competitions. Let's have some fun, get excited about skiing, and grow the sport in the process.

So get your Power User subscription, dial in your ski log, and create or join a team today!. The clock is ticking until the league kicks off May 31st.








Feb 22, 2010

Unless you are Bode Miller


Feb 17, 2010

There are a few things about being married to an entomologist that I did not expect. Turns out that entomologists work with vineyards and Gallagher works will some high end wine makers on the Central Coast of California as well as Napa and Sonoma.  Last night I found myself in a restaurant with only 5 tables, eating Foie Gras, Colorado Lamb, Oysters, Sand Dabs on Cauliflower Puree and all the high dollar wine I could drink. I will never understand why the bed was 5 feet off the floor but I managed to not fall off.

If you are ever in Paso Robles, California, I can not recommend Justin Winery enough http://www.justinwine.com/.  If you can visit as the vineyard manager’s personal guest, I highly recommend it.


Feb 14, 2010

This very sad news was forwarded to me by Robby Trimble

Travis Bucchli, Dave and Bobbie's son passed away today, loosing a year long battle with Leukemia.  Most everyone knows the Bucchli family they have been such a driving force in the building of Arizona tournament waterskiing.  Travis was a competitive waterskier off and on since childhood, had returned to Bucchli Lake and was back into skiing with Dave, not long before he was diagnosed.  Just wanted to give the waterski community an opportunity to take a minute and say a prayer for the Bucchlis at this time of great sadness.


Feb 14, 2010

 From CaringBridge http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/kyleeade/journal  5pm 14th February

Kyle returned to NZ on February 5th to see his family, coach around NZ and prepare and train for the 50th Moomba Masters in March.

On Thursday 11th February, after a day of coaching in the South Island, he took a jump set but had a mild out the back crash on his first ¾ cut.

He landed on the back of his neck and immediately lost almost all feeling and sensation to his arms and legs.

With great assistance from Scott McFadden and Kirsty Spittlehouse, he was stabilized in the water and the medics were called.

He was airlifted to Christchurch Hospital where he was given a series of X rays, CT scans and MRIs.

The tests showed fractures to his C4 and C5 vertebrae. On the positive side the test showed the spinal cord was still intact although there was extensive bruising and swelling around C4 and C5 level.


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