Baller_ lpskier Posted July 17, 2016 Baller_ Share Posted July 17, 2016 Jeff Rodgers is the top seed in tomorrow's sweet 16 following a 4.5 at 41 off in the first round. Harold Hintringer is the second seed, followed by Seth Stisher who had a great two at 41, half a buoy short of his PB. Just going by memory, Mark Shaw (very smooth), Greg Bedal, Don Ashenbrenner, Kyle Tate, Kris LaPoint (coming off an injury and only skiing for a week), Jeff Kepchia, Greg Sund (who brought his young son along from Long Island for the weekend) Marco Bettosini, Tim Huston, Todd Keykendall, Clay Neill (who ran an epic 39 in the first round), and Chad Scott all ski the head-to-head tomorrow. My apologies for any errors or omissions in the report. The top 8 scores of the day are seeded 1-8, with 9-16 based on the top cumulative scores excluding those from the top eight. In the head to head, the top seed is paired with the lowest, etc. The higher seed in the pair selects who goes first and the second to ski must beat the first in each pair to move on; otherwise the first skier advances. Great driving by Chris Eller and Tommy Harrington. After spending the entire day judging, Nate Smith ran 3@43 behind Chad Scott in practice. I've seen lots of ones, and a couple twos, but I have never seen anyone turn three ball and get back to the wake at 43, practice or otherwise. Wow! Another highlight: Caroline Cooper promoted to Senior Judge in slalom. Other than about an hour rain delay while a very powerful storm blew through, it was a wonderful day of waterskiing, as is typical, at Little Mountain Ski Club. Thanks for the Neill family for hosting, chief judge Keith Lindenmuhler, TC John Brooks and Slade Cole, Safety/ announcer Bob Archambueau, Scoring John Brooks, Terry Lohr and Bud Davis, and to Jeff Gilbert for pulling the whole event together, with the assistance of many volunteers and local and out of town officials: WPB (Trish Burt) and Orlando (Jennifer Leachman-LaPoint) to the south, Indiana to the west (Nate Smith), Michigan and NY to the north. Also thanks to the sponsors and in particular Nautique. #iskiconnelly Lpskier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Razorskier1 Posted July 17, 2016 Baller Share Posted July 17, 2016 Nice! Looks like congrats to Chad Scott are in order! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Zman Posted July 18, 2016 Baller Share Posted July 18, 2016 Congrats Chad! Wow, 3 straight matchups with strong 41's to win it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller bishop8950 Posted July 18, 2016 Baller Share Posted July 18, 2016 Way to go Chad. Stepping up and putting down big scores when he needed too. Going through Badal and Rogers by getting to 3 ball when he knew he had to is sweet. Then putting big pressure on Chopper to win. Nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Chad_Scott Posted July 20, 2016 Baller Share Posted July 20, 2016 Thanks guys. It was a great tournament hosted by the crew a little mountain. This is the best I have skied in a long time. It was a lot of fun. Thanks for the mention here on BOS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 6balls Posted July 20, 2016 Baller Share Posted July 20, 2016 @Chad_Scott wicked stuff. If all it takes to win a big dawg is 3 scores into 41 in a row scheez that's tuff sledding. Great skiing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPT Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Any video of @NateSmith43 practice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ lpskier Posted July 21, 2016 Author Baller_ Share Posted July 21, 2016 Nate skied a practice round right after the last Big Dawg competitor Saturday evening. While I watched his 41 and 43, we were breaking down for the day so there is no boat video that I know about. The gate and end course video may or may not have been running but they wouldn't show much of interest. I don't know who was in the boat and whether they were running a phone camera but I didn't hear anything about that at dinner or the next day. #iskiconnelly Lpskier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPT Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Thanks for the reply #Ipskier bet it was something to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ lpskier Posted July 22, 2016 Author Baller_ Share Posted July 22, 2016 @Rico. Probably not, but it was the first time I saw it happen! #iskiconnelly Lpskier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MrJones Posted July 22, 2016 Baller Share Posted July 22, 2016 Congrats to Chad. Great to see you ski that well man! Also. Pretty cool to hear of Nate getting a full 3@43. Will be cool to see that go down. It also brings something to mind that maybe Kris LaPoint said back in the day when it was thought it would be impossible to run 41. "If you can get to 3 ball, it can be run". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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