I sent a note to Brooks about this tournament, let me paraphrase...when waterskiing looks to the future, they should look to this tournament. The adults came to play, but the first concern was the nurturing of the young kids interest.
One of the most touching parts of the tournament was an older gentleman was passing out memorial shirts to remember his friends Alan and Tom...that he had made himself.
The morning fog delayed things a bit, and a decision was made to start 3rd round at your last completed pass. It seemed everyone tried to step on the gas to get everyone in. It was an absolutely superb crew that put this on.
Chris mentioned Alan would have been the first to welcome us, and I can tell you there was no shortage of people taking up that cause. Other than a couple INT tournaments a bunch of years ago, this was my first. My wife and son had never done one. Again, they people couldn't have been more friendly or helpful. My daughter who JUST got into waterskiing about a month ago made friends with some of the 'older girls' and she said SHE wants to compete next year.
Now, I may not have won a trophy like my son did:
But I think I still had a nice haul:
I enjoyed it so much...I almost didn't want to say anything...I want to make sure there is room for us next year :)
I just need to make sure I can get the wife and kids some course time before then!