Monday, August 9, 2010

Lots of skiing....


Rai skied in his first slalom waterskiing tournament on Saturday.  What a spot - right in downtown Wolfeboro, and it's a little cove specifically for use by the Abenaki Water Ski Club.   Start time was bright and early at 8 am, and boys skied first (woo hoo, love the starting spot!).  There were only two other guys in his group, and because Rai wasn't seeded, he went first - which was great for him, no pressure about what the other guys were doing.  He started at 21 mph and 15' off, and made four full runs; the crash came at the third buoy of his fifth run.  I have no idea how they score these things - speed / rope length / # of buoys - all martian to me.  Results should be available soon, so we'll see. 
Grammy, Lance and the boys got up early to lend their support!

The guy in the grey between Craig and Lance is Andrei....

The turn around was pretty tight!

Video of his third run through....