Mint Lake Open
07/30/08, 10:40
Thinking maybe I should start doing tournament recaps after they happen, so I can look back at the performances at the end of the year. Anyhow, here’s my first crack at one.
I’ve skied at Mint a few times, but only at the Emerald Valley’s Northwest Championships tournament. This was the first one where our club wasn’t as required to do the work. I still helped out with scoring and judging, it helps to practice at a variety of locations, learn the quirks of the computers and whatnot.
22nd ANNUAL MINT LAKE OPEN
TourID: 08W133C
Yacolt, WA
7/12/2008 to 7/13/2008
Slalom Rd 1: 4 @ 58k, 23m
Tricks: 810 pts (personal best!)
Jump: 64 ft (personal best!)
Slalom Rd 2: 2H @ 58k, 16m (personal best!)
I also took some photos from the site (click image above for gallery):
Creative B&W Photography
01/24/08, 8:41
Since I’ve taken to the hobby of photography, I thought I might take another photography class (the last one I took was in 2002). I also thought I might start posting the photos here on my blog. To liven things up a bit, I’ll post some highlights of one roll of film at a time.
Click the larger image to the right to see the album, or the square thumbnails to see a larger version of that photograph.
This first roll was taken at “the pond” where we waterski here in Eugene.
New Toy!
07/13/07, 8:23
Back at the EVO tourny, I was offered an exciting deal on a trick ski. I finally got the holes patched and the rear toe strap mounted LFF yesterday.
What with my truck and bike being out of commission, I haven’t skied since the 4th. Hopefully this weekend I’ll get a chance…
1Summer tournaments— Sabrina and EVO
07/02/07, 11:18
June 16, Sabrina Lake hosted the first Sabrina Head-to-Head competition. In the first round, I ran into trouble going around 4-ball, and only managed to make it around 5. Round 2, I ran my opener, and proceded to score 4 at 34mph. 64pts.
June 30-July 1, Emerald Valley hosted the Emerald Valley Open at Warman Lake in Vancouver, WA. In the first round I went out the front over the wakes after 3-ball. Only 2.5 points, boo (should have been 3, but I didn’t care to argue that). Round 2 I did better, making my opener, and rounding another 4 at 34mph. 64pts. I borrowed a trick ski for the Trick round. Managed to get both sideslides, and a back for 140pts. Fun weekend!
Waterskiing like Mad
04/23/07, 9:59
It’s mid-April, and it’s already mid-season for us collegiate skiers. I’ve got 2 tournaments under my belt, and sat this weekend out. This years Davis Opener fell on the tail-end of our Spring Break again. I scored 21st in Slalom with 2 buoys at 52k, and 25th in Trick with 80pts. After this event, we were able to start practicing regularly behind Chris’s boat. At the Chico Luau, I got 1.5 buoys at 52k for 14th place, and not much worth talking about in Tricks. We’ve made some major recruiting progress this spring. We drew in over 70 sign-ups in our “Boat-on-Campus†promotion!
Also at the Davis Opener, I bought $15 worth of raffle tickets. Close to the end of the raffle, Marcus Brown randomly threw in a Monza. I won it, but the Monza was too small for me, so he gave me a System-8 that had never been used.
On the water, I’ve been struggling to get back into my 36mph (58kph) form. My goal for last year was to start cutting line, but with an early season clinic, and not much practice, I kind of fell apart last year. Still striving to find my rhythm on a regular basis this spring. I’ve been pretty consistent at 30mph, but I fall way behind when I reach 34. It’s way frustrating, but now that we can practice regularly, I can have a boatload of fun working on it.
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