Looking for tournaments? Check out our newly updated Event Calendar for dates of upcoming tournaments and links to more info. We're going to keep the calendar updated with major events, but feel free to pitch in your own local tournaments that we might not have heard about yet.
The "Day in the Life of Skiing" photo collection is back! This July 28, you can snap ski photos and post them to our special photo gallery. We'll sort through everything and print a selection of favorites in an upcoming issue of WaterSki.
Many of you were a big help with this last year, and it made for a very popular feature in our June '07 issue and this online gallery. That had us psyched to do it again -- bigger and better.
Sounds like an incredible weekend of skiing took place this weekend in Lacanau, France at the Malibu Open. Jamie Beauchesne set a pending world record, skiing 2 @ 43 off and Natalie Hamrick made quite a come back, winning the women's event with 2.5 at 39.5. Congrats to both! Check out the latest here, but stay tuned for a first-hand account from Todd Ristorcelli who was at the tournament.
WaterSki's fearless leader Todd Ristorcelli is in Lacanau, France this weekend for the Malibu Open. He's there both as a journalist and competitor, with traveling companions like photographer Bill Doster and pro skier Nick Parsons. When I last spoke to him, he was with Nick who'd just been pulled over for speeding. Poor Nick is having a rough couple of weeks, first this crash at the Pro Slalom Shootout and now a speeding ticket!
Talked to Freddy Krueger earlier this week about his recent victory at Beaver Lake. The man is on fire this year, with almost a perfect record. The really amazing thing is he's not just winning, he's blowing away the competition with huge distances. At Beaver Lake he jumped 238 and second place was 216. But according to Freddy he's not doing anything different, just going big every time. He said:
Take a look at the photos from the 2007 Ultimate Fantasy Camp posted in our Photo Galleries Section. Thanks to Fantasy Camper Lynn Pitts for posting the pictures she had from her own personal camera. They look really great Lynn!
Click below to watch the Fantasy Camp video blog, filmed with the very cool new waterproof Sanyo Xacti E1 camcorder. Yes, that's Andy Mapple at the end with camper Imanol!
