Non-stop action...

From the Cy-Hawk Alumni tournament.


Clint Anderson, ISU alum


Tom Stelzer, current UI skier.
Tom, you are supposed to stomp your skis BEFORE hitting the ramp


Leah Timmerman, UI alum


Maggie Tierney, ISU

I don't know which team won, The scores have not yet been posted on awsamidwest.com


Unfortunately, the lights for for the ski show later that night, there was no night jump.


Check out the lenses in my sunglasses. You can see the back of the boat and the wake in one lens, and Brian taking the picture in the other. Nice shot Brian.

One last thing: Notice the slack rope in the air. That came courtesy of a 15 mph slack tailwind. I was glad I had to leave early on Saturday. I did not want to jump in those conditions.

My new...

secret weapon.

"Part the last"...

Of my lame Regionals coverage. The pictures tell the whole story of the trip home.

"part the fourth..."

of my lame regionals coverage.
Jump.

It had everything:

The Good:

Brian Ansel's winning jump, 165 feet. Sweet.

The Bad:

My last jump. When My right ski went below parallel to the water, I stopped giving a shit about riding the jump away.

The Ugly:

Leah. One second longer, and she would have face planted the ramp.

This Picture should explain the mishap above.

LEAH, DO NOT JUMP WITH A BROKEN FIN (or even the suspicion of a broken fin)


Pat Cook finished his Men 2 career with a 135 foot jump in conditions that wer more conducive to tubinbg and beer-drinking. Not bad, Pat.


Thanks again to "Flyin'" Brian Reed for the videography.

He passed this one, but posted a 130 ft. jump for a place on the podium.

Next: The Trek Home
or
NOT AGAIN!

"part the third"

of my limited '08 Midwest Regionals coverage.

Camerawork courtesy of "Flyin'" Brian Reed.

Pat Cook:

He was most woried about his Wake 0

Brian Ansel's 2-ski pass:

Gotta love the two-ski stepovers.

My toe pass. I placed highest out of our carpool, But as a percentage of tricks attempted/tricks scored, Pat & Brian both tricked better than I did.

I dropped my Toe 0 after a few falls the week before in practice. After tanking my opener in slalom, I wanted to be sure I did not have a first-trick fall on the next day. Adding to the triumph, I had to repeat my Reverse Toe Back after sidesliding the first try.

"part the second"...

of 08 regionals.
Nothing to complain about the site



Here is a miracle shot. someone actually got a pic of me slaloming. It's a miracle shot because after missing the handle around 2, I was not on the water for very long.

So much for a decent overal performance.

Brian was better that day. He got into 32 off


By the way, it was hot that weekend.


Next, tricks.

"part the first"...

of 2008 Midwest regionals. It began well enough, as I loaded my sleep-deprived ass, as well as a shit ton of equipment, clothes, and water jugs, into Brian's 2000 Chevy Astro. After a stop in Cedar Rapids to pick up Pat (and his three event's worth of equipment, the aforementioned stop in Coralville for me and my stuff, and another stop in DSM to pick up Brian (and his three event's worth of stuff we had a full load.




And now for a couple of gratuitous Welcome to [state x] shots.



Here's your enlarged Welcome to Kansas shot.