I can't come up...

with anything witty and/or profound, so I'll just start posting pictures of Iowa and Nebraska (what's the difference, they're both full of corn and livestock, Ok, Nebraska has more cattle and Iowa has more hogs, I think) skiers at Midwest regoinals.

gratuitous banquet shot



I heartily enjoyed the company, but the chicken was dry, the pasta bland, and the discussion concerning rankings v. ratings nonexistent. A few minutes of open debate would have shown at least a smidgen of deference to the region's rank and file. Maybe the Midwest region brain trust decided to steer clear of controversial topics, given that most banquet patrons were nursing their second or third cocktail when the meeting commenced.

but enough about the politics of skiing, or I will break my first ski-blog commandment: not to mix politics with waterskiing. On to skiing stuff.

It just so happens that I have two shots of each of my three jumps. This is kinda cool, especially the recovery on jump one. Jump one also has an eerie sense of deja vu.

Libby took the first shot of each jump, and Marie (Dr. Stelzer, I presume?) took the second of each

jump 1-- oh crap


luckily, I managed to pull my skis down enough to stay out of the back door.

jump 2



jump 3


solid, but I was too narrow on my counter to get everything out of that one.

Brian Ansel spanked my 132 footer with a 150 footer,


(as you can tell by the spray, he did get wide enough)

and a 165er that he could not quite ride out.

That got him 1st place in M2 jump. Nice jumping Brian. I'll try to keep up.

Speaking of nice jumping, Brett Mommer won M1 jump with 150 feet. However, he did not win the way he wanted to, as Curtis Thredkeld (sp?) went out the front.

Sorry, Brett, I have a cheap camera.


He got second overall too

he loves, no, he LIVES, to trick!




Stay tuned boys and girls, more pics and commentary from regionals to come...