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A rising, young Radar skier is on fire like never before. Maintaining a winning streak since the beginning of the 2014 season, this girl has swept titles at some of the biggest tournaments, including the 2014 Jr. Masters and Jr. US Open. Additionally, not only did this superstar smash the G3 slalom record in 2013 with 1 buoy at 39 %C2%BD feet off, she also set a pending record of 2 buoys at 39 %C2%BD feet off in May of this year.
Sam Dumala's constant success in the 2014 season has developed from learning the secrets of the daunting purple loop.
"For me, running 38 was figuring out how to hold my speed and direction off of the second wake while maintaining a tight line, and building the confidence that I could run it in a tournament," Dumala said.
Despite still being in the G3 division, Dumala throws up scores comparable to those of pro women, and while she is eligible to compete against the elite skiers, Dumala plans to balance pro and junior events until she ages out of G3.
Be sure to watch for Dumala in her next tournament as she competes for the G3 slalom title at the 72th Goode National Water Ski Championships at San Marcos, Texas.
Photo by Richard Graulich
Five U.S. Team members combined to win a tournament-high nine medals in respective events at the inaugural Pan American Olympic Festival, July 17-20, in Morelos, Mexico. The U.S. Team finished with five gold medals, three silver medals and one bronze medal during the four-day competition.
The Pan American Olympic Festival was a first-year water ski and wakeboard event hosted by the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO). Events included men's and women's slalom, tricks, jumping and overall, as well as men's and women's wakeboarding.
Members of the U.S. team were: Andrew Adkison (Chipley, Fla.), men's wakeboarding; Makayla Haw (Rio Linda, Calif.), women's slalom, tricks, jumping and overall; Erika Lang (Gilbert, Ariz.), women's slalom, tricks, jumping and overall; Raimi Merritt (Orlando, Fla.), women's wakeboarding; and Nate Smith (McCordsville, Ind.), men's slalom. Lori Krueger (Martindale, Texas) served as the team leader.
Lang won gold medals in women's tricks and overall, and earned the silver medal in women's slalom; Haw won the gold medal in women's slalom, and earned silver medals in women's jumping and overall; Smith won the gold medal in men's slalom; Adkison won the gold medal in men's wakeboarding; and Merritt earned the bronze medal in women's wakeboarding.
Lang won the gold medal in women's overall, tallying 2,445.94 points after scoring 3 buoys at 35 feet off in slalom, 9,300 points in tricks, and 121 feet in jumping. Haw earned the silver medal, tallying 2,276.61 points (3 buoys at 38 feet off/3,570 points/149 feet), and Canada's Taryn Grant earned the bronze medal, scoring 2,117.20 points (3-1/2 buoys at 35 feet off/2,640 points/160 feet). In men's overall, Chile's Santiago Varas won the gold medal, scoring 2,371.02 points. Mexico's Alejandro Lamadrid (2,196.19 points) and Andres Torres (2,195.45 points) earned the silver and bronze medals, respectively.
Lang won the gold medal in women's tricks, scoring 9,300 points. Colombia's Maria Camila Linares earned the silver medal, scoring 7,160 points, and Mexico's Carolina Chapoy earned the bronze medal, scoring 4,730 points. In men's tricks, Canada's Jason McClintock won the gold medal with 10,040 points, while Mexico's Andres Torres (8,270 points) and Rodrigo Chapoy (6,500 points) earned the silver medal and bronze medal, respectively.
Smith won the gold medal in men's slalom, scoring 3 buoys at 41 feet off. Mexico's Alvaro Lamadrid earned the silver medal (4 buoys at 39-1/2 feet off), and Canada's Steven Neveu earned the bronze medal (2 buoys at 39-1/2 feet off). Haw won the gold medal in women's slalom, scoring 3 buoys at 38 feet off. Lang earned the silver medal (2 buoys at 38 feet off) and Canada's Taryn Grant earned the bronze medal (1 buoy at 38 feet off).
Chile's Santiago Varas won the gold medal in men's jumping (188 feet). Chile's Emile Ritter (175 feet) and Colombia's Santiago Correa (170 feet) earned the silver medal and bronze medal, respectively. Canada's Taryn Grant won the women's jumping gold medal (153 feet). Haw earned the silver medal (149 feet), and Mexico's Carolina Chapoy earned the bronze medal (122 feet).
For complete water ski results, click here.
Adkison won the gold medal in men's wakeboarding, scoring 84.67 points. Venezuela's Juan Vicente Mendez earned the silver medal (82.78 points) and Canada's Christian Primose earned the bronze medal (80.22 points). Merritt earned the bronze medal in women’s wakeboarding, scoring 73.11 points. Mexico's Larisa Morales won the gold medal (80.67 points), and Canada's Erika Langman earned the silver medal (74.22 points).
For complete wakeboarding results, click here.
D3 Skis just welcomed its newest member to the world pro team, none other than Adam Sedlmajer (aka Sledgehammer).
Sedlmajer, who recently rode a Goode, is now skiing D3 for all three events.
“We are both honored and excited to have Adam join our D3 Team,” Paul Crawford of D3 said. “His jump, trick and slalom knowledge will be a huge asset.”
Keep a lookout for the Sledgehammer. Decked out in world record water skis, big scores are soon expected from the Czech Republic native.
Photo by Thomas Gustafson www.thomasgustafson.com
In 2007, German brothers Matthias and Philipp Auer announced the Warp. The Auer brothers combined their love for waterskiing with their experience in aerospace and in motorsport engineering to create what may be the most groundbreaking ski of our time. Because of the ski’s high price, limited availability, minimal promotion, and obscure origins, it has remained on the fringe of the sport.
The shape of the Warp does not look radically different, but under close inspection, it is unique. Compared to most skis, the tail is slightly narrower, and the middle is slightly wider. The widest place on the ski is farther forward than most other skis. This is all accentuated by the fact that bindings are mounted farther back than other skis of the same size. You can read more about the shape here.
The Warp has the unusual combination of being extremely forgiving and extremely fast. If “fast” means that the ski gets wide and early without the skier using much physical strength or technical skill, then the Warp is one of the fastest skis on the market. Technically errors always lead to a lower score, but typical errors are less costly on the Warp than expected. Simply put, the Warp is easy to ride.
Off Side
For off side turns, the Warp will turn with weight over the skier’s back foot, but it will turn better and better as the skier adds weight to their front foot. This is not unusual among the current high end skis. What is noteworthy is that the skier can push forward harder and with less finesse without getting in trouble.
If the skier keeps their shoulders high off the water and presses forward, the Warp will maintain substantial speed and arc back to the center smoothly. If the skier allows their shoulders to lean in toward the center of the course too early, the ski will roll over and make a very sudden hard turn. Either way, the ski almost always generates more than enough angle at the off side turn.
On Side
On side turns are similar to the off side turn because the Warp does best with weight forward, but it is forgiving to imperfect weight distribution. On Side turns are basically foolproof.
Ball to Wakes
One of the secrets to skiing consistently on the Warp is not using more strength than is necessary. If pushed, the ski may create more angle and load than can be effectively handled. A calm and relaxed skier, who works just hard enough to hold angle, will be wide and early to the next ball.
Wakes to Ball
The Warp becomes increasingly stable as the skier presses forward on the ski approaching the ball. The Warp consistently gets wide and early even if the skier makes moderate errors.
Performance Summary
More than any ski ridden to date, the secret to a big score on the Warp is to do less of everything. This ski wants the skier to take angle but load the rope only as much as is necessary. For turns on both sides, this ski works best if the skier presses their front foot forward but does not push the ski to turn. The more the skier stays tall and gives the ski less input, the better the ski works.
Quirks & Notes
The design was licensed to another manufacturer between between 2010 and 2012, but now, the Auer brothers have taken the Warp back under their control.
The bulk of this review is based on a Warp with the following flex numbers 82 105 130 150 (156). I also had the opportunity to try a Warp with slightly softer flex. I found the softer ski to be not as forgiving, but when I was technically at my very best, the softer ski was even better. The softer ski requires more finesse at the off side turn but generates even more angle and speed. If I had to chose, I would take the stiffer of the two skis.
During the 7 weeks of the Warp review, I skied equal to my previous personal best a number of times on both skis and increased my personal best score by one ball on the softer ski.
Settings as tested 28.5 / 6.8230 / 2.500 / 0.814 slot / 9 degrees
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Saturday Swerve Sessions presented by Wakeye is a new series we will be doing every couple weeks throughout the Summer. We are going to kick things off with a banger of an episode showcasing K.C.'s slalom at the highest level. Saturday Swerve Sessions will not only feature our skiing but also that of students and friends. While some weeks it may show a normal set, other weeks it will be used as a coaching tool to dissect form and function in the course. One thing however will always remain the same: it will always be filmed from a Wakeye on the pylon. The Wakeye has been a vital training tool for us and it should be for you as well. To pick one up cruise on over to wakeye.com.
It has been ten years since Fedele Luzzeri and Claudio Benatti opened the gates of this lake, and since then San Gervasio has been famous for organizing high-quality events.
Following the organization of the 2007 Under21 European Championships and the 2010 Junior World Championships, the Jolly Ski School staff has decided to celebrate the 10th occurrence of the San Gervasio Trophy by organizing the 1st San Gervasio ProAm.
For amateurs, the tournament format will be the usual one. That is, three rounds of slalom, with the best round being considered for placement. However, every amateur will ski against their tournament Personal Best. This will create a 3-skier podium that will cross age and gender.
For pros, two regular RC rounds will be averaged to determine a 8-men and a 6-women final. These 14 skiers will compete for a total purse of $9000.
Keep up on social media by following the hashtag #SanGervasioProAm, follow the tournament on Twitter and Instagram and keep up with the official FB page of Jolly Ski for news.
All the important info for skiers and fans on www.sangervasioproam.com.
For more info send an email to Matteo at
info@sangervasiorproam.com
Merced, CA JULY 09, 2014; Centurion Pro Skiers Brian Detrick and Nick Parsons have moved into the Top 10 of slalom skiing’s elite. They both started the 2014 season ranked in the Top 20 in the World on the IWWF World Ranking List. Detrick is currently ranked 8th and Parsons is 10th according to International Waterski and Wakeboard Federation (IWWF). Both have had a great season competing and training behind the Centurion Carbon Pro, arguably the world’s finest three-event ski boat. Detrick’s performances have moved him up ten places on the IWWF Elite Skier List since the onset of the 2014 season. The Elite Skier List is determined solely by tournament performances.
Paul Crawford, Centurion’s Director of Three Event Skiing said, “Brian is skiing really well right now. I’ve watched Brian develop through the boys and junior’s ranks, always knowing that he had the talent and skills to make it as a top-notch professional slalom skier and he’s there now! Centurion is proud to have a quality skier like Brian using our boat to perform at such an elite level.”
For the 2014 season, Brian Detrick placed second at the Australian Open and at the prestigious Moomba Masters he took third, both scores helped him improve his Elite Skier World ranking.
Nick Parsons has also earned a higher entry on the illustrious IWWF Elite Skier list, presently listed as 10th. Parsons started the season 11th on the list and his performances thus far have helped him move into the top ten with Detrick.
There are still plenty of competitions left on the 2014 calendar and it will be very exciting to see where these two men take their skiing in the world arena. Centurion’s Carbon Pro was released in 2011 as the sports’ most recent completely redesigned three-event towboat. With its revolutionary design, skiers everywhere have found their personal best behind the Carbon Pro. To date, 131 best scores recorded behind the Carbon Pro. These scores were not attainable prior to the athlete’s introduction to the Carbon Pro.
* * * *About Centurion: Centurion Boats is most recognized as producing, the Carbon Pro, the best performing three-event tournament towboat in the watersports industry. Centurion remains at the top-of-the-class in this space. In addition to world-class three-event towboats, Centurion has been a pioneer in watersports towboat technology. Centurion was the first to use v-drive power for wakeboarding and held the first World Wake Surfing Championship in 1995, an event that has grown to become the world’s largest, annual, premier wake surfing event. For more information please call or visit www.centurionboats.com
The USA Water Ski Foundation has officially launched its new website. The new dynamic, interactive website (http://www.usawaterskifoundation.org) symbolizes the new direction of the USA Water Ski Foundation (USA-WSF). It showcases the work which has been done over the past year to revitalize the Foundation and give it a renewed sense of purpose.
“The new website is an engaging tool to inform members, industry partners, businesses, community organizations and the general public about the positive impact towed water sports have on society,” says Paul Chapin, USA Water Ski Foundation President. “Through various programs ranging from grass roots to the Hall of Fame, the Foundation has always played a key role in the promotion, preservation and growth of these sports. This website helps tell the story of how the Foundation is connecting and making a difference at the local, regional, national and even international levels. We also work in strong support of our National Governing Body USA Water Ski.”
The new website will also offer its members powerful new ways to connect and communicate with each other and with the great legends in our sport, share experiences, and pass on useful information and opportunities. Our “members only" section will be live later this summer. More new features and options will be added in the coming months.
“We’re now looking forward to building on the momentum we have created over this past year and will continue to take the organization forward," says Executive Director Tracy Mattes. "We are in the process of developing new partnerships and projects that will help to promote and grow towed water sports around the globe- while also showcasing our history and celebrating our heroes."
We invite you to visit our new site! http://www.usawaterskifoundation.org
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About the USA Water Ski Foundation
Established in 1968, the USA Water Ski Foundation has been an integral part of the history and fabric of water skiing and all towed water sports in the United States. The Foundation promotes the values that come through our family oriented water sports such as:
▶ Promoting a culture of health and fitness for today’s youth
▶ Offering educational opportunities through college scholarships
▶ Helping children and families around the nation to rediscover the importance of healthy lakes,
oceans and waterways
▶ Advocating the principles of friendship, respect and fair play
▶ Demonstrating patriotism in the support of our Team USA athletes
▶ Preserving the history of these great moments for future generations
Entering a new era, through a series of innovative educational and outreach programs, the Foundation seeks to enhance lives and communities in the United States through the values of the sport of water skiing and all towed water sports. These sports have a unique power to attract, mobilize and inspire. By their very nature, they are about participation, inclusion, social integration and family. The Foundation will assist people of all ages, walks of life and ability levels in finding fitness, enjoyment and accomplishment through water skiing and all towed water sports.
The Foundation also works closely with USA Water Ski, the only national governing body recognized by the United States Olympic Committee for all towed water sports. USA Water Ski consists of nine different sports disciplines (Water Ski, Wakeboard, Show Ski, Barefoot, Kneeboard, Hydrofoil, Racing, Collegiate and Adaptive).
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