WATCH THE 60th MASTERS LIVE!

[Horton]

 

Pine Mountain, GA (May 22, 2019) – Waterski and wakeboard fans worldwide will have the opportunity to watch all of the action from the 60th Nautique Masters Water Ski & Wakeboard Tournament® presented by GM Marine Engine Technology LIVE via www.masterswaterski.com. Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia, will play host to the most prestigious event in all of watersports with coverage beginning Friday morning at 8:00am EDT and running throughout the entire weekend.

 

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[APB]

Surprised to see Nate still on the list. Sad day for waterskiing and sports if he hits the water. Hopefully we see everyone move up in the seeding and JT get a spot.

[Drago]

Isn’t he in anyway? 5th on ranking list. ( or am i missing something?

 

[whitem71]

Not according to the Masters official website:

 

 

[Jaypro]

Freddie for the win....

 

[Horton]

@Drago that is the regular list not the elite list. Don't get me started on how I think the elite list is ridiculous.

[Killer]

@Drago they take the top 7 from 2018 final Elite ranking list for Masters, JT is 8th on that list, so should be in, but only if Nate is out...

 

http://www.iwsfranking.com/2018/2018MSEliteRankingDB.html

 

http://masterswaterski.com/2018-pro-masters-criteria-three-event-waterski/

 

Are the Masters is trying to pull strings to get the golden boy skiing on Robin Lake? ;)

[disland]

@killer demanding due process is not pulling strings

[UWSkier]

Nate is skiing?

 

Edited in light of updated info below.

[Horton]

I do not see how he will compete unless SafeSport drops the suspension or the event is not sanctioned by AWSA / USAWS / IWSF. Seems unlikely that it will be an unsanctioned event & as of today he is still listed as suspended.

 

The fact that he is still on the list is likely the result of some backroom posturing or politics. Likely we will never know the actual reason.

[Drago]

Ugh, im familiar with the Elite list. It had a different name in my day, but basically its the athletes that can afford to fly all over the world. It has some justification in that it prevents someone from putting up giant scores skiing in their backyard , say in New Jersey or Utah or wherever.

If i were a gambling man, I wouldn't put money on Nate skiing.

[Horton]

Apparently people on site have seen running orders and Nate is not on it.

 

( from a reliable source but I haven't seen it with my own eyes )

[Drago]

Lemme just check my handy USWaterSki App for running orders....uh , never mind

[Cooper_Trelawney]

So did they do the right thing and next man up for Jon Travers?

[E_T]

Maybe @JeffSurdej could get the right line up for us.

[gmut]

To be honest with all of you, in my opinion, Nate Smith should be skiing at the Masters! To the best of my knowledge he has not been found guilty of doing anything wrong. Actually if he is not allowed to ski it is " the result of some backroom posturing or politics".

[The_MS]

Can’t wait for the annual Masters judging controversy

[E_T]

@MS at least Nate won’t be there to zero the gates

[DaveD]

Just turned the webcast on. They are doing an awesome job. If they can keep this up, it should be a great weekend of watching the Masters.

[DavidN]

Oh well, Dano again... :(

[dvskier]

He’s like a carnival barker. A bit too enthusiastic.

[richfoster]

I think he does a good job. A lot better than someone who's boring or doesn't know what's going on.

[Horton]

meh.

[ballsohard]

I knew that it was Dano the second that I heard a commentator talking about Nautique backpacks.

[Horton]

 

[APB]

im not super into the wwf wrestling style announcing but i do give him credit for being dedicated to his craft. ive listened to a few of his podcasts..... just fastforward 10 min to get past the plugs.

[The_MS]

Congrats to Kennedy Hanson. Overall jr woman champ

[E_T]

@APB plugs pay the bills

[APB]

true that

[TravisNW]

Will the webcast be archived on YouTube like the Swiss pro slalom?

[Kelvin]

Well, I tried to provide a link to Day 1, but it no longer works.

[TravisNW]

I really hope they don’t waste the footage. Why go through all the work and not archive it?

[UCFskier]

Edited for content!

[Kelvin]

 

Here's the link to Day 1

[LeonL]

@richfoster, "than someone who doesn't know what's going on". That my main complaint about Dano. He doesn't know what's going on. When he makes a comment about someone on their "mono ski" I just cringe. What the ....?

[DavidN]

And for me it’s something about the pitch of his voice that makes me cringe.

Plus - I think his style of announcement is better suited with the wakeboard folks.

Makes me even more appreciative about @TonyLightfoot ‘s announcements at the Swiss tournament two weeks ago!

That was so nice to watch and listen to the commentary!

[kc]

@LeonL Monoski sounds like something that might be contagious!?

[dvskier]

Actually a monoski is an alpine snow ski that has the bindings mounted ajacent to each other as opposed to tandem. More popular in Europe although I do see them occasionally in Utah and Colorado.

[klindy]

I personally don’t care for announcing tricks like it was a wakeboard event. I don’t know the difference between a half cab and a roll to revert whereas I can easily follow Tyler’s descriptions.

 

That said what I noticed most about the commentary yesterday was that between every pass or skier it was Dano reading from one of the sponsor scripts. Sometimes all the way up to the point the slalom skier was at ball 2 or 3. I’m all for supporting the sponsors and the certainly deserve the recognition but I’d much rather watch their professionally prepared commercials than any commentator reading from a script. Play them between skiers and talk about skiing or the skier during their set.

 

I realize the webcast commentators are also the announcers on site so there is a place for reading the scripts and announcing the floating bounce house is open on the end of the lake but do that live/site specific announcing during the broadcast of the commercials on the webcast.

 

Sorry for the rant but listening for a few hours in the car yesterday was all I could take of an otherwise awesome webcast! Thanks to all those who work tirelessly to pull it off and each iteration is certainly better than the last!

[Horton]

Is the webcast hitchy for everybody?

[igkya]

yes, at times unwatchable.

[bishop8950]

Web cast was smooth for me and I am watching via LTE.

 

Will looked awesome. That dude is a machine.

[DavidN]

Cuts out sometimes, but not too bad. Reloading the page solves the problem most of the times.

Great webcast so far, thanks for all involved!

[matthewbrown]

@bishop8950 I blew out a couple of disks watching Asher at 39.

[Swerve200]

For what's supposedly the most prestigious water ski event in the world, you'd think they could find a better announcer and host a webcast that doesn't continually freeze up.

[gsm_peter]

Can not watch the event from Sweden.

[JAS]

The Swiss broadcast set the bar for sure.

[gjohnson]

I had issues with freezing when the top three ladies hit the water. A bit annoying. Regardless of what you think of the announcing. The Masters does a great job streaming the event year in and year out. I’ve been watching it online since they started streaming it. It’s the best tournament of the year to watch.

[UWSkier]

Watched Men's slalom on my phone with no cut outs. Some great skiing in some rough conditions. Quite a few fins in the air.

[TravisNW]

I Love that there is coverage but I have seriously wasted time waiting for jump. It’s been 3 hours since slalom ended, there was wake boarding in there but seriously I can’t say that watching the masters live coverage from home is the best way to spend Memorial Day weekend.