Well, at my first tournament I found myself a little out of my league. The tournament was billed as a L and C tournament - but I ended up being the only C skier. No pressure! Some of my fellow competitors on Saturday: Freddy Winter 1.5 at 43off, Jonathan Travers, Adam Sedlmajer, Paige Rini, Sam Dumala, and 19 other skiers that ran 35 off or better. It was fun meeting and watching them. The downside is that I was last to go so my nerves were out of control. Plus several of my ski buds came to watch. We had rain all day off and on due to the Cristobal storm out in the Gulf. Finally, I am in the water. It’s 1 pm and I’ve been waiting since 8 am. I am going out at 22off - I’ve run it countless times in practice. I get a good gate, ball 1, ball 2, ball 3, ball 4 - and I think I am done till I see the gate way, way in front of me. Very disappointing to say the least. Five hours later it’s finally time for my second run. Now it’s 6 pm and we are under a tornado warning in the Orlando area. I was in and out of my ski 3 times due to rain and wind delays. Rain turned to a drizzle and I agreed to go ahead and ski. I am the last skier of the day and at this point I just want it over. Everyone on the dock reminds me there are 6 buoys (ha ha, I deserved that!). Off I go with a cross wind. I run a good 22 off, a half decent 28 off, and ended up with a score 2 at 32off - not bad considering I just ran my first 32 off three weeks ago. Drew and crew run a first-class tournament with a beautiful site. Looking forward to another tournament next weekend. This one is a class C and here’s hoping the weather is better.
62A295E8-F24C-410D-85B5-0669400BCE9D.JPG The wave of relief to my GF and ski buds