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@NikolG 100%

Thanks @ToddLfor making the results convenient to find.👍

That was a good article and the whole thread is good to re-read. Lot's of good points brought up in it. BTW, that 1972 video is awesome. One of my favorites.

Back in 87 or 89 prior to the World Championships, ESPN aired the US Team Trials tournament from a site called Wet Set Village in California. I remember being inspired by seeing many age-group competitors in addition to the Open Division skiers. It was a cool tournament to watch. Fast forward to today, why wouldn't USA Waterski select Blaze Grubbs to be on the Pan-Am team? Or, if he was unavailable due to Collegiate Nationals, send a 3-eventer who wasn't involved in Collegiate Nationals. It makes it clear that there isn't many high level 3-event skiers in the US. Not like a few decades ago...

Alabama's men's jump team is an amazing collection of jumping talent. Congrats to Will Roberts with the 193' for the win.

Jeff, this is a dream. Somebody will be a very happy 2nd owner.

I just got home and got the broadcast going. I see there's already 5 jumpers over 170 and a few in the 180s, fantastic! @Horton your Warhawks really aren't that far off of the pace...several slalom scores at 38 off, early rotation jumps at 160, etc It looks like Zane Nicholson has them moving in the right direction again. It's great for college skiing when ULM is skiing strong. Anyways, I'm ready to see some big jumps!

@Horton @ToddL where are you getting the team scoring data from and is the entire scorebook posted? Waterski Results doesn't always seem to display all the scores...

I've been looking at some of the skiers equipment. For the most part, they're all on current or recent slaloms. Trick skis are of various ages. But most of the beginning jumpers are on jump skis that are 30+ years old! Crazy!

Congratulations to Aaron Davies for taking the D1 Men's Slalom victory with an impressive 1 @ 41 off. I've had the chance to meet him at Bennett's. He's a hard worker and a nice guy...a deserving champion. The webcast is pretty cool to watch while it alternates the action between the jump lake and slalom lake too. ULL looks to be unbeatable to me at this point.

Those 2 Pineapples held up together look like a pair of 80s jumpers because of the size and the square tips. 😂 It's good to hear that Nick has a current design that might be a big hit. Slalom ski design is such an art, I like seeing skis that are really outside the box.

Zack Worden 194'

@Horton you know jumping at Bennett's will be off the hook! I'm looking at Will Roberts to put one wayyyy out there but honestly, there could be 10 guys at 170+. I think 195' is going to happen. 200' would be awesome! Zack Worden went like 195' at Bennett's about 10 or 15 yrs ago for the then collegiate record. His cut was so late it looked suicidal.

Looks like Pato Font set a new collegiate trick record 7260! One thing that's great about collegiate skiing is that a world record holder and a beginner can both be competitors in the same tournament. I think that's cool and a great opportunity for skiers to learn and be inspired!

@Horton I read that article and it referenced a couple of guys last named Horton. Older brothers?

@Horton JD was amazing to watch. Perfectly balanced on his skis. His s-turn at 32 mph was crazy to watch...starting well ahead of the bow, sinking to his knees and sling shoting into the ramp. But, while JD was mostly smiling, Swanson had that death stare.

@Horton 118' for me that day. Early all 3 jumps. Took a lot of beers to overcome that! 146' on the 5' @ 32 mph was a really good jump on the short skis! Man, those were the good days!

Swanson was a beast. I was the 5th round jumper for my team at Collegiate Nationals in 1990 in Monroe. I was sandwiched between JD Wiswall and Swanson in the skiing order. Swanson was frickin' intense, pacing around and whatnot. I think he was both pumping himself up and trying to intimidate Wiswall at the same time. All I know is he made me anxious as sh!t and my jumping sucked that day 😂

Aarne Clow

@Horton that young Italian skier had a 6+ meter PB at the Worlds, which is definitely a crazy improvement! It's amazing that the WR is 20 ft further than a typical "good" jump by Freddy or Ryan. Jumping is a different animal now compared to the 80s/early 90s. The biggest improvement i ever made was 6' and that felt hugely further. But I was only jumping 140s a long, long time ago.

This must be some weird rule but Smith and the bottom scoring women all scored exact 1 meter (3 ft) in jump; which is impossibility short. Did they not go over the ramp and were awarded a cursory score?

Smith might have a hard time making a collegiate B team in tricks. 😂

@Horton you invented the mikro-just product but don't receive compensation? That's a bummer.

Here's the first 240' jump. Jaret Llewellyn, Dodd's countryman. Looks like '08. What's cool is that his son Dorian is now an awesome jumper, trickery and 3-eventer like his dad.

@Horton yeah, you are right. Freddy went 250' behind a Mastercraft at (I think) the Isles at Lake Hancock in Wintergarden, FL 9 years ago and Ryan's 254' was at his home site pulled by a Nautique. Both jumps are incredible to watch. 230' looks special. These jumps look unreal.