There is more great waterskiing news from all parts of
the World! Yesterday I was dialing in to the WebCast from
the Princes Pro-Am tournament in England when I saw Nick
Parsons standing on the podium with a BIG trophy in hand!
Moments later, I received a phone call from Chad Scott,
telling me that he had just won the Bayou Big Dawg event!
And all of this comes just a week after the conclusion of
the 65th GOODE Water Ski National Championships.
More news will be coming from Linz, Austria later this
week when the World Championships get underway.
COVINGTON, LA - Hometown favorite Chad Scott won the
2007 Bayou Big Dawg on Sunday, August 26th at The
Ski Ranch. The tournament, featuring Mens 3 and Mens
4 slalom skiers (age 35 and over - competing at 34
mph) had a total cash-prize purse of $5,500 at
stake.
Scott, the 5th-seeded skier for the 16-skier
head-to- head finals, defeated 12th-seeded Chad
Baker, fourth- seeded Ward McLain and top-seeded
Scott Tynan before out-dueling sixth-seeded Jeff
Danos in the Championship round.
The 38-off pass was run 39 times during the
two-day tournament. The 39-1/2-off pass was run
seven times among five skiers at this event.
TODD KUYKENDALL WINS MENS 3 SLALOM
Todd Kuykendall, from Oklahoma, won the highly
competitive Mens 3 Slalom event on the final day of
the 65th GOODE Water Ski National Championships in
Bakersfield, CA. Todd ran 3 buoys @ 39-1/2' off .
An excited Todd said: "I switched to my Goode
9800 about five weeks ago. In the following two
weeks of practice, I began to run a number of 39's;
I even ran 2 and 3 buoys @ 41. So, I knew the real
test would come in a tournament. In my next two
tournaments I ran 1 @ 41. Now God has blessed me
with a Mens 3 National Title. Thank you Dave for
helping Dreams Come True!"
TOP SKIERS READY FOR THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
The 2007 Water Ski World Championships will be held
Tuesday, August 28, 2007 through Sunday, September
2, 2007 in Linz, Austria. The U.S. Elite Water Ski
Team and Individuals will be attempting to win
medals at the biennial event.
Regina Jaquess, Thomas Degasperi, Nick Parsons,
April Coble-Eller, and many other skiers will
represent GOODE at this prestigious event.
Kristi Overton-Johnson, who set the current
Womens World Record on her GOODE ski in 1995,
announced two weeks ago that she was coming out of
retirement to compete in Womens Slalom at the World
Championships.
Winners were drawn for the 2007 SKI ODYSSEY CONTEST
at the GOODE National Waterski Championships ! Grand
Prize, a fun filled water ski adventure vacation for
2 at Waterski Costa Rica, was won by Chuck Adams,
from Murietta, CA.
Charla Brantley, from Loving, NM, won second
prize, a custom GOODE 9800 waterski.
Debbie Kern, from Cincinnati, OH won a set of
GOODE PowerShell Boots as third prize.
Congratulations to all of our winners.
NICK PARSONS WINS PRINCES PRO-AM
Nick Parsons, from Bountiful, UT, was fresh off of
his U.S. National Open Mens victory on his way to
the World Championships in Austria when he won
another pro event, the Princes Cup Pro-Am, in
England.
"I'm really happy to win this great event!", said
Nick . "The Brits are a lot of fun. I am very happy
that my father was able to come to the Princes Club
here in England to watch my victory.", Parsons
continued. "I made a few tweaks to my GOODE ski
because the water was quite "sticky" and I had it
working perfectly.", Parsons concluded. Nick also
skis on GOODE PowerShell boots.
The top 8 finishers were as follows: 1st Nick
Parsons (USA), 2nd Marcus Brown (USA), 3rd Jamie
Beauchesne (USA), 4th Will Asher (GBR), 5th Jason
Paredes (USA), 6th Chris Rossi (USA), 7th Aaron
Larkin (NZL), and 8th Jodi Fisher (GBR).
COVINGTON, LA - Hometown favorite Chad Scott won the
2007 Bayou Big Dawg on Sunday, August 26th at The
Ski Ranch. The tournament, featuring Mens 3 and Mens
4 slalom skiers (age 35 and over - competing at 34
mph) had a total cash-prize purse of $5,500 at
stake.
Todd Kuykendall, from Oklahoma, won the highly
competitive Mens 3 Slalom event on the final day of
the 65th GOODE Water Ski National Championships in
Bakersfield, CA. Todd ran 3 buoys @ 39-1/2' off .
Winners were drawn for the 2007 SKI ODYSSEY CONTEST
at the GOODE National Waterski Championships ! Grand
Prize, a fun filled water ski adventure vacation for
2 at Waterski Costa Rica, was won by Chuck Adams,
from Murietta, CA.
