Happy New Year 2008! I hope your Holiday
Season was enjoyable.
Even though it is mid-winter for many places in the
World, water skiing is alive and well in others! The Under
21 Water Ski World Championships have just gotten underway
in Chile, where Australian Karina Nowlan set a new U21
record , while riding her new GOODE 9800SL and PowerShell
boots.
Also, Dawn and I got to visit Paul Donatt at Imperial
Lakes, California, site of the 2007 Western Regional
Championships, for a couple of days of waterskiing and
working with fellow GOODE skiers.
In July 2007, Dave attended the 2007 Western
Regionals at Imperial Lakes, California and was very
impressed with the site and local skiers. A few
months ago, GOODE received a copy of the photo below
and was pleased to see the many GOODE skiers that
visit Imperial Lakes.
Last week, Dave and Dawn visited Paul Donatt at
Imperial Lakes. National Champion, Shannon
Strickland from Washington, and Canadian Champion,
Dave Miller from British Columbia, often come to
Imperial Lakes for winter waterskiing.
The water temperature during the Western
Regionals was in excess of 100 degrees. Last week
the water temperature was in the mid-50's and air
temperatures in the mid 60's.
The Goodes had a delightful time and left happy,
but with some sore waterski muscles!
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The Under 21 Water Ski World Championships got under
way Wednesday in San Bernardo, Chile. Australian
Karina Nowlan ran her new 9800SL and PowerShell 4
system, to a new Under 21 World Record in the slalom
event. She ran 3 buoys at 39-1/2' off (10.75m) to
win the Women's Preliminary Slalom round.
Karina wrote in an email to Dave Goode, "Letting
you all know that I'm in Santiago, Chile at the
moment competing in the Under 21 World Water Ski
Championships. It's a big tournament with five days
of competition. The tournament commenced today with
the Under 21 Women's Preliminary Slalom round and
Men's Preliminary Tricks. Today, I made the women's
slalom final and set a new Under 21 World Record in
the slalom event with 3 buoys at 10.75. I'm so
excited!!! I actually broke it by one clean pass.
This makes me top seed in the 12 person Women's
final to proceed on Saturday."
The GOODE 9800SL is the only asymetrically built
ski in the industry. It is designed to help balance
the differences of the on-side and off-side turns.
U.S. Water Ski Team member Adam Pickos of Santa
Rosa Beach, Florida, earned the top seed for the
finals of Men's Tricks by tallying 9,400 points in
the preliminary round.
Approximately 25 countries are fielding
competitors.
