I decided that I was going to go ahead and make myself look pretty for the competition.
I also have half of a beard.
There were many different categories in this competition starting off with: Best Toe-Side jump, Best Grab, Best Technical Run, Best Free Style, Best Modern Free Style, and many more sub-categories were within those.
For the toe side jump each of the competitors went out for 6 jumps or 2 falls. Kristen has been practicing her toe side jump all summer long. She looked pretty good out there.
For the best grab each person was given a warm up jump, with 6 grabs to follow, again 2 falls were allowed. I tried the hardest thing for the grab. I let go with my lead head and grabbed the front of my board, well, maybe I just touched the front of the board. That was a very hard thing for me. The picture was taken just before my grab.
The technical run was a mixture of everything. It was basically the length of the ox-bow there and back, unlimited falls. I took that to mean that I needed to try anything and everything. I started off with a quick run including out of the box, heel side jumps, toe side jumps, butter slide attempts, and a DOUBLE UP FLIP! Once I fell on that trick I just started trying everything. I tried a 180 jump, I tried more butter slides, and I tried a TOE SIDE FLIP! First attempt ever! That was pretty cool.
Heel Side Flip
Toe Side Flip
BIG AIR!
180!
BIG AIR!
DAVID GOT AIR!
He landed that!
BIG AIR!
For the free style I was wearing a suit. Under my suit I had a Mardi Gras Tuxedo shirt, and a "circus" shirt and pants. The circus shirt and pants were very bright with sequence on them. The suit pants that I had on were "break away" pants. I had Amanda cut the length of the pants, then sew them back with a light stitch. That way I could grab them out on the water and rip them off! That was fun!
Kristen was wearing a dress and had music to a Mrs. America song. She had a singing contest and a swim suit contest, she ended up winning Mrs. America. David had an old Knight Suit. He went out and rocked the water with that. Charles was sports a one-piece long john suit. He had a golf club, a tee for hitting the ball, and a cup holder for his drink.
The modern free-style was supposed to be anything you wanted to do on the water with whatever equipment you had. Kristen was the only one prepared for that, see costume below. David was semi-prepared. His knight costume was reversible. So he switched sides and went "Superman" on the knee board with the song "Kryptonite". I attempted a barefoot ski, but cramped up and quit. Charles then went out and tried the barefoot. He did it on his back too. He wasn't so successful in getting up on his feet though.
She wore that when she was 11 years old!
As for who won what....
Kristen: Modern Free Style, Most Enthusiastic, Best Run and some other stuff...
Charles: Best Toe Side, Best Technical, Most Props, and some other stuff...
David: Best Fall, Most Gutsy, and some other stuff...
Scott: Best Free Style Performance, and some other stuff...
Sorry that I cant remember everything that we all won.
A special thanks to our judges Amanda and Renee. We couldnt have had this competition without you two. Thank you for your honest opinions!
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Judging that competition was very difficult...but it was fun.
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