Thanks for the Great Season

Congratulations Team Washington on a Great US Championships!

Carrie Davis - Women’s Novice Kevin Kelley - Men’s Novice Kenny Holz - 4th Class (2nd Place) Jay Stewart - 2nd Class Jake Barnett - 1st Class (2nd Place) Kristian Dahl - SL Expert (1st Place) Kevin Dahl - SL Advanced (1st Place) Craig Phillips - SL Advanced Open Craig Phillips - Wide Ride Super (2nd Place) Jill Knutson - Pro Slalom (3rd Place) Buckweat Terry - WB Men’s Entro Henry Stewart - WB Men’s Entro Jonathan Radeunz - WB Men’s Novice Robert Williams - WB Men’s Intermediate Randall Smith - WB Masters Joe Spry - WB Masters Blake Parrish - WB Advanced Brenden Leib - WB Outlaw Buckweat Terry - Wakeskate Aaron Huntley - Wakeskate Open

*Pictures available online

We had an excellent team dinner at Coconut Joe’s on Thursday, the team was unified in our team t-shirts and strong winning spirit. Team Washington rose to their feet to watch our local pro slalom skier Jill Knutson go out and beat the boys. Jill scored 3.5 at 38 off, with the 6 buoy handicap, this excellent score put the new mom in third place. Baby Knutson made his adorable experience on state with mom to receive the trophy. The Dahl boys went out and showed us how slalom skiing is done in Expert and Advanced, they cut some line and had to pay an extra fee to get their first place trophies onto the plane home. Overall it was a great event, the water was smooth and the sun was a nice change from the fall Washington weather. We cheered on Team Washington from our well decorated tent during the day and danced with the Hula dancers at the awards banquet dinner when the sun set. Thanks to our competitors and their families for coming down! Congratulations to all of the US Champions.

Check out the pictures from the Winlock and Greenlake events on the photo page!

Bow Hill Lake was our final event of the season. We had a great time! Friday night Ski Master’s hosted a band. While the band played, the campfire roared, and the boats pulled skier’s and wakeboarder’s under the lights. Saturday we had a great event and even finished up a little early. We finished up the weekend with the awards party and a nice drive home in the pouring down rain! Thanks for the great season, we will have pictures up on the photo page in the next few days. A big “Thank you” to the tour team and all the volunteers who helped through out the season.

Greenlake INT Video

It was sunshine and smooth water for INT stop 1! Special thanks to those of you who came out to Greenlake on Sunday, May 25 for the INT League Greenlake Open hosted by the Lake Sammamish Ski Club. It was a beautiful day out on the lake. We kicked off the day with slalom skiing, pro skier Jill Knudson and her 5 year old daughter both competed. Jill scored an epic 2 balls at 38 off 34mph, which qualifies her for the INT US Championships in October. Midday, the crowd went wild for an awesome kite board demonstration. INT gave away a pair of Costa Del Mar Sunglasses to Jason Roberts, who entered the drawing just by pre-registering. We finished off the day with wakeboard competition, we saw quite a few new INT riders out throwing down some huge tricks.

Our sponsors were out at the event hanging out with the latest and greatest gear. Monster was serving up the Monster Energy drink. The guys from Sturtevant’s showed off some of the boards they have in stock at their store in Bellevue. The Sturevant’s crew gave away water bottles, chap stick, and three $50 gift certificates. Mark Lord from Seattle Water Sports and Ski Masters Ski School was in attendance and skied along with his two lovely daughters. We were also excited to have Michelle Michaels from the Wolf 100.7 radio station out playing some tunes and reporting on the skiing and riding.

Thank you to those that volunteered and helped out that the event. We could not host this event without our wonderful volunteers and supportive sponsors.