Found this update on the Australian Barefoot Team Page…

The Men’s are all up[ and back and conditions for them were the same so no problems in that regard. The skiing was  great and just waiting for the scores to be posted. Welll I can safely tell you that this sport will always throw up a challenge. Both Bill Brzoza and Keith St Onge from the USA have tied for the gold at this stage. That means a run off to decide the champion.

Well just to give you an update on things here in Otaki, we are on hold because of conditions. The wind is up and water isn’t looking very friendly. And just to add it’s bloody cold as well!

Finally back to the water and it’s Women’s and Men’s tricks. The water is challenging but we are still seeing the big tricks and starts coming out and looking good. Ashleigh is away last off the dock in the Women’s and goes in about 3/4 way in her 1st pass. Ski’s all the way home so it’s a wait and see on the final results. Good skiing by all the Ladies. In Men’s tricks it all comes down to who’s doing it best on the day. Conditions are tricky.

Guess we need to wait a bit more to find out who’ll win.

Here are what I think are the final standings for the Junior and Senior Divsions at the World Barefoot Tournament in New Zealand.

In the Men’s Senior Division, this is what the standings look like:

1. Michael Salber (USA)
2. Kevin Towers  (USA)
3. Gordia Croteau (Canada)

Women’s Senior Division results look like this:

1. Gizella Halasz (Austrailia)
2. Heather Towers (USA)
3. Teri Jones (USA)

Junior Boys Division results look like this:

1. Heinrich Sam (South Africa)
2. Garth Strydom (South Africa)
3. Janie Kumlien (USA)

Junior Girls Division results look like this:

1. Ashleigh Stebbeings (Austrailia)
2. Shannon Hellar (USA)
3. Caitlyn Rowland (Canada)

I’d like to congradulate  everyone on the achievments and a special congradulations to Teri Jones, who I’ve footed with on a few occassions, Jamie Kumlien who I’ve seen barefoot in ski shows for the Janesville Rock Aqua Jays, and Shannon Hellar who I’ve competed against at the Beaver Dam Best Dam Barefoot Race (her team finished way ahead of my team).

It appears we’re still waiting on the final results for the Open Division.  I’ll keep looking around and will post more details as soon as I find them.

Links to Final Results

• Senior Divsion Results
• Junior Division Final Results

The final day of Worlds is about to start, or maybe it already has, over in New Zealand.  PommyFooter has posted a nice little update about what’s in store for the day with the running orders and how they got there.  Basically, whoever is over there is going to see some pretty awesome footing.

As they enter the final day, the Open Team competition is over and here are the results:

1. USA
2. South Africa
3. Australia
4. Great Britian
5. Canada

I’ve also seen a few sources say that Mike Salber is the Men’s Senior World Champion, but I haven’t seen a score sheet to confirm that yet.

Good luck to all the footers today.  I”m anxious to find out what happens.

Here’s a list of the places I’ve been watching closely for news about what’s happening over there…

• New Zealand Barefoot Water Ski Club – Check the Worlds Page and News Page
• Stuart Fafeita Pictures at Footnfotos.com – Lots of great pictures of the event
• Australian Barefoot Water Ski Club – They are posting updates here
• Pommy’s Barefoot Worlds 2009 Blog – Provides some general options and they’ve posted some videos
• Holtzy’s New Zealand Barefoot Adventure Blog – More of a personal experience, but still a good source
• Barefoot Central Forum – Really need to dig to find things in here, but I’ve extracted a few bits of news
• Barefoot Central World’s Page – Not much new to find here, but it’s there…

Here are the results from the New Zealand Barefoot Water Ski Club’s Website so far:

Mens Open
1) KSO
2) Sam Heinrich
3) David Smalls

Womens Open
1) Ashleigh Stebbeings
2) Elaine Heller
3) Emily Goldie

Based on my lack of 3 event tournament knowledge, I don’t know if they are final standings or not.  I think there are a couple more days of competition.

They have full results so far in PDF… here are the links:

• Open
• Junior
• Senior

They also have some daily updates posted here.

Head over to footnfotos.com to find them.  Here’s the direct link to day 4 pictures.

Just found a great sight for updates.  The Australian Barefoot Team has a nice page with daily update summaries and links to score sheets.

Check it Out.  Here’s the link.

Here’s the link to the Open Results so Far…  KSO in the Lead, followed by Sam, Smalls, ADV & ZDV in that order.