Dam to Dam Barefoot Race is November 7th in Austin, TX

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One of the biggest barefoot races is coming up in a little less than a month. On November 7th, the Austin Barefoot Club will be hosting the Dam to Dam Barefoot Race.  Here are the details from the flyer that was sent out:

Come join us for the 22nd annual Austin Dam to Dam Race

Hosted by the Austin Barefoot Ski Club

Saturday, November 7th

Steiner Ranch Lake Club, Lake Austin

Friday night party at the Oasis on Lake Travis http://www.Oasis-austin.com

20 mile barefoot ski race Saturday morning on Lake Austin

Pro and Open divisions

Barbeque

Beer

T-shirts

Awards for all racers
Mountain Star Lodge, 3573 Hwy. 620, 512-263-2010 http://www.Mountainstarlodge.com
Hampton Inn, 2013 Hwy 620, 512-263-7474 http://www.Austinlakewaysuites.hamptoninn.com
Club members’ couches and floors also available!
E-mail Blake at Blakefoot@aol.com with team information

Or call Blake at 512-748-5031

Or visit our website www.barefootaustin.org
$295 per team payable at the Friday night party

If you need a team to ski with just let us know!

Worlds & Nats

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The main reason for a new post is my google alerts found a nice article on the Heller girls.  They recently competed at the World Games in Taiwan and did very well with Elaine taking the gold and Shannon the bronze. Quite an accomplishment for two sisters.  They also competed at the US Nationals a couple weeks later taking gold and silver.  (article)  One thing that helped a lot is Elaine is now using the inverted jumping style and is currently the only woman using that type of jump. Basically, you fly through the air like superman (or woman) and fly a hell of a lot farther.

I can’t find a source to back this up, but I remember seeing a USA Water Ski post go through my RSS reader about Keith St. Onge winning gold at Worlds and I know he also won gold at Nationals as well as set a pending trick record. (article)

Here’s a link with all of the Nationals results.

Finally… a little teaser. Keep an eye on here for a pretty sweat barefoot video (or two) coming soon. Camera work kinda sucks and the view point isn’t that great, but the trick is more than kick ass and makes up for the poor camera work and bad perspective.

State Champs!

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Mad-city is the state champs!

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Ed McMahon?

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This video has been slowly circulating through the interwebs (curious about what the interwebs are, check out the CRB for furth explanations.)  Anywho, one of the first things that jumps out you in this video is the voice of Ed McMahon and he’s announcing a TV segment about barefooting.

He makes a big deal about the skiers at Cypress Gardens trying to stay dry, but the despite hat odd bit of announcing, the story features some classic footage of some old school barefooting.  No barefoot suits, no padded shorts, nothing but a swim trunks and a yellowish life vest.  The vid features Jerry Atkinson barefooting in less than most people would consider doing it today.  What made me laugh is the footage of the “tumble turn”.  It was anything but clean, kinda looked like me trying one, but the difference waws he made it back around.  Me, not so much.

Enjoy the footing, the steller music and the voice of Ed McMahon.

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Where are my Cheez-Its?

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While the CRB and Lake of Sin feud over an old cooler (that's gotta be just about empty by now since no one refills it), a paddle and a Lappy, I'm looking for my Cheez-Its so I can watch 24? I'm not sure who's going to star in 24 now that Nola has taken out Jake Baurer (still not completely sure how that happened?) Personally, I'm hoping Jack's daughter somehow saves him without getting kidnapped.

Personally, I think the CRB just needs to give up their quest and buy themselves a new cooler… maybe something like this…

I personally don't think that will hold enough "beverages" for the CRB'ers though. (I do think it'll fit there style perfectly)  They might need something a little bigger like this…

But even that might not be big enough… This one might actually be able to satisfy their thirst…
That cooler doesn't have beer in it, but it might just be big enough to handle the beer needs of the CRB crew.
Meanwhile, I'll continue to look for a new source of Cheez-Its since CRB and the Lake of Sin have purchasing all of them for the nefarious needs.  I'll offer up my casa to Nola if she wants to lay low for a while.

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UW Band Concert

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