We have very little detail information on the European Championships at
this time. But we just received an email from Andy Harris
notifying us that the scores are posted on the International Waterski
Federation Website.
From looking at the
scores, it looks as though David Small, Patrick Wehner and the youngster
from South Africa, Heinrich Sams, duked it out for the top spot in the
Open division. If memory serves me correctly, Heinrich is only 14
years old. Fourteen and slaloming 18 and tricking 6500.
That's insane!
If we get any stories
from the Europeans, we'll be sure to post them, but until then, click on
the links below to check out all the scores.
HI TO ALL AT BAREFOOT CENTRAL. GREAT
WEBSITE! MYSELF AND HEINRICH VISIT YOUR SITE OFTEN AND REALLY
ENJOY IT. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO BRING IT UNDER YOUR ATTENTION THAT
HE IS ONLY 12 YEARS OLD AND THAT WE ARE VERY PROUD OF HIM. HE IS THE
YOUNGEST SKIER EVER TO WIN A OPEN EUROPEAN TITLE WINNING THE OPEN TITLE
IN SLALOM WITH A SCORE OF 18. HE ALSO SET 3 PENDING JUNIOR WORLD SLALOM
RECORDS, SKIED ON THE FINAL DAY IN 2 SEMI FINALS AND 5 FINALS, AND IT
WAS JUST A BIt TO MUCH FOR THE YOUNG LAD AS YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN IN THE
FINALS TRICK SCORES. THE ONLY FINAL THAT HE DID NOT SKI IN WAS THE OPEN
JUMP FINAL. HE MISSED IT BY ONE PLACE TO FINISH 1ST IN JUNIOR BY MORE
THAN A 1000 POINTS OVERALL AND 3RD IN OPEN WAS SOME ACHIEVEMENT FOR SUCH
A YOUNG KID .
THANKS FOR THE MENTION ON YOUR GREAT
SITE KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. THE BEST FOR ME AS HIS COACH IS THAT
HE IS ONLY PERFORMING TO 70% OF HIS POTENTIAL IN TOURNAMENTS .
ALL THE BEST
EUGENE SAM
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David Small
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