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Wed, Feb 4 (Thurs, Feb 5 in Australia)
Hey Chuck,
Just got back from the site. Team U.S.A. skied fairly well. All of us made the cut for the semi-finals in tricks, except
Mikey Carruso, and as it stands right now we all made the cut in slalom for the elimination round.
The list of trick scores is as follows:
Andre De Villiers 7,780
Keith St.Onge 7,400
David Small 7,400
Patrick Wehner 7,150
Lane Bowers 6,250
Jonh Pennay 5,850 Independant
Peter O'neil 5,430
Paul McDonald 5,300
Bevan Kelly 4,650
Bill Brzoza 4,600
Massimo Mastelli 4,150
Ryan Boyd 4,150
Mamo Colosio 3,700
Provisional Slalom Scores are as follows:
Keith St.Onge 19.8
Brett Sands 19.6 Ind.
Ken Derry 19.2 Ind.
John Pennay 19.0 Ind.
Andre De villiers 18.2
David Small 18.0
Lane Bowers 17.6
Brzoza 16.8
Carrusso 16.2
Not 100% on the slalom will update as soon as the scores are posted.
Bill
The second day of the tournament was quite interesting with Rachel George
jumping the furthest with an 11.2m jump! We’re going to need a larger jump
from Rachel to shorten the gap of the Aussie Gizie! With Gizie’s trick score
being so high she’ll have 1000 points leaving Rachel and the US Team with
only about 600+ points! We’ve got our work cut out for us but neither Brett
New or Ben Greenwell made the Semi’s in the tricks event! The Aussie’s best
slalomer, Pete O’Neill fell on both runs of the Elimination round as well!
Like usual it’ll come down to the Jumping event! It’s nothing new. We’ve
experienced this in the past four to five worlds! Lane and Keith will both
have to step up their tricks as well as the rest of the team in slalom and
tricks.
Ryan Boyd might have just missed the cut with a 15.2 in slalom but
we won’t find out till tomorrow for the official results! The tricks event
was quit sloppy but the pack stayed close which will make the second round
that much more interesting!
The jump event is sure to be a nail biter with the world record holder “Aussie” Brett New capable of huge jumps, but team U.S.A. is prepared
for the challenge and will do their best to stay close in the first round of
jump. The Beast from the East Bill Brzoza will be jumping before Brett New
in the elimination round so he’ll put the pressure on for sure!
All the barefooters gathered around the large screen TV at the Mulwala Waterski Club
to watch the judges view of the skiers in tricks and slalom event later that
evening.Tomorrow Rachel will be slaloming in the morning with Group A Male
Jumpers following that include Keith, Billy, Lane and Mikey that start the
pack off first thing! More updates to come after elimination rounds.
KSO and Billy
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