If you're a single guy in the sport of barefoot waterskiing, I'm sure you've already noticed that the odds of meeting a woman that's as interested in the sport as you are is quite the long shot.  My friends always tell me how lucky I am to have found my wife Michele.  She's not only an awesome cook, but she can hang with the best of the guys out on the water.  Most importantly, she's been able to put up with me for over 11 years now. We've been by each other's side through thousands of hours of training, too many crashes to count, arguments, reconciliation's, new friends entering the sport, old friends who've dropped out, many wins and many losses.  She's seen it all.

Most of our footing friends consist of single guys or husbands with wives that have very little interest in the sport. Most wives and girlfriends refuse to even go on the boat when their spouses are footing.  Most prefer to support their husbands from afar because they can't stand the testosterone filled boat and competitiveness and childish behavior their husbands display on the boat.  I tell my friends all the time; if you want to test your relationship, have your girlfriend drive the boat for you; if she survives that, you have a chance.  The next stage is try to teach her to barefoot, assuming she's willing; get past that without killing each other, and you'll have a long marriage.

I can only think of a few married couples that I know that foot and train together on a regular basis:

Heather and Kevin Towers
Kyle and Debbie Fahrenthold
Willy and Dawn Farrell
Ron and Elisa Scarpa

The wives that foot with their husbands get to see a side of the sport, and their husbands, that very few wives get to see.  They get to see first hand all the self doubt, hard work, pain, and the exhilaration of accomplishing something in the sport they love that they never thought they could.  They get to be a part of the bond that barefooters have with each other; all the clowning around on the boat, and the inside scoop on why their spouses are so addicted to such a crazy sport. It's a bond that brings you closer together as husband and wife.

Bart Williams is another very lucky man.  He found a soul mate in Jackie Crofton.  This couple takes obsession with barefooting to a whole new level.  They are so into footing they started a Barefoot and Waterski School together called Footing Fever, they organize barefoot tournaments in their country of South Australia and they recently planned their entire wedding around the theme of Barefoot Waterksiing.  From the cake, to the tux and dress, it was all about the sport that brought them together.

Bart had Gavin Williams, of Williams Wetsuits, design custome barefoot suits for Jackie and himself.  After the wedding, Bart carried Jackie over the threshold barefoot style.

Congratulations Bart and Jack!  
We wish you both many years of wedded barefoot bliss!