Adam Prudhomme
Beaver Staff
The action is underway at the 2018 IWWF World Barefoot Water Ski Championship, which runs through Saturday at Selby’s Dream Lake, located at 1632 County Rd. 11.
Athletes from all over the world will compete through the week in slalom, tricks and jumping starting with preliminaries with the finals getting underway on Thursday and wrapping up on Saturday.
The Open Women’s Series 2 Tricks preliminaries will get underway around 2:30 p.m. today.
For up to the minute results and schedules, visit www.iwwfed-ea.org/.
The event is open to the public and free of charge. Starting tomorrow live entertainment will following each day’s competition. The action picks up again tomorrow morning starting at 7 a.m.
New Zealand’s Georgia Groen goes up high and finishes with a distance of 72 feet to take first in the preliminary round. Photo by Adam Prudhomme.
Australian fans show their support for their jumpers. Photo by Adam Prudhomme.
Australia’s Ashleigh Stebbeings placed second in the preliminaries with distance of 69 feet. Photo by Adam Prudhomme.
John, Julie, Mark and Kari McCauley travelled from Ohio to cheer on Lexi McCauley and the rest of the U.S. team. Photo by Adam Prudhomme.
Italy’s Paola Aimone launches off the ramp. Photo by Adam Prudhomme.