Hey World!

It’s a nice day here at Stoney Park despite the weather being a little weird the last few days. At times it has been sunny and 90 degrees, but then there has also been a few storms that have come in. Check out some of the pictures below. There are some pretty cool morning verse afternoon shots from Monday that were taken by Dan Oliver and Chelsea Scott.

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I am starting to feel comfortable again on the water. My first couple of sets didn’t go to well. I think I was still jet lagged. I have had 2 good sets in a row and have some confidence going into the weekend. Today is a day off for me after skiing 3 days in a row. My body was starting to ache and my hands were getting a little sore. Remember when your skiing, make sure not to over train. Give your body a few days off and allow it to recover and build up some muscle.

Today I was also asked to do some coaching and driving. I hopped in the boat with Karina and we were in the boat for about 4 hours. Surprisingly, being both slalom experts, most of the skiers were tricking and jumping. It was fun being able to switch things up and coach something other than slalom.

The park is starting to get everything set up and ready for the tournament. The Australian Open is only 3 days away.
Thanks to NBN news station here in Australia, the event is going to be STREAMED LIVE through the world wide web. Click on the photo below and it will take you to the webcast.

Here is the schedule and running orders for the event. We are 19 hours ahead of the west coast. The easiest way to calculate it is subtract 5 hours from your time and then add a day to see what time it is here in AUS. I am estimating that I will ski between 12:30pm-1pm on Saturday. Which would be 5:30pm-6pm on Friday night for the west coast, 8:30pm-9pm on Friday night for the east coast.

Saturday (Friday for USA)
8.30am to 10.00am: Tricks round 1
10.00am to 10.15am: (course change)
10.15am to 10.45am: SLSC display: Bonny Hills Surf Life Savers
10.45am to 1.15pm: Slalom: Round 1
1.15pm to 1.30pm: Course Change
1.30pm to 2pm: SLSC display Bonny Hills Surf Life Savers
2.00pm to 3.30pm: Jump: Round 1
3.40pm to 3.50pm: Barefoot display: world champion Brenton Crouch
3.50pm to 5.20pm: Tricks: Round 2
Approx end time: 5.20pm

Sunday (Saturday for USA)
8.30am to 11.00am: Slalom Round 2
11.00am to 11.10am: Course Change
11.10am to 11.20am: Barefoot Display: World Champion: Brenton Crouch
11.20am to 1.00pm: Jump Round 2
1.00pm to 1.20pm: SLSC Display: Bonny Hills Surf Life Savers
1.20pm to 2.05pm: Trick Final
2.05pm to 2.20pm: Course Change
2.20pm to 3.05pm: Slalom Final
3.05pm to 3.15pm: Course Change
3.15pm to 4.00pm: Jump Final
4.15pm Presentation

They will be running reverse order to the lists below; highest number to lowest

COMPETITORS
TRICK
1 Jimmy Siemers USA
2 Joel Wing AUS
3 Josh Briant AUS
4 Tim Bradstreet AUS
5 Jacinta Carroll AUS
6 Chelsea Scott AUS
7 Bianca Mulach AUS
8 Chiara Bonnemann GER
9 Archie Davis AUS
10 Katelyn Miller AUS
11 Aaron Baldwin NZ
12 Jason Miller AUS
13 Adam Potts AUS
14 Nicolas Wrenn AUS
15 Tyce Zendler AUS

JUMP
1 Jimmy Siemers USA
2 Joel Wing AUS
3 Tim Bradstreet AUS
4 Jacinta Carroll AUS
5 Aaron Baldwin NZ
6 Chelsea Scott AUS
7 Nicolas Wrenn AUS
8 Josh Briant AUS
9 Dan Oliver GBR
10 Josh Louder AUS
11 Ryan Baldwin NZ
12 Jason Miller AUS
13 Tyce Zendler AUS
14 Archie Davis AUS
15 Mark Louder AUS
16 Trent Nelson-Cranfield AUS

SLALOM
1 Austin Abel USA
2 Nicolas Adams AUS
3 Karina Nowlan AUS
4 Brian Detrick USA
5 Brooks Wilson USA
6 Joel Wing AUS
7 Chris Cockburn AUS
8 Nicholas Purcell AUS
9 Tim Bradstreet AUS
10 Garth Milicich NZ
11 Dan Oliver GBR
12 Joel Howley AUS
13 Josh Briant AUS
14 Yiannis Nathanail GRE
15 Jacinta Carroll AUS
16 Sam Weeks AUS
17 Jason Miller AUS
18 Aaron Baldwin NZ
19 Chelsea Scott AUS
20 Nicolas Wrenn AUS
21 Jason Stone AUS
22 Trent Nelson-Cranfield AUS
23 Ryan Baldwin NZ
24 Chiara Bonnemann GER
25 Adam Potts AUS

For more information about the event, visit the event website