SA Champs was held at Milnerton Aquatic Club on the 23-24 March 2013. We were greeted with the dreaded Cape doctor (the typical south easter wind). The lake looked like an ocean with a 1-2 foot offshore beach break. Us wakeboarders definitely had an advantage over the wakeskaters. Luckily our boards are strapped to our feet.
Friday afternoon wasn't much fun at all as it was super cold. The competition started on time at 8.30am on Saturday morning with the novice division getting the more favourable/ less windy conditions. As the day progressed the wind picked up. The boat also seemed to take strain under the less than favourable conditions, and gave us problems twice. As a result, the comp ended early and a couple of the divisions were pushed over to Sunday.
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| keeping warm on the boat |
On sunday we had even more unfavourable conditions and by lunch time the wind was pumping. The boat unfortunately broke again... which resulted in the comp running 2 hours late.
Even under the conditions, i was fortunate to stick a clean run and managed to take the title of SA champ 2013. so happy :)
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| 1st- Melissa Colborne 2nd- Candice Bacon 3rd- Courtney Scholtz |
Even though the conditions were bad, it was still a fun comp! Thanks to all the riders and organizers, good way to end the boating season :)
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