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Footin’ Fever 2008 September 22, 2008

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For those of you who live near Winter Haven, FL or just need a little excuse to head down to warmer weather in the fall, Cypress Gardens is hosting a head-to-head barefoot endurance competition on Saturday, October 25.  Registration begins at 7am and the footin’ starts at 8am.  Depending on the number of entries, it may expand to Sunday if needed.  For full details, check out the announcement on USA Water Ski.

Footstock 2008 August 14, 2008

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Footstock 2008

It’s that time of year again… the folks in Crandon, WI are putting together THE FIGURE-8 TOURNAMENT of the year.  The competition is always fast and furious.  They’ll be big names in the barefooting world showing up to compete that fall on their face and no names that surprise the hell out of everyone.  They’ll be guys wearing the pinks shirts to let people know who they lost to.  The boys from South Africa will be there trying to show they got some endurance skills to go with their mad trick skills.

This year MasterCraft and Redline have teamed up to pull FootStock 2008 with a revved up engine with over 400hp!  Redline will also be offering test pulls behind the 400hp 214 for all participants of Footstock. People can schedule the appointment with Brian at Redline by phone or email. His email is brianb@redlinewatersports.com or call 608-838-0838. More details, click here.

Want some more details, go check out these links:
- Official Footstock 2008 Site
- Entry Form

You can also look around BFC.com to see if you can find more details.

Father’s Day Weekend Figure-8’s June 16, 2008

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Just wondering if anyone knows if the Kwahamot Figure-8 (Saturday in Tomahawk, WI) and Silver Sheet Figure-8 Challenge (Rolling Prairie, IN) happened this past weekend (not sure if the weather/flooding had any impact on them) and if so, who won?

I’ve scoured the net for results and keep coming up empty.  Anyone out there know what happened?

Mad-City Dual 2008 - Slightly Longer Recap June 10, 2008

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Michael Franks mailed in his recap of the barefoot figure 8 tournament to BFC… he’s got a few more first hand details, since he was actually present at the tourny.  Head on over to Barefoot Central and check out the recap.  There’s some pictures of the “weather” there too.

For a truly brief recap, head on over to BareFootSki dot com… they got a really young looking picture of Stokes in their story.

Mad-City Dual 2008 - The Very Brief Results June 9, 2008

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Just wanted to do a quick recap of what happended this past Saturday at the Mad-City Dual…

The wind was windy, the bay was still relatively sea weed free (at least at the surface) and the weather provided some excitement for everyone…

With the wind blowing strong in Madison, the normlly calm bay, proved to be a bit rougher than normal.  Rougher to the point that the longest 8 of the day was half an 8, which was put up by Paul Stokes.  Ironically, if the bay had been weedier, the water would have been calmer, but you can’t have everything.

Roughly 18 to 20 footers suited up for the off again, then back on again, figure 8 tournament.  From what I heard, there were supposed to be a few more, but they opted out at the last minute.  There was a group from Michigan that made the long haul to Madison for the tourny and they had a good time.

Paul Stokes added another ring to the Mad-City Dual Championship Ring collection that he has going, but not before he missed a step off… rumor on the street is Frank the Tank has a good series of pictures of this rare event.  Meanwhile Footstock Dave managed to catch a lot of the many falls on video, which once posted, should provide a lot of entertainment.

Afterwards, most of the footers headed over to Olin Park for some frosty beverages at the Clean Lakes Festival.  They arrived in time to catch a bit of the bands, drink some beer and eat some foot before the weather kicked into high gear.  It went from a hot, muggy day to pretty cool in a matter of moments, storms popped up out of nowhere, we saw clouds moving in a circular motion over the lake as everyone kept drinking beer until the festival was called to do severe weather.

Props to the One Love Footing Team for putting this together with Paul Stokes and congrats to Stokes for winning yet again.

I’m hoping to get some more first hand details, pictures, and potentially some video to post from this event.

I  guess this recap became a little bit longer than I thought it would be.

Silver Sheep Figure-8 Challenge May 18, 2008

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Silver Lake

You can add another figure-8 tournament to your calender. On June 15 (aka Father’s Day), Silver Lake Farms will host the the Silver Sheep Figure-8 Challenge sponsored by NoStiks.com. Here’s a link to the info and you can view the rules here.

The picture up there is Silver Lake. Glass Calm. Looks like a good tournament location.

Mad-City Dual 2008 is On! May 9, 2008

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Mad-City Dual 2008 Flyer

The Mad City Dual is on for this year!!! The date is June 7th at Brittingham Park, on the crystal clear waters of Monona Bay! (Located on the corner of W Main St. and Park St. in Madison, WI)
The schedule will be as follows:

Email them at onelovefooters@yahoo.com for more info.

After the event, the Mad-City Ski Team is hosting a Clean Lakes Festival at Olin Park (just off John Nolen Drive) to raise money to help clean up the Dane County Lakes. Why mention this here? Well, they’ll have bands starting at 2pm, food and drink. Stop by, say hi, and grab a refreshing beverage!

2008 Frostbite Figure 8 Recap May 9, 2008

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The 2008 Frostbite Figure 8 Tournament was last weekend. I wasn’t able to attend, but based on what I’ve heard, the weather was much better than expected. 45ish, blue skies and just a little wind. Much better than the anticipated weather of snow or rain and clouds. A little more wind than people wanted, but it could have been much worse.

UW-Stout did a good hosting the tournament once again. The results were:

The after parties must have been pretty good based on the drunk dials I received. Over at BFC Aaron Schoelzel posted a good recap with some added comentary from Footstock Dave. For more details of the shanigans from the weekend, go check out the BFC.com story.

First Figure 8’s of the Year April 27, 2008

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The last couple weeks have featured the first figure 8 tournaments of the year. The first was down in Oscala where KSO took home the top prize. Check out BareFootSki dot com for a full recap.

This weekend up in De Pere, WI, 12 brave footers took to the frigid water for the first northern tournmament of the year, the De Dere Figure 8. Marc Donahue of Indiana took home the bragging rights to this tournament. A fuller recap is available at BareFootSki dot com once again.

Next up is the Frost-Bite Figure 8 hosted by UW-Stout this coming weekend (May 3rd, starts at 10am.)

Be sure to check out BareFootSki dot com. In addition to barefooting news, they’ve got a forum, pictues and some decent videos up there as well, including this video of some old school barefooting.

Download Vintage Barefooting - Cypress Gardens (BareFootSki dot com)