World Championships // Men's Slalom // Greg's video

Here is a link of the men's slalom series 1&2&3 for those who didn't have the chance to watch the preliminaries on the live webcast.
Greg Sarantis ran 1.5 @ 10.75 at his first Open World Champs and here is his slaloming video -tricky 11.25m but he was patient in every turn and it was absolutely great watching him run it!

Today it's all about tricks!! Watch women's and men's top series fighting their way into the finals 

Live webcast: http://www.youtube.com/waterskibroadcasting

It will start @ 13.00 local - 18.00 GR time

World Champs Day 1 - 2

So the first day was all about elimination rounds:
Women's slalom series 3&4
Men's slalom series 4&5
Women's tricks series 3&4

I ran 3@12 at slalom and here is the video -tricky 13m but made it through to the 12m line

You can watch here all of yesterday's elimination rounds - Thank you Water Ski Broadcasting Company :) 

As for today, the elimination rounds continued:

Women's Jump serie 3

Women's Slalom series 1&2

Men's Slalom series 1&2&3

Greg Sarantis ran 1.5 @ 10.75 ! Way to go Greg !!! Congrats!

(for those who didn't watch him today through the live webcast, i'll upload the video tomorrow)

World Waterski Championships 2013 // Chile

One day till the World Waterski Championships begin!
All the trainings, competitions, technique changes, etc. come up to this point!
Had some bad moments in my training.. 3 broken ribs from a jump crash in August- which held me back for a month and a half, then had some equipment trouble a week after I arrived in Chile..
BUT I got a brand new pair of Goodman jump skis - had to do a few sets to find the perfect settings-  and I'm all set and ready to go!

The Championships start tomorrow [November 26th] and end on December 1st, so whoever wants to watch the competition here is a link to the live webcast and you will find a photo of the program below.

Also, this year we have a new Greek entry, who is Greg Sarantis and will be competing in slalom!! It's his first time competing in the Worlds in the Open Mens division, so let's hope he's gonna rock it!!!

-----------------------------------------Good luck to all skiers-----------------------------------

Silver @ the World Games!!!!!

And yes, after good preliminaries, a 49.1 m got me the second place at the World Games in Colombia!! So happy to be on the podium!! Congratulations to all the other girls too, to Regina who got the gold and to Whitney who got the bronze.. There will be more to come ;)
I would like to thank all my supporters, Goodman skis, Camaro wetsuits and Wiley's bindings for making it happen!

World games round #1

Well well, after a day of training in a narrow lake and walking around Cali we all got ready for the preliminaries today..! The women's jump prelims just finished and the men's Jump will follow immediately. Here are our results I jumped 45.7! Quite satisfying to start with and get some good energy and motivation for the next round!

Los Juegos Mundiales / World Games

Just arrived to the hotel in Cali, Colombia (it's 4 am here right now) feeling tired but excited to be a part of the World Games!! For those who are wondering the World Games take place every four years and are like the Olympic Games for non Olympic sports.
11 days of watching the best of the best competing in different sports one of which will be waterskiing of course! Here you can find the schedule and a link to the results right next to it.
Will keep you posted on more news & results..!

OFF to ON season

Well well.. This is the first log entry of the season, which has already started with my participation in three events already. Two World Cups (Mandurah and Indonesia) and the Perth night jump were my starters! Considering that I have been slaloming all winter and haven't trained for jumping a lot, it wasn't that bad.

Anyways, the plan is to train in Recetto again this year, starting in June. Can't wait to get in my Wiley's bindings and Goodman skis and fly, but till then I'll keep training in Lake Kaiafas in Greece, where my ski club is.. If you 're passing by, join us for a set or two :)