Peter Procter & Lauryn Eagle Win Catalina
on July 17th, 2010After a nail biting race with 9 time Catalina winner Todd Haig, it was Peter Procter & the Warpath Team that became the winners of the 2010 Catalina Water Ski Race today.
Warpath Team owner and driver Mike Avila, along with observer Kurt Schoen and navigator Rob Kinslow towed Australia’s Peter Procter to his first ever Catalina win, but not with out an incredible battle with Todd Haig and the Nordic Team of Randy Davis and Denis Hall. Less than a second separated the two skiers as they crossed the finish line.
Lauryn Eagle took the honours in Women’s after getting to the island 2nd, but reaching the Queen Mary and the chequered flag 1st, making it a big winning day for Australian skiers.
Adding to the Aussie victory slate, Junior World Champion Jack Houston won Junior Boy’s and Ben Gulley Intermediate Men’s.
Full official results are posted here
If anyone would like to provide photos, videos or race reports, please send them in to me at robbie@skirace.net
See a tremendous selection of professional photos from Daren Van Ryte here
Video below courtesy of Carlos Rosas of CR Productions
A big thanks to Scott Brooks who kept so many people around the world updated via the skirace.net Twitter feed throughout the race.
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The Warpath Winning Team - photo by Cara Jochinke
Kurt Brooks & Team collecting their trophies for 3rd Intermediate Men
Amy Threlfall shares a shot of her trophy for3rd place Intermediate Women's
Katelin Wendt took this shot of Todd Haig and his team as they headed towards the start line
Congratulations Peter and the Warpath Team.
Good going Mike and Kurt.
Had to happen one day Pete just took time.
Now for some serious training for the Worlds
I expect.
Congratulations to all the other Aussies. I believe we had several successes today. Just to get home is a great effort
Good one Tayla and Jack
Kurt hope you have been practicing on your marathon skis (Aus style)
Congratulations to Peter Procter and Lauryn Eagle for the Catalina Race win! Check out I posted a small video on YouTube of post race interviews:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvVQLrU2q0E
Well done Peter it is what you and the team deserve after last year, keep training hard. I hope to see you in the worlds in F1 you deserve it as much as any one.
Also congratulations to Lauryn and Jack the smiling assassin, what future Jack has in front of him, in years to come we will be saying it is Jack’s world and we ski in it.