After 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
