Hi Guys!

Just a quick one to fill you in on Thursday's Wakeboard Blast...

Firstly, the thank you’s.  Thanks to everyone who came along to the Wakeboard Blast yesterday, you all made it a fantastic day.  A big thank you to Big Leigh for putting the time and effort into organising everything to make it a brilliant day that ran very smoothly.  Thank you to Little Lee for the vast improvement on his driving skills! Thank you to Billy for spending the whole day filming on the back of the boat and finally a huge thank you to Nicky Roger for the bloomin’ marvellous chilli that kept us all going!

The day started at eleven a.m. with everyone doing their ‘first runs’ (I found out yesterday was approximately a two mile round trip!) which consisted of continuous cheering on at the side lines, many catastrophic wipe-outs and lots of slipping around on the jetty… Thanks ducks!  Bearing in mind that most of the people who had taken part were either complete beginners or had maybe had one or two lessons, I think everyone competed fantastically!

Once everyone had completed their ‘first runs’ we all went inside to recover with Chilli a la Nicky, whilst laughing and joking at each other’s runs and talking about the prizes that were up for offer (I’ll get to that part soon).  Then it was time for us to start our ‘second runs’.  This was pretty much similar to before, lots of cheering on, some brilliant face plants (thanks Nikki Durrant) and growing wise to the slippery jetty!

Now the real fun began… Introducing ‘Run what you Brung’ the 100 foot drag…

There are two rules to this, one, it must float and two, it can’t damage the water (I don’t understand rule two either).  Imagine trying to stand up behind a moving boat with a washing up bowl on your feet. I don’t think I need to say more but I will anyway!  Thanks again to Nikki Durrant for the funniest run ever run, which consisted basically of three attempts of trying to stay in a big floppy plastic washing basket.  As you can guess, it didn’t really go to plan…

Also competing was a sledge, complete with board wax, a tea tray, again complete with board wax, two helmets, one for each foot, a bin lid and Dangerous Lee.  I don’t think any of us had laughed that much in a long time, pure brilliance!

Finally once we were all showered and changed it was the prize giving.  The prizes were given for:

·         Best Wipe-out

·         Best Board Skills

·         Best Air

·         Run what you Brung

And the winners were:

·         Best Wipe-out – Nikki Durrant - for the face slap! Her prize, Dirty Dog Sunglasses!

·         Best Board Skills – John Matthews - who hadn’t wake boarded in years! His Prize, Any Rash Vest of his choice!

·         Best Air – Barney Coles – who hadn’t ever wake boarded.  Ever! His Prize, Mystic Wind stopper!

·         Run what you Brung – Nicky Rogers – Who rode her husband Lee Roger for 100 feet, hilarious! Her prize, a brand new Torch!! (Complete with new batteries)

All in all it was a fantastic day that was thoroughly enjoyed by all and I think I can say for everyone that we can’t wait for the next event!! Thanks all!!