Bryce & Kelton (Bryce's wake boarding hero)
Bryce with the other winners of his division!On July 29th, we headed down to Eufaula lake, OK. (Last year we went for the weekend to watch the wake board competition...this year we went so Bryce could be in the competition.) We drove down that Thursday, in the rain. We got Bryce registered and then he was able to practice behind the actual boat that would pull him during the competition.
On Friday, the 30th, Bryce did his qualifying run. He rocked it. He didn't fall once and he pulled off every trick that he had practiced. He placed 2nd in the qualifier, so he rode 2nd to last in the finals.
On Saturday, we spent the day watching all the other riders...Women's, Wake Skate, Outlaw, Pro etc...Bryce's hero, Kelton, rode in Pro. He is from Tulsa and he is 19 years old. He is awesome to watch!
Sunday was the finals, for ALL divisions...it was a long day. Bryce's division, Grom, started out the day at 9:30am. Bryce had a good run, he crashed once on a wake to wake jump. We were sure that he would be so mad that he wouldn't be able to finish his run...but he made us proud by getting up and doing the smaller tricks...working himself back up to a wake to wake. The boy that placed 1st on Friday went out to do his run and crashed twice (which means your run is over) so we weren't sure how it would turn out for Bryce...this boys has more tricks than Bryce so he got different points. The boy that placed 2nd is only 7 years old...he is soooo cute! He went out there and tore it up...he did a hop 180, which Bryce can't do but Bryce did a wake to wake and the other kid didn't so...we had no idea how he would finish. The Pro division finished the day at 5:00pm. Then they had to tally up all the points and print out the standings etc...then it was time for the awards.
We were (and are) so proud of Bryce he placed 3rd out of 8 boys in his 1st wake board competition. He is ready to get out there and learn some new tricks..."so next year"(as he put it) he can do better then the other kids!!!
