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AGC JOURNAL 2018

Army Wakeboarding

and Water Skiing

Championships 2018

By Corporal Samantha Wood
The event, at Bedford’s Box End Park, featured three days of training ahead
of the cable and boat competitions, with athletes ranging from novice to
advance standard

Paula Deasy
Wakeboarding

Group shot on the
Wakeboarding
dock, Samantha
Wood right hand
side with white
helmet and Paula
Deasy behind
with red helmet

The Army Paula Deasy
females that water skiing
attended
Judges Scores
Box End Park hadn’t before, they could also try water skiing. Having
gained experience of wakeboarding behind a boat during Once the competition had ended and the judges
SLance Corporal Paula Deasy and I were lucky to take my time based in Cyprus, wakeboarding on a cable was a scores were counted, I was awarded 3rd place
beginner female cable, 2nd place beginner
part in the Army Wakeboarding and Water Skiing new experience to me.
Championships that took place at Box End Park, Bedford, female boat and with a combination of both
scores overall 3rd place beginner female.
between Monday 9 July 2018 and Friday 13 July 2018. I The Competition
discovered the event on the Army Surfing Facebook Page,

of which I am already a member, and after further social The Cable Competition was first to commence on the Endnote

media advertising more than 50 riders took to the water. Thursday with myself entering the beginner female

category. I completed my run adding in the new skills I It was Paula Deasy’s first experience of
Training had learnt at the start of the week. This included switching wakeboarding and by the end of the week she

and my first kicker, which thankfully, went without a was off the dock and standing up; she also gave

To start the week, we had three days of training where we fall. On the Friday was the boat competition and only by water skiing a go which she took to straight
away and was able to stand on her first attempt.

had the chance to try out and develop our wakeboarding competing in both disciplines could you be ranked within Samantha It was an excellent week for developing new
skills in both disciplines of boat and cable. For those that the Army. Wood
Wakeboarding skills and being able to watch the advance riders
train and compete also.
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