Jaquess, Smith Win Titles At California Water Ski Pro Am
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by USA Water Ski & Wake Sports
Regina Jaquess (Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.) and Nate Smith (McCordsville, Ind.) won respective slalom titles at the 21st California Water Ski Pro Am, presented by Nautique, Aug. 26-27, at Shortline Lake in Elk Grove, Calif.
Smith won men’s slalom, defeating Great Britain’s Frederick Winter in the head-to-head final, scoring 3 buoys at 41 feet off to Winter’s 2-1/2 buoys at 41 feet off. Jaquess won women’s slalom, defeating Canada’s Jaimee Bull in the head-to-head final, scoring ½ buoy at 41 feet off to Bull’s 5 buoys at 39-1/2 feet off.
Canada’s Ryan Dodd won men’s jump, soaring 234 feet. Freddy Krueger (Winter Garden, Fla.) placed second (233 feet). Hanna Straltsova (IWWF) won women’s jump with a distance of 188 feet.
