Category Archives: press

Worlds & Nats

Posted on August 18, 2009 by wedge

The main reason for a new post is my google alerts found a nice article on the Heller girls.  They recently competed at the World Games in Taiwan and did very well with Elaine taking the gold and Shannon the … Continue reading →

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Spring 2009 Wisconsin WaterSkier

Posted on February 5, 2009 by wedge

The new issue of the Wisconsin WaterSkier showed up in my mailbox today.  Flipping through the Official Publication of the Wisconsin Water Skiing Federation I was pleasently surprised to find several articles by barefooters for barefooters in it.  Typically you’re … Continue reading →

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KSO at the Moo

Posted on January 27, 2009 by wedge

I decided to check KSO’s site to see if there was anything new there and was pleasantly surprised to find a video he put together from a trip he took to the Blue Moo.  He put together a nice little … Continue reading →

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Hell of a Way to Ring in the New Year

Posted on January 20, 2009 by wedge

Found this gem of a video over at the CRB and since it has some barefooting happening in winter, it’s just too good to pass up and not share here.  A local news crew did a short feature on a … Continue reading →

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Barefooting on Smash Brain Raw

Posted on May 13, 2008 by wedge

Never heard of Smash Brain Raw before, but apparently they make short video clips and put them up on YouTube. Sounds like a very viable business… or not. Well they did a video for barefooting featuring Peter Fleck and Mike … Continue reading →

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Do It

Posted on May 11, 2008 by wedge

That’s Banana George’s moto and he’s still living it. In a mass email sent to apparently every water skiing related website, Growing Bolder announced a video showing the 93-year old Banana George trying to barefoot again after a winter of … Continue reading →

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A Good St Patty’s Day Tradition

Posted on April 14, 2008 by wedge

Found this story while browsing the internet for barefooting stories.  There are a group of friends from Anapolis who were facing a mid-life crisis eight years ago.  They wanted to do something crazy and came up with barefooting.  Then they … Continue reading →

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WaterSki Magazine – March 2008 Recap

Posted on February 9, 2008 by wedge

This month’s WaterSki Magazine has a couple good articles about barefooting.  I’ve noticed a little more in there about barefooting and that’s a nice change.  They still focus a lot on the 3-event skiing, but they are doing better with footing … Continue reading →

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