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Mike Netzer wins the 2010 Clean Lakes Festival Barefoot Challenge

Posted on August 29, 2010 by wedge

Mike Netzer beat JJ Link twice to win the 2010 Clean Lakes Festival Barefoot Challenge held at Britingham Park in Madison, WI yesterday. This is the second year in a row that Mike has won this figure-8 tournament, joining Paul … Continue reading →

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More Great Footstock Runs

Posted on August 27, 2010 by wedge

Here’s some more great runs from Footstock 2010. The first one features Jeremy Petrie (right) against Luke Bruckner (left) as Jeremy fights to maintain his grip on the handle, re-gripping it many times. Luke wins and goes on to take 6th. Jeremy … Continue reading →

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Clean Lakes Festival Barefoot Challenge is this Saturday!

Posted on August 25, 2010 by wedge

Details on the upcoming Clean Lakes Festival Barefoot Challenge schedule for Saturday, August 28th in Madison, WI. Continue reading →

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How much is 5-1/4 Figure Eights?

Posted on August 24, 2010 by wedge

According to the YouTube clip, it is 7 minutes and 49 seconds of barefooting around tight corners and through rollers. Here’s the boat footage of Mark Donahue beating Peter Fleck in the record 5-1/4 figure eights at the 2010 Footstock … Continue reading →

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2010 Footstock Results – The Porn Star Wins!

Posted on August 23, 2010 by wedge

Based on the multitude of posts showing up on my Facebook News Feed, I’m pretty sure these are official… First place went to Mark “The Porn Star” Donahue who beat the legend Peter Fleck in a record breaking 5-1/4 Figure-8s’s … Continue reading →

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Glen Mueller Figure-8 Story

Posted on July 30, 2010 by wedge

Barefoot Ski Dot Com has posted their full story about the Glen Mueller Annual Figure-8 Barefoot Tournament with more details on what went down, who beat who, and how the Porn Star came out on top. It also includes complete … Continue reading →

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Manitowish Water’s Midwest Open Figure 8 Barefoot Tournament

Posted on July 28, 2010 by wedge

Here are the details for the upcoming Manitowash Waters tournament: It’s that time of the year again! We are holding the Manitowish Waters Midwest Open Figure 8 on August 7th and Rest Lake Beach. This year should be another great … Continue reading →

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Glen Meuller Annual Figure-8 Barefoot Tournament Results

Posted on July 26, 2010 by wedge

The Glen Meuller Annual Figure-8 Barefoot Tournament was held this past weekend on Lake St. Louis and the results are (via Barefoot Ski Dot Com): Marc “Porn Star” Donahue Greg Fatla Jacob Weber JJ Link Barefoot Ski Dot Com plans … Continue reading →

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Footstock is Coming Up Aug 21-22

Posted on July 26, 2010 by wedge

The granddaddy of figure-8 tournaments is a little less than a month away now. I don’t know if it is the oldest figure-8 tournament, but it is definitely one of the biggest. I haven’t seen a new promo video for the tournament, … Continue reading →

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Footstock 2010 Poster

Posted on June 21, 2010 by wedge

I’m really not sure what to say about this poster for Footstock this year. I will tell you that Footstock takes place on August 21-21 this year up in tiny Crandon, WI. I honestly don’t know if it’s the oldest … Continue reading →

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