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WATERSKI MagazineFour of the United States' top water ski athletes added a new jewel to their crowns and the title of MasterCraft Pro champion as the finals and super finals concluded during the three-day 2005 MasterCraft Pro Water Ski Championships, held in Queens, New York, at Meadow Lake in Flushing Meadow. The event marked the first time that professional waterskiing has graced the waters of New York City.
Mandy Nightingale maintained her first place position from the finals to win the women's shortboard with a score of 7,790 eclipsing her Saturday effort by nearly 500 points. Placing second was Regina Jaquess, with 7,110 points. In the men's shortboard, fifth-seeded Jimmy Siemers had two perfect passes to place first, tallying 10,280. Number-one-seeded Nicolas Le Forestier from France fell on both passes and placed second with of 7,070 points.
Emma Sheers swept women's slalom with a score of 1.5 @ 39.5 [61.5 total buoys]. Karen Truelove placed second with 1 @39.5 [61 total buoys]. It was a virtual men's slalom showdown between first-seeded Jamie Beauchesne and second-seed Chris Parrish after both athletes tied with a score of 2 @ 41 [68 total buoys]. In the rematch Parrish lost the handle around the second buoy scoring 1.5 @ 39.5 [61.5 total buoys] leaving it wide open for Beauchesne to take the title with a score of 3 @ 39.5 [63 total buoys.]
For the first time since the opening round, the jumpers had the advantage of a headwind, resulting in jumps more than 30 feet longer than the previous two days. June Fladborg jumped an outstanding 155 feet but it wasn't enough to keep the number-one seeded Emma Sheers from taking home first place. Sheers set the weekend tournament record for women's jump with a mark of 170 feet.
Freddy Krueger defeated Jaret Llewellyn right out of the gate on his opening jump of 231 feet, the longest jump of the event. Llewellyn's 227-foot effort gave him second place.
