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2006-10-02 07:49:58 | 254 views | 0 Comments

The finals of the Ski Nautique Big Dawg Championship held at the Isles of Lake Hancock in Winter Garden, Florida September 30 – October 1, was an all-out slugfest, as the best 34 mph slalom skiers in the world battled it out for a $10,000 purse. The slight head/tail wind provided the best possible conditions for athletes to post big scores on Sunday, with 39½ off being run a total of 13 times.
      
What started out as a 50-man field in the qualifying rounds was narrowed down to a 16-skier head-to-head finals. This exciting format is a true test of skill and endurance in the slalom course, and Dr. Mike Morgan of Odessa, Florida proved that he was the “iron man” of the event. Defeating 16th-seed Kyle Tate, ninth-seed and former World champion Lucky Lowe and fourth-seed Scott Tynan before matching up against Ben Favret in the final bracket, Morgan's physical stamina appeared unbeatable.

Morgan ran 39½ a total of four-times throughout the weekend and with a flawless downwind 39 in his final match-up, it was all he needed to take the title from Favre who scored five buoys at the 10.75m line length.

In the award's ceremony, an emotional Morgan said that he needed some time away from tournament skiing to spend more time with his family and to serve others.

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THE SKI NAUTIQUE BIG DAWG FINALS RESULTS

		SLALOM
SKIER NAME	TM/DV	BYS	PASS	CR	G/P
LEVIEN, GEORGE	M4	2.00 —	1200 —-	EM –	M4 1
ASCHENBRENNE, DON	MM	2.00 6.00	1075 1125	EO EE	MM 12
BADAL, GREG	MM	3.50 5.00	1125 1075	EE EO	MM 1
BAKER, CHAD	MM	6.00 2.50	1125 1075	EE EO	MM 9
BALDWIN, MIKE	MM	6.00 3.00	1125 1075	EE EO	MM 8
BINKLEY, STEVEN	MM	3.50 1.50	1075 1075	EO EO	MM 3T
BRANDT, MARK	MM	2.00 4.50	1075 1125	EO EE	MM 5
BRUNI, MIKE	MM	.50 1.00	1125 1075	EE EE	MM 14
BUTTERFIELD, BRUCE	MM	3.00 2.50	1075 1075	EO EO	MM 7
CLARK, CHRIS	MM	3.00 3.00 2.50	1075 1075 1075	EO EO EO	MM 12
CONTOS, KIM	MM	2.00 2.00	1075 1075	EO EO	MM 10
CRAWFORD, PAUL	MM	3.50 4.50	1125 1125	EE EE	MM 12
DANOS, JEFF	MM	3.50 1.50	1075 1075	EO EO	MM 3T
DEHLINGER, MIKE	MM	.50 5.00	1025 1125	EO EE	MM 11
DODD, BRUCE	MM	3.50 2.00	1125 1075	EE EO	MM 6
DROZD, DEAN	MM	4.00 3.00 3.00	1075 1075 1075	EO EO EO	MM 2
FAVRET, BEN	MM	4.00 2.00 2.00	1075 1075 1075	EO EO EO	MM 1
GILBERT, JEFF	MM	1.00 3.50	1075 1075	EE EO	MM 5
GOODSON, JERRY	MM	3.50 5.00	1075 1125	EO EE	MM 3
HUSTON, TIM	MM	.50 5.00 2.50	1025 1075 1075	EO EO EO	MM 8
JANZIG, DARREN	MM	3.25 3.50	1125 1075	EM EO	MM 6
JOHNSON, TODD	MM	3.00   .50 3.00	1075 1025 1075	EO EO EO	MM 9
KEPCHIA, JEFFREY	MM	2.50 3.50	1075 1125	EO EE	MM 17
KILSDONK, JAMES	MM	5.50 2.00	1125 1075	EE EO	MM 13
KUYKENDALL, R GREG	MM	6.00 2.50	1200 1125	EM EE	MM 14
KUYKENDALL, TODD	MM	3.00 3.50	1075 1200	EO EM	MM 15
LAMBERT, RICHARD	MM	3.00 3.00 3.00	1075 1075 1075	EO EO EO	MM 4
LARSON, SCOTT	MM	4.00 4.00 1.00	1075 1075 1075	EO EO EO	MM 6
LOWE, LUCKY	MM	.50 2.50 1.50	1025 1075 1075	EO EO EO	MM 10
MALHOMME, THIERRY	MM	2.50 5.00	1075 1125	EO EE	MM 16
MCCOLLEY, TED	MM	3.00 3.00 4.50	1075 1075 1075	EO EO EO	MM 1
MILLER, DAVID	MM	.50 1.50 1.50	1025 1025 1075	EO EO EO	MM 5
MILLER, DAVID	MM	2.50 2.00	1125 1125	EE EE	MM 17
MILLER, JOHN	MM	1.00 4.00	1200 1125	EX EE	MM 13
MORGAN, MIKE	MM	1.00 2.00 1.25	1025 1025 1025	EO EO EO	MM 2
MOYER, RICHARD	MM	1.50 1.00	1075 1075	EO EE	MM 8
NATE, JEFF	MM	4.50 1.25	1125 1075	EE EE	MM 10
NEILL, CLAY	MM	.50   .50 1.50	1025 1025 1025	EO EO EO	MM 4
POUND, JOE	MM	2.00 1.50	1075 1075	EO EO	MM 11
RALEY, CHET	MM	2.50 1.00 1.00	1075 1025 1075	EO EO EE	MM 7
RANDOLPH, REB	MM	.50 1.50	25-K 1125	E EE	MM 15
SCHNEEWIND, MARK	MM	2.50 2.00	1125 1075	EE EO	MM 7
SCOTT, CHAD	MM	3.00 5.00	1075 1125	EO EE	MM 14
SMITH, JEFFREY	MM	1.50 1.50	1075 1125	EO EE	MM 9
STORELEE, RICHARD	MM	1.00   .50	1125 1075	EM EE	MM 11
TATE, KYLE	MM	1.50 4.25 5.50	1075 1075 1125	EO EO EE	MM 13
THOMPSON, MIKE	MM	3.00 3.50 4.00	1075 1075 1075	EO EO EO	MM 2
THOMPSON, SCOTT	MM	2.50   .50	1125 1075	EE EE	MM 15
TYNAN, SCOTT	MM	3.50 1.00 1.50	1075 1025 1075	EO EO EO	MM 3