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	Check out the action from Placid Waters, Allendale, Michigan this weekend with the live video coverage from the team at WebCast-TV.com. See the worlds top pro skiers in action. Check-out the CWSA News. More info.............. Kyle Going Home Its great news that Kyle Eade has been discharged from Burwood Hospital, Christchurch, and is heading home to Florida on 13th July. Kyle suffered serious spinal injuries during a jump set back in February 2010. Since then he has been hospitalised and has been under treatment in the Burwood Hospital Spinal Unit. While he still has some way to go, the news of Kyle getting some sort of normality back into his life is absolutely terrific. We wish him all the very best in the continuation of his recovery in the months ahead. Kyles 20th June Report. More info......... Kyle is New Zealand's top all round skier and has represented our country over a great many years. His vital statistics are: Best Jump: 69.9 metres Best Slalom: 4.5 buoys on 10.25 metre line Best Trick Score: 8460 World ranked at No 4 2nd 2009 Moomba Masters 3rd 2008 US Masters Former Xtreme World Cup Jump Champion New Zealand Open Men Jump & Overall Record Holder 15 time New Zealand Open Champion 2 time Asian-Australasian Overall Champ 2 time US National Collegiate Overall Champion An auction held after the Northbrook Lemonsqueezer round raised $1,348 which went towards Kyles recovery fund. Bidding was enthusiastic and generous. Pic shows Gavin Thompson (right) and Carl Franklin conducting the auction. Canterbury Slalom The 2010 Canterbury Slalom was held at Lake Crichton on 27th February. Ron Bakker, pictured here, made the trip down from Wanganui to keep the locals honest, looking very spectacular in the process. More pics in our Image Gallery........ Wots on the Radar Ben McFadden on his Radar MPD at the Lemonsqueezer finale at Northbrook Waters.
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	Welcome Welcome to this skishotz up-date (June 2010). It's taken a lot longer than we would have liked to get this edition posted so please accept our apologies if you have been waiting to see the pics taken at the 2010 tournaments. In the last few months we have shifted to be closer to the tournament site at Lake Hood and have had our noses to the grind stone with the normal, and some abnormal pressures of business. No excuses though - we have been too long getting this task completed and we apologise for that. We trust you are enduring the winter months so far - it wont be too long before we are back on the water again. In the interests of getting this to you without any further delay we haven't included the usual pictorials from Aquafest or the Canterbury Slalom. However, because the Northbrook final of the Lemonsqueezer Series was a first we have used the limited time available to include a pictorial for that event. Links to the new stuff are: Aquafest Gallery 6/7 Feb . Crichton Lemonsqueezer Gallery 13 Feb. Canterbury Slalom Gallery 27 Feb. Northbrook Lemonsqueezer Gallery 13 Mar. Northbrook Lemonsqueezer Pictorial Cheers, Peter and Richard Aquafest 2010 Clearwater Aquatics held the annual Aquafest tournament at Lake Hood on 6th February. Here Lana Donaldson is picture at the completion of her jump set. See more pics in our Aquafest Gallery. Successful Body Glove Lemonsqueezer Series Concludes at Northbrook Waters The popular Body Glove sponsored Lemonsqueezer Slalom Series concluded at Northbrook Waters on 13th March. We congratulate organisers, Andrew James and his team on making the series the success that it was. Each of the four rounds at Lakes Hood, Harwood, Crichton and Northbrook Waters were well supported with entries and in the main great weather conditions. Lets hope the series is a runner next season. Overall winner was Andrew James with Ross McKay taking the handicap honours and Andy Gibson the Mulligan section. Thomas Queen took the award for the most improved skier. Andy Gibson (left) and Thomas Queen display the unique trophies they won in the Body Glove Lemonsqueezer Slalom Series. Northbrook Lemonsqueezer Pictorial. Northbrook Lemonsqueezer Image Gallery. Lemonsqueezer Results. Lake Crichton Developments The Wright family, owner/operators of Lake Crichton have been busy building a new lake and new residence at their world famous ski site. Rob and Chris Wright's new home which is situated on the East bank of the main lake towards the southern end of the lake. This photo was taken in February during the final stages of construction. Skier is Molly McPhail cruising back to the dock. Northbrook Waters a Winner While we have kept an eye on Northbrook Waters at times during its development, the Lemonsqueezer final there in March gave us the opportunity to see how it would handle a tournament. It is a fantastic setting with great water, luxury housing and superb clubrooms and bar facilities. Northbrook Waters is situated on the outskirts of Rangiora about 20 minutes North East of Christchurch. Check it out..... View of Northbrook looking towards the East. In the foreground is the western turn island. The impressive clubhouse and bar facilities on the banks of Northbrook Waters. The start dock is in the foreground.