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Portraits of the month
Slalom skier of the month Jaimee Bull
WJ - How old were you when you started skiing?
JB - My parents started hand towing me along the beach when I was two and I started skiing behind the boat when I was three.
WJ - Where do you ski now?
JB- I ski in a few places these days. I go to school at the University of Louisiana Lafayette so when I am at school I ski there. I train at Jack Travers Ski School in Groveland, Florida and usually spend a couple months there in the spring as well as during school holidays. In the summer, I try to spend as much time at home in Canada as I can skiing on the public lake that my family lives on.
WJ - How many set per week?
JB - I’ll typically ski between 8 and 12 sets per week but it depends on where I am, what point in the season it is and what my upcoming tournament schedule looks like.
WJ - Do you have a favorite course?
JB - There are a lot of places I enjoy skiing at, but Sunset Lakes is definitely high up on the list. The site is always dialled, theres always a good crew and lake skis great!
WJ - Best waterski memory?
JB - I’ve been fortunate to have had the opportunity to make many amazing memories in this sport but I think the best memories go back to my roots, skiing morning sets with my whole family on the lake in Canada. WJ - Worse memory? You can choose, funny or serious hah!
JB - I fell around 1 ball on my first pass at my first Nationals…needless to say, I was pretty upset.
WJ - Favorite training partner?
JB - Jon Travers, Will Asher and Rob Hazelwood. These boys are my HO teammates and I’m able to learn so much from each of them while having tons of fun and pushing each other.
WJ - Your ultimate goal?
JB - My ultimate goal in skiing is to push myself and the limits of female skiing as far as I can. I hope to pass on my love for being on the water to younger skiers but also show that you can still succeed in skiing without skiing year round. I hope I can inspire young girls to pursue sport in the same manner that female athletes did for me when I was young.
WJ - Best set up? (lake, time of the day, boat, pilote, ski)
JB - Early mornings on Trout Lake (the public lake I live on at home) with my family are super special. Training and skiing there is not ideal but the lake is beautiful and getting to enjoy it with my family makes it that much better!
@jaimee _ bull
Jumper of the month
Rea Jörger
WJ - How old were you when you started skiing?
RJ - I started skiing when I was 8 and jumping when I was 13.
WJ - Where do you ski now?
RJ - I jump in Auburndale, Florida with Scot and Marion Ellis.
WJ - How many set per week?
RJ - When there is an event coming up I jump three to four times a week, otherwise I do not jump that often.
WJ - Do you have a favorite course?
RJ - Any of the three jump courses on Lake Tennessee (Scot Ellis’ backyard).
WJ - Best waterski memory?
RJ - Placing 5th at the US Masters a few weeks ago after a jump off for making finals. WJ - Worse memory? You can choose, funny or serious hah!
RJ - I can’t think of one to be honest. My jump journey hasn’t been very long yet and all memories so far have been happy ones or great learning experiences.
WJ - Favorite tournament?
RJ - No doubt my first US Masters. That was a dream come true for me.
WJ - Favorite training partner?
RJ - I question couldn’t because I answer the always jump favorite ski alone ���� partner
WJ - Your ultimate goal?
RJ - Break the Swiss national record of 53.1m (174ft). I still got a ways to go, but might as well give it a shot!
RJ - Lake Tennessee at 10am with a Ski Nautique and Scot Ellis behind the weel and being the boat DJ. And of course my all black Goodmans.
@reajrgr
Tricker of the month
Louis Duplan-Fribourg
WJ - How old were you when you started skiing?
LDF - I started to ski at the age of 2 years old on the skis of my parents. I started to trick when I was 6 years old.
WJ - Where do you ski now?
LDF - I’am skiing on my home lake in Grenoble (France). I am also skiing a lot at Jack Travers’ ski school. I ski sometimes in Lacanau in France during my summer/winter.
WJ - How many set per week?
LDF - It depends but most of the time it is between 6 or 7 sets per week.
WJ - Do you have a favorite course?
LDF - In tricks that’s special because you can trick near everywhere. I do not have a favorite course. However some places are more specials than others for me but it’s more linked to what I did on them than the conditions.
WJ - Best waterski memory?
WJ - Favorite tournament?
LDF - 2017 Junior world in Chili. The final in trick did not happend as planned ...
WJ - Favorite training partner?
LDF - Mister Pierre Ballon. I used to ski with him since I am 14 years old. So much fun and good times with him. He is a good support, calm and nice.
WJ - Your ultimate goal?
LDF - To be a world champion.
LDF - Lake Sara at Sunset Lake, FL, USA 2:00 PM Sun is strong, Clouds are huge and low in the sky. My brother Pôl is driving and my coach Jean-François is pinning. We are coming back to the dock with a little head wind. The wake of the ski nautique is perfectly balanced, the quantum ski is ready to cut it and let’s go !
@louisduplanfribourg
