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Darnell Almond claims NC State Waterskiing Title

By Charles Curcio

Thursday, August 7, 2008 With a jump of 86 feet, Darnell Almond of New London recently claimed the title of North Carolina state champion of water skiing.

Almond claimed the title at this year’s North Carolina State Water Skiing Championship held July 12-13, 2008 at the Coble Water Ski School in Lillington, NC.

“I have been competing for 20 years and it’s the highest award in the Men III level for water skiing in North Carolina,” Almond said.

This year’s tournament was one of the biggest on record with more than 140 skiers competing in slalom, trick and jump events, including men and women competitors who ranged in age from three years to 80 years old.

Almond competed in the Men III jump championship for ages 35-45 years old. Competitors had to jump a five-foot ramp, land and ski away to score a jump. Each competitor gets three jumps and the longest jump wins.

“I trained five to six days a week, starting late March through October,” Almond said.

Qualifying for the state event involves participation in local grass roots tournaments and achieving a state ranking to compete in the championship events.

Training has been hampered for Almond much this year by the drought and the water situation at Badin Lake, saying that “the lake lost so much water, it became increasingly harder to train. The drought has had an impact on our sport.

“Children ski with their parents and grandparents. Not too many sports allow the entire family to participate.”

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