Fast Facts

Event:
The National Figure Eight Endurance Barefoot Championships

Format:
One on one, endurance style barefooting. Double elimination.

Tournament Field:
Limit is 192 skiers

Attendance:
1,500 (two days)

Divisions:
Open (128), Womens (16), Seniors (32), Juniors (16), Masters (8)

Course:
1-1/2 mile figure eight, Peshtigo Lake, Crandon, Wisconsin

Date:
August 24 & 25, 2013

Prize Money:
$6,000 (biggest cash prize in competitive barefooting)

Past Media:
Water Ski Magazine, NY Times, Wisconsin Trails, Tapei Times, Milwaukee Journal, Water Skier Magazine, WAOW-TV (Wausau), WAEU-TV (Wausau), WRLO Radio (Antigo), WIFC Radio (Wausau), WJFW-TV (Rhinelander), WTMJ-TV (Milwaukee) Showskier.com, Barefootcentral.com, Espn Radio (Milwaukee), travelwisconsin.com, Youtube, 100’s of blogs and websites (too numerous to mention)

Proceeds:
All proceeds go to non-profit Crandon Water Ski Club

Sponsorship Director:
Bucky Dailey/Jacob Weber

Tournament Director:
Gary Mueller

Safety Director:
Candy Dailey

Links to recent articles:
(most recent not online-Water Ski Magazine (june 2007)
http://travel.nytimes.com/2006/07/28/travel/escapes/28ahead.html
http://www.waterskimag.com/article.jsp?ID=12130&typeID=140&categoryID=115
http://www.espnmilwaukee.com/includes/news_items/news_items_more.php?section_id=20&id=731
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2006/07/29/2003320982