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Wakeboarding Contest, Flyin High in Nor
Cal For
Mike Copithorne
Folsom Lake, Folsom CA., September 21st, 2002. Launch
Wakeboarding School is hosting the Mike Copithorne Double-Up
Contest on Folsom Lake. Twenty-five of Northern California’s
top wakeboarders will battle it out to win top prizes while
spectators will have their shot at winning thousands in
prizes. The contest will consist of 3 double-ups for each
rider and will be held at the Browns Ravine Marina, which is
on the El Dorado Hills side of the lake (East Side). The
event will go from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on September
21st.
Some of the companies donating prizes are big names like
Hyperlite, Liquid Force, Reef, Newt Juice, Larson Marine,
Boarders Paradise, Water-ski World and many more. There will
be prizes given away for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers,
while the rest of the prizes will be raffled off. The entry
fee to ride in the contest is $20 and raffle tickets will be
going for $1. All proceeds from the entry fee and the raffle
tickets will go to the Mike Copithorne Charity Fund.
Mike was one of wakeboarding’s best riders who was paralyzed
in an accident in 2001. He is well known in the wakeboarding
industry to be the friendly guy with huge tricks. Mike was
working on finding a pro sponsorship when he was paralyzed
from the waist down in a snowboarding accident. He has
recovered amazingly well since the accident but may never
regain the feeling in his legs. Despite the hurtles Mike has
had to face; he is in high spirits and has the same positive
outlook on life.
For more information on entering or being a spectator,
please call Ryan at (916) 532-WAKE. Donations are always
welcome and are tax-deductible. Receipts for your donation
will be sent to you just before the end of the year, unless
specifically requested earlier. Please send donations to:
The Mike Copithorne Fund
C/O Orangevale SDA Church
5810 Pecan Ave, Orangevale,
CA 95662
Click on links below to check out these killer articles
written about the event:
Sac Bee, Thanks to Cathy Locke
Wakeworld.com, Great Site
West Side Connection, Jason Buffalo is "The
Man"
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