Chair: Larry Ligon
co-chair: Gwen Cauthren
World’s Top Skiers Coming to California Pro Am & Big Dawg Tournaments at Bell Acqua Sept 8, 9 & 10th
Join us in Rio Linda, Calif., on the weekend of September 8, 9 & 10 for the fourteenth annual, 2016 California Pro Am (formerly called Diablo Shores Pro Am) Slalom Ski Tournament combined with a Big Dawg Tournament. Bringing over 80 of the world’s best Pro and Amateur skiers from around the globe to the largest Pro water ski event in the U.S., at the historic waters of the Bell Acqua ski lakes, located 2 miles off of Highway 80, just North of Sacramento.
Bring your family & friends (FREE!) to watch, mingle and be inspired by the sport’s top athletes like Nate Smith, Will Asher, Terry Winters, Thomas DeGasperi, Nick Parsons, Jeff Rogers, Karen Truelove, Whitney McClintock, Regina Jaquess, Corey Vaughn and over 45 other renowned pros & Big Dawg skiers plus 25 amateurs as they ski head-to-head for cash awards and world records.
Action begins with the amateur & Big Dawg competition at 8 AM on Thursday, Pro-preliminaries (Open men/women) & Big Dawg finals at 7:30 AM on Friday and the exciting head-to-head finals at 8 AM on Saturday (wrapping up by 2 PM). Attendance is free & parking is only $5/car for all spectators. No dogs please!
Share the excitement with many of your fellow BAWSC members who plan to attend the finals on Saturday Sept. 10th beginning at 9 AM. Wear your BAWSC logo clothing, bring your lawn chairs, cameras, autograph pens and picnic baskets (or utilize the Food Booth/Trucks).
Cannot attend? A live, tournament webcast will be streamed (at no charge) via a link at the Diablo Shores website. http://www.diabloshores.com/
For more fun and an inside view of the action (and personally meet the Pros), join the BAWSC volunteers to help with the ski ropes & handles for the “Dock Starter Position” on Friday Sept. 9. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Larry Ligon at larry_ligon@sbcglobal.net
For further info and directions: http://www.diabloshores.com/
Bell Acqua Lake #1 is located at 930 E Street, Rio Linda California, 95673.
(From Freeway 80 in Sacramento take Raley Blvd. exit and head North for 2.0 miles, turn left (West) on E street. E street dead ends into the Rio Linda Airport and Lake #1. Look for parking signs)
DO NOT TAKE the “Business 80/Capital Freeway” when nearing Sacramento.
