DUNCANVILLE
– For the fourth time in the last http://www.authenticsteelerssale.com/shop-by-players-anthony-chickillo-jersey-c-2_74.html five years the American Water Ski Association Southern Regionals is being held at Lymanland Lake, meaning the return of Ham Wallace.
Wallace, 64, is an independent automobile broker in Nashville, but made the 247-mile trip to his old stomping grounds in Tuscaloosa.
He attended the University of Alabama from 1971-75. While there, he was one of the founders of the water skiing team.
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We went to a collegiate tournament and said, ‘This is the real deal,’” Wallace said.Wallace has been competing competitively for 52 years. Since leaving Alabama, he has become a jumping world champion and finished second
http://www.authenticsteelersshop.com/shop-by-players-darrius-heywardbey-jersey-c-2_42.html overall in 2010 in the 35-over age division that was held in Italy. Overall, Wallace is a four-time national champion.
His water skiing journey, however, starts 59 years ago in Guntersville, Alabama.
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Our family had a cabin up there, and when I was 5, I saw adults skiing and said, ‘It’s time to learn,’” Wallace said. “I didn’t do much with it for about two years, but then it took off.”When Wallace
’s mother was a teenager, her parents built a ski jump on Lake Guntersville, leading her to join the American Water Skiing Association.“
I would see the magazine come to our house every month and I would study it,” Wallace said. “When I was 10, I bugged my father to death to build a slalom course. Three years later I got pretty good, so he took me to ski with older skiers, who taught me how to jump.”Wallace said a good jump happens when your
Trent Cole Jersey body position is right and you have a good angle. In Wallace
’s division, the boat travels at 32 mph, leading the skier to travel at about 50 mph.“
There is nothing like it,” Wallace said. “It’s a great feeling and it’s been a great sport.”
