Photos: 2013 Pond Skimming
March 26, 2013
Audrey Wangsgard and Erica Stemler make a splash as they hit the water in their Thing 1 and Thing 2 costumes. Canyons held the 17th annual Pond Skimming contest of Saturday March 23, 2013. A hundred competitors participated in the event trying to ski or board across the 100 foot pond, 8 people made it across. There were also awards for crashes, plashes and costume. (Photos by Tyler Cobb / The Park Record)
Audrey Wangsgard reacts to the cold temperature of the water as she makes her way out to dry off. Canyons held the 17th annual Pond Skimming contest of Saturday March 23, 2013. A hundred competitors participated in the event trying to ski or board across the 100 foot pond, 8 people made it across. There were also awards for crashes, plashes and costume. (Photos by Tyler Cobb / The Park Record)
Tom Dormaier from Seattle fights to keep his balance as he was the first person to make it across the pond. Canyons held the 17th annual Pond Skimming contest of Saturday March 23, 2013. A hundred competitors participated in the event trying to ski or board across the 100 foot pond, 8 people made it across. There were also awards for crashes, plashes and costume. (Photos by Tyler Cobb / The Park Record)
Luke Edger flies off the jump and into the pool as the crowd watches. Canyons held the 17th annual Pond Skimming contest of Saturday March 23, 2013. A hundred competitors participated in the event trying to ski or board across the 100 foot pond, 8 people made it across. There were also awards for crashes, plashes and costume. (Photos by Tyler Cobb / The Park Record)
The guys from The Little Mermaid entry take a bow after pulling there group and Ursula out of the Pond. Canyons held the 17th annual Pond Skimming contest of Saturday March 23, 2013. A hundred competitors participated in the event trying to ski or board across the 100 foot pond, 8 people made it across. There were also awards for crashes, plashes and costume. (Photos by Tyler Cobb / The Park Record)
Blake Wiehe skies down the slop in his Lennay Kekua and Manti Te'o costume. Wiehe won the best male costume at the end of the event. Canyons held the 17th annual Pond Skimming contest of Saturday March 23, 2013. A hundred competitors participated in the event trying to ski or board across the 100 foot pond, 8 people made it across. There were also awards for crashes, plashes and costume. (Photos by Tyler Cobb / The Park Record)
Blake Wiehe hits the water and makes a splash in his Lennay Kekua and Manti Te'o costume. Wiehe won the best male costume at the end of the event. Canyons held the 17th annual Pond Skimming contest of Saturday March 23, 2013. A hundred competitors participated in the event trying to ski or board across the 100 foot pond, 8 people made it across. There were also awards for crashes, plashes and costume. (Photos by Tyler Cobb / The Park Record)
Blake Wiehe celebrates after getting out of the pond in his Lennay Kekua and Manti Te'o costume. Wiehe won the best male costume at the end of the event. Canyons held the 17th annual Pond Skimming contest of Saturday March 23, 2013. A hundred competitors participated in the event trying to ski or board across the 100 foot pond, 8 people made it across. There were also awards for crashes, plashes and costume. (Photos by Tyler Cobb / The Park Record)
Keefe Gornan dressed as Caption America skis on the pond before coming up short of the end of the pond. Canyons held the 17th annual Pond Skimming contest of Saturday March 23, 2013. A hundred competitors participated in the event trying to ski or board across the 100 foot pond, 8 people made it across. There were also awards for crashes, plashes and costume. (Photos by Tyler Cobb / The Park Record)
The Haft and Hales families from Chicago take off from the jump in their Budweiser Clydesdales costume. The crash was enough to earn the families the splash and crash award. Canyons held the 17th annual Pond Skimming contest of Saturday March 23, 2013. A hundred competitors participated in the event trying to ski or board across the 100 foot pond, 8 people made it across. There were also awards for crashes, plashes and costume. (Photos by Tyler Cobb / The Park Record)
The Haft and Hales families from Chicago take off from the jump in their Budweiser Clydesdales costume. The crash was enough to earn the families the splash and crash award. Canyons held the 17th annual Pond Skimming contest of Saturday March 23, 2013. A hundred competitors participated in the event trying to ski or board across the 100 foot pond, 8 people made it across. There were also awards for crashes, plashes and costume. (Photos by Tyler Cobb / The Park Record)
Tarzan, Nick Mateski, pounds his chest after snowboarding all the way across the pond. Canyons held the 17th annual Pond Skimming contest of Saturday March 23, 2013. A hundred competitors participated in the event trying to ski or board across the 100 foot pond, 8 people made it across. There were also awards for crashes, plashes and costume. (Photos by Tyler Cobb / The Park Record)
One of the participants shakes off the water after falling into the pond in his Orange Bubble costume. Canyons held the 17th annual Pond Skimming contest of Saturday March 23, 2013. A hundred competitors participated in the event trying to ski or board across the 100 foot pond, 8 people made it across. There were also awards for crashes, plashes and costume. (Photos by Tyler Cobb / The Park Record)
Clint Goode dressed as the Pope and Trixie Hoogcarspel as the devil ski on the pond. Canyons held the 17th annual Pond Skimming contest of Saturday March 23, 2013. A hundred competitors participated in the event trying to ski or board across the 100 foot pond, 8 people made it across. There were also awards for crashes, plashes and costume. (Photos by Tyler Cobb / The Park Record)
Trixie Hoogcarspel as the devil skies across the pond where she stopped to have a shot ski with the judges. Canyons held the 17th annual Pond Skimming contest of Saturday March 23, 2013. A hundred competitors participated in the event trying to ski or board across the 100 foot pond, 8 people made it across. There were also awards for crashes, plashes and costume. (Photos by Tyler Cobb / The Park Record)
The Judges hold up the scores in all categories. Canyons held the 17th annual Pond Skimming contest of Saturday March 23, 2013. A hundred competitors participated in the event trying to ski or board across the 100 foot pond, 8 people made it across. There were also awards for crashes, plashes and costume. (Photos by Tyler Cobb / The Park Record)
Kyle Walterson of Park Ctiy does a front flip into the pond. Canyons held the 17th annual Pond Skimming contest of Saturday March 23, 2013. A hundred competitors participated in the event trying to ski or board across the 100 foot pond, 8 people made it across. There were also awards for crashes, plashes and costume. (Photos by Tyler Cobb / The Park Record)
Canyons mascot Murdock the Moose joins in on the pond skimming. Canyons held the 17th annual Pond Skimming contest of Saturday March 23, 2013. A hundred competitors participated in the event trying to ski or board across the 100 foot pond, 8 people made it across. There were also awards for crashes, plashes and costume. (Photos by Tyler Cobb / The Park Record)
Clint Mason celebrates with a pair of goggles as part of the prize he and his friends won for best overall costume for the little mermaid. Canyons held the 17th annual Pond Skimming contest of Saturday March 23, 2013. A hundred competitors participated in the event trying to ski or board across the 100 foot pond, 8 people made it across. There were also awards for crashes, plashes and costume. (Photos by Tyler Cobb / The Park Record)
The pond skimmers raise there drinks in a cheers at the end of the pond skiming. Canyons held the 17th annual Pond Skimming contest of Saturday March 23, 2013. A hundred competitors participated in the event trying to ski or board across the 100 foot pond, 8 people made it across. There were also awards for crashes, plashes and costume. (Photos by Tyler Cobb / The Park Record)
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