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The 45th Annual Lake Norman New Year’s Day Barefoot Tournament will be held Sunday, January 1, starting at noon and finishing about 3:00pm. Held annually at Lake Norman Marina and hosted by the Carolina Show Ski Team, It is one of the longest running and unique barefoot skiing tournaments in the world. Due to Covid-19, 2021 was the first year in the event’s history it had not been held. What makes the tournament unique is that it combines barefoot starts, tricks, and endurance skills in one single ride. Contestants receive points for the degree of difficulty of their starting method (flying dock start, backward dock start, etc.), degree of difficulty of any tricks they perform (one foot, tumble-turns, 180 degree turns) and one point for every second they remain on their bare feet. About 25-30 “Footers” (barefoot water skiers) are expected to compete, coming from as far as Florida and New Jersey.

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