Info 2018, Water Ski Career of Genadi Guralia 2018.

Glad to win 3 gold medals in my first Europeans over 45+ S2 category and in my water ski carrier of participating at Seniors Europeans it is already 18th gold medals, 9 silver and 1 bronze.
 I get, first place in Slalom with 5/55/11.25, first place in Jumping with 44.8 m. and first place in Overall with 3000 points.
My final round in tricks was not good at all, by falling on my first SL5F I lost my medal in tricks and become 6th but preliminary score 5170 points was enough to win my overall champion title.
Competition official boat was Bosh which was not easy at all to ski behind but it was the same for everybody. Specially glad to win Jumping event with no training for this event almost 5 years and doing only important competitions because of my knee problem. Testing of new knee protection helped a lot also it was my first year I had to jump at 150 cm. ramp height because of new category +45. Final score 44.8 was also important for my overall score to win skier from France Raoul Gabriel as well as in jumping too.
To win Slalom event is always big success for me too, spatially for my sponsor Sans Rival who gives me free equipment and such an excellent ski which I use already 6 years and have won 2 times European seniors championships on it.
I was last skier in finals which was good to know result and stressful at the same time too.
By turning around 5th buoy at 11.25, already I knew I become a winner and it was so exciting for me, even big crash going to number 6 buoy I had no any pain, which I felt later on my shoulder before next jumping event.

Monaco Seniors Cup in Roquebrunes S/ Argens was a cash prize slalom event with 2 rounds and finals. Second round was raining very mach but we decide to ski any way using a glasses for ayes protection. I scored 3/55/10.75 on this second round and became at 3rd place after 2 rounds.
First round my score was 1.5&10.75 Newby-Ricci Jeremy from GBR was 2nd with 2&10.25 in first round and 3.5&10.75 in second round. Skier from France Draux Philippe did 0.5&10.25 in first round and 3&10.75 at 2nd round. After me was Pierre Cesinski from Switzerland by score 2&10.75
Finals winner with a big score become Newby-Ricci Jeremy GBR with 3,00/55/10.25
Second became Draux Philippe from France with same score as mine 4,00/55/10.75 but bigger score from 1st round. I got a 3rd place with 4,00/55/10.75. 4th place got Pierre Cesinski from Switzerland with 4&10.75 and 5th place got Fabrizio Merlo from Italy with 4.5&11.25 who did 2&10.75 in his 1rst round.

Flip and Jump contest competition is a last competition of the season in San Gervasio Bresciano. In 2 days of competition skiers could do 2 rounds of itch event in overall ore 3 rounds in one or two events.
 I did a good overall score in this competition with results in slalom 4.0/55/10.75, tricks 5650 points and 46,9 m. in jump with ramp high 150 cm. in category +45.
I have got 4 first places in this inetrnational competition.

2/58/10.75 was close to my personal best result in slalom at 58 km/h. it is good result for me because last month I was preparing for seniors competitions of this year so training sets I did at 55 km/h.
In tricks I got 5th place with 8160 points in preliminary round and 5570 points in finals. First was Pierre Ballon from France with 11200 points, second Nicholas Benatti 10310 points and third Marenzi Edoardo 8200 points. As foreigners me and Pierre was not competing for the medals of cause because it is competition of Italians.

5th time already we are organizing San Gervasio Pro Am cash prize competition here in San Gervasio Bresciano, Italy from 6 to 8 July of 2018.
In Pro Ladies slalom winner was Costard Manon FRA, 2nd Austin Balley USA, 3rd. place Rini Paige CAN.    
In Pro Men slalom 1st place got Winter Frederick GBR, 2nd. Descuns Sacha FRA, 3rd. Travers Jonathan USA,  4th Asher William and 5th Degasperi Thomas. Higher score of the Pro Am competition did Descuns Sacha FRA 5/58/10.25 in his second round.  
In category over 35 slalom men, me Genadi Guralia GEO became first with 3/55/10.75, 2nd place Buzzotta Patrizio ITA 3/55/10.75, 3rd place Larsson Nicklas SWE 2/55/10.75

Here is web site of Pro Am competition address     www.sangervasioproam.com

Open Men Slalom Results
1 Benatti Nicholas ITA Ope M    3,00/58/10.75
2 Guralia Genadi GEO Ope M    1,50/58/10.75
3 Sauvat Theodore ESP Ope M   2,50/58/11.25

First competition of the season in San Gervasio, 3 round slalom international competition normally I am participating as in open category. I did 1.5 buoys at 10.75 m. line at 58 km/h. and it is a good result for me for beginning of my season.

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2018  December - January Here in Putrajaya, Malaysia again, water ski season continue.  Glad to see all my friends again..
Good opportunity for me to prepare for new water ski season and in the same time to help to Aaliyah, Adam, Aiden Yoong Hanifah and all the team members to improve water skiing and give them some motivations and technical advises.

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