Pick The Kite-Ski Champ
Pick The Kite-Ski Champ
As a curtain-raiser to Austin's Aqua Festival they hold the first Water Ski Kite Championships. This calls for a 16-foot Kite, a towboat and lot of nerve!! Ken Tibaldo proves the man who out distances his rivals with breath-taking feats on high. It's a good thing someone told him as a youngster: "go fly a kit..." The skiing competitors start off on water end up in the air. The 16 foot kites laying on the ground people are walking around and looking at them. Ken Tibaldo a noted skier / kite flyer is harness in his kite. People in a small crowd looking on at the athletes. Ken is being pulled by a speed boat and he is harnessed in his kite. Next athlete is Don Craybin. He is pulled by the speed boat and he slowly rises into the air, he skillfully hangs himself upside-down on his kite. Unexpected gust of wind come up and one of the performers goes tumbling down into the drink. Ken Tibaldo wins the contest by out performing the other contestants.