We love to show off our skiers in action!
Scroll down to see some of their accomplishments.
Welcome to the Wall of Feet, Quin. Those flat feet are the envy of the footing world. Keep it up the hard work and you'll be throwing down cringe-worthy crashes to make your parents gasp in horror in no time!
Welcome to the wall of feet, Ridge! We are looking forwards to the new tricks and seeing you turn those feet upside down, soon! Congratulations.
Ripping up the course 32MPH; 22 Off
Steve Bird is putting in the time behind the boat to get ready for 2023 Barefoot Regionals! - Go Bird!
June 23, 2022 - Congratulations to Jacob Miller on another epic run, followed by an world class face plant. Welcome back blood shot eyes! First rule of fight club... LOL.
At the age of eight 8 you took your first faceplant off the end of a kneeboard. Way to stick with it!
15 Years Later
You still go it! - "Few things are as delicate and hard as [barefoot] water-skiing. The mix of power, respect and control of a situation that can change in a milli-second is always there to humble you in the ending." - paraphrase of Adam Caldwell, Men 3 National record holder.
[Way to go, Jacob!]
June 23, 2021 - Nice Job Steve Bird - You are a One foot wonder" ...
.... and "Rich Miller, June 23, "Wondering how to One-foot" LOL
Aug 28, 2021 - Congratulations to the newest member to the wall of feet! Look at those arches! That's an extra degree of difficulty right there. Way to go Alan Coward.
June 6, 2021 - congratulations to Brent Coward who is now upside down (backwards) on the barefoot wall of fame and pain. Way to go Brent pulling off this beautiful deep water backwards barefoot start on the boom!
Aug 2, 2020 - Congratulations, Claudia Mathews to claiming your spot on the "Wall of Feet". Footing is fun with friends at the UCSC!
Aug 1, 2020 - A trio of Pyramids magically appeared at the UCSC after a long day of fun and sun. Way to go Brent, Luke, Justin, Tim, Lindsey, Alondra, and Claudia. Thank you Scott & Vicky for providing the impromptu master class instruction!
July 19, 2020 - Way to go, Don, on crossing this off your bucket list! What's next? Step off, jump out, tumble-up, flying dock? Congratulations for sticking to it on your feet and welcome to the wall of fame!
July 19 2020 - Two first on the same day. Steve takes a smooth glide with his toe in claw, and flips to the attempt some early morning push-ups. For his second act, he nails a backwards deep-water start behind the boat on his bare feet. Way to go, Steve! Looking forward to seeing a good and solid 20 military style next time!
June 27, 2020 - Congratulations to Brent Coward who made it up today on his bare feet behind Miller's MasterCraft Prostar 200 starting deep with a 110' long line running 38MPH. Way to go Steve Bird for the awesome coaching through this milestone, and Alan Coward for the video. The discharge pipe across the river couldn't keep us away from our favorite barefoot spot, and the result was well worth the portage across. Way to go Brent! I see many soft starts and happy landings in your future at the UCSC.
May 15, 2020! BOOM BABY - Congratulations to Bethanne and her trusted boat driver, Zach, for completing her first ever step-off to bare feet! More crazy stunts to come from this fearless woman, for sure.
September 28, 2019 - Congratulations to Jacob and Rich for pulling off their first 50FT tandem jump over the 6 foot ramp at 28MPH. Truth be told - it took the old guy 5 tries, of which the Young blood landed each and every jump.
September 22, 2019 - Steve Bird goes for a tumble-up and shows off his amazing kung-foo grip strength, and ability to ignore pain by refusing to let go of the handle!
September 21, 2019 - Don Ropp puts on the shoes for the first time and shows off for the camera!
September 11, 2019 - Randy Space finishes the season with a solid run through the course at 28.6MPH & 15 OFF. Congratulations, Randy - well played.
SEPTEMBER 1, 2019: Zane surprises himself with his first barefoot short-line run. The expression on his face says it all!
AUGUST 24, 2019: In today's action - we are excited to share Zane's barefoot deep water butt glide (his personal best). Congratulations, Zane!
AUGUST 24, 2019: Jacob's run on his feet in 2019! Congratulations, Jacob!
August 25, 2019: Steve Bird on shoes with choppy water - Way to Go, Steve!
04SEPT2018: Rich Slalom
A long time ago: Jacob & Sydney Miller Backyard Barefootin!