Air Santa 2004

Air Santa has been franchised! For the first year, Santa was seen riding foils in two cities! Since 1996 we have done the Air Santa run on Lake Washington in Seattle. This year, the old crew all got out there & once again got some news coverage for Santa on his toy.
Video from Lake Washington (7 mb)
Still photos from Lake Washington

And for the first time, Santa was seen riding on Lake Coeur d'Alene with a new crew!
Video from Lake Coeur d'Alene

Here are a few pics from the CdA event.
Click on any thumbnail for a larger version
Twas the night before Christmas,
I looked out on the lake...
Came a sweet towered V-drive,
kicking a big phat wake...

My boat was quite nimble 
It turned on a dime
With 40 degree water 
I would wake roll this time

The lake was quite empty
Just the V-drive in sight
When it’s this cold
You get shrinkage, you know I am right

I dropped in the water and 
And so far no pain
The boat started moving
And I was quickly on plane

The air was quite frigid
And I tried not to crash
I was not in the mood to
to go down with a splash

I did some gainers 
On the left and the right
I did my air rolls
There were no more in sight

It was time for the wake roll
With the water so cold
I would try this, I would try this
I would be so bold

I cut to the wake
Dipped and did throw
The most beautiful wake roll
It was amazing you know

As I rode away
With a smile on my face
I did it, I did it
I did not discrace

All was so well
Till my alarm started to ring
I woke up and got up
And I drained my thing

As with all dreams
Its hard to tell what they mean
I will make my wake roll
If only in a wet dream

Merry Christmas! 

The piece d'resistance was the debut
run of Santa on an AirBoard!

Click the picture to see video of the run

Thanks to the crews in Seattle & Spokane for getting out there & spreading some good cheer! The Spokane crew included Dave & Kaelene, Ben, Jake, TJ, Jason, Allan, Zach, Tim the KHQ news guy, my wife Patti, & our own photographer Dave H. And thanks to Randy V. for the revision of the old classic poem above. Cheers to good friends!
-Bill