Nick Leuthauser won the 55k WEST #8.
Nick Leuthauser (Hannawa Falls, N.Y.) won the 55k World Elite Slalom Tour Event (WEST) #8 on Sunday at Swiss Waterski Resort in Clermont, Fla. 55k WEST is in its fifth year. The event featured some of the best 34 mph skiers in the world in an exciting head-to-head format.
Leuthauser defeated Darin Montgomery (Lake Worth, Fla.) in the head-to-head finals, scoring 5 buoys at 38 feet off to Montgomery's 4-1/2 buoys at 38 feet off. Jeremy Newby-Ricci, Jason Peckham and Seth Stisher rounded out the to-five placements.
WEST is a fresh SL format for 55k cash prize H2H events. Some of the basic details are:
- 32 skiers in the H2H, CASH PRIZE
- 3L (those who don’t make the H2H get a third round of L)
- 32+ person H2H field featuring one of the most elite 34 mph fields in the world this year
- Please visit 55kwest.com for more information
- Presented by H20 Pro Shop (H2Oproshop.com)
- Sponsored by Goode Skis and S Lines
- Webcast Archive (Sunday H2H)
- Scoring
