Here are the latest Barefoot Worlds results.  For more info you can try to check the New Zealand Waterski Club’s website at: www.nzbwsc.co.nz and definitely check out pictures of the tournament at http://www.footnfotos.com/.

Slalom

KSO 20.4
David Small 19.8
Heinrich Sam 19.6
Bill Brzoza 18.4
Andre De Villiers 18.0

Trick

KSO 12,450
Heinrich Sam 11,750
Andre De Villiers 10,080
Paul Macdonald 8350
Zane De Villiers 8250

Jump

David Small 26.5m
Andre De Villiers 25.8m
KSO 24.5m
Heinrich Sam 23.7m
Terry Gregory 23.6m

Here is a clip of Keith barefooting behind a snowmobile

KSO Video edited by Keith’s cousin Jodie St. Onge

General barefooting video -

This article was published in Waterski Magazine April 2007:

Standing on His Feet

By Jim Frye   (more by this author)

How Keith St. Onge was saved from prison, poverty and polar winters to become one of the greatest footers ever

A dream can make you do what no sane person would, like sleep in a shed. In the not-so-distant past, that was Keith St. Onge’s life. With sweat beading all over his face, he’d lean up and bang on the wall-mounted air-conditioning unit that strained to fight off the thick Florida heat.

After a quick piece of toast or bowl of mac-and-cheese, he’d be out the door to the lake, where he gave his landlord (shedlord?) barefoot lessons instead of rent. St. Onge would grab a few passes himself and then jump into a ramshackle pickup truck. All the windows would be down because there was no AC. He’d head to his under-the-table job of installing lights, and halfway there the truck would overheat, so he’d push it to the side of the road, wait 10 minutes and then start it up again. He’d work, return that night and crawl back into the shed, only to start it all over again. Read the rest of this entry »

This article was published in Waterski Magazine September 25, 2006

The Waiting Is Over

By Jim Frye   (more by this author)

Keith St. Onge’s world barefoot slalom record is approved

After claiming to break the record five times only to have it stripped away, Keith St. Onge finally has more than claims now - this past year he officially broke the world barefoot slalom record with a score of 20.6 at the Gauteng North Barefoot Championships in Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa. The previous record of 20.5 was set by Brian Fuchs 12 years ago. Read the rest of this entry »

Here is an article that was written by Keith in Waterski Magazine Online:

10 Barefoot Essentials

10 essentials for spring barefooting. Focus on the basics and start with a clean slate. In many cases it’s impossible and dangerous to come back on the water thinking you haven’t skipped a single beat.

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