Koppert lake, novice open

OK, so Shanie,Lukas,& me,Rob, competed at the Don
Koppert Memorial Classic wake board contest. Boy, what an experience that was, and can hardly wait to do it again. I will get back to that in a sec. Lukas absolutely killed it. Everyone is so proud of him. All the riders, all the classes gathered around, while they announced the podium finishers. "In third place, Salem Oregon, Lukas Jensen"!!! We all screamed and yelled, as he got up on the podium and got the bronze - metal was placed around his neck. Shanie was next finishing second, and receiving the silver metal. Me, well.... got fourth. No podium for me. But I so want to do it again because I messed up. Had I not have, I probably would have metaled too. What happened was I planned out my run in my head a thousand times and knew what tricks I was going to do, and when in the run I'd preform them. I started out, felt great,got my first trick in, switch 180, and saw the judges in the boat score it, "I could see them write it down". That pumped me up even more. I was in front of the crowd and cuffed up (riding backwards, facing away from boat), I was going to hold that move past the announcer, then!/?^%#!:!!(crash). The boat rubbed the bottom of the lake witch made the rope jerk. Worst wreck ever for me. I think I blacked out for a sec, and swallowed most of the lake too. Getting pulled over backwards onto your head hurts. I remember the boat driver saying the "wedge", (a part in back of boat the sticks down the give bigger wakes) hit bottom. I told him to put it up. And resumed riding. don't remember much after that. my hole plan went out the window. So next time NO WEDGE. Had it happened on any other trick it probably wouldn't even mattered, just like taking a roller from another boat. So now you can see why I have to do it again. by the way ... it took me 2 weeks to recover and i think I'm an inch shorter.