Dear Chuck,

We would like to nominate Rich LaFave as Footer of the Month. We met Rich back in 2005 when he joined our show team. He needed to find a new boat driver because his driver got pregnant (also his wife!). He started skiing on our show team in May and by July he had broken his ankle. This drove him crazy, no footing. By the time he returned, he ended up dislocating his shoulder before the season was done. The next season came and he was hurt by the first show. This time he tore his MCL and PCL and partially tore his ACL. Once again he was our team pontoon driver. Not where he wanted to spend his time. He is a teacher and summers are important to him! However, no one could keep him off the water. He was back skiing soon after his physical therapist advised him not to ski, brace and all. He would go to physical therapy and come down to practice. With Rich being hurt so often, he was unselfish enough to stay around and help teach other footers. He also has a boat and is willing to take out footers all the time. This is great for all our boatless skiers! He is as the co-chairman of boneheaded ideas. They have skied 21 of the last 24 months – and they live in Wisconsin where they have had to shovel off the landing just to get the boat in the water! He has also taken on Vice President of our ski team and will take over the president role in October.

Now on to the real reason behind Rich being nominated as footer of the month. He is able to do all this because of his great wife- Allie. She is undoubtedly the backbone of the family. They have 2 young girls under the age of three, Abbie and Clair. They just moved from their big house to one on the river so he can ski more often, no matter that there is no yard for the kids to play in. They are on the river! She is always supportive of him in all ways! And it is a help to our team! If anyone finds a way to clone her-give us a call! Truly she is one of a kind!

Sincerely,
Brady Guth, Kyle and Renee Erickson
 

Thanks for taking the time to nominate Rich.  He sounds like a great guy, father, and husband.  Congratulations Rich, you've now been added to a select list of footers from all around the world that can claim a BFC Footer of the Month nomination.  And you're now eligible to be voted the 2007 BFC Footer of the Year.  So start your campaigning sooner than later.  The voting gets tougher each year.  Good luck, and keep skiing hard.

Chuck Gleason
BarefootCentral.com

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