Adaptive recreation program makes splash during watersports week
Katie Newman rides an adaptive water ski during DREAM Adaptive Recreation's Echo Lake Watersports Days on Tuesday, July 16. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Erik Barnes carves across a boat's wake on an adaptive water ski during DREAM Adaptive Recreation's Echo Lake Watersports Days on Tuesday, July 16. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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From left, Sean Lujan, co-founder of Backcountry Xperiences; Julie Tickle, executive director of DREAM Adaptive Recreation; and Trevor HIldebrand, staff at DREAM Adaptive, during DREAM Adaptive Recreation's Echo Lake Watersports Days on Tuesday, July 16. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Katie Newman rides an adaptive water ski during DREAM Adaptive Recreation's Echo Lake Watersports Days on Tuesday, July 16. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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DREAM Adaptive Recreation staff and volunteers head out onto Echo Lake with participants during their Echo Lake Watersports Days on Tuesday, July 16. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Erik Barnes carves across a boat's wake on an adaptive water ski during DREAM Adaptive Recreation's Echo Lake Watersports Days on Tuesday, July 16. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Volunteers and staff communicate to get Erik Barnes back on his adaptive water ski for another ride around Echo Lake during DREAM Adaptive Recreation's Echo Lake Watersports Days on Tuesday, July 16. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Volunteer Tom Mettler communicates with staff and volunteers to get Erik Barnes back on his adaptive water ski for another ride around Echo Lake during DREAM Adaptive Recreation's Echo Lake Watersports Days on Tuesday, July 16. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Sitting on a sit water ski in Echo Lake, Erik Barnes yells “Hit it!”
Quickly he’s carving through the wake behind the boat, at one point hitting a wave and jumping three feet before tumbling into the water.
It was 90 degrees on Tuesday afternoon at Echo Lake, the water was a warm 74. Children, parents, caregivers and participants of DREAM Adaptive Recreation lined the shores of the lake, in lifejackets and on various sorts of watercraft, with beaming smiles and cheers of encouragement.
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