Astros Back-to-Back World Championship Challenge 

Mike Royal stands wearing a gold medal around his neck with the American flag in the background, while his Fidelco guide dog Subi lays at his feet. They are on the top of the podium in the 1st place position.

While it has been four years between my World titles, due to cancellation of the 2021 event, I was able to go back-to-back. Now it is time to see if the Astros are up to the challenge! 

I was one of the 13 members of the 2023 USA Adaptive Water Ski Team that won the gold medal at the 15th Barbara Bolding/Jim Grew Fund Disabled Water Ski World Championships, Sept. 11-17, at Shortline Lake in Elk Grove, California.

I also won the gold medal in Vision Impaired Men slalom, which represents my second consecutive individual World Championship title. In 2019, I brought an individual gold medal back to the greater Houston area by winning Audio Slalom at the 14th Disabled Water Ski World Championships, held in Skarnes, Norway. Click here for the entire USA Water Ski article.

Mike Royal completes a slalom turn on his Goode slalom ski

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