FLYING down the Murray River on a ski at 160kmh is second nature for Hamilton’s Mason Vaughan.
The 17-year-old apprentice builder is facing one of the ski racing calendar’s most gruelling events this weekend, the Southern 80.
This year’s race comes after a rigorous six-months on the water and in the gym for Vaughan where he has been building the leg strength needed to handle 125 turns between Torrumbarry and Echuca.
Today he and ski partner Rhys Duggan, of Ballarat, will race behind a Melbourne-owned boat called Spinal Tap in the single motor, open cockpit (SMOC) class, alongside 20 other boats…Â More info
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