LAS VEGAS - After years of bachelorhood, the Snyders are proving to be the marrying kind.

Luke Snyder, 30, will be marrying his longtime girlfriend, Jen Manna, a week after the World Finals. The wedding will take place on Saturday, Nov. 3, near their home in Missouri.

Wednesday afternoon, Luke's father, Mike Snyder, 59, married his girlfriend, Debbie Covert, at a private ceremony that took place at A Special Memory Wedding Chapel before the newlyweds headed over to the Thomas & Mack Center to celebrate their nuptials by watching Luke compete in the opening round of the World Finals.

Luke said his father showed him the ring on Tuesday night and told him there was a possibility they would exchange vows, at some point, this week.

"He said, 'If it happens you'll know after the fact. We're going to just go do it,'" said Luke.

The younger Snyder gave his father and stepmother something extra to celebrate when he covered Shamoun for 89.75 points. He's second in the average behind Renato Nunes.

With everything going on the next couple of weeks, Luke said his father actually asked if it was OK with him to marry Debbie or whether they should wait.

He didn't want to take anything away from his son.

"I said, 'Are you crazy?'" recalled Luke, who joked the only change he has to make at his wedding is the fact that the welcoming invite no longer says, Mike Snyder and guest Debbie Covert. It's now Mr. and Mrs. Mike Snyder.

"I'm just tickled for him," he continued. "Now that I'm older and I'm out of the house, me and my dad are more like friends and he's a big hero of mine. I see how happy he is and now that I'm out of the house - me and Jen are starting our own life - it makes me happy that he has somebody that makes him happy, while I'm gone."

"Now that I'm older and I'm out of the house, me and my dad are more like friends and he's a big hero of mine," said Luke Snyder.

Mike and Debbie met in Las Vegas five years ago during the World Finals.

Luke was hosting an afterparty at the top of Mandalay Bay Hotel in the Foundation Room. At the time, she was working for one of Luke's sponsors.

They spent much of the evening talking and, as Luke put it, "they just hit it off."

Mike has always been into motorcycles, and although Debbie had never ridden, she took a few courses and fell in love not only with her future husband, but also long rides.

Since then she's even gone on 13-day rides and each have their own bike.

"He's always been a big motorcycle guy," Luke said, "so he found himself a gal who likes to ride just as much as he does.

"If there's one way to make my dad happy, it's that."

On Wednesday, as always, Mike watched the opening round from the stands.

Father and son used to travel throughout Luke's amateur career. Since Luke turned professional, Mike likes to sit in the stands and cheer his son along with the fans.

"My dad is the one who got me here," Luke said, "and now he likes to sit there and root me on."

It's not out of the ordinary for Luke to ride well with his father watching. In fact, historically he tends to do well when Mike is in Las Vegas.

Luke won the Finals event his rookie year, in 2001, and not surprisingly Luke was one of only six riders to make the whistle in Round 1 this week. He arrived in Vegas ranked 10th in the world standings and with a big week at the Finals he's hoping to get himself closer to the first Top 5 finish of his career.

With his family and friends on hand - his wife-to-be is also in town - Luke is hoping to win the event for the second time in his career.

"Obviously I'm not thinking about the wedding and I'm not thinking about who's in the stands watching me," Luke said, "but there's just something about that - knowing that your old man is here. Just wanting to make him proud I get that extra edge."

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