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2007 Season Highlights

12/22/07        Familiar Faces

for several years now (it came from another article in the same magazine). Tom adds - "Last summer I was on the cover and they did a story about our club. Had some tricking and some jumping shots as well. I think the picture is about 7 years ago.  It is my old Goode ski, the brown shorts have long been retired, but the vest is still going strong (just use a yellow paper clip on the zipper now!)"

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12/22/07        Detty,  Schmitt

If you've been keeping up on the latest from last summer tournaments you know that Boys 2 skiers Briant Detty and Andrew Schmitt have had an exceptional season and it hasn't gone unnoticed. B'ster and Sponge have been selected to the 2008 National Junior Development Water Ski Team. The selections, decided upon by the American Water Ski Association’s Junior Development Committee and the  International Activities Committee, are based upon tournament performances during the 2007 tournament season. While Andrew graduates to the Boys 3 division this season Briant is currently ranked 1st in Jump 6th in Slalom and 32 in tricks and 5th overall.

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12/09/07        Support Our Sponsors

Are you stuck with your Christmas shopping and don't know what to get your favorite water sports enthusiast. Please check out our sponsors pages and give them a call to get the perfect gift. Everyone loves ski stuff for Christmas.  Please support our sponsors Here

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2007 Water Ski  Memories DVD

Still can't find that perfect gift?? How about a 2007 Water Ski Memories DVD. Catch all the seasons highlights on a single DVD to retain the memories for a lifetime for only $10.

 Please submit to Carl Truesdale at bigrigbrc@indy.rr.com or 10845 Golf View Dr, Indpls. In. 46234

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11/24/07        Purdue to Host Team Trials and All Stars

The Boilermakers are co-hosting two main collegiate events this spring. Purdue along with Southern Illinois University are hosting the 2008 Collegiate Team Trials May 16th and the 2008 All-Star Tournament May 17th and 18th which will all be held at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds in DuQuoin, IL. The Collegiate Team Trials will name the 6 member US Collegiate Team from all the top competitors from Colleges Nationwide. The team will compete in the 2008 FISU World University Water Ski Championships in Beijing, China in September of 2008.

The Collegiate All Stars Tournament includes the top10 men and top10 women from each of the National Collegiate Water Ski Ass. four regions vying for individual titles in slalom, tricks, jump and overall. An overall team title also is awarded to the top scoring region which Purdue will be trying to defend their 2007 victory.

If you might be interested in volunteering to help or sponsoring any of this big event please contact -Tournament Director Abby Schmitt at alschmit@purdue.edu

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11/20/07        AWSA's Ranking List Champions

The American Water Ski Association has announced in Sept. the rankings list champions for the 2007 season. The results of the 07 rankings list champions were based on performances between August 21 2006 to August 20 2007. IWSA members placing on the list are

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11/11/07        Dick West - IWSA Hall of Fame Inductee

Here IWSA's 2007 Hall of Fame Inductee , Dick West is presented with his award from presenter John Kniesly. Dick was a very insperational part of getting organized water skiing up and running through out the state. Dick started skiing in 1947 and took off across the northern part of the state visiting all the lakes in Indiana trying to get tournaments and shows started across the state. Dick took the podium for a short speech to explain his efforts in trying to send the message of organized water skiing in the days when there was snail mail and we didn't enjoy the benefits of e-mail and the internet as we enjoy today.  For the whole story on Dick West and his contributions of the early days , please click Here

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11/11/07        IWSA Awards Dinner Banquet

The Awards Dinner Banquet was a great success and many awards were presented as well as the recognition of many of our greatly appreciated sponsors which also received awards for their continued support of the Indiana Water Ski Association. 95 members came to the annual event to send out the 07 season with a wine and cheese party, a great dinner and to witness many member receive awards for their accomplishments through out the 07 summer season. Many thanks to Bill Roach for putting this event together.  For a page of all the award winners please click Here. For all the pictures  of the award winners please click Here

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11/11/07        IWSA Fall Meeting

IWSA held their annual fall general membership meeting which was lightly attended but was constructive in building the tournament season schedule for the 2008 season as well as your IWSA officers for the 08 sason. It was determined that Hawthorn Lake will host 2008 Indiana State Championships. All the details from that meeting will come in the months to come as details get finalized. The schedule of clinics that will be presented next spring is also in the works, so if you are an aspiring official or need a clinic for maintenance please drop BRC an e-mail with your clinical needs Here.

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10/26/07        Collegiate Nationals

Purdue goes home from the Nationals in a very respectable 4th place.  Catch all the highlights and results from these two sites here.  - click Here and Here

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10/26/07        Collegiate Nationals

The Collegiate Nationals are just finished with their second day of events in Zachary, La.  at Bennett’s Water Ski and Wakeboard School. IWSA's, Cale Burdick was just a half buoy from his 3rd collegiate slalom title when he went out and skied a half buoy at 41 off ! Only to have Ian Trapp, later come out to ski around one ball to take the victory for Louisiana-Lafayette. Purdue sits in 4th place after two days of competition with just the Jump event to go for the Division 1 team schools. For more on the Collegiate Nationals and all the current results  Please click Here

For more in depth reports there's more Here

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9/26/07          Big Dawgs Go Early

While battling some 30 mph winds and what was becoming close to white cap water conditions for Sundays final rounds of skiing at the 34 mph Big Dawg  Slalom Championships in Winter Garden Florida, none of the Indiana Big Dawgs made it to the final 8. While Kim Contos didn't make the sweet 16 for Sundays rounds Chris Clark and Scott Tynan were seated 12th and 8th respectively after Saturdays performances. Talk about close performances, Scott's best was 5 1/2 at 39 and Chris was a buoy back with 4 1/2 at 39 after Saturday. Chris went out first against Todd Johnson, Todd left the door wide open for Chris as he scored 3 at 38 off. Chris biffed it at one ball at 38 shattering his dreams of making the elite 8 where the money starts paying for placements. A bit later Scott went out first against Clay Neill and scored 4 buoys at 39 in the adverse winds, only to have Clay pass him by a buoy to knock Scott out of the money rounds as well. This is a big accomplishment to even get invited to such a prestigious event and ski with the best of the best that came from 3 different countries and 17 different states to compete in this years Finals. Congratulations to Kim, Chris and Scott for their efforts in the Big Dawg series this year. Your still the elite three in Indiana and we wish you well in 08.

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9/26/07          Purdue Goes to Regionals

Purdue manages to take 20th consecutive midwest win after two harsh weekends, the Great Lakes finally saw some sunshine.  This weekend was the Great Lakes Conference Championships at Lake Lotta Watta inn Ohio.  Of the 14 teams competing only 6 could advance to Regionals  -  Update on Collegiate tournaments is Here

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9/16/07        Final Tourny - Sawmill Fall Record As usual, the crew at Sawmill Lake near Columbus, Indiana poured out the hospitality to nearly 40 skiers on Saturday, September 14th.  The day started out a bit chilly but developed into a picture perfect day with plenty of sun and very little wind.   Barb-b-q and all the fixin's at the Jackson dock/boathouse capped a fun filled day.  This wraps up the tournament season in Indiana. So this is a great time to fill out this form and nominate your favorite skier of the year  for recognition at the IWSA fall awards banquet.

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9/13/07        Another Record - Nate Smith

Boys 3 National Slalom Champion, Nate Smith, ran 38 off again. This time at the Timberlake Pick &Choose where he rounded 2 @ 39.5 off. This breaks the Midwest all Tournament Record. His 2 buoys @ 39  at Nationals set the " Record Tournament"  Record, as those can be achieved out of region, but the regional all tournament (class C and up) records must be in the Mid West region. _______________________________________________

9/10/07        07' Can Am Challenge

Cale (Snail) Burdick was the top finisher in the slalom event at the Can Am Challenge held in Jerseyville, Ill. this past weekend scoring 2.25 at 39 off the first round and 2 at 39 the second round, but the 17 to 21 U.S. water ski team fell to

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9/09/07        Scott (Big Dawg) Tynan....

Scott goes victorious for the 2nd time at the 4th and final Big Dawg qualifier at Skyview lake in North Carolina. Scott also won the 2nd stop where the top-eight finishers at each qualifier earned bids to the Big Dawg (which includes Chris Clark) Slalom Championships, Sept. 29-30, in Winter Garden, Fla., where a $12,000 purse will be at stake.  _______________________________________________________________________________________

skiing for the U.S. with the 17 - 21 Water Ski  team  in the Can-Am Challenge. Mean while Sam Jackson is ripping it up again at Silent Shores coming 1/2 buoy from tying his regional record set last weekend at 5 at 35 off.   All the details of these events will come soon.

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9/08/07      Labor Day

The folks at Cindonway Shores rolled out the red carpet to approximately 34 skiers.   Two sections of NSL event skiers enjoyed 4 pulls per event racking up points for trophies and awards.   Two additional groups of USA Water Skiers competed for points  for the new ranking system in place.  Everything went well until Peggy Bucher brought out her prize-winning Lasagna and salad.  All of a sudden the Bucher porch was full of people eating.  The hospitality was unmatched, the weather was perfect  (a bit  windy),  and the fun/comrade was enjoyed by all.  Two more tournaments the next two weekends. submitted by Dave Jarrett  Pics are here

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9/03/07      USA Wins Gold at Worlds

IWSA's Pan Am Judge Tom Danford has been in LINZ Austria appointed to work the Water Ski World Tournament. The U.S. Elite Water Ski Team clinched its fourth consecutive world team title Sunday as the 2007 Water Ski World Championships concluded. The biennial event, which began Tuesday, included more than 120 athletes from 40 countries.

 Here's a note from Tom after the final event.

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9/03/07      Champion Lake Slalom Saturday This has been the 3rd or 4th time this regional record has gone down this season alone. Mason Mechler a boys 2 slalom skier from Ohio and IWSA's own Sam Jackson have been trading this record all season and Sam took the upper edge this past weekend at the off again,on again Champion Lake 3 rd slalom running 5 @ 35off. The tournament at Champion Lake had cancelled the trick and jump portion cause of a threat of low  water.  Congratulations to Sam..

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8/21/07      Nate Smith

Nate's Nationals performance of 2 bouys at 39 off was good enough to co - hold the boys 3 slalom mid west regional record with non other than fellow  IWSA skier Cale Burdick. Congratulations Nate.   For a look at the regional records you can click here

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8/18/07      Nate Smith Nate put it all together Friday in his Boys 3 slalom event and was the only one in  56 Boys 3 field of skiers to run the 38 off loop. Nate went on to score an official 2 at 39 off for the sole possession of 1st place on the podium at the 65th Goode Water Ski Nationals in Bakersfield California.  Congratulations Nate.... The official scorebook from the Nationals is  here                    See all the Pictures from Nationals here If you have any pictures you want on send them here ________________________________________

8/18/07      B'ster vs. Sponge Bob

It was another close encounter at the 65th Goode Water Ski Nationals in Bakersfield California, like the state tournament these two riggers were neck and neck in the jump event. This time Briant Detty came out in front with a 100 footer good enough for the 4th place medal, and right behind him on his heels was Andrew Schmitt with a 97 footer for the 5th place spot on the podium.  B'ster slalomed into the 14th place spot and placed 20th in tricks to give him the 3rd place overall medal. Andy was 27th in slalom and 6th in tricks and brought home the 4th place overall medal. Congrats to you both..... __________________________________________________

 

8/14/07      Clark vs. Tynan

Anyone that has been around slalom skiing in Indiana knows the chase that Chris Clark has been on to give Scott Tynan a run for his money in the slalom event. After many State and Big Dawg tournaments later, Chris pulled one out at the 65th Goode Water Ski Nationals in Bakersfield California Monday afternoon. Finally all the wishing, the ribbing and smack talk between the two has finally swung in Chris's favor. Chris ran an incredible 5 buoys at 39 off for a 3rd place medal. Scott who would of skied after Chris skied an incredible 3 buoys at 39 off for 5th place in the  Masters Men's 55K slalom event. I'm sure it was a nail bitter and can't wait to hear the rest of the story.

Other notables so far is Tom Danford - who had won the Overall title last year, took a 3rd place finish in Tricks and was a mere 45 points from the overall race to settle for secord.. There are many Mid Western skiers in the medal count this year with most of the kids events yet to go.

 

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8/10/07      Andrew Schmitt

Congratulations to Andrew Schmitt as he was selected to represent the mid west with the Junior All-star team at next weeks Water Ski Nationals. Andrew will ski representing the Mid West Jr. Team with other team skiers - Elizabeth Montavon (IL) Girls 2 - Alison Lindy (MN) Girls 3 - Mason Mechler (OH) Boys 2 - Tyler Lorenz (WI) Boys 3 - Zack Schneider (OH) Boys 2 , and congratulations to Nate Smith for being chosen as an alternate.

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8/09/07      Team Scores By State at Regionals

AT the Mid West Regionals each year they tally team scores by state just like they do team scores by affiliated club at our state tournament. This year the team scores were close with Indiana taking 3rd place over ILL. and Ohio. Illinois won the title for the second year in a row with 13,470, Ohio was 2nd with 12,750 and Indiana was 3rd with 12,229 points. Rounding out the top 5 were Minnesota with 10,577 points and hosting state Kansas with 10,183 points. What do you suppose would happen if everyone skied that was eligible  ?   ?   Who's in   ?   ?

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8/09/07      Lake City Skiers Take First In Div.   2 Show Ski Nationals

The Lake City Skiers are celebrating their 2nd consecutive 1st place finish in the 2007 Malibu Division 2 Show Ski Nationals which they hosted at their home site in Warsaw.  After what had to be a busy weekend for the host club, they found the energy to put together an encore performance free for the spectators of the area. They showed the town why they were the first place finishers with another excellent performance.     Now that they have their second 1st place finish in as many years, they will have to bump up and perform with the Division 1 teams which can usually have up to

100 team members, twice the number of members of the Lake City Skiers club.  The Lake City Skiers won top awards for showmanship, sound crew, high individual club act, jumping and barefooting.  They also won the team jumping competition in the individual events that were held Aug. 4th scoring 60 points.  Congratulations to the entire Lake City Skiers staff on the excellent two year running seasons.   Here are just a few pics from their great performance tonight.

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8/05/07      Indiana Skiers at Regionals

Nate Smith has won his event in Boys 3 Slalom yesterday at the Mid West Regional Championships in Wichita Kansas. Other skiers that have made the podium so far are Nicholas Shedd, 4th Slalom, 3rd tricks; Sam Jackson 2nd slalom; Andy Schmitt 4th slalom, 3rd tricks and 2nd in jump; Briant Detty 3rd jump; Sara Rozo 2nd slalom. Chase McCain 4th jump; Kevin Smith 3rd and Kim Contos 4th in Men 4 slalom.

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8/02/07     Another Satisfied Skier From Disabled Nationals

To all who participated in the 19th Disabled Nationals, THANK YOU for the awesome opportunity to ski at such a GREAT site!  I've been skiing for the last 13 years and I think this was one of the most professional and welcoming Nationals that I've skied in!  The site and the people were FANTASTIC!  I hope to be able to visit IN again and look forward to getting to know all the volunteers and ski club members in the future.  Thank you again for the support in keeping our division in water skiing moving forward!"   Thank you all, Stephany

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7/30/07      Bart's Indiana Water Ski State Championships

Timberlake pulled it off again. They ordered great weather for the two day event which brought some great competition in all divisions with nail bitter finishes, some personal bests and eight new Indiana state Tournament records. They are commended for a great tournament, super location and a great banquet that brought in close to record attendance. All the details and highlights and of coarse plenty of pictures will come soon. Final Results are here

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7/26/07      Indy Star Disabled Article

Attached is a copy of the article from the Indy Star covering the 2007 Disabled Water Ski Nationals.  It ran in selected editions on Wednesday, July 25, 2007.  It is also available online at IndyStar.com. 

 Congratulations to all of the competitors and to those that put on this event!  It was a great event for our community.

 Don’t forget the RHI - Indy Parks Disabled Water Ski series every Thursday evening (weather permitting) at the new Lake Indy site.  It’s a great site that skis very well.  Come out and watch the action, help, or sign up to ski.   

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7/24/07      One More From One of Our Own

I wanted to say that I am Proud of being involved with some of the GREATEST people in all of skiing. Thanks go to IWSA, Hawthorn Lake, the volunteers from RHI Sports and the various Ski Clubs that were on hand for 2007's WSDA National Water Ski Championships. A HUGE Shout out to Carl "Big Rig" Truesdale, John Kniesley and Brian Detty, you guys are just AWESOME.   From comments that were made to me personally, I just wanted to let you guys know that everyone thought that this was THE BEST event, National, Worlds or otherwise, that they had attended. My hat is off to you guys for all of your outstanding efforts and hard work and on behalf of the skiers that attended this years event, a sincere, heartfelt THANK YOU!!!!!   Dan Reed RHI Sports Water Ski Team

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7/23/07      More Hendrick's Regional Health 19th Disabled Nationals

Thanks to BRC the Disabled Nationals main man along with John Kniesly, Brian Detty as well as his father in -law Fred, the whole Hawthorn club and many, many others we were able to pull off one of the most memorable Disabled Nationals. See below the many comments from others as well as many pictures , pictures and more pictures.....

 

Wow!  I have never attended a better prepared for and detail oriented tournament than this past WSDA Nationals.  You are to be congratulated on a job well done in every aspect and in every sense of the words "well done".   Many, many thanks. Jim   Thank you very much for hosting the WSDA Nationals.  You put on an excellent tournament.  I appreciated the smooth running of events and the fact the technical equipment worked virtually flawlessly.  The lake skied very nice as evidenced by the settings of World records. Please pass along my thanks to all the volunteers that helped us competitors have a great event. Regards Mike   Wow indeed! I couldn't agree more! The best tournament that I can remember (AWSA or disabled)!  Super organization, the  nicest people doing everything posible, and a fantastic site. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Bill

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7/20/07      Hendrick's Regional Health 19th Disabled Nationals

The weather cooperated and the conditions were terrific so far at the 19th Disabled National Championships held this weekend at Hawthorn Lake in Danville IN. Some fantastic news coverage of the events were aired on the Fox morning news program as well as the News 13 evening crew with some great interviews. Several "WORLD RECORDS" were broken today! There were some awesome skiers!   There's plenty of skiers to watch and encourage in the next 2 days.  Saturday is the finals if you want to see some indescribable water skiing, stop by Hawthorne Lake.   Here's some sample pics of the day....

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7/16/07      Tynan Wins Big Dawg

Scott Tynan of Columbus, Ind., of Sawmill Lake won the second stop of the 2007 Ski Nautique Big Dawg Slalom Series on Sunday at Silver Spray Sports' Lake Jepawhit in Gaines, Mich. Tynan, the No. 2 seed, scored 4-1/2 buoys at 39-1/2 feet off in defeating Scott Larson in the finals. Congratulations Scott. Chris Clark made the finals seeded 8th but was knocked out in the first round by Scott Larson. Kim Contos also was at the prestigious show but was out in the preliminary rounds Saturday. More on the Big Dawg here

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7/09/07       Cale Makes Jr. Team

Cale Burdick was selected to the U.S. 17 to 21 Water Ski Team which will compete in the Can Am Challenge Sept. 8-9, in Jerseyville, Ill. Cale also made first alternate in the Under 21 Water Ski Team. The U.S. Under 21 Water Ski Team will compete in the Under 21 Water Ski World Championships, Jan. 3-6, in San Bernardo, Chile. Cale's best scores in the 3 round event were 4 @ 39 off, 4580 points in tricks and a 186 foot jump. For the rest of the story and scores = here

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6/25/07       Jr. Development Clinic This years Junior Development clinic was held at Hawthorne Lake in Danville, Indiana.  The outstanding Cale Burdick instructed 18 youth skiers of all skiing levels.  Each junior skier was awarded with a team t-shirt, stickers, and an autographed magazine of Cale Burdick.  The clinic was locally publicized by the Hendrick’s County Flyer, and received a half page picture of the current Indiana Junior Development Team and Sam Harmon skiing.  The clinic utilized a helmet equipped with a microphone to allow Cale to give instant instruction to the junior skiers as they were skiing.  The clinic was supported by the following volunteers: Dave Jarrett, John Kniesley, Nate Smith, Sam Schmitt, Kent Hoops, Carl Truesdale, Marie Metzler, Brian Detty, Hawthorne Lake and Pine Crest Marina, and not to forget Carla Stornetta Indiana's Jr. dev. Coordinator for her great efforts.The weather was great, the skiing was great, and was an overall success! - A link to the Hendrick's County Flier is here and as usual,

all the pics you can imagine are here

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6/17/07       Sawmill F1 What a great weekend to start off the summer tournament season. As the temps were in the 90's, The skiing was just as hot at the 1st Indiana tournament of the season, the Sawmill F1 Record at their beautiful lake just out side of Columbus. Here's my pic of the month - Scott shooting a big spray...... for the rest of the tournament pics click here ...  results here

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6/09/07       Disabled Clinics

The Rehabilitation Hospital  of Indianapolis held its annual two-day water skiing event at Red Bridge Park on Morse Reservoir on June 6th and 7th.  This event was the brain child of John Kniesly 12 years ago and has evolved into a nationally acclaimed event. News channels 6 and 8 were on site reporting on the event as well as the Indianapolis Star which ran a nice article Friday morning.  Approximately 15 skiers enjoyed perfect weather and skiing conditions on Wednesday, June 6th.  Thursday, June 7th brought 40 miles per hour winds and 90 degree heat, but that didn't phase the enthusiasm of numerous water

skiers and family members.  This event couldn't happen without the many volunteers  from local hospital programs, IWSA members, local ski club members, local boat dealers, and many more.   Many Many thanks to all.  More pics here

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6/04/07       Spring Fling

The annual INDIANA WATER SKI ASSOCIATION'S SPRING FLING was held on Sunday, June 3rd.  The weatherman cooperated and the crowd was enthusiastic.  Twenty water skiers and fourteen wakeboarders enjoyed the smooth waters of the host Fairland Ski Club.  Boat displays by Supra of Anderson, Pinecrest Marine, and Morse Lake Indboards were enjoyed by all.  Skier's Edge sold their wares to customers and offered a USA Water Ski discount.  Mike Baker tried out the new "Headset" unit recently purchased by IWSA.  Fairland Ski Club members Jeff Rash, Mark Powers, and Gary Bauman flipped burgers and dogs for participants and their families.  Special thanks to Gary and Ryan Bauman for providing a tow boat for the skiers.   Thanks to John Warne and Doug Hobson who pulled several skiers with their brand new Malibu and to Chris Walker who pulled all the wakeboarders with a new Supra.  Several members from Ski Klub of Indianapolis helped man the registration desk and provided instruction in the towboat.  The most awesome performance was by Clark Becker wakeskating!  (see pictures)

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5/24/07       Disabled Golf Outing  144 golfers participated in the fourth Arbor Homes Charity Golf Outing that was held at Southern Dunes Golf Club on Thursday, May 24th. Arbor Homes was excited to again have the opportunity to give back to the community! This year Arbor Homes had announced that the fundraising efforts will benefit the Water Skiers with Disabilities Association..  This organization allows athletes with visual impairments, amputations, paraplegia and quadriplegia to compete in waterskiing competitions, specifically the 2007 Disabled National Water Ski Tournament to be held July 18th -22nd at Hawthorn Lake

near Danville, IN.  This is the first disabled national tournament to be held in the state of Indiana.  Special Thanks to Scott McCain and  Arbor Homes for the event...  Images here

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5/20/07       Collegiate All-Stars

Cale Burdick of the defending champion Midwest Region scored 3 buoys at 39-1/2 feet off to win Men's slalom at the 2007 Collegiate All-Stars Water Ski Championships, sponsored by Malibu Boats, at Borderline Sports Lake in Blaine, Wash. The 13th annual event is being hosted by Western Washington University. The Collegiate All-Stars includes the top-10 men and top-10 women from each of the National Collegiate Water Ski Association's four regions vying for individual titles in slalom, tricks, jumping and overall. An overall team title also is awarded to the top-scoring region

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05/10/07       Indiana Connection USA Waterski's official publication, The Water Skier, has had a lot of interest from Indiana skiers with every issue this year. In January we read about the great things Dave Jarrett has done heading up all our NSL events and the great things that go on at Fairland. Then last month we read a great story about the no.1 ranked Men's 3 slalom skier, Scott Tynan. Now this month, who's on the cover? Cale Burdick, talking about his desire to win his 3rd collegiate slalom title.  It's nice to catch up with the locals in this nationally published magazine.

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05/03/07       Getting Started There has been a number of skiers getting antsy for the season to get started.  There has been clubs with work parties as well as short ski sessions anxious to get the season under way. I'm sure the southern clubs have been at it for a while, but  up here in the north things are still a bit breezy but the lakes are starting to look more like a places to ski. SO remember when you get your equipment out and find out your dry suit has the neck ripped out of it, or go to put that wet suit on for the first time and it seems to have shrunk a few sizes don't forget to check your supporting local dealers first. Please support your supporting local dealers here.  Mike Baker takes his first cuts of the season at Fairland.

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04/24/07       Glenn Ramey

As you may have already heard, we lost a dear friend on Saturday April 21. Glenn Ramey passed away after a long battle with cancer.

Glenn Everette Ramey, 67 of Oakley died 1:10 a.m. Saturday April 21, 2007 in Decatur Memorial Hospital . Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday April 25th at First Christian Church 3350 N. MacArthur Decatur, IL. 62526.

He served in the Marine Corp. and was a banker with Citizen's Bank, South Shores Bank, National City Bank, and the State Bank of Cerro Gordo .

Glenn was a charter memb