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6/23/08         Nate Smith Wins US Jr. Open

Nate Smith won the Jr. US Open Slalom event in West Chester , OH over the weekend. Nate after going to Sawmill to get some practice with Zero Off Thursday night hit a magnet and destroyed his fin. With no time to get a new fin, Mr. Tom Jackson of Sawmill gave Nate a D3 fin for his Connelly ski. Off to the Jr. Open they go with Nate only to get one practice set on his new set up. Going into the event Nate was top seed. After Saturday preliminary's Nate fell behind Adam Sedlmajer from Czech Republic to second seed with a score of 2 -1/2 @ 38 off. Nate in the finals now second seed ran his 38 off and 1 @ 39 topping Adams 5 @ 38 off to take the Jr. Open Slalom Title. Something tells us we haven't heard the end of Nate Smith. Congratulations Nate.  There's a few pics Here

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6/22/08          Wisdom Lake NSL

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6/22/08          Update - MasterCraft Pro Water Ski Tour Stop #3

After all said and done, Scott Tynan falls to Ben Favret in the finals of the MasterCraft Pro Water Ski Tour Stop # 3. Scott was good enough to take the 2nd place prize at this weekends 3rd stop.

Home town favorite Cale Burdick finished with a respectable 3rd place prize behind only Nick Parsons and first place Will Asher. See all the results at proskiers.com

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6/21/08          MasterCraft Pro Water Ski Tour Stop #3

Scott Tynan makes the final four in the Master Men's division at stop #3 of the MasterCraft Pro Water Ski Tour at Lake Jepawhit in Gains Township Michigan. Watch the finals live Sunday at proskiers.com where the final 4 will be battling over a $5,000 purse.

After the first round of the men's 36 preliminary round, Cale Burdick is in a 5 way tie for eighth place with 3 @ 39 off. With another round to ski to determine the top 8 that will battle over a $20,000 purse. Watch all the action live at proskiers.com

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6/18/08          Sam Jackson Breaks Records at Sawmill

Sam Jackson of Sawmill Lake in Columbus ran 1 1/2 @ 38' off in the Boys 2 division at the Sawmill Spring Record on 6/14/2008 in Columbus, IN. The old Boys 2 Regional record at record capability tournaments was 4 1/2 @ 35' off and at all Midwest Region tournaments was 5 @ 35' off. Sam now holds these records with his great performance. Congrats Sam......

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6/17/08          Monday Night Ski at Fairland

Our second Monday Night Ski League of the season went like clockwork!   Gary Hall and Brian Detty conducted the driving part of the driver's clinic while pulling Monday Night Ski League participants.  Each set had a new driver and a new skier.  Wind and high water made  both driving and skiing a bit of a challenge but when the skiers were offered a second free set......the line formed!  Special thanks to Mark Qualkinbush, Gary Baumann, and John Kniesly for officiating.  Our next Monday Night Ski League will be July 7th.  Here's some Pics

* * Don't miss the Grassroots/NSL Tournament at Wisdom Lake on June 22nd.

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6/10/08          Calling all Tournament NSL Skiers

Make plans to attend the June 22nd Grassroots/NSL Water Ski Tournament at Wisdom Lake near Greensburg, Indiana. Be the first to participate at this brand new Ski Lake Located on I - 74 (just across from the new Honda plant) The event begins at 9:00 with instruction for each skier and continues with an actual scored tournament after instruction ends around 12:00

noon. Bring a lawn chair and a cooler and enjoy the fun. $25 registration fee includes prizes, trophies, and a great day of fun for everyone. Directional signs will be posted the day of the event. As you can see here this is a beautiful new lake.

For more info and Direction to this site please click Here If you need more info contact -Dave Jarrett -317-933-2666 - davejarrett00@aol.com or Duane Keillor - 812-614-2200

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6/4/08          RHI Sports Update

 6/4/08          RHI Sports Disabled Water Ski Clinic

I see another very successful Disabled Water Ski Clinic is well under way at Cicero's Red Bridge Park at Morse Reservoir. Here's some pics of the action from the first day.  Here

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6/2/08          8th Annual Spring Fling                                                   Whats the Spring all aboutFling?

The weather man cooperated and produced a picture perfect day for the 2008 Spring Fling held at the Fairland Ski Club on June 1st.  24 water skiers and 12 wakeboarders took turns on the lake. Meanwhile on shore, burgers were popping off the grill and drinks were coming out of the coolers.  Boat displays by Pine Crest Marine, Aqua Marine, N-3 Boatworks were enjoyed by all.  Skiing and wakeboarding equipment and apparel were available from Skier's Edge and the new Pro Shop from Morse Lake Inboard's new sport shop owners.

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5/31/08        Arbor Homes Golf Outing

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5/31/08        Ranking List FAQ

Do you have questions on the new ranking list, how it effects you, how to qualify for regionals, nationals, explanation of levels and percentiles, how it's all calculated and more Click Here

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5/23/08        Nate Smith Update

Well, who knows if it was the nerves of his first Jr. Masters Tournament, the fact that it's still early in the season for us midwesterners or the troubled waters at Robin Lake. Nate falls early in his second pass at 32 off. Nate wasn't alone, others were having trouble navigating the tricky waters of Robin Lake as well as a hand full of skiers went down at the same line length. We still congratulate Nate for the honors of an invitation to the Jr. Masters and we won't be surprised if he returns next year.

5/23/08        Nate Smith

Don't forget to support Nate as he takes to the water today at the 16th Jr. Masters Water Ski Tournament at Robin Lake in Pine Mountain Georgia. The preliminary round starts Friday the 23rd and the top three will advance to the finals on Saturday morning. For more information and to watch all the event on live web cast please click Here

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5/23/08        Collegiate All Stars and Team Trials

Last weekend - 5/16-18 the Purdue Ski Team along with the Southern Illinois University Water Ski Team pulled off another highly successful prestigious Water Skiing event in DuQuoin Ill. Here IWSA's collegiate representatives and event organizers Cale Burdick and Abby Schmitt conduct business at the events banquet. One officials comment " I really think they set the bar pretty high for next years event." - "Great organization, lots of planning, and a group of outstanding volunteers made everything go easy." One comment - " I couldn't believe how many Schmitt's were involved." This says a lot to the group of volunteers as well as our young organizers coming up in the sport.

The Collegiate All-Stars Water Ski Championships includes the top-10 men and top-10 women from each of the National Collegiate Water Ski Association's four regions vying for titles in slalom, tricks, jumping and overall. A team title also is awarded to the top-scoring region.

Purdue's Cale Burdick won titles in men's slalom and jumping, and tied for the overall title. It was the fourth consecutive year that Burdick won the men's slalom title at the All-Stars.

More info from the event Here - All Star Results Here - Team Trial Results Here

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5/15/08        Trick Clinic

Clinics are filling up fast. Only 2 spots left for the Trick Clinic on June 24th at Hawthorn. Whether your trying to ride those goofy skis for the first time or wish to flip your way to an 2008' state trick trophy, or, to put all those tricks you know in one run, this clinic is for you. Get the details Here

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5/11/08        Waterbird

Get on the water without spending a dime on gas. Too good to be true?  Check this out !

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5/11/08        Safety Clinic a Success

The 2008 safety clinic was attended by 17 water skiers from Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Michigan. Participates represented 3-event, wakeboarding and barefooting and 15 students were attending their first safety clinic. Held at Avon High School, instruction included Adult CPR training, basic first aid, water rescue, and placing an injured skier on a backboard. This is always one of the best safety clinics you could attend whether you plan to be on the water or not. Look for it again next year...

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5/10/08        2008 Adaptive Water Ski Clinic

RHI Sport's annual water ski clinic provides individuals with physical disabilities the opportunity to participate in the thrilling sport of water skiing. Anyone looking to enjoy a day of skiing and fun in the sun while socializing with friends can contact Pat Dean by May 30th. For more details please click Here. For all the Disabled Clinics please click Here

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5/03/08        U Can Ski 2

testing materials. The manual is intended to introduce adapted water skiing equipment and teaching progressions to persons of all interests and levels of water skiing ability. For more on this Program please click Here

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4/26/08        IWSA_ads Address

It seams that the E-address listed on these pages to get a hold of the web master has not been working. Since I just figured it out there has been messages dating back from 2007 that I haven't been able to address. Please accept my apologies and if there is anything I can do in the future it should now be in working order.

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4/26/08        Sawmill

The Sawmill spring tournament is already full. If your thinking of skiing their fall tournament you might get your entry in soon as it fills early as well.

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4/23/08        State Tournament Info

Complete Info For   Correct Craft 59th Indiana State Championships  

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4/15/08        Big Rig Jump Clinic is Full

If you've never been to a Big Rig Jump Clinic you've missed out again. The Clinic is full. How ever if you want to be on a waiting list in case of any cancellations please contact the contact person listed and they will put you on a waiting list...

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3/28/08        IWSA Clinic Schedule

The full clinic schedule is posted and can be accessed from the Schedule link above. To get your summer season started don't miss IWSA's annual  Spring Fling for all the latest in ski gear from our local supporting sponsors.

Or sharpen your jump skills at the annual  Big Rig ( Full ) Jump Clinic  with Chris Travers. Chris comes from the well know ski school of Jack Travers where many world champions have trained.

This years Disabled Clinics, are bigger and better. If you have a disability and either want to learn to ski or hone your skills, there's a clinic for you.

This year will offer a Trick Clinic. Weather you want to learn how to ride those goofy little skis or learn the latest tricks or readjust your trick run, this clinic will benefit everyone.

Most important is safety. Update your safety rating or just get safety rated at the Safety Clinic. It never hurts to have this training and it includes American Red Cross Certified Training in CPR and basic First Aid.  It can be used in your everyday life, not just around the lake.

And not enough can be said about the success of the Jr. Development  clinic. Again Chris Travers from the well known school of Jack Travers will instruct as well as IWSA's John Kniesly. This clinic has been very successful and will fill up fast. So if your child needs a pointer or two to get over a sticking point in their skiing, this is the place to help them get to the next level....

.Sign up for your clinic today.

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3/28/08        IWSA Dues

While your renewing everything else at the begining of this new year don't forget to renew your IWSA dues as well. Click Here for a new application.

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3/24/08        Online Regional Guide

You can now view your Mid West Regional Guide online from the Mid West Regions web site.

To view click here

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3/17/08        Message Board

The Message board is back in action. You may sign up with a user name and password and post or skip it and post as a guest. The security check encryption keeps the spammers from posting their material electronically which we were having trouble with in the past.  Hopefully this board won't fill with spam and we can have a board we can keep for some time. Thanks for your patience and happy posting... Check it out from the link above

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3/17/08        Nate Smith

It has been announced that IWSA's Nate Smith has been invited to ski the most prestigious tournament in Water skiing, the Jr. Masters. The Masters Committee has released the list of invitees to the 16th Junior Masters Water Ski and Wakeboard Tournament, which will be held along with the 49th Masters Tournament  May 23-25 at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain Ga.  The Jr. Masters feature the world's top 17 year old and under in competition. Nate Currently is third in the jr. world rankings in slalom. Nate is pictured here with his first place medal from the 07' National Championships held in Bakersfield California last year. _______________________________________________

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3/02/08        Senior Judges Clinic Have you ever had this feeling? "I Would Prefer This Didn't  Happen". Very good well attended clinic, nothing but good comments and it was nice to have one locally for ours and our neighboring Sr. Judges to attend. Thanks to Carl Truesdale for the venue and USA Water Ski for the opportunity to host such a great event. More pics from the event are here

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3/02/08        Tournament Set Up

If you are hosting an event or are setting up a tournament for one, here's a great tool that came from the Sr. Judges Clinic. This presentation will help you set up your tournament and explain step by step what it takes to set up a tournament and get things rolling from start to finish with WSTIMS. Thanks to Debbie Kern for this great presentation. File is a Power Point program and can be down loaded here . To save it simply select save when the dialog box asks weather to save or open.

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3/02/08         Word Find

Are you board with this weather, Got the winter blues, well here's just what you've been waiting for. An IWSA word find puzzle. Print this puzzle and you'll be on your way to thinking about the all your summer fun for at least the next 10 minutes. Puzzle is in excel format - click here

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01/19/08        Nate Smith

1/05/08          Cale WINS Worlds!

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1/03/08          Under 21 World Tournament

in respective events. Four U.S. water ski athletes are competing as members of the U.S. Under 21 Water Ski Team at the biennial event, while three others are competing as U.S. independents. Athletes from more than 20 countries are participating in the event, which runs through Sunday. Stay tuned for more updates.

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