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8/30/10       Disabled Nationals

The Duke Energy 21st Disabled Water Ski Nationals and 2nd Pan Am Games which was hosted in conjunction with IWSA, Hawthorn Lake and RHI Sports went off with out a hitch. Many thanks go out to the officials and volunteers that made this national event a great success. Thanks to the many IWSA family members that came out to support the event each day with helping hands in various areas to make the event run even more smoothly. I can't say enough of the efforts from Carl Truesdale, John Kniesley, Bill Roach, Brian Detty, DeeDee Tucker and the whole Hawthorn Ski Club, (and many many more) have done to put together one of the biggest events in the state and have it run as smoothly as it has. With the 2 world records and the addition of the clinic, the AB skiers (Nate Smith, wow!) and the smack down (Joe Ray the winner, sort of) only added to the enjoyment. From the Reception Party on Wed. night through  the awards banquet after the days festivities on Saturday were certainly a class act. I have received many letters of thanks and of appreciation of the weeks efforts from various participants. Your dedication doesn't go unrecognized. Thanks for making the the Duke Energy 21st Disabled Nationals the great event it should be. Jim Beck IWSA President     For all the results and info from this event please click  here

Jessica Radmilovic (Pine Grove, Calif.) set a Women's MP2 world slalom record    Katie Mawby (Grand Haven Mi.)set a Women's V1 world slalom record   many pics here

 

8/30/10       Dan Reed

‎Local skier makes good..represents IWSA, Indy Skiers & RHI Sports!!! At the conclusion of the 2010 Duke Energy 21st Disabled Water Ski National Championships and 2nd/Pan Am Games Dan Reed lands a spot on the 2011 world team. The team is selected from the scores from this tournament  Dan placed 2nd (Silver) in Jump, 3rd (Bronze) in Overall, a 3rd (Bronze) in PanAm Overall and was selected for the second time in a row for the 2011 US Disabled Water Ski Team. Congratulations Dan. More here

 

 

8/30/10       Nate Smith & Silent Shores

As usual the folks at Silent Shores put on a first class tournament including lunch in the club shelter house.  Silent Shores club member/skier  Neal Clark pulled a suprise invitiation to do a "fly-over" which made  for some good pictures.   Pro Tour Contestant Nate Smith who upped the Mid West Open Mens Record Tournament Slalom Record to 2 @ 41 off earlier in the season,

skied an incredible 2.5 @ 41 at the Open session at the DisabledNationals. Then two days later upped the record again to 3 at 41 off at the Silent Shores Record Sunday at Thorntown.

Congratulations Nate. Pics here

 

 

8/23/10       Champion Lake 3rd

The 2010 "Boulder Open" held at Champion Lake on August 21st had a full contingent of slalom skiers and trickers.  The tournament was renamed the Boulder Open. The image to the right says it all, Megan Lambert won the boulder but her dad wouldn't let her take it home. The day was overcast but that didn't hinder some terrific skiing by the participants. Pics here

8/22/10       Disabled Nationals and Pan Am's

The Duke Energy 21st Disabled Water Ski National Championships  along with the 2nd Pan Am Championships are being held in the Indy area west of Danville at Hawthorn Lake this week the 25th through the 28th. This will draw not only the best competitors in the nation to compete for national titles but through out the world for the Pan Am Championships. Come join the fun and check out these top notch athletes as they compete for elite titles.

For more on this event see here Schedule of events are here

 

 

8/17/10       Barefoot Buckethead Endurance Race

A new discipline of barefoot waterskiing has evolved, called barefoot endurance racing.  Six teams from Indiana traveled to the Maumee River in Ohio to compete in a 38 mile barefoot endurance challenge. 19 miles up river and 19 miles back. Many competitors came from all over for this event with the winning team from Houston, TX (Top Gun) with a winning time in the 1 hour range. Each team consists of four or five competitors that will each have to participate in a rotation during the race and the rotation continues until you are finished.  13 teams started this challenge and 13 teams finished.  The event had a record number for boats

starting the challenge. The emphasis of this event is fun.  Indiana had a great presence in this event with six of the 13 teams.  Several familiar faces participated.  The teams were Shattered Glass from Warsaw, Team Nutz Angola, Snow Lake Schleppers Angola, The Wolfpack Indianapolis, Top Gut, Indianapolis and Captains Reality, (Indianapolis plus Ohio, Wisconsin and northern Indiana).  More pics are here

 

 

8/17/10       Master Men's Podium finishers

Chris Clark takes third at the 2010, 61 Goode Water Ski National Championships in the Master Men's slalom division. If you have any pictures you'd like to share (we'd love to see them) please send them in. at IWSA Web Master.     8/17/10       Grassroots Nationals This inaugural event will be held on September 18-19 in Polk City, FL.  There will be a DJ, Games, Entertainment and lots of fun!!  All you have to do is participate in one GrassRoot event for the year and you are eligible to ski in the Nationals.  On Sunday we will be having several of the pro

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athletes join us to ride in the boat and hang out.  This is going to be a great event and we would like to have as many participants as possible.  You can register at www.usawaterski.org and go to the registration to enter.  We would like to have an idea of how many are going to attend by September 1st.

 

 

8/15/10       Indy Open at Precedent

It was hot in Indiana but it was hotter at the Precedent Office Park at the "Indy Open" on August 14th and 15th.  Smooth water and large crowds spurred the water skiers and wakeboarders on at this Grassroots level event.  Plenty of vendors, trophies, cash prizes, gift certificates, and just plain fun made this event a great success. More pics of the event are here

 

8/15/10       Day 7

On the last day of the water ski nationals with only a few events left brought on yet a few more IWSA members to a podium finish.

Chris Clark finished 3rd in the Masters Men slalom event with a score of 2 at 39 off.

Jenna Gilbert continues her realm. Jenna who tied for first place in women's 1 slalom by rounding 1 ball at 35 off at the mid west regional tournament and went on to win after the tie breaker skied a half buoy at 35 off to place fourth at the national championships.

Mason Sharkey who made a come back this year in his men's 1 trick event landed himself one place off the podium with a finish of 6th while brother Jared finished 11th.

Congratulations to the Waters Edge Ski Club for their success in bringing the water ski nationals back to our home turf in the mid west area.  all the results  here

 

 

8/13/10       Day 5 &6  Nationals Results

It's hard to report every skier at that has attended the 68thGoode Water Ski Nationals, I wish I could. Not to leave anyone out but here's a few more highlights that stand out.

Lake Clark skied his Personal Best rounding 2 at 32 off in Boy's 3 for 22 place. That's incredible to do at a tournament such as the nationals.

Clay Schmitt tied his PB in tricks with a score of 1150 then PB'd in Slalom in Boys 3 as well with a score of 1.5 at 32 off. That finished Clay at 17th in his Overall score, while his mother Cheryl Schmitt finished 5th in Women's 5 jump.

Briant Detty posted his personal best in jump breaking the 150 foot barrier with a leap of 152 which earned him in 3rd place finish.

B'ster Detty and Sam Jackson have gone back and forth with their slalom skiing. But what are the odds that they would tie for 7th place out of 47 skiers in boy's 3 slalom at the nationals with a score of 5 @ 35 off? That landed B'ster just off the podium with 6th place overall and Andrew Schmitt finished 14th.

Noah Vieke - Just a few short years ago Noah was attending learn to ski clinics and grassroots events. This year he takes top spot in Men's 1 slalom at the Nationals with a score of 4.5@38 off.

Same story with Matt Irmscher who finished respectively 7th with a score of 1.5@38 off.

Molly Harrison tricked her way to 2nd place in women's 1 with a score of 3070 points.

Nate Smith didn't leave anyone disappointed with his performance of 1 at 41 off which landed him in a run off situation for 4th and 5th. Nate finished 5th while home town favorite Cale Burdick finished 7th in Open Men.

Stay tuned. a lot of great skiing with another big day to go. catch all the results  here

 

 

8/10/10        Nationals Results

There's a lot of skiing to catch up on since things have been out of service. I will have to skip the regionals and get right to the nationals. Which the regionals was one of the biggest regionals ever while participants were down just 20 skiers there were more amount of pulls than ever before. Which means more skiers are skiing for overall score.  - Here's those results, . I will have to build the state results page later. There has been a lot of great skiing from our Indiana folks, I wish I could post them all but here's some highlights. Send some pictures or your stories if you have one.

 

After three days of skiing at the 68th Goode Water Ski National Championships in Wilmington Illinois. Competition started Sunday the 8th and here's  just a few highlights so far.

The Tynan Duo has became a Trifecta. Scott took first in slalom in men's 3 with 1.5 @ 41 off. Emma the new national competitor of the family finished 10th in slalom, and Liz, is yet to ski, she'll ski Wed. The Contos duo is at it again. Kim finished in a three way tie for first with a score of 2@39, and finished 2nd in Men's 5, while Casey finished third with 3@38 just a buoy and a half behind the leader. John Kniesley finished a respectable 12th with 1@38 off. Men's 2 tricks saw Brian Zimmer finish 5th with 2910 points. Nicholas Shedd went 3@28 for 17th place in Boy's 2 slalom and 25th in tricks with 820 points. Men's 3 slalom is a tough event. While Brian Dawson goes 4@38 off in men's 3 his finish is a 5 way tie for 17th. Which is the same result for Paul Goldman's same score in Men's 4. Tom Danford who is running the show as Chief Judge for the US event scored 3270 points in tricks for a second place podium finish and finished 9th with his overall score. Cameron Wischmeyer of Sawmill Lake is building another champion as he finished 7th in Boy's 2 slalom. These are just a few highlights with plenty of skiing to go. for updated results click here

 

 

 

 

 

 

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