2004 Season Highlights

1/17/04
IWSA Members attend Winter Meeting at USAWS

Don Bucher, Paula, Kevin, Denny Felver, Tom Danford

Kniesly Recognized

John Kniesly was recently awarded the volunteer coach of the year award by USA Water Ski.

John through his dedication and commitment of water skiing, has earned him a coaching award from USA Water Ski. Congratulations John. Full Story here

02/23/04

CALE BURDICK TO SKI AT MOOMBA

3/5/04

! ! Cale Wins ! !

Cale was able to hang onto his lead after the preliminary rounds of slalom for a first place finish in the Moomba Masters. Cale also finished 3rd in jump 4th overall and 13th in tricks. You can read more at USA Water Ski or check all the results at Moomba Masters

6/15/04

Lake Clark in his first tournament of the season at the North South Challenge at Cindonway Shores in Syracuse.

Lake son of Chris and Alicia Clark, at 9 years old skied well enough in the boys 1 division to qualify for his first Mid West Regional Championships in DuQuoin Ill.

Congratulations Lake!!

7/13/04

FIRST INDY AREA NSL TOURNAMENT SUCCESS
The first of this season's INdy area NSL Tournaments was a complete success. Amy Qualkinbush, Mark Qualkinbush, Jeff Rash, Dan Federspill, Dave Jarrett, Tom Kriegsman, Diana Kriegsman, Jeff Cross, Jeff Pipher, and Ralph Nicolosi enjoyed the hospitality of the Ski Klub of Indy lacated at Shelbyville, Indiana. Thanks to MD Boats for supplying a brand new Ski Nautique and double thanks to boat crews/drivers Jeff Rash, Madison Rash, Todd Rau, Jeff Cross, and Mark Qualkinbush. Todd Rau shared his expertise in coaching skiers and, on the side, had his "ski tuning shop" open. Plenty of skiing and loads of laughter were enjoyed by all.

For those of you that missed this event, the next NSL will be in two weeks at Hawthorne Lake west of Indy. (July 25th) These tournaments are "user friendly" and designed for skiers of all abilities. Don't miss this chance to "ski the balls" and meet other like-interested friends.

7/13/04

Although taken a while ago, You can see the Timberlake crew has been hard at work as the host for this years

Pine Crest Mastercraft Indiana Water ski Championship

Hope to see everyone there.

7/26/04

Mike Schmitt, of Timberlake wins coveted Tommy Dorwin Award at the 2004 Mid West Regional Tournament in Duquion Illinois.

Full Story. Tournament results

7/20/04

Matt Beck receives the Barb Miller Memorial Scalarship Award from presenter Randy Sharkey at the state tournament banquet. Congratulations Matt

7/29/04

Cindonway Shores in Syracuse has it's biggest Tuesday night NSL event yet. 20 competitors skied in various skill levels for the chance to get a taste of tournament skiing. 20 competitors, 4 hours of skiing and a lot of spaghetti, and a lot of fun by all.

results here

7/31/04

Congratulations to Hannah Rozow, Kirby Schmitt, Andrew Schmitt and Chase McCain alt. for their accomplishments at the Mid West Regional Tournament and making the Midwest Junior Development Team. They will join fellow skiers Amanda Griffith and Nate Smith on this 16 member jr. team through 2005.

8/3/04

Nationals Update Page

Samuel Jackson of Columbus, Ind., who finished as the runner-up at the 2003 Nationals, won his first career Boys 1 national slalom title, scoring 2 buoys at 32 feet off. Fellow competitor and good friend Briant Detty finished 4th with 3 buoys at 28 off. Congratulations to these two boys for their accomplishments.

8/18/04 PURDUE ALUMNI TOURNAMENT

Under blue skies and ideal conditions, the Purdue Water Ski Team hosted their alumni and friends at Fairland on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 14 & 15. With over 70 skiers competing in slalom, tricks and jump, the Purdue Team outscored the alumni by only 20 points. The tournament was organized by IWSA board and team member Kurtis Threlkeld and chief judge alumni Jeff Surdej. A banquet was held Saturday evening followed by an auction of water ski equipment and autographed Purdue sporting equipment. A great time was had by all. The alumni have demanded a rematch (after they visit their chiropractors).

10/14/04 Cale Does it again !

Cale Burdick makes history for Purdue by winning the Div I Men's National Collegiate slalom title with 3.0 @ 10.75m (39 off) ahead of the ULL duo of Trent Finlayson and Will Asher who scored 2.5 and 1.5 on that same pass. Click here for more on Cale's Purdue all American status and play by play commentary. For all the scores click here.

10/21/04 Awards Dinner

Great banquet, good food, great fellowship, and a good time. Special thanks to Pine Crest Marina, Bart's Water Sports, Skiers Edge and MD Boat's for their contributions to make the fall banquet a fun filled event.

The event was attended by 97members of the IWSA and awards were presented to skiers with some great accomplishments thought out the season.

See the list here Pictures are here

Danford Recognized

Indiana resident and long-time competitor, judge, driver and scorer from Angola, In., Thomas Danford recently was awarded the "Tommy Dorwin Award" at the 2003 USA Water Ski National tournament held in Lago Santa Fe, Texas.

Full story...

01/17/04
Kevin Felver
Kevin, who currently holds the national slalom record has recently been named Male Athlete of the year by the American Kneeboard Association, Congratulations Kevin. More here

3/17/04

Read all about Cale's skiing experience in Australia - in his own words. Click on the link here.

5/30/04

Cale Burdick after being in the lead going into Saturdays finals in the 45th Masters Water Ski Tournament in the Jr Men division slips to third in the finals. Cale rounded 5 bouys @ 38 off to lead the Junior skiers after Friday in the event at Pine Mountain Georgia. However things changed after the finals Saturday morning, with Matteo Lanni taking the lead with 5 @ 38 and Ian Trapp 2nd with 3 and Cale 3rd only one bouy behind with 2 @ 38 off. Congratulations Cale, For complete US Masters results go to USAWaterski.org

5/15/04

New Private Ski Lake-

There's a new ski site in NW Indiana. It is in Rolling Prairie, IN just 15 minutes west of South Bend's airport. We just acquired a property consisting of 715 acres of woods, water and pasture from the Brothers of the Holy Cross Notre Dame. It has been known as Le Mans Academy for the past several decades. The lake is 55 acres and is approx 10-12 feet deep. 2200' of length
make it ideal for tournaments and clinics. We are
looking for help in many ways. One way is to find members that want to ski on private water. Second is to help organize to hold sanctioned events on the lake. The land leading up to the water is 40 acres of manicured grass, with 2 soccer fields, 2 tennis counts, a ball diamond, 2 sand volleyball courts, and indoor gymnasium and many other wonderful attributes. The
bottom line is that this could be the ultimate Midwest ski site with the proper planning. If this is something you may be interested in contact:
Greg Ake
219-874-7990, ext 103
gregake@comcast.net

5/31/04

Two young Indiana skiers , Cale (3-events) and Casey Contos (slalom) will be skiing at the 2004 Junior U.S. Open Water Ski Championships, a two-round world record capability water ski competition, will take place June 5-6 at the Cory Pickos Water Ski & Wakeboard School in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla. In its fourth year, the event will feature Junior Men and Junior Women divisions (ages 17 to 21), in addition to the Boys and Girls divisions (ages 16 and under). Athletes will compete for titles in slalom, tricks, jumping and overall. Good luck Cale and Casey!

6/7/04

Cale Burdick and Casey Contos had a very respectful showing at the 2004 U.S.Jr Open Tournament held this weeekend. Casey finished 7th in slalom and Cale finished 3rd in slalom, 6th in tricks and 6th in the jump event putting him 4th overall. Skiing against a very competitive field, the best in the US I'd say that isn't too bad. Congratulations Casey and Cale. See the results at USAWS.

6/17/04

IWSA events down and gone.

Big Rig Jump Clinic - July 2nd

Great turn out with jumpers from 4 states

Jr. Development Clinic - June 21 - 22

Not enough can be said of the successful jr. development clinic and the volunteers that make it happen.

Disabled Clinic - June 16 - 18

Near 50 disabled skiers take advantage of the disabled clinics.

2004 Spring Fling a huge success! See the pictures and the message from our IWSA President.

Safety is For Everyone Clinic - Thanks for another great safety clinic and the 5 attendees. 3 new attendees and a few renewals, and thanks to the teachings by IWSA President Bill Roach.

Judges and Scorers Clinic bits from April17th.

A lot of thanks to those who put their efforts into this successful clinic Tom Danford, Dave Clark, Carl Truesdale, Bill Roach and IWSA.

6/21/04

Samuel Jackson, a young gentleman from Columbus scored 4 buoys at 30mph @32 off in the Scott Lienhoop Memorial Record tournament to set a new Boys 1 Mid West Regional Record. The tournament was followed by a dinner party, beverages and a ski show team put on their show acts all in memory of the late Scott Lienhoop.

Here's a picture submitted by Dave Jarret for the Water Ski Memories - 2004 video.

Scott Schmitt from Timberlake gets a surprise dunking for an official initiation to the century club from fellow jumpers. Scott jumped 100 feet in the regional warm up tournament in Duquion the previous weekend.

7/20/04

PINECREST/MASTERCRAFT 2004 INDIANA STATE WATER SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS

Perfect Weather, Great Performances, Wonderful Hosts, Superb Banquet. These just begin to describe the Indiana State Tournament for 2004. Everyone had a great time and many thanks need to be extended to The Timberlake Ski Club and Chief Judge Sam Schmitt and Tournament Director Dan Custer for pulling off our premier event of the year. Several State Records were set but more importantly, everyone had a wonderful time.

Highlights here

Raquel Roney our first disabled skier in state compitition from John Kniesly's RHI program skis a full pass at 16 mph and then 2 at 18.

Details from John

8/21/04 SCOTT TYNAN LEADS AT THE BIg DOG

Three skiers take it to the finals at the BIG Dog Championships in Warren Ohio. The big dog tournament is for all 34 mph slalom skiers competing for the $5,000 purse. It has stirred allot of interest from around the country. More than the prize money, it would have to be the bragging rights to finish in the Big Dog Tournament. Scott Tynan has earned top seed in the tournament with a personal best of 1 1/4 @ 41 off. Kim Contos has 5th seed skiing 4 @ 39 off and Chris Clark is 10th seed with 3 @ 39 off. A great showing for IWSA members. For more on the tournament follow the results here at USAWaterSki.com

8/6/04 Nationals Update Page

IWSA members shine on day 4 of the US Nationals in West Palm Beach Fl. Cale Burdick slaloms to a 1st place finish in mens 1, Brandon Bucher slaloms to a first place finish in mens 2, both with a score of 2 @ 39 off. Scott Tynan continues his streak with a 2nd place behind the only Mike Morgan in the 55K slalom event. And Marla Schofield takes 2nd in womens 2 slalom. Congratulations to all. Check out all the highlights from West Palm at USAWaterski.org

8/5/04

Prissy Edwards finishes day three at the Ski Nationals in West Palm Beach with a 6th place in jump a 1st place in tricks and 2nd in jump, giving her the best score for a 1st place overall in the Women 5 division. Congratulations Prissy.

8/25/04 Chase McCain goes 100

Chase McCain made the century club Sunday at the Cindonway Record Tournament in Syracuse jumping a personal best of 103'. Here Chase gets an initiation toss in the lake from John Huntzinger.

9/14/04 Records fall the weekend of the 11th.

Four records were broken over the weekend.

Scott Tynan ran 2 @ 41 off in Men 3 and Phillipa Shedd ran 4 @ 38 off at Silent Shores, a new ski lake in Thorntown In. Both performances are pending new regional slalom records.

Cale Burdick ran 2 @ 39 off at the first Collegiate tournament in Van Wert, Ohio for a new regional collegiate slalom record. Cale then jumped 148' for a new Great Lakes Conference collegiate jump record.

11/3/04 USA Water Ski Athlete of the Month

Cale Burdick is named athlete of the month by USA Water Ski for his performance win at the Collegiate Nationals. Read all about it at usaw aterski.org

11/14/04 Hall of Fame

Bart Culver of Bart's Water Sports in North Webster Indiana was inducted into the Indiana Water Ski Hall of Fame at the 2004 IWSA fall awards banquet.

Here Bart receives the award from IWSA President Bill Roach. Most people know and appreciate Bart as a major contributor of sponsorship through out the sport of water skiing in not only Indiana but around the nation. Bart's contributions go way back to when Bart was skiing as a boy. More here.