AWSA Competition Task Force Survey

The American Water Ski Association wants your feedback on competition water skiing.

AWSA has formed the Competition Task Force. The job of this committee will be to study the competitive side of the sport and to come up with new and fresh ideas. This committee needs your feedback as it re-evaluates the rankings list, our division structure, how skiers qualify for regionals and nationals and ways to bring more fun and competition to tournaments. 

Your feedback is very important. Please click on the link below to complete the survey. At the end of the survey leave your email and name to be entered in a drawing to win a FREE GOODE Ventura ski.

Congratulations to Ries Bloyer and Giovanni Bloyer for competing at the 2024 IWWF PanAm Championships in Bogota, Colombia.

Reis placed 6th in Slalom, 4th in Tricks, 3rd in Jump and 3rd Overall in the U14 division.  The U14 Team took the Gold in the Competition.

Giovanni placed 13th in Slalom, 5th in Tricks, tied for 7th in Jump,  and 4th Overall in the U17 division.  The U17 Team took the Gold in the Competition.

Congratulations to Darren Janzig for being chosen to be a driver at the event.

Be sure to mark your calendars and join us for our next board meeting of the 2025 Ski Season.  This meeting will be held virtually, via Zoom, and all MWSA Members are invited to attend and participate.

Topic: MWSA
Time: Nov. 20, 2024 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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https://www.fox9.com/news/4-northfield-siblings-making-splash-in-competitive-water-skiing

By Paul Chapin

Fifty years ago this month, July 1974, 40,000 water ski fans lined the shores of Lake of the Isles in Minneapolis to watch the best skiers in the world compete for $25,000 in prize money in the Saucier International Cup, water skiing’s richest cash prize tournament. 

The top male and female skiers in the world were invited including the 1973 Mens World Overall and slalom champion George Athans, 1973 Women’s World Overall champion the late Lisa St John , and many other world champions, record holders, and national champions. In the end Wayne Grimditch took home  $9400 winning the Mens overall with firsts in slalom and jump and a third in tricks. The late Liz Allan Reid won $4100 and the Women’s Overall title with a victory in slalom, a second in jumping and a third in tricks. 

It was a very exciting event to watch and I along with some  skiers Cindy Rott, Nancy Hagen, Renee Saucier, Brad Wahl and Steve “Sox” Farkas were invited to ski before each event as forerunners. I can assure you that it’s quite a feeling to ski with the shore lined with so many thousands of people watching, just like a huge ski show!

Lake of the Isles was the site of the 1960 and 1965 National Championships and the very popular Aquatennial tournament held every summer from 1955 to 1974. Local skier Dave Saucier and his wife Billi manufactured the popular skis and unfortunately the company declared bankruptcy in the following year ending a very successful run.

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