Former resident of White Bear Lake, where he, his first wife Janet Robinson Ostberg, and family had a home on Bald Eagle lake.

Water Ski Highlights

• Early member of the Bald Eagle Water Club
• Skied in the Bald Eagle Water Club shows in the 1950’s and early 60’s
• Competed in local and regional tournaments from the 1950’s to the late 60’s. Jack and his first wife Janet operated The Ostberg Waterski School on Bald Eagle Lake from the 1950’s to the 70’s.
• Promotional boat owner for Scott/Attwater- McCulluch outboards. Their Crosby boat was equipped with twin 60’s, then upgraded to twin 75 HP outboard engines.
• Founding member MWSA 1960
• AWSA Senior Driver, Senior Judge
• AWSA National Director for 6 years
• Appointed judge at numerous Midwest Regionals and Nationals
• Author of AWSA tournament boat drivers manual
• Organized boat driving clinics in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas
• Helped organize, judge, drive, and compete in tournaments in such places as Minocqua, Wisconsin, Omaha, and Waterloo, Iowa
• Appointed Driver 6 times at Nationals, 1963- 67, 1974-75
• Promoted the Sugarloaf Ski Squad of Winona in their successful bid for the 1963 Midwest Regionals
• Lobbied the Minnesota Legislature for safe boating laws
• Originated the Tommy Dorwin Award for sportsmanship at the Midwest Regional Tournament
• Represented the Bald Eagle Water Club and MWSA in 19--??? at Lake City for the AWSA national recognition to Ralph Samuelson, the founder and true originator of waterskiing in 1922
• AWSA Senior Judge for Richard Robbins successful attempt at the world altitude record of ??? on a Delta Wing kite, pulled behind a boat on Leech Lake in 1974.

Retired ??? deceased 199?? . Jack and his first wife Janet raised 4 children on Bald Eagle Lake, Johnny, a Junior Boys National Jumping Champion, Gary, Vicky, and Maura, all skiers as well. Jack later married Jan Rieck of Prior Lake.

Jack really enjoyed the sport and the people involved in it. He was a fair skier but really took pride in his family and their accomplishments. He worked hard at judging, driving, and committee work. He was always an enthusiastic person to be around—he loved to call people “Tiger.”

Former resident of White Bear Lake, where she, her former husband Jack, and family had a home on Bald Eagle Lake.

Water Ski Highlights:

• Early member of the Bald Eagle Water Club
• Skier in the Bald Eagle Water Club shows in the 1950’s and early 60’s
• Competed in the early Bald Eagle Water Club tournaments and others in the 1950’s and early 60’s
• Janet and her former husband Jack operated The Ostberg Waterski School on Bald Eagle lake from the 1950’s to the early 70’s
• Organizing committee member for the 1960 and ’65 Nationals, sponsored by the Bald Eagle Water Club
• Committee Person of the Year in 1960 for the Minneapolis Aquatennial
• Founding member of MWSA in 1960
• First MWSA Secretary in 1960
• President Bald Eagle Water Club 1962
• AWSA Senior Judge
• Appointed Judge for the 1961, ‘62, ‘63, and ‘65 Nationals
• Member of the AWSA Judges Committee
• Author of several articles for The Water Skier magazine; “Trophy Hunter”, July/August 1962, “Step Right Up to a Tournament Job”, December/January 1963, “You’ve a Rating Waiting”, December/January 1963
• Co-authored the AWSA Judges manual and Club manual 1962-63
• Judged many of the early tournaments in Minnesota and the Upper Midwest, and continued judging well into the 1970’s and early 80’s
• Assisted with the US Coast Guard in teaching water ski safety
• Co-authored with Jack Ostberg the AWSA Tournament boat driver’s manual
• Chief Judged many of the Minnesota State Tournaments
• Won 1st Place at the 1959 Midwest Regionals held on Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, sponsored by the Bald Eagle Water club

Janet raised 4 children, Johnny, a Junior Boys National Jumping champion, Gary,Vicky, and Maura, all skiers as well. Janet died in 1996.

As shown by her involvement with waterskiing from the local level with a water ski school in the 1950’s to her many volunteer positions on the regional and national level, and from writing to judging, Janet surely enjoyed the sport of water skiing and the many people she came in contact with. In her later years after she became less involved in the sport, she would faithfully show up at Island lake for the GMO and the State Championships to judge and visit with people she knew and to once again see the action.