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Orlando To Host Water Sports Festival
Combining extreme sports, family-friendly entertainment and music in the world capital of water skiing, soaked is a new extreme water sports festival coming to Orlando, Sept. 7-8. Taking over downtown Orlando’s iconic centerpiece, Lake Eola, the festival will feature world champion water skiers competing for $100,000, along with music, motor shows, carnival rides, great food, and more.
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Berdnikava Sets Pending World Records
Belarus water ski athlete Natallia Berdnikava set pending women's world jumping and overall records at the Ski Fluid Classic, May 12-13, on Lake Grew in Polk City, Fla.
Berdnikava saored 192 feet (58.5 meters) on Saturday to set a pending women's world jumping record. If the International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation's Tournament Council approves the distance, it will eclipse the current world record of 188 feet (57.4 meters) held by Berdnikava.
On Sunday, Berdnikava scored 1 buoy at 38 feet off and tallied 9,420 points in tricks to set a pending women's world overall record.
To view a video of her pending record jump, click here.
N.C. Hall To Induct Overton-Johnson
U.S. water ski athlete Kristi Overton-Johnson will be inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame on Thursday night in Raleigh, N.C. She is the first water skier to be inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame.
Overton-Johnson, who retired in 2005 and made a brief comeback in 2007, won 80 professional titles. She was a four-time U.S. Open champion and an eight-time Masters' champion. In 1999 she won gold medals at the Pan American Games and Water Ski World Championships. In 1992 she set the women’s world slalom record of 1 buoy at 41 feet off, which was not broken until 2010.
Joining Overton-Johnson as inductees are basketball players Lennie Rosenbluth and M.L. Carr, football player Wray Carlton, baseball coach Sam Esposito, football coach Henry Trevathan, college football referee Jerry McGee and sports writer Wilt Browning.
2012 Florida Water Ski Federation Hall of Fame Inductees Announced
Wade Cox, Leon Larson, Larry Meddock, and Cory Pickos, have been elected to the Florida Water Ski Federation Hall of Fame and will be inducted at the banquet for the Florida State Championships on July 14.
Wild Card Criteria Posted For 35+ Worlds
The American Water Ski Association's 35+ Subcommittee has announced the criteria for the "Wild Card" rule for the 2012 35+ Water Ski World Championships. To view the criteria, click here (PDF).
Read all of Wild Card Criteria Posted For 35+ Worlds
Team Trials' Skier Packet Now Available
The Skier Packet for the 2012 U.S. Junior and 17 to 20 Water Ski Team Trials is now available to download. The Team Trials will be held June 30-July 1 at Lake Grew in Polk City, Fla. To download the packet, click here (PDF).
The packet contains the official entry form, qualifications and procedures, event schedule, and more.The 2012 U.S. 17 to 20 Water Ski Team will compete in the 2012 Malibu Pan American Water Ski Championships, which will take place Sept. 12-15 in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.
The 2012 U.S. Junior Water Ski Team will compete in the 2012 Malibu Pan American Water Ski Championships and the 2012 Junior Water Ski World Championships, which will be held Feb. 20-24, 2013, in Mulwala, Australia.
Complete AWSA Tournament Forms Package Version 1.5 Is Now Available For Download
A complete package of all of the administrative forms, Rulebooks (AWSA & IWWF), program manuals, officials applications, and officials’ event Judging and Scorers forms has been assembled into one comprehensive package that requires only a one click download for Judges, Scorers and tournament sponsors to use by Jeff Clark.
Included in the package are all of the Judging and Scoring forms for Slalom and Jumping events in both a manual (hand written) format and in a computer oriented “cut and paste” format so that you can prepare all of the forms for these events in a much easier fashion
The complete packet is located on the Florida Water Ski Federation Website http://floridawaterskifederation.org/ in the “Blogroll” section.
To download the file, make a new folder (suggest “AWSA Essential Forms” as the name) on your computer to download the ZIP file to. Left click on the file name and select “save” and place the file in your new folder. You can then expand the file within your new folder. There is a Users Guide included to assist you in exploring each of the folders and the application of the files.
After downloading the file, it is suggested that you send a confirmation of the download to Jeff (email located in the contact list), so that you will be on a users list to receive any updates to the material when they become available.
Disclaimer: The USA-WS documents in this packet were downloaded from various sections of the USA-WS website or other sources and are the most current available. The officials’ forms were developed by Jeff Clark to meet the needs of the officials and meet the standards for information required for the events per the AWSA and IWWF Rulebooks. The forms have been in use for over a year and have been revised as necessary to meet the needs of the officials.
Junior U.S. Open Entry Form Posted
Posted by: usa-ws
On: 04/10/2012 15:37:19
The Fact Sheet and Entry Form for the 12th Junior U.S. Open Water Ski Championships are now available to download from the USA Water Ski Web site. The 2012 Junior U.S. Open, a two-round world-record capability tournament, will be held June 2-3 at the Lake of Dreams in Jerseyville, Ill. To download the Fact Sheet and Entry Form, click here (PDF).
Read all of Junior U.S. Open Entry Form Posted
Promotional Advertising Items Wanted For National Goodie Bags
With Nationals returning to the Southern Region, the Ski Club of the Palm Beaches is preparing to make this years’ event as exciting as possible. Maybe we can help them out in their efforts! We are looking for really fun items to be included in the Skiers and Officials "goodie bags" for this year. If anyone knows a person or company that would want to advertise their business by donating items for the goodie bags please let us know. We are planning to make about 800 bags this year and we have had some super promotional items provided to us in the past. We know that there are several companies out there that have the potential to help us out while advertising their company at the same time. It does not necessarily have to be water ski related! As participants we all contribute to the economy outside of skiing by purchasing all sorts of items from a variety of companies. If you know of a company that would like to help us out please contact Charlotte Melchers at cmm001@bellsouth.net or myself at EVP@AWSASouth.org
Hope to hear from you soon and Thanks
Bob Archambeau, EVP Southern Region
Travers and Sunset Lakes Ski Club Announce $10,000 Cash Bonus For IWWF World Record
The Travers’ and Sunset Lakes Ski Club are pleased to announce that
there will be a $10,000 cash bonus paid for breaking a world record at the May 17-19 MLCQ or at the October 6 & 7 Fall Classic.
Tournament boats are Ski Nautique 200 exclusively. For further information please contact Lelani Travers at 352-429-9027 or by email at h2oskijacks@aol.com
World record cash bonus for 2012:
1. The bonus will be paid once only in any tournament and once in the
year for the first record broken and approved by IWWF during an event in slalom, trick, jump or overall. For the avoidance of doubt, if the bonus is paid in May it will not be available in October.
2. The bonus will be paid within 30 days of approval of the record by
the IWWF technical controller.
3. Any person receiving the bonus will be issued an IRS Form 1099 and
must have a W-9 Form on file with the office.
4. It is the winner’s responsibility to assure that the office has the
proper banking and other information to effect payment of the bonus.
Best wishes to all for a successful 2012 skiing season!
Q&Ps Posted For 2012
Three-Event Water Ski Teams
Qualifications and Procedures for all three-event water ski teams competing in international events in 2012 are now available to download from the USA Water Ski Web site. The respective Qualifications and Procedures can be downloaded from the Athletes' Resources section on the left-side menu of USA Water Ski's Web site, or by clicking on one of the links (PDF) below.
2012 Junior Can Am Team
2012 U13 Can Am Team
2012 U13 Pan Am Team
2012 17-20 Pan Am Team
2012 35+ Pan Am Team
2012 35+ World Team
2012 Southern Region Guide
The 2012 Southern Region Guide has been mailed out to all of our current members and an electronic version of the guide is posted in the SR Guide section of the website.
Junior Development News
Do you know there are several different Junior Development Teams? Do you know what they are and how they are selected? Which of our Juniors are representing us and at what level? This information is now posted on our web site. Just click on the Junior development tab to find out these answers! We will be adding more and more information along the way and we will be sharing quick notes (like this one) to our lead page to let you know when topics are added. We have also posted some other Junior Development Clinics that will be held this year on this page. Congratulations to the Southern Region Junior Team for taking top honors at the 2011 Nationals!
AWSA Seeks Cable Water Skiers
The American Water Ski Association is seeking water ski athletes to compete in the 2012 World Cableski Championships, Aug. 3-5, in Asten Ausee, Austria. Although AWSA cannot financially support potential team members who apply, those chosen will be provided with a warm-up suit and will be officially entered into the event. Please send letters of interest detailing experience as soon as possible to Sherm Schraft at sschraft@comcast.net.
The list officials for the 2012 Southern Regionals and Nationals officials that have been selected by the Council has been released by the Bob Archambeau, EVP and are posted in the Judges Info section of the website.
Make Your Payments and Donations to the Southern Region with Your Credit Card or PayPal Account
The Southern Region is now able to accept Sanction fees, Regional Guide Ad payments and donations to the Junior Development fund, Southern Region Team fund and scholarship donations to the AWSEF using your PayPal account or credit and debit card.
This will save you the trouble of writing checks and sending them to the EVP via USPS and gives you the added flexibility to use your plastic for these expenses.
The payment page is setup with drop down options for each of the categories;
Sanction Fees
SR Junior Development
SR Team Fund
AWSEF Scholarships
Regional Guide Ads
Click here to go to the payments page:
Complete History of National Records for AWSA Water Ski Tournaments Since 1947 to current is now Available
A complete list of the National Records for AWSA tournaments has been compiled by Jeff Clark over the past 4 years and is available in the History section of the website. The list goes back to the earliest records available from 1947 when only men and women competed through to the current age divisions. The data was gleaned from the minutes of board meetings, Water Skier magazines and letters of approval from the Chairmen of the Technical Committee over the years Ed Brazil, Bob Corson, Dave Clark, Gene Davis and Jerry Jackson and various other sources and approved by the AWSA President.
Jaquess' World Overall Record Approved
The International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation's Tournament Council has approved the pending women's world overall record set by U.S. water ski athlete Regina Jaquess (Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.) at the XVI Pan American Games, Oct. 20-23, in Chapala, Mexico.
 Jaquess' scores in her respective events of slalom (1-1/2 buoys at 41 feet off), tricks (8,200 points) and jumping (173 feet) totaled 3,033.01 overall points. The overall score eclipses the current world overall record of 2,995.56 points set by Belarus' Natallia Berdnikava on Oct. 1.
For a list of current world records, click here.
2012 35+ Water Ski Teams Selected
- Posted by: usaws
- On: 12/16/2011 08:22:40
USA Water Ski is pleased to announce the selections of three U.S. 35+ Water Ski Teams that will compete in major international tournaments in 2012. The U.S. 35+ Water Ski World Championships Team will compete in the 35+ Water Ski World Championships (dates and location TBD), and the U.S. 35-44 Pan American Water Ski Championships Team and U.S. 45+ Pan American Water Ski Championships Team will compete in the 2012 Pan American Water Ski Championships, Sept. 12-15, in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla. The American Water Ski Association's 35+ Veteran Sub-Committee selected the teams.
Selected to the U.S. 35+ Water Ski World Championships Team were: Brenda Baldwin (Windermere, Fla.), Women 35-44; Janie Fausold (Pleasant Grove, Calif.), Women 55+; Leza Harrison (Chuluota, Fla.), Women 55+; Tony Knight (Wentzville, Mo.), Men 45-54; Mary Koenig (Waterford, Mich.), Women 45-54; Lori Krueger (Gonzales, La.), Women 35-44; Stephen Miller (Marysville, Wash.), Men 55+; and Marc Shaw (Orlando, Fla.), Men 35-44.
The U.S. 35+ Water Ski World Championships Team won the overall team gold medal at the 2010 World 35+ Water Ski Championships in Segrate, Italy. Great Britain earned the silver medal and Germany earned the bronze medal at the biennial event.
Selected to the U.S. 35-44 Pan American Water Ski Championships Team were: Brenda Baldwin (Windermere, Fla.), Lori Krueger (Gonzales, La.), Brandy Nagle (Sacramento, Calif.) and Marc Shaw (Orlando, Fla.). The U.S. 35-44 Water Ski Team won the overall team gold medal at the 2010 Pan American Water Ski Championships in San Bernardo, Chile. Mexico earned the silver medal and Argentina earned the bronze medal at the biennial event.
Selected to the U.S. 45+ Pan American Water Ski Championships Team were: Connie Bergmark (San Diego, Calif.), Leza Harrison (Chuluota, Fla.), Tony Knight (Wentzville, Mo.) and Mary Koenig (Waterford, Mich.). The U.S. 45+ Pan American Water Ski Championships Team won the overall team gold medal at the 2010 Pan American Water Ski Championships. Canada earned the silver medal and Brazil earned the bronze medal.
AWSA Nationals' Schedule Released
- Posted by: usaws
- On: 12/14/2011 09:32:41
The schedule of events for the 70th GOODE Water Ski National Championships is now available. The Nationals will be held Aug. 14-18 at Okeeheelee Park in West Palm Beach, Fla. To download and view the schedule, click here (PDF). Note: The finals of the 2012 Nautique Big Dawg World Tour, presented by O'Brien, will take place on Thursday and Friday during the Nationals under a separate sanction.
To visit the official Web site of the 70th GOODE Water Ski National Championships, click here.
AWSEF Hall To Induct Cox, Slone
- Posted by: usaws
- On: 12/05/2011 10:29:07
The American Water Ski Educational Foundation's 10-member Hall of Fame Selection Committee has announced that former professional water ski athletes Wade Cox and Sherri Slone will be the 2012 AWSEF Water Ski Hall of Fame inductees. The 30th annual induction ceremony will take place April 21 at the Lakeland Center in Lakeland, Fla. Cox and Slone will be the 62nd and 63rd inductees into the AWSEF Hall of Fame, which is located in Polk City, Fla.
Cox was perhaps the most successful U.S. slalom skier of his time. He scored points and wins on the U.S. Pro Water Ski Tour, facing tough competition from others such as Great Britain’s Andy Mapple. He always credited the competition as incentive to improve. He has more than 30 victories in professional water skiing. He held the U.S. national slalom record at one time. In 1996 he won men's slalom titles at the Masters and U.S. Open. The high point of his career was in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He earned a bronze medal in men's slalom at the 1995 Water Ski World Championships.
Slone's skiing career had many honors and victories, even though throughout most of her career she was competing against other top women who are now in the Hall of Fame. She co-held the U.S. women's jumping record at 156 feet (47.5 meters) before the ramp for Open Women was raised to 5-½ feet. She was the world champion in jumping in 1991. She won more than 20 pro tournaments. Although noted mainly for her jumping, she also was a three-eventer in traditional skiing. She was ranked in the top-three in women's overall in the world for several years. In 1990, when there were competing pro tours, she accomplished a unique feat of winning two separate pro jumping titles on the same day. She contributed to the sport by serving on the American Water Ski Association's International Activities Committee and becoming a rated judge.
The 2012 Award of Distinction recipients, also to be honored during the AWSEF Hall of Fame inductions, are: Bob Maher, Larry Meddock, Lance Renfrow, Don Thomson and Mike Tolzmann.
Maher, a three-event water skier, started his ski company, Maherajah Skis, in 1950. Maherajah had some key skiers, such as the LaPoints, using his product. His innovations included beveled side edges, high-wrap bindings, and concave bottoms on their top quality wooden skis. Today, Maherajah Skis is mainly noted as a manufacturer of water ski racing skis.
Meddock's water ski industry career spans almost 50 years, beginning with Medalist Water Sports, later at Correct Craft, and continuing today as executive director of the Water Sports Industry Association. He served as AWSEF trustee from 1986-92 and chairman of the board from 1990-93.
Renfrow has been an AWSEF trustee since 1986 and served on the Hall of Fame Selection Committee over three terms. He was an engineer by trade and was an early designer of a private lake in Newberry Springs, Calif.
Thomson introduced back barefooting to the Cypress Gardens ski shows, was an endurance barefoot record holder and the first ever to do the doubles act (a girl riding on his shoulders) barefoot. He was instrumental in introducing the use of carbon fiber in molded skis and the “wing” to slalom ski fins."
Tolzmann was a three-event water skier and show skier, but went into the freestyle event when it was featured on the Pro Tour for a few years. He was noted for putting out huge distances while doing tricks off the ramp. Distances became so long in the freestyle event that the rules were even modified to reduce the scoring bonus.
The purpose of the Water Ski Hall of Fame is to honor and perpetuate the names and accomplishments of skiers, pioneers and officials whose dedication and competitive achievements at national and international levels have brought lasting fame to the sport of water skiing. Four categories of membership have been approved by the AWSEF's board of trustees: competitive water skiers, including participants in traditional water skiing, barefoot skiing, ski racing and any other nationally competitive individual discipline recognized by USA Water Ski and approved by the AWSEF board of trustees; water skiing pioneers; water skiing officials; and show skiing. For eligibility requirements and more information, visit the official Web site of the American Water Ski Educational Foundation at www.waterskihalloffame.com.
Jaquess' World Slalom Record Approved
- Posted by: usaws
- On: 12/02/2011 09:30:20
The International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation's Tournament Council has approved the pending women's world slalom record of 2 buoys at 41 feet off set by U.S. water ski athlete Regina Jaquess (Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.) on Oct. 2 at the Eddie Greene Budweiser Oktoberfest in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.
The score surpassed the record of 1-1/2 buoys at 41 feet off set by Jaquess at the 2010 Eddie Green Open in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.
The IWWF Tournament Council also has approved three additional world records: France's Clementine Lucine's pending women'’s world tricks record of 10,040 points set on Oct. 18 at the Alexis Pickos Open in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.; and Belarus' Natallia Berdnikava's pending women's world overall record of 2,994.56 points and pending women's world jumping record of 188 feet (57.4 meters). Berdnikava set the overall record on Oct. 1 at the Sunset Lakes Fall Classic in Groveland, Fla., and the jumping record on Oct. 26 at the Pooch and Tays Jumpaween in Polk City, Fla.
Two records are still pending approval by the IWWF. Canada's Whitney McClintock set a pending women's world overall record of 2,951.95 points on Aug. 14 at the Canadian Water Ski Championships in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. Jaquess set a pending women's world overall record of 3,033.01 points on Oct. 23 at the XVI Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.
The pending world overall record of 2,971.86 points set by Lucine at the Alexis Pickos Open was denied due to the slalom path deviation being out of tolerance.
November 6, 2011
To: All regional EVP’S, Regional and National Junior Development Chairpersons:
For 35 years we have been involved with junior development in the states either by offering private scholarships to juniors, donating clinics for the state of Florida or the Southern Region. When there was a 12 member camp Sunset Lakes hosted all but two. Jack and now Christopher have given their time as coaches on an international level to U.S. teams. We feel very fortunate to have a proven program that has produced many regional, national and world level competitors. The last several years we have been disappointed in the numbers of juniors in the states who were not reaching the desired level of competency to be competitive at the world level. (Just look at the iwsf-ranking list over a 10-year period) We prefer to try and be proactive on our end to help find a solution.
We have decided to offer scholarships over a two year period to the 24-member team of $500.00 a week for two weeks each year. (A very generous donor who has watched our program and knows of our success rate has made this possible!) Training over several weeks each year will offer juniors consistent training, with follow through by someone who understands a long-term plan that builds on basic skills. The families would have to pay the balance, which is $495.00 a week. That $495.00 would include 5 days of skiing Monday through Friday 4 sets each day, with room and board as well as one workout with Shelly Wagner. Shelly is our personal trainer who works with our skiers on site and understands how important stretching and a strong core is to skiing. . A personal logbook will go home with each skier so they can track skiing conditions, coaching tips, and fin and wing settings. Skiers would arrive on a Sunday and depart on Saturday so they would receive a full 5 days of skiing.
The weeks that are available for 2012 are as follows:
January 22- March 31
April 22-May 12
June 3-June 16
July 29-August 25
September 16-November 15
Anyone on the 12-member team can petition for the same scholarship.
For more information about the programs available at Sunset please go to www.jacktravers.com or call Lelani at 1-800-732-2755.
All our best, The Travers family
World Record Jump for Natallia Berdnikava Approved
Natallia Berdnikava has set a world record jump of 57.4m 188’ at the Pooch & Tay Jumpaween tournament in Polk City. The old record was 57.1m 187’, held by June Fladborg.
The complete scorebook is posted in the scorebook 2012 section.
AWSA Nationals Perpetual Awards and Scholarship Awards Announced
Gene Davis, AWSA President has announced the annual perpetual awards and scholarships that are awarded each year to the participants in the National Water Ski Championships. Congratulations to all of these great young skiers on their performances throughout the 2011 skiing season and during the Nationals.
Click here to read all of the awards summary
U.S. Wins 7 Medals At Pan Am Games
Four U.S. Water Ski Team members combined to win seven medals in respective events at the XVI Pan American Games, Oct. 20-23, at Boca Laguna in Chapala, Mexico. The U.S. Water Ski Team finished with six gold medals and one bronze medal during the four-day competition.
Members of the 2011 U.S. Pan American Games Water Ski Team were: Andrew Adkison (Orlando, Fla.), Russell Gay (Winter Garden, Fla.), Regina Jaquess (Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.), Freddy Krueger (Winter Garden, Fla.) and Jon Travers (Groveland, Fla.). Mike Meek (Albany, Ohio) and Dave Briscoe (Winter Haven, Fla.) served as the water skiing and wakeboarding coaches, respectively. Frank Harrison (Rancho Mirage, Calif.) was the team leader.
 Jaquess led the way for the U.S. Team, winning four medals. She also set four Pan American Games' records and one pending world record. She has now won 10 medals in three Pan American Games' appearances, the most of any U.S. water ski athlete. She won gold medals in women's overall (2,955.71 points), slalom (3 buoys at 39-1/2 feet off) and jumping (166 feet/50.6 meters). She earned the bronze medal in women's tricks (6,090 points).
 Krueger won the gold medal in men's jumping with a distance of 212 feet/64.9 meters. Chile's Rodrigo Miranda (212 feet/64.5 meters) and Felipe Miranda (206 feet/62.7 meters) earned the silver and bronze medals, respectively. Krueger earned the top seed for the finals of men's jumping with a Pan American Games-record distance of 221 feet (67.4 meters) in the preliminary round. The distance surpassed the record of 220 feet (67.0 meters) co-held by Krueger (2003) and Canada’s Jaret Llewellyn (2003).
 Travers won the gold medal in men's slalom, setting a new Pan American Games' record of 2 buoys at 41 feet off. Canada's Jason McClintock earned the silver medal with 4-1/2 buoys at 39-1/2 feet off and Mexico's Carlos LaMadrid earned the bronze medal with 3 buoys at 39-1/2 feet off.
 Adkison won the gold medal in men's wakeboarding, scoring 80.00 points. Canada's Aaron Rathy earned the silver medal with 72.67 points and Brazil's Marcelo Giardi earned the silver medal with 65.90 points.
Jaquess earned the top seed for the finals of women's slalom by scoring a Pan American Games' record of 1 buoy at 41 feet off to earn the top seed. The score shattered the mark of 4 buoys at 38 feet off set by Canada's Susi Graham at the 1999 Games. Jaquess upped the record to 1-1/2 buoys at 41 feet off in the overall final. Jaquess won the gold medal in women's overall, setting a Pan American Games water ski overall record of 2,955.71 points. Her scores in her respective events of slalom (1-1/2 buoys at 41 feet off), tricks (8,200 points) and jumping (173 feet/Pan American Games' record) also will be a pending world overall record of 3,033.01 points. The overall figure is calculated differently for each record. The Pan American Games' record is calculated based on her performance against her competitors. The world record is calculated against a baseline figure. Canada's Whitney McClintock earned the silver medal in overall with 2,809.6 points and Canada's Karen Stevens earned the bronzed medal with 1,862.8 points. If approved by the International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation's Technical Committee, Jaquess' overall score will surpass her own world-record mark of 2,945.85 points set in 2010. McClintock (2,951.95 points), Belarus' Natallia Berdnikava (2,994.56 points) and France's Clementine Lucine (2,971.86 points) also have pending world records currently under review by the IWWF.
 Argentina's Javier Julio won the gold medal in men's overall with 2,870.7 points. Chile's Felipe Miranda (2,800.8 points) and Rodrigo Miranda (2,591.1 points) earned the silver medal and bronze medal, respectively. Julio also won the gold medal in men's tricks, scoring 10,140 points. Canada's Jason McClintock earned the silver medal with 9,880 points and Chile's Felipe Miranda earned the bronze medal with 9,430 points. Gay finished fourth with 9,040 points.
Canada's Whitney McClintock won the gold medal in women's tricks, setting a Pan American Games' record 8,390 points. Colombia's Maria Camila Linares earned the silver medal with 7,400 points. McClintock also earned silver medals in women's slalom (2-1/2 buoys at 39-1/2 feet off) and jumping (166 feet/50.5 meters). Canada's Karen Stevens earned bronze medals in women's slalom (1-1/2 buoys at 38 feet off) and jumping (135 feet/41.1 meters).
For results, click here.
Record Setting Weekend In Florida Tournaments
Hank Longo was able to accomplish a lifelong pursuit of a National Jump record. He was able to set pending records in the Men 6 jump event at the Jacks’ Sunset Fall Classic tournament in Groveland, FL. In round 1 he set a pending record of 119’/36.4m with the sun setting and then on Sunday was able to push the distance up to 129’/39.4m. While they still need the approval of the AWSA Technical Committee, John Worden, the tournament Technical Controller, was comfortable that all of the technical requirements for the jumps would be approved. Dreams can come true!
Also Natalia Berdnikava had performances of 1.5 buoys in slalom, 9240 points in tricks and a jump of 186’/56.7m to post a new pending world overall record of 2994 points. This would exceed Clementine Lucines’ pending overall record of 2971.86.
Regina Jaquess set a pending women's world slalom record of 2 buoys at 41 feet off on Saturday at the Eddie Green Budweiser Oktoberfest in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.
Many other personal bests were recorded by all of the skiers in these tournaments and you can read all of the results in the posted scorebooks for the tournaments.
Read newspaper article in Ledger by Lisa Coffey for Hank Longo
Read newspaper article in Ledger by Lisa Coffey for Natalia Berdikava & Regina Jaquess
2012 Southern Regional Dates Have Been Confirmed!
The 2012 Southern Regional Championships will be held in Paducah Kentucky on July 25-28 (Wednesday - Saturday). We had to wait for the National dates to be finalized before we could proceed. Just in case, the National dates are August 14-18 (Tuesday - Saturday) and will be held at Okeeheelee Park – West Palm Beach, FL.
Dates Set For 2012 AWSA Nationals
- Posted by: usaws
- On: 09/27/2011 16:12:40
USA Water Ski and the American Water Ski Association are pleased to announce that the 2012 GOODE Water Ski National Championships will be held Aug. 14-18 at Okeeheelee Park in West Palm Beach, Fla. The Ski Club of the Palm Beaches will host the 70th Nationals.
The American Water Ski Association, one of nine sport discipline organizations of USA Water Ski, approved the bid from the Ski Club of The Palm Beaches at its mid-winter board of directors' meeting in January 2011. The bid approval also includes an option for the Ski Club of The Palm Beaches to host the 2013 Nationals.
The Ski Club of The Palm Beaches has hosted 11 Water Ski National Championships, five Southern Regional Water Ski Championships, two Florida State Water Ski Championships and the 1989 Water Ski World Championships – in addition to a handful of professional cash-prize tournaments and hundreds of other amateur water ski tournaments – over the past 25 years. It most recently hosted the 2008 and 2009 GOODE Water Ski National Championships. For more information on the Ski Club of The Palm Beaches, visit www.okeeski.com.
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