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Eight Athletes Win Titles At 20th Junior U.S. Open
Scott N. Atkinson June 22, 2020
Eight water ski athletes won titles in respective events at the 20th Junior U.S. Open Water Ski Championships, June 20-21, at Mystic Lakes in Maize, Kan. The two-round, world-record capability event featured junior men and junior women (ages 17 to 21) and boys and girls divisions (ages 16 and under). Some of the world's top junior water ski athletes competed for titles in slalom, tricks, jumping and overall.
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GrassRoots Tournaments: Free To Host...Free To Attend
June 11, 2020
Hosting an AWSA grassroots event in 2020? AWSA will fund it. That’s right. We need to get more people on the water and with less tournaments this year, Wednesday night ski leagues and ski for funs are a great opportunity to get on the water and get more people without access to lakes on the water.
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Tri-Lakes To Host 2020 GOODE Nationals
Scott N. Atkinson May 29, 2020
The American Water Ski Association’s board of directors today announced that Tri-Lakes in Zachary, La., will host the 78th GOODE Water Ski National Championships. The world’s largest three-event water ski tournament will be held Aug. 5-9. Tri-Lakes and Bennett’s Water Ski & Wakeboard School previously hosted the Nationals in 1984 and 1989. It most recently played host to the Collegiate Water Ski National Championships in 2017.
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Return To Play Guidelines Announced
Scott N. Atkinson May 14, 2020
As our communities begin to re-open and get back to some sense of normalcy, USA Water Ski & Wake Sports has been working diligently with the USOPC and our sport discipline organizations to create “return to play” guidelines for our sport. First and foremost, the health and safety of our members is our top priority. These return to play guidelines are meant to provide athletes, coaches and event organizers with best practices and recommendations regarding return to safe water ski activity.
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2020 Junior Worlds Postponed
Scott N. Atkinson April 14, 2020
In light of current events affecting most countries, to ensure the safety of organizers and athletes and to show social responsibility, the IWWF and USA Water Ski & Wake Sports have agreed to reschedule the 2020 IWWF Junior Water Ski World Championships to a date to be determined in 2021.
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AWSA Allows Practice Scores For Rankings
Scott N. Atkinson April 10, 2020
Sanctioned events may be put on hold for the near future, but that doesn’t mean skiers still can’t compete. AWSA is pleased to announce that members can now enter practice scores to be judged online by a panel of officials where final scores will be submitted online to the AWSA national rankings list. Please note that USA Water Ski & Wake Sports and the American Water Ski Association strongly encourage all members to practice social distancing and any other CDC or state guidelines that are currently in place, and remember that USA Water Ski & Wake Sports is not sanctioning (providing insurance coverage) any water ski activity (tournaments, clinics, practices or exhibitions) through May 17.
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GOODE Skis Renews Sponsorship
Scott N. Atkinson April 02, 2020
USA Water Ski & Wake Sports is pleased to announce that GOODE Skis will continue as a National Sponsor of the national governing body of organized water skiing and wakeboarding. In addition to its designation as National Sponsor of USA Water Ski & Wake Sports for 2020 and 2021, GOODE Skis has agreed to be the title sponsor of the U.S. Water Ski National Championships for the next 10 years (2020-2029).
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11th World Games Moved To July 2022
Scott N. Atkinson April 02, 2020
The International World Games Association (IWGA) and Birmingham Organizing Committee (BOC) have agreed to postpone the 11th edition of The World Games until July 7-17, 2022. The Games had originally been planned to take place from July 15-25, 2021.
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U.S. Athletes Win Moomba Masters Titles
Scott N. Atkinson March 09, 2020
U.S. water ski athletes Freddy Krueger (Winter Garden, Fla.), Erika Lang (Gilbert, Ariz.) and Nate Smith (Winter Garden, Fla.) won titles in respective events at the 60th Nautique Moomba Masters International Invitational, March 6-9, on the Yarra River in Melbourne, Australia.
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In Memoriam - Gordon Hall, 1957-2020
Scott N. Atkinson March 05, 2020
USA Water Ski & Wake Sports is saddened to learn of the sudden passing of longtime member Gordon Hall. Gordon, 62, of Martindale, Texas, was a multi-time national champion tricks skier, renowned water ski site developer, tournament organizer, and board member for the American Water Ski Association, National Collegiate Water Ski Association and USA Water Ski & Wake Sports.