Collegiate water skiing welcomes athletes of all skill levels with any amount of experience. Often times, teams use this sentiment to encourage people who are brand new to the sport to compete. However, many of the elite teams have one or more water skiers that compete professionally or are of similar caliber. Nine of these […]
Author: Joey Gilroy
Snow Does Not Stop the Fun at 2019 Midwest Winter Conference
On the weekend of February 23-24, 2019 the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee and University of Wisconsin – La Crosse co-hosted the 2019 Midwest Winter Conference. Twenty teams of skiers spent a few days socializing, learning from the pros, and voting on rule changes at the annual captains meeting. The Great Wolf Lodge was selected […]
Midwest Air Force Leaving Mark on the Waterski World
One of the best parts of waterskiing is the communities that are built around the sport. One group of young athletes has come together to build an elite corp of jumpers. Midwest Air Force Takes Off In August of 2017, Brandon Schipper, a jumper for the University of Louisiana Monroe, and Ben Leutz, a University […]
Purdue University Wins 2018 Membership Growth Challenge
USA Water Ski & Wake Sports announced the winner’s of their 2018 membership growth challenges, and Purdue University Water Ski and Wakeboard Club won both their collegiate and club growth contests! Purdue will receive a club membership to USA Water Ski & Wake Sports for 2019 and 2020 for winning two of the contests, and […]
#TeamNewsTuesday as Teams Celebrate the Holidays
The end of the semester calls for many things in the collegiate water skiing world. The student-athletes that compete in the NCWSA are just that, students. Many of them have a stress filled finals week, then leave for winter break. However, some teams come together one last time after finals to celebrate the end of […]