UW-La Crosse Water Ski and Wakeboard Team

"It’s Summer Time All The Time"

Do you love to be out on the boat, water ski, wakeboard, wakeskate, barefoot, or wakesurf? Do you dread the beginning of the school year because that means leaving your boat back home and cracking open the books?   Not anymore if you are a part of the UW-La Crosse Water Ski and Wakeboard Team!

Current Events:

The Water Ski team will be competing for the Division 1 National Championship on Oct. 12th-16th.  If you would like to support the 20 student members with their trip to Louisiana, please make a donation to the UW-L Waterski Team. 
Checks can be sent to:
UW-L Water Ski
1725 State Street, 130 REC
La Crosse, WI 54601

Who?                   

We are a group of college students that just love being on the water.  We have everyone on the team from first timers just learning the ropes to some jumping 100+ feet, doing barrel roles on the boards, or skiing with 22 off at 34 mph.  And don’t worry if you don’t have your own equipment, we have some just for you!  Everyone is out here because we love the water and being behind the boat.  We are all here to have a blast!

What?                        

We are a member of the Midwest Collegiate Water Ski Association where we compete against all other University of Wisconsin schools, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, Colorado, and Missouri schools.  The team is a competitive waterski and wakeboard team that competes in approximately 5 tournaments in the fall from the second weekend of school to the middle of October.  Then in the spring we compete in at least 4 more tournaments including hosting our own in Neosho, WI!  The tournaments are either a three event waterski tournament of trick, jump, and slalom, or a wakeboard tournament.  Tournaments will consist of driving to wherever Friday after class, camping at the site Saturday night, skiing/boarding all day Saturday, camping Saturday night, skiing/boarding Sunday morning and early afternoon, awards, and driving back Sunday late afternoon.  You’ll be back in plenty of time Sunday night to get the bookwork done.    

Where and When? 

Practices will happen each day at Air Port Beach on French Island.  This is on the Black River.  Practices are a come if you can atmosphere and the boat will be out on the water from about 2pm until dusk Monday thru Thursday.  Fridays we head to our tournaments which go thru Sunday.  We all car pool out to the beach, so don’t worry if you don’t have a car.  Some practices will include going out to Lake Neshonoc where we practice going through the slalom course.  And the best part of practice is skiing or wakeboarding behind the sweet MasterCraft!

Due will usually be around $180 for the year along with becoming a member of the USA Waterski Association by getting their USA Waterski Insurance which is $40.  These dues are significantly lower than other schools where you will have to pay per pull you get behind the boat. 

Why? 

More like why not!  Who wouldn’t want to go out skiing, wakeboarding, or wakeskating in September while everyone else is going to Murphy to study?  Or go camping on the weekends next to the water and ski or board all weekend long?  Not a hard question.

 


UWL water ski teamphoto








Officers
President: Jemma Wahl                           email: wahl.jemm@uwlax.edu
Vice President: Kindra Grossmeier                   email: grossmei.kind@uwlax.edu
Secretary: Kellen Dorff
Treasurer: Cobi Krumholz
Men's Captain: Andrew Armington
Women's Captain: Sam Verhagen
Wakeboard Captain:  
Contact

Contact Person: Jemma Wahl               email:     wahl.jemm@uwlax.edu

Wakerski Resources:

             USA Waterski

             Midwest Collegiate Water Ski Association  

Rankings
UW-La Crosse is currently ranked 5th in the nation on USA Waterski 2011 Division 1 Ski Year Rankings.
Schedule
Fall 2011 Events Event Place Results
September 9-10 Hawkeye Skifest 1st Place Results
September 17-18 Shane Dejong Classic 1st Place Results
September 24-25 Great Plains Conference Championship 1st Place Results
October 1-2 Midwest Regional Championship 1st Place Results
Roster
Bob Anderson Cobi Krumholz  
Alex Meylink Andrew Armington  
Kindra Grossmeier Sam Verhagen  
Joe Marek Matt Schommer  
Claire Oslund Derek Hedtke  
Kellen Dorff Melanie Schmidt  
Brett Bailey Katie White  
Theresa Klees Alexa Ernst  
Eric Tschurwald Chris Rocheleau  
Jemma Wahl Abby Hitchins  
Chuck Snyder    
Photos