News Bulletins & Highlights

NEW 1/22/12 Ed Brazil's email address has changed.

1/9/12 Technical Committee Chair Chip Shand reports...

At the Regional Meeting, the BOD ruled that performances from "turn and burn" rounds (i.e., when the skier elects to immediately take their next round), the 2nd of the turn and burn rounds will NOT be accepted as a Regional record.

1/5/12 Winter Meeting Agenda posted

1/5/12 Deadline for guidebook submission is January 30.

Please forward guidebook information to Judi Stevens. Tournament sanctions need to be completed ASAP. Please help the volunteers by getting your sanctions done timely and by providing any guidebook info.

1/5/12 Ed Brazil reports on the 2012 Hall of Fame

The event will be in Florida on the weekend of April 21st. It acts as a fundraiser, so it's good to get a strong turnout. Please share this information. Hall of Fame inductees will be Wade Cox and Sherri Slone. There will be 5 others inducted into the Award of Distinction, representing several aspects of the sport. See the article in the recent Water Skier for more information.

1/5/12 Draft tournament schedule posted, many tournaments still missing

12/30/11 Bill Fosbenner requests tournament sanctions to be completed ASAP

12/1/11 2012 Winter Meeting Announced

12/1/11 Records Updated

9/9/11 Some tournament scores posted

9/7/11 AWSEF Fundraising Raffle, January 27, 2012

9/4/11Tilton Ski Team skis in Boston Harbor...

...to raise awareness to their fundraising efforts for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society. See the Video and Pictures on the Tilton Ski Team website. Please consider making a donation to the www.TiltonSkiTeam.com Kristen (W2) and family (husband Matt Jablonski, father Mike M5, sister Katie W1, and mom Denise) have been raising money as Tilton Ski Team for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) via the Light the Night (LTN) Walk in Worcester Massachusetts.

9/4/11 More tournament photos posted

8/15/11 A Facebook Group has been set up...

...to facilitate non-commercial Eastern Region business. If you think we should also have a "page", let me know, but I think the group is best so all members can help add people to the group.

8/15/11 2011 Regionals Photos at Pangaea, taken by Chris Goodhue

8/9/11 Clinic with Jamie Beauchesne

Sunday, Aug. 21, Montpelier, VT, at Wrightsville Reservoir boat launch (not the tournament site). $50 a set. Bring your own boat if you want or Bill Bruzzese will pull for an extra $10. Contact Bill Bruzzese to register.

8/3/11 Various photos posted by Chris Goodhue

8/2/11 Check out this Pangaea Regionals Video by (young) Christopher Goodhue!

7/31/11 Regionals Scores posted

6/28/11 Lucky Lowe clinic at Dube's, Hooksett, NH on July 5th, 2011 from 9-2

Cost: 40.00 per set. If interested contact Susan Merck.

6/28/11 Andy Mapple clinic at Pangaea July 8, 9, 10

If interested contact George Vosburgh.

6/9/11 New Release of the DOS WSTIMS program now available

6/9/11 Wade Cox clinic at Oakham, MA June 30th and July 1st

Open to all, June 30th and July 1st. Limited number of spots open so if you're interested let Chris Goodhue know soon! Great opportunity to hang with and learn from a legend.

5/17/11 Junior Development clinic at Oakham, MA

Thurs/Fri before the MA States tournament, July 7 and 8. Coach is Mike Kusiak. Please contact Chris Goodhue with interest.

5/17/11 Lake Lou seeking skiers and campers

Lake Lou was sold to the local power company last year. Local skiers negotiated with the power company and have secured a lease for that site. They are seeking skiers who might be interested in camping and skiing at this lake. Please forward this to interested parties. Interest will help them to maintain this site as a ski lake. Contact Mike Sturdevant of Vienna Ski club in MD at this email mchamp32@shorecable.com or call by phone 410-490-2410.

5/12/11 Kristen C. Tilton, W2, creates awareness about Leukemia

Kristen and family (husband Matt Jablonski, father Mike M5, sister Katie W1, and mom Denise) have been raising money as Tilton Ski Team for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) via the Light the Night (LTN) Walk in Worcester Massachusetts. Check out their team web page and Facebook page!

5/12/11 May 14, Pat Burns is holding a safety clinic at Pangaea, 9 a.m.

John and Kim Rubin will hold a CPR/AED training in the Afternoon. Please contact George Vosburgh if interested.

3/24/11 WSTIMS for Windows approved and available!

3/6/11 Guidebook Posted

3/6/11 Regionals information posted on Pangaea website

2/19/11 Proposed Legislation in Maine Harmful to Slalom Courses

Greg Tevanian reports that Maine may have a potentially serious problem affecting tournament water skiing. A representative in Lisbon Maine has introduced a bill, LD 284, to prohibit water ski courses in ponds in Maine under 100 acres. This bill would shut down tournament skiing in most desirable locations in Maine including #1 Pond, the site where the Pine Tree State tournament has been held, as well as past Regionals. "We are looking for info/help on the best way to combat the bill. There is a hearing this Wed Feb 23rd at 1pm in Augusta. Support from the water ski community is needed to help protect our precious ski sites!" The details can be viewed at legislature.maine.gov. Any helpful input, as well as support at the hearing in Augusta, is appreciated. Please contact Greg by email or phone, (207) 831-9500.

1/20/11 House in West Palm Beach, Weekly Rental, Available to Skiers

15 minutes from Okeheelee, on the same canal as the Hilton, 5 min by water. It is 10 minutes from the airport just off Forest Hill Blvd. Ski conveniently with Palm Beach Water Sports or at Okeheelee. Contact Al SanFanandre at 570-704-7932 and/or Chip Debus at PBWS 561-478-7878. (Also posted in Classifieds)

1/7/11 Tournament draft schedule updated, guidebook deadline

Send additional tournaments and updates to Bill Fosbenner. Sanctions must be complete by Jan. 30 which is also the guidebook deadline.

12/8/10 Notice of Eastern Region 2011 Winter Meeting

12/8/10 Bill Fosbenner requests 2011 tournament dates, start sanctioning

10/7/10 Danny Zeisler sets pending National Record at the Sunset Lakes Fall Classic

Per http://floridawaterskifederation.org/ and provided by Dave Robbins: "The Sunset Lakes Fall Classic was held this past weekend and had some excellent performances turned in by all of the competitors on a beautiful fall weekend in Groveland. Danny Zeisler from Oxford, CT, who just moved into the Men 4 division came down to enjoy the conditions and attempt to set a new Jump record during his visit. On Saturday he eclipsed the current record of 169' set by Rusty Rothenberg in 2003, with a Jump of 170'. He said he thought he had more left and on a beautiful fall Sunday morning shattered his new pending record with a Jump of 179'." Congrats are in order !!!!

10/3/10 Trick Videos from Nationals posted

This is a good resource for trick skiers and officials. Roger Hammel notes, "They do take a couple of minutes to load each pass, (12 MB files) but are great for practicing calling higher end runs. If the screen stays black but with the skiers name at the bottom once you click on a score for a pass to load it, it is probably loading. if there is a large white area in middle, I could not get these to load."

8/19/10 Regionals photos provided by Chris Goodhue

8/4/10 Regionals final scores

7/25/10 Regionals Class L update

The option to ski class "L" has been expanded to all divisions, not just B2-M4 and G2-W4, due to the IWWF requirement being changed for ranking list for Sr's to class "L".

7/4/10 Lou Abel passed away on Monday, June 29,2010

4/28/10 WSTIMS For Windows Update

4/26/10 REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP UPDATE

4/23/10 Updated WSTIMS 3.57

Last week's release incorporated a revised Towboat Utilization report template, updated to reflect the recent revision in Towboat policy, allowing use of certain boats back thru model year 2007, along with the new Correct Craft 200 which was recently approved. We just realized that the Jump event startup needs to identify the particular towboat being utilized, and those offerings needed to have the CC200 added. So this latest revision today rectifies that oversight.

4/18/10 Updated WSTIMS 3.57

4/18/10 Gene Davis, AWSA President, announces Windows Scoring Program taskforce...

... to help with the development of the Windows Scoring Program by Dave Allen. Review goals and members of taskforce.

3/24/10 Updated WSTIMS 3.57

2/1/10 Updated (eased) tournament towboat requirements

12/03/09 Officials who are interested in working Regionals and Nationals in 2010, contact Pat Byrne

7/13/09 CourseWork available by Ed Brazil

Installations, checking, fixing: Slalom, Jump, Trick, & Special Applications. Technical Controller for nearly all original Pro Tour events. Developed the methods for certifying courses. Some 500 courses in 36+ states and 5 foreign countries over the years. Contact: Ed Brazil, PO Box 6475, Laconia, NH  03247. Phone: (603) 524-5756. (Also posted in Classifieds)

7/7/09 Announcing the pilot release of WSTIMS For Windows

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