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kwahamoT waTeR skI CLub RosTeR: Members of the Kwahamot Water Ski<br />

Club competing at this weekend’s Division 2 Show Ski Nationals are: Jim Aksamit,<br />

Makayla Backer, Steven Beda, Hannah Beiler, Brandan Biever, Bradley Buitron,<br />

Bethany Bunce, Krista Burk, Mikayla Elliott, Michaela Galganski, Garrett Gillham,<br />

Kyle Goes, Elise Grum, Keith Hanse, Greg Hilgendorf, Mike Hilgendorf, Kevin<br />

Kahn, Celie Koth, Ryan Koth, Scott Koth, Katelyn Kozlowski, Peggy Lane, Alex<br />

Loka, Mickey Loka, Magee Renn, Ciana Rose, Hailey Schaper, Mike Schaper, Anna<br />

Schoen, Stephanie Schoen, Toby Sontag, Bradley Spencer, Jeremy Theiler, Jon<br />

Wendland, Sherrie Wendland, Dan Winter and Gene Winter.<br />

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By Tom Colstad<br />

<strong>Tomahawk</strong> <strong>Leader</strong> Sports Editor<br />

sports@tomahawkleader.com<br />

From its start in 1961 when<br />

13 local water skiers formed the<br />

Kwahamot (<strong>Tomahawk</strong> spelled<br />

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Back in 1960, the city of<br />

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Jeremy Theiler and the entire<br />

Kwahamot ski team good luck<br />

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<strong>Tomahawk</strong> hired a troupe of<br />

professional water skiers to highlight<br />

the local Aqua Days celebration. A<br />

young local water skier named Rod<br />

Greil approached the <strong>Tomahawk</strong><br />

Jaycees and told them that he could<br />

put together a water ski show equal<br />

to that of the professional show.<br />

The Jaycees took Greil’s assertion<br />

seriously and agreed to give Greil a<br />

shot at proving his claim.<br />

Greil and Bob Henderson,<br />

together with several friends and<br />

neighbors, choreographed some acts<br />

and despite poor water conditions<br />

and inclement weather put on a<br />

successful show. That effort paved<br />

the way for the formation of the<br />

Kwahamot Water Ski Club and its<br />

crowd-appealing shows today.<br />

Over the next 50 years,<br />

membership in the Kwahamots<br />

has grown to a historical roster of<br />

almost 350, including more than<br />

40 currently active members. Most<br />

of the club’s members originally<br />

hailed from <strong>Tomahawk</strong> and grew up<br />

watching other T-hawkers perform<br />

on the water. The club is strictly<br />

amateur, and no one receives any<br />

monetary compensation for his/her<br />

services.<br />

With the help of many area<br />

people, projects were finished that<br />

added to the quality of the water<br />

ski show, including a dredged river<br />

bottom, addition of a seating section,<br />

ski jump, T-shaped dock, lighting<br />

system, loud speaker system,<br />

permanent bleachers, lowered beach<br />

grade, retaining walls, sodded show<br />

grounds, parking areas, concessions,<br />

restrooms and a new chalet/<br />

boathouse built in 1993.<br />

Because it is protected from<br />

wind on all sides, Kwahamot Bay<br />

on the Wisconsin River is nationally<br />

known as one of the best “natural<br />

lakes” for water skiing. Testament<br />

to the quality of the Kwahamot<br />

facility is that it was chosen to be<br />

the site for this three-day national<br />

championship tournament, as well<br />

as several state events and Midwest<br />

regional competitions. The local club<br />

also hosted three Wisconsin State<br />

Wakeboard championships, three<br />

Mike Seipel barefoot figure-eight<br />

tournaments and three Kwahamot<br />

All-Star Show Ski tournaments.<br />

This year, of course, marks<br />

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ComPeTING Team bIos<br />

The Lake City Skiers have been a<br />

competitive water ski team since 1989<br />

and is the only competitive water ski<br />

team in Indiana. Currently, there are 45<br />

club members of which 25 are water<br />

skiers. The youngest member is eight<br />

years old, while the oldest is 52.<br />

The Shermalot Show Team organized<br />

in 1975 when a group of water ski<br />

enthusiasts banded together to form<br />

the Shermalot Water Ski Show Team,<br />

Inc. The team has skied throughout<br />

Wisconsin and across the nation.<br />

Committed to advocating leadership<br />

to youth through family participation,<br />

the Shermalot Water Ski Show Team<br />

has entertained spectators on lakes<br />

Arrowhead, Camelot and Sherwood for<br />

more than 36 years. The club actively<br />

participates in competitive USA Water<br />

Ski sanctioned events and is proud to<br />

be five-time Division 2 state champions<br />

and ranked among the top-10 amateur<br />

shows in the United States.<br />

The Lauderdale Lakes Aqua Skiers<br />

have provided free family-oriented<br />

entertainment for the Southeastern<br />

Wisconsin Lakes Area for over 50<br />

years. The mission of the non-profit<br />

organization is to provide a venue<br />

for people, young and old alike, and<br />

families to learn aspects of show<br />

skiing as well as develop leadership<br />

and teamwork skills through weekly<br />

practices, exhibition shows, ski<br />

competitions, fundraising events and<br />

community service and activities.<br />

Lauderdale Lakes members range<br />

in age from six to sixty-six. As an active<br />

member of U.S.A. Water Ski and the<br />

Wisconsin Water Ski Federation, the<br />

Lauderdale Aqua Skiers provide a<br />

structured and safe environment for<br />

its members. Its weekly practices<br />

culminate in free exhibitions held<br />

Saturday evenings from Memorial<br />

Day through Labor Day on Lauderdale<br />

Lakes in Don Jean Bay.<br />

The Ski Sprites Water Ski Shows<br />

was founded in 1960 by a group of<br />

six young skiers. These original Ski<br />

Sprites foresaw the need for organized<br />

water skiing in the Chippewa Valley of<br />

western Wisconsin. It wasn’t until 1972<br />

that the Ski Sprites first performed in the<br />

Wisconsin State Ski Tournament. That<br />

first exposure to show ski competition<br />

was quite a learning experience for the<br />

skiers as none of the members had<br />

ever seen a tournament. From that<br />

novice team in 1972, the 1973 team<br />

came back to the state tournament as<br />

the first show ski team to put individual<br />

songs and music to the individual acts<br />

being performed. They came from near<br />

last place in their first year to third place<br />

in 1973. The 2006 season marked the<br />

end of an era for the Ski Sprites as they<br />

said farewell to their home of 46 years,<br />

Half Moon Lake. Beginning in 2007, the<br />

Ski Sprites will be performing on their<br />

new home on Lake Altoona.<br />

The current Ski Sprites team consists<br />

of approximately 100 members<br />

made up of skiers and a host of adult<br />

volunteers. Equipment includes two<br />

Malibu ski boats, two Mercury powered<br />

towboats, two safety boats poised for<br />

immediate water rescue, and two 26foot<br />

pontoon boats used as floating<br />

docks for many of the exciting acts<br />

round out the Ski Sprites fleet.<br />

The Chain Skimmers water ski club<br />

is a non-profit organization, with all<br />

the proceeds go back into producing<br />

a quality ski show. Skimmers skiers<br />

donate their talents and abilities.<br />

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Who’s competing<br />

in the show ski<br />

nationals?<br />

There will be 14 teams competing in the 2011 Indmar Marine Engines<br />

Division 2 Show Ski Nationals in <strong>Tomahawk</strong> over the weekend, noted<br />

Kwahamot tournament chairman Mickey Loka. Those teams are: Kwahamot<br />

Water Ski Club, Bad Water Ski-Ters of Spread Eagle, Wis., Eau Claire Ski<br />

Sprites, Lauderdale Lakes Aqua Skiers (Elkhorn, Wis.), Shawano Ski Sharks,<br />

Plum Ski-Ters of Sayner, Wis., Chain Skimmers of Conover, Wis.,Waupaca<br />

Chain Skiers, Shermalot Show Ski Team of Rome, Wis., Chetek Hydroflites,<br />

Silver Lake Ski Team from Fenton, Mich., Lake City Skiers of Warsaw, Ind.,<br />

Rochester Ski team of Rochester, Minn. and Hartwick Huskies of Cedar<br />

Rapids, Iowa.<br />

Individual skiing takes place Friday starting at 10 a.m., while team<br />

competition begins at 8 a.m. Saturday and Sunday.<br />

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scoring<br />

The Teams<br />

now that the 2011 show<br />

ski national Championship<br />

is set for this weekend at<br />

kwahamot Bay, it might<br />

be interesting to know<br />

how the various show ski<br />

teams will be judged. First of all,<br />

there will be five different judges<br />

watching every act performed by<br />

every team. secondly, the judges<br />

will score each act according to its<br />

flow (0-25 points), execution (0-<br />

25), difficulty (0-25) and spectator<br />

appeal (0-25) and assign a total<br />

score value between zero and 100<br />

points.<br />

The teams will be judged<br />

using the following scoring<br />

values – sound crew and audio<br />

presentation: music selection<br />

(0-50 points); audio effects (0-<br />

75); and audience direction (0-<br />

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(0-50); patterns and speeds<br />

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and equipment (0-25); act variety<br />

(0-100); production (0-250) and<br />

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ComPeTING Team bIos<br />

The Plum Ski-ters Water Ski Team<br />

holds shows on Wednesday and<br />

Saturday nights throughout the<br />

summer. The show is free for everyone<br />

and donations are greatly appreciated.<br />

New skiers are always welcome and<br />

encouraged to inquire onsite. The<br />

Plum Ski-ters is a Wisconsin non-profit<br />

organization and all donations are tax<br />

deductable. Club members pay no<br />

dues and there are no tryouts. Parents<br />

are encouraged to participate on the<br />

team with their children<br />

The Silver Lake Ski Club of Fenton,<br />

Mich., has been one of the most<br />

successful competitive ski teams in<br />

the nation since 1960, accumulating<br />

a number of regional and state<br />

championships and placing as high as<br />

third in national tournaments.<br />

In the 1950’s, the Rochester Ski Team<br />

began by putting on one weekend show<br />

every year. In 1974, a major decision to<br />

do a weekly show was made. By 1976<br />

the club was on its way to a 6th place<br />

finish in National Competition. The club<br />

has been noted for its dynamic, original<br />

pyramids. Now in its fourth decade as<br />

a team, the Rochester Ski Team has<br />

proven itself to constantly be one of the<br />

best teams in Minnesota.<br />

The Hartwick Huskys water ski club<br />

was in 1965. This non-profit club is made<br />

up of young people and adults from<br />

Delhi, Manchester, Cascade, Cedar<br />

Rapids, Iowa City, Anamosa, Ryan,<br />

Dyersville, Farley, Hopkinton, Earlville<br />

and New Vienna. Ages range from four<br />

to 45 years old. The enthusiastic group<br />

takes to their skis come rain or shine,<br />

hot or cold, beginning as early in May<br />

as possible and until the school year<br />

begins in August.<br />

The Badwater Ski-Ters Water Ski<br />

Team presents shows Wednesdays<br />

and Sundays throughout the summer<br />

on the Badwaters of the Menominee<br />

River in Spread Eagle, Wis. The<br />

Badwater Ski-Ters Show Team took<br />

second place 
in the Wisconsin State<br />

Show Ski Tournament in Wisconsin<br />

Rapids on July 22-23. The Badwater<br />

Ski-Ters Jump Team took first place
<br />

in the Wisconsin State Show Ski<br />

Tournament in Wisconsin Rapids on<br />

July 21. Jump Teams from both Division<br />

I and Division II competed in this event.<br />

The Shawano Ski Sharks is a fiscally<br />

responsible, non-profit water ski club<br />

that presents free, weekly ski shows<br />

in a family-focused environment. All<br />

Ski Shark members, skiers and nonskiers<br />

alike, work together to increase<br />

skills, develop creative shows, build<br />

showmanship, and hone leadership<br />

abilities to create the best water ski<br />

show in northeast Wisconsin.<br />

The Waupaca Chain Skiers placed<br />

third at the 45th Annual Wisconsin<br />

State Water Ski Show Championships<br />

on Lake Wazeecha in Wisconsin<br />

Rapids July 24 The Chain Skiers ski<br />

shows are held Saturday nights at<br />

6 p.m. on Rainbow Lake. Shows can<br />

be viewed from the Wisconsin Veterans<br />

Home in King.<br />

The Chetek Hydroflites Water Ski<br />

Club performs complimentary shows<br />

every Thursday and Sunday throughout<br />

the summer on Lake Chetek. These<br />

shows provide a unique entertainment<br />

opportunity for the community. The<br />

Hydroflites offer a creative outlet and a<br />

positive atmosphere for club members<br />

and their families. The Hydroflites<br />

have about 85 skiing and non-skiing<br />

members.<br />

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IndIvIduAl EvEnTS CompETITIon<br />

(In running order) schedules subject to change; check www.tomahawkleader.com for updates<br />

Friday, August 5th • Kwahamot Bay, <strong>Tomahawk</strong> WI<br />

Swivel:<br />

Ashley Derynck – Midwest<br />

Kaila Coffey - Central<br />

Kaylyn Bodine - Wisconsin<br />

Kindra Walstad - Midwest<br />

Connie Chapman - Central<br />

Kate Hanne - Wisconsin<br />

Doubles:<br />

Elise Gorecki & Sam Murdock - Wisconsin<br />

Gracie Wiedmeyer & Jeremy Lewallen - Wisconsin<br />

Megan Leahy & Lucas Twilmeyer - Wisconsin<br />

Tournament chairman Mickey<br />

Loka of the Kwahamot Water Ski Club<br />

predicts that there will be 1,500 to<br />

2,000 spectators each day attending<br />

the National Show Ski Championships<br />

at Kwahamot Bay Aug. 5-7. He noted<br />

that there also will be approximately<br />

1,000 competing athletes among the<br />

14 teams and individuals who qualified for<br />

the event.<br />

“Every single hotel in the <strong>Tomahawk</strong><br />

area is booked for the entire weekend,”<br />

noted Loka. “We are looking for more<br />

In its first national show ski competition, the<br />

Kwahamot Water Ski Club will perform the<br />

following 13 acts during the Division 2 Show<br />

Ski Nationals at Kwahamot Bay over the<br />

weekend<br />

1. Barefoot Pyramid<br />

+ 1-ski back flip<br />

2. Barefoot Pyramid<br />

3. Ballet<br />

4. Barefooting - Beach Barefoot, Back<br />

Barefoot, flying dock barefoot starts<br />

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pharmacy<br />

accommodations a bit farther away from<br />

<strong>Tomahawk</strong> for those who haven’t booked<br />

anything yet.”<br />

With the large crowds expected over<br />

the weekend, parking will be provided in a<br />

lot one block east of the Kwahamot show<br />

site, as there will be no parking allowed<br />

on either side of Deer Park Road for the<br />

duration of the event. Nelson’s County<br />

Market also has offered a section of its<br />

new parking lot (marked and signed) for<br />

patrons of the show ski tournament. Show<br />

ski attendees should refrain from parking<br />

Kwahamot water skiing acts<br />

5. Conventional Doubles, Adagio Trio<br />

(lifts) and Swivel Line (A swivel ski is<br />

a wide, single ski in which the binding<br />

platform is mounted on ball bearings<br />

enabling the skier to rotate while the ski<br />

is still facing toward the tow boat)<br />

6. 360°<br />

7. Front flip over pyramid<br />

8. Back Breaker (barefooter pulling a<br />

back flip jumper)<br />

9. Strap Doubles and Star Swivel<br />

& phoTo cenTer Charlie Jarvis - Bill Dreger<br />

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Hours: Mon. 8:30am-7:30pm, Tues.-Fri. 8:30am-5:30pm, Sat. 9am-2pm, Sun. 9am-noon<br />

Sarah Parbs & Andrew Weinhaimer - Wisconsin<br />

Amy Bacon & Marty Pottebaum - Midwest<br />

Camen Mergen & Matt Hoeft - Midwest<br />

Savannah Sheeks & Eric Corcoran - Central<br />

Kayla Asbach & Jeff Asbach - Wisconsin<br />

Team Jump: Freestyle Jump:<br />

Kwahamot Water Ski Team -- Wisconsin<br />

Rochester Water Shows - Midwest<br />

Min – Aqua Bats Water Ski Team - Wisconsin<br />

TEAm CompETITIon<br />

(In running order) schedules subject to change; check www.tomahawkleader.com for updates<br />

Kwahamot Bay, <strong>Tomahawk</strong> WI<br />

Saturday, August 6th Sunday, August 7th FIRST TEAM STARTING AT 8 A.M.<br />

Silver Lake Ski Club - Central<br />

Chain Skimmers Ski Team -- Wisconsin<br />

Ski Sprites Water Ski Team -- Wisconsin<br />

Shermalot Water Ski Club -- Wisconsin<br />

Rochester Water Shows -- Midwest<br />

Bad-Water Skeeters -- Wisconsin<br />

Waupaca Chain Skiers – Wisconsin<br />

Lauderdale Aqua Skieers -- Wisconsin<br />

show us what you’ve got<br />

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FIRST TEAM STARTING AT 8 A.M.<br />

Hartwick Huskys -- Midwest<br />

Shawano Ski Sharks -- Wisconsin<br />

Lake City Skiers -- Central<br />

Plum Ski-Ters -- Wisconsin<br />

Chetek Hydroflites -- Wisconsin<br />

Kwahamot Water Ski Club -- Wisconsin<br />

Parking for the show ski tournament<br />

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in the remainder of the Nelson’s lot, as it<br />

is reserved for County Market customers.<br />

There is side street parking on most<br />

streets on the south side of the Wisconsin<br />

River and a convenient sidewalk along<br />

both sides of Veterans’ Memorial Bridge<br />

for walking to the show site.<br />

Loka added, “Deer Park Road will<br />

be very congested on the days of the<br />

tournament, so if you must drive down<br />

Deer Park Road, please use extreme<br />

caution and keep speeds under 10 mph.”<br />

10. Trick Jump<br />

11. Two-ski Jump outs<br />

12. Wakeboard<br />

13. End Pyramid<br />

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a historical highlight for the<br />

Kwahamots, as the club hosts the 2011<br />

Indmar Marine Engines Division<br />

2 Show Ski Nationals Aug. 5-7.<br />

Show ski teams (14) from the Upper<br />

Midwest will vie for the national<br />

championship during competition<br />

held Saturday and Sunday starting at<br />

8 a.m. each day. Individual skiers and<br />

pairs will compete in trick skiing and<br />

jumping Friday beginning at 10 a.m.<br />

Besides hosting the national<br />

show ski tournament, the Kwahamots<br />

also will be competing in the show<br />

ski nationals for the first time ever.<br />

The locals will perform 13 acts<br />

during their one-hour “show.”<br />

Kwahamot show skiers previously<br />

won Wisconsin state titles in 1969,<br />

1971, 1974 and 2004.<br />

That’s quite an accomplishment<br />

for Wisconsin’s smallest water ski<br />

club. You’ve come a long way, Baby!

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