Seven Aqua Jays selected for U.S.A. Water Ski Show Team
By Gazette Staff - The Janesville Gazette - November 18, 2011
Seven Rock Aqua Jays have been selected to perform on the U.S. Water Ski Show team that will compete in the inaugural World Show Ski Tournament on Sept. 15-16 at Traxler Park, downtown Janesville.
Teams from as many as six countries, including China, Belgium, Australia and Canada are expected to compete.
Team rosters are limited to 35 members, including skiers, boat drivers, announcers and show directors.
Matt Heilman and Chris Coupland were named show directors by the National Show Ski Association board of directors in August and in charge of selecting the team after sorting through more than 200 applicants.
Rock Aqua Jays selected are: Brian Cullen, Jacklyn Kumlien, Jamie Kumlien, Ginny (Rezin) McGinnis, David Rezin, Janesville; and Cathy and Gerry Luiting, Edgerton.
Aqua Jays win bid to host first World Tournament
By Shelly Birkelo - The Janesville Gazette - September 1, 2011
Some exciting news made a big splash in Rock County early this week.
On Monday, Joel Shapiro, president of the Rock Aqua Jays, learned the water ski club had been picked to host the International Water Ski and Wakeboard Federation’s first-ever world water ski show tournament.
The two-day event will be held Sept. 15-16, 2012, on the Rock River in Traxler Park, Shapiro said. He also noted the news was kept quiet until event dates were made official.
“Everybody is really excited,” he said. “This is taking the sport of show water skiing to the next level. It’s one thing to host a national competition, but a whole other thing to have a world competition and be able to crown somebody world champion.”
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