Media Contacts:

Joel Shapiro (President - business matters, marketing and public relations)
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The Rock Aqua Jays Water Ski Show Team is a leading entertainment and tourist attraction in Janesville, Wisconsin. The team performs twice weekly water ski shows and is the most successful water ski show team in the world with 16 U.S. national championships.

Year Started:

1961

Membership:

Over 150 (individual, family, social, and honorary memberships)

Legal Organization:

The Rock Aqua Jays Water Ski Club, Inc. is a Wisconsin corporation with 501(c)(3) nonprofit status approved/granted by the Internal Revenue Service.

Governance:

Elected, non-compensated board of directors consisting of 11 officers: president, vice president, treasurer, show director, executive secretary, recording secretary, WWSF representative, fleet manager, concessions manager, show representative, and a member at large

Funding:

The Rock Aqua Jays are funded solely through donations, traditional fundraising, sponsorships, and membership dues. The organization receives no public funding.

Show Site:

RAJ Stadium on the Rock River at Traxler Park in downtown Janesville, Wisconsin

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 1046
Janesville, WI 53547-1046

Office Address:

Olde Towne Mall
20 S. Main St. Ste. 24
Janesville, WI 53545-3959

Web Addresses:

www.rockaquajays.org and www.rockaquajays.com

Products/Services:

Entertainment and education

Audience:

Anyone seeking entertainment (emphasis on families)

Events & Activities:

• Sunday and Wednesday evening water ski shows
• Learn to ski clinics
• Mercury Marine Open Water Ski Show Tournament host
• State and national competitions
• Hosting other tournaments (National and World tournaments)
• Partnership with UW-Whitewater collegiate ski team
• Fundraisers to support show operations
• Independence Day on the Rock fireworks
• Fright Factory haunted house

Accomplishments:

• 16 U.S. national championship titles
• 14 Wisconsin state championship titles
• First amateur team to build 3-level pyramid (1974)
• First amateur team to build 4-level pyramid (1981)
• First amateur team to build 5-level pyramid (1993)
• Highest scoring act in history of water ski show competition (482 our of 500 points for a 4-level pyramid performed in 1985)
• World-record holder for largest pyramid in competition (44-person triple 4-level pyramid in 2003)
• World-record holder for largest front barefoot line behind one boat (21 barefooters in 2009)
• First amateur team to perform and compete in the Peoples Republic of China

• USA Water Ski (national governing body of water skiing)
• National Show Ski Association (recognized sport division of USA Water Ski)
• Wisconsin Water Ski Federation
• National Safe Boating Council
• Rock River Coalition
• Forward Janesville
• Beloit Chamber of Commerce

Major Sponsors:

Mercury Marine, Malibu Boats, Livorsi Marine, The Janesville Gazette, Ott Schweitzer Distributing/Miller Beer, ABC Supply, KW Show Ski Equipment, Connelly Skis, ACME Propellers, and WJVL and WCLO radio stations