The Mad-City Ski Team will compete in the Wisconsin State Water Ski Show Tournament near Wisconsin Rapids on Thursday, July 15 through Sunday, July 18. The team skis third on Saturday will perform our show at approximately 930am on Lake Wazecha. With 25 teams competing at the tournament, the tournament is the largest water ski tournament in the world. For more information about the tournament, please visit the Wisconsin Water Ski Federation Website.
On Thursday, two members of the ski team competed in the individual competitions. In the swivel competition, Sara Tubbs placed 3rd and Brea Imse placed 5th. Both will likely compete at Nationals in August.
Because the team will be out of town, the free weekly ski show at Law Park will not take place on Sunday, July 18. The team will return to the shores of Lake Monona for a show on Sunday, June 25, starting with the juniors’ team at 5:30pm and the full team at 6:00pm.
This summer, as part of the Madison Public Library’s Splash Into Summer program, two of the Mad-City Ski Team’s skiers did a presentation at the Hawthorne Library Branch to a group of preschoolers to talk to them about the ski team.
Danielle and Mallory Talk about the Mad-City Ski Team
After watching a short highlight video of the teams’ 2009 season, Danielle and Mallory explained the many different aspects of show skiing, from pyramids to barefooting to swivel skiing to jumping. Assisted with a wide variety of team equipment, they told the kids all about how we do all of the tricks out on the water. They also answered several very unique questions, the kinds that only kids can think of.
The kids to inspect the water ski equipment first hand
At the end of the presentation, the kids were allowed to inspect all of the equipment first hand. Surprisingly, many of the kids found the long ski ropes to be some of the most fun to play with, although the spinning swivel binding was also a big hit.
The Mad-City Ski Team performed a small exhibition ski show in front of the Edgewater Hotel’s pier on Lake Mendota in downtown Madison, WI on Thursday, June 3rd as part of the hotel’s Jump Into Summer event as well as for the Sunset Party being held on the hotel’s rooftop which has hosted by Dane County Lakes and Watershed Commision and the Clean Lakes Alliance.
At the Sunset Party, the Dane County Lakes and Watershed Commission handed out their Water Champions awards for 2010. After the awards were handed out, the ski show started. In the album below are some pictures of the ski show taken from the rooftop of the hotel. It was a small, quick show, but the perspective from the rooftop is unique.
(06.03.2010, 50 Photos)
Click on the album to view all the pictures, click on the picture to view a larger image.
This weekend, Matt Heilman and Dan Wang will travel to Winter Haven, Florida to attend the USA Water Ski Awards Reception at the Admirals Inn. The awards reception celebrates the 2009 water ski season and will honor awards recipients from all of USA Water Ski’s sports divisions.
Matt and Dan will be accepting the National Show Ski Associations Team of the Year Award for the Mad-City Ski Team.
You can find out more details about all of the awards being presented on USA Water Ski’s website.
This will be the fourth year in a row that Mad-City has won the NSSA Team of the Year award (2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009). Previously, Mad-City was named USA Water Ski’s Team of the Year for 2008. That was the first time the award was presented to a show ski team.
Skipper Buds, Malibu Boats and the Mad-City Ski Team held the 1st Annual Project Snowflake on December 19th to raise money for the American Family Children’s Hospital at the UW Hospital. Despite nearly a foot of snow on the ground and a lake that was just starting to freeze over (they had to do some ice breaking the night before) the event was a great success. With just a couple weeks of planning, the event went great, raising about $3000.
T-Shirts are still available. If you’re interested in purchasing one, you can contact Mike at Skipper Buds. Click here to make a donation to Project Snowflake.
Skiing in front of a great crowd that was also braving the cold weather, the team did a small ski show that was appreciated by everyone. Most of the skiers knew what they were getting into and dressed appropriately for the cold conditions (dry suits and much more) but a few decided to brave the very cold conditions planning on the hot tubs being hot. However, they were only lukewarm. Everyone had a lot of fun and everyone that skied now has a new definition of what cold water really is.
We’re planning to do this again in 2010 with the tentative date being Saturday, December 4th.
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Come watch the Mad-City Ski Team perform one last show in 2009
on the now frigid water of Lake Monona.
Skipper Bud’s, Malibu Boats and the Mad-City Ski Team are hosting Project Snowflake on Lake Monona on Saturday, December 19th. The event runs from noon to 3pm at Law Park (just east of the Monona Terrace) We’ll be performing our show snow or shine. A suggested donation of $15 will be collected on site. T-shirts and silent auction items will be available and all proceeds will be given to the UW Children’s Hospital. Special thanks to Bachmann Pools & Spas, Madison Tanning Company and Smart Motors for their support of this event.
You can also donate online here.
Thank you for visiting our fundraising page for the American Family Children’s Hospital. American Family Children’s Hospital is, hands down, the place to come if your child needs hospitalization. Not only do they treat your child like their own, but many of the doctors here are nationally known researchers who discover even better cures and treatments for sick children. While located at the University of Wisconsin, American Family Children’s Hospital receives no state or tax dollars. We are raising money for the American Family Children’s Hospital because with our help, we can make this great children’s hospital an extraordinary one.
Finally, if you’re willing to ski and have the proper equipment, you can also take to the water. The cost is $35/ride with all proceeds going to the UW Children’s Hospital.
Ending Pyramid Intro at the 2009 National Championships
The Mad-City Ski Team was named the USA Water Ski August 2009 Team of the Month today.
Here is an excerpt from the article:
The Mad-City Ski Team won the national team title for the fourth consecutive year at the 35th Division 1 Show Ski National Championships, Aug. 7-9, at Shorewood Park in Loves Park, Ill. Mad-City, which has won five national titles in the past six years, tallied 2,131.64 points in the 14-team field by sweeping box scores for Dock & Equipment, Pick-Up Boat, Towboat Driving, Showmanship, Overall Show and Sound Crew, and earning top-scoring awards for Ballet, Jump and Swivel. Mad-City’s Paul O’Connor (Belleville, Wis.) – who won the national freestyle jumping title and performed several incredible feats, including a 720-degree helicopter; a two-ski mobius; a one-ski mobius; a one-ski front flip; several tricks on his wakeboard; and centered the team’s four-tier pyramid – received the Skip Gilkerson Award, presented to the top male performer at the Nationals.
The team is now eligible for the US Olympic Committee Team of the Month award for August 2009.
On Friday 8/14, Mad-City hosted a learn to ski day for members of the UCP of Dane County. For the team, it was a chance to share our enthusiasm for the sport with others, for the people learning to ski, it is an experience of a lifetime.
Channel 15, the local NBC affiliate, came by and produced a nice news story about the clinic which you can read about here. There is a video with the story as well… click on the link just below the headline.
There are many sports that a whole family can attend together, but there are not many sports that an entire family can compete in together. Show skiing is truely unique in this fashion and one of the local news channels, Channel 3 WISC-TV, did a story on one of the families involved with Mad-City. Follow the link below to view the story on their website.
Show Skiing Family
The Mad-City Ski Team will be performing a small exhibition ski show at The Edgewater on Thursday, June 4 at the Splash Into Summer from 630 to 7pm.
The Annual Pier Party…SPLASH into SUMMER when we Pop Open the Pier! Experience The Mad-City Ski Team as they perform on Lake Mendota for the first time. Enjoy small bites from the The Edgewater Pier menu and sip samples of Sailor Jerry Rum cocktails. Sway to the sounds of 105.5 Triple MMM while Gaby Parsons gives away sensational door prizes.
For more details, visit Madison Verve or The Edgewater and click on The Pier link at the top.
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