2016 USA Water Ski Board of Directors Meeting Minutes USA Water Ski Headquarters, Polk City, Florida January 31, 2016
(Minutes recorded by Melanie Hanson, edited by Doug Robbins, Jim Grew and Bob Crowley)
Board Members in Attendance: Doug Robbins – Chair/HND, Jim Grew – President/HND, Dale Stevens – Vice President/ABC, Tim Cullen – Secretary/Treasurer/HND, Andrew Adkison – AAC, Connie Bergmark – AWSA W, Dave Clark – AWSA MW, Alison Goin – USHA (incoming), Gordon Hall – AWSA SC, Gerry Luiting – NSSA, Tonya Maurer – AWSA E (substitute for Pat Byrne), Matt Oberholtz – WSDA, Roger Olson – AAC, Samantha Pinkerton-Hayes – NSSA, Cheryl Ruston – NWSRA (substitute for Mike Avila/Todd Haig), Kurt Schmelzer – AKA, Bob Schouten – AWSA S (incoming), Keith St. Onge – AAC, Jeff Surdej – NCWSA, Brooks Wilson – AAC
Absent: Representative – USA-WB
Committee Chairs in Attendance: Jeff Clark – Bylaws/HND, Jim Grew – Executive/International Activities, Leon Larson – Waterways, Dale Stevens – Ethics/Nominating
Honorary National Directors in Attendance (in addition to the above): Tony Baggiano, Don Bucher, Bob Mayhew
Headquarters’ Staff in Attendance: Bob Crowley – Executive Director, Scott Atkinson – Communications Director, Melanie Hanson – Membership Services Director, Britt Hoyland – Marketing and Partnerships Director, Bobbie Razor – Accounting and Finance Director, Taryn Garland – Member Outreach and Engagement Director
Affiliate Organizations in Attendance: Tracy Mattes – USA Water Ski Foundation Executive Director, Paul Chapin – USA Water Ski Foundation President, Mark Harvat – USA Water Ski Foundation Treasurer, Kevin Michael – WSIA Executive Director (incoming), Larry Meddock – WSIA Executive Director (outgoing)
Alternate Board Members in Attendance: Robbie Parks - WSDA
Guests: Mark Jackson – Polk County Sports Marketing, Jennifer Moore – WSDA, Bonnie Ruston – NWSRA,
All votes are unanimous unless otherwise indicated.
1. Call to Order The Meeting was called to order at 8:02 a.m.
1 of 8 2. Opening Chair Doug Robbins welcomed everyone to the meeting and thanked them for their attendance.
3. Announcements, Introductions and Roll Call Board members introduced themselves and stated their position on the board.
4. Appointment of Parliamentarian Jeff Clark was appointed as Parliamentarian.
• Motion to allow committee chairs, Headquarters’ staff, alternate board members and guests to join the meeting – approved
• Motion to allow any action items coming from committee reports to have an automatic second – approved
5. Announcement of Quorum and Number of Votes
6. Review and Approval of January 2015 Board Minutes
• Motion to accept January 2015 Board minutes – approved
7. Ratification of Mail Board Ballots
• Motion to ratify mail board ballots – approved
*** New directors took their seats
8. Bylaws Committee Chair Special Report – Jeff Clark, Chair
Changes to Sport Discipline Vote Allocations for 2016-2017 • AWSA: – 1 vote • NSSA: + 2 votes • NWSRA: – 1 vote • USA-WB: – 1 vote
• Motion to approve Sport Discipline Vote Allocations for 2016-2017 as presented – approved
9. Review and Approval of Agenda
• Motion to accept agenda as presented – approved 2 of 8
10. Nominating Committee Report – Dale Stevens, Chair
a. Election of Officers: The following slate of officers was proposed for 2016-2017: Chairman of the Board – Doug Robbins President – Jim Grew Vice President – Dale Stevens Secretary/Treasurer – Tim Cullen
Doug Robbins requested nominations from the floor. None were forthcoming.
• Motion to approve the slate of officers as presented above – approved
Honorary National Director Candidates (HND) Tim Cullen Kenny Stuart
• Motion to approve the candidates for Honorary National Director as presented above – approved
b. Seating of New Officers – They were seated.
11 & 12. Former and New President's Report – Jim Grew, President (verbal)
Jim Grew extended thanks to all directors, affiliated members, HNDs, alternate directors, committee chairs and guests who traveled from afar or from not so far to attend and participate with the necessary deliberation. He also thanked the staff for a superb and elegant awards banquet, for all the preparations for the series of meetings that took place at HQ and was most appreciative for their preparation of informative, comprehensive materials emailed well in advance of the meeting.
Jim commented that there are many positive changes on the horizon. With the excitement surrounding the Lake Myrtle project and the considerable enlightening and productive discussions about the future of the sport, he expressed optimism. Jim plans to retire as President of USA Water Ski after this 10th and final year.
13. Executive Committee Report – Jim Grew, Chair (verbal)
• Motion to approve AWSA’s request for an administrative sanction fee waiver as presented – approved with the stipulation that the AWSA Executive Committee approve each request on a case-by-case basis. Please see Attachment #1.
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• Motion to eliminate the $50 Foreign Federation Active membership (WLA) and require foreign federation members to purchase full active memberships with magazines sent only to those with U.S. addresses – approved
14. Executive Director's Report – Bob Crowley, Executive Director The written report was included in the BOD packet.
RECOMMENDATION: Jeff Surdej suggested Headquarters consider sending packets to clubs via mail in addition to sending out email newsletters.
RECOMMENDATION: Bob Mayhew suggested that HQ share the link to the “How to Sanction Your Club Practices/Exhibitions Online” video that was included in the Club Connection Newsletter with the BODs. Click here to view => https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sabKXIw4cWo.
RECOMMENDATION: Dave Clark suggested that Headquarters code new memberships as to why the member is joining and “How did you hear about us?”.
RECOMMENDATION: Larry Meddock suggested that USA Water Ski: • work with the WSIA to foster partnerships with non tournament boat companies affiliated with the WSIA for our new dealership program • partner with manufacturers so that when they sell a product the purchaser automatically becomes a member and then USA Water Ski work to retain the member moving forward • create a meaningful relationship with tubers –tubing is the #1 sport out there today
ACTION ITEM: Develop a process to support Guest membership registrations electronically and by mobile app.
ACTION ITEM: President Jim Grew will create a Membership Development Task Force with a chair appointed within the next 30 days that will concentrate on developing and recommending the necessary programs/initiatives/changes to grow USA Water Ski membership.
ACTION ITEM: Tonya Maurer requested that USA Water Ski make an investment in technology to implement auto renewals.
15. Treasurer's Report – Tim Cullen, Secretary/Treasurer The written report was included in the BOD packet. Tim thanked Bobbie for her assistance and support. Tim went through the budget by section soliciting comments/questions from the Board. There were very few.
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• Motion to approve the 2016 proposed budget as presented – approved
ACTION ITEM: Matt Oberholtz suggested that Headquarters take advantage of soliciting donations through Amazon Smile.
16. Insurance Report – Bob Crowley, Executive Director The written report from ESIX was included in the BOD packet along with a ten-year insurance premium history.
17. Committee Reports All committee reports were unanimously approved by the BOD as submitted unless otherwise indicated.
a. Awards – Lori Krueger, Chair (absent): The written report was included in the BOD packet. Jim recognized and congratulated our 2015 award winners, some of whom were present at the meeting as well as HQ staff for an amazingly successful banquet.
b. Bylaws – Jeff Clark, Chair: The written report was included in the BOD packet.
1. Disenfranchise U.S. Hydrofoil Association (USHA) as a Sport Discipline of USA-WS per Article V, Section I of the USA-WS Bylaws
• Motion to allow USHA until the next membership review on 12/31/2017 to increase their sanctioned events and membership numbers to remain a affiliated sport discipline with a requirement that USHA provide quarterly reports to the USA Water Ski President for circulation to the Executive Committee - approved
• Motion for the Bylaws Committee to review the disenfranchisement requirement to consider both the primary and secondary sport discipline preferences - approved
ACTION ITEM: Headquarters to provide a report with secondary sport discipline preference selections to the Bylaws Committee Chair on a monthly basis.
ACTION ITEM: Jim Grew to communicate with Alison Goin on a regular basis with assistance from Headquarters’ Britt and Taryn to ensure that USA-WS is providing all the support possible to allow USHA to increase their events and grow their membership numbers.
2. Suggested Resolution if USHA Disenfranchised (Not Applicable based on previous motion)
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3. Housekeeping Changes to the P&P Manual (4 items)
• Motion to approve Action Item #3 as presented – approved
Jeff Clark emphasized that the acronym USA-WS not USAWS should be used at all times.
Larry Meddock also requested that the USA Water Ski Foundation use the acronym of USA-WSF versus USAWSF or WSF so as not to be confused with WSIA’s Foundation (WSF). c. Ethics – Dale Stevens, Chair: The written report was included in the BOD packet.
• Motion to approve the USA Water Ski Code of Ethics as presented with the addition of the required reference to USOC’s SafeSport program – approved d. International Activities – Jim Grew, Chair: The written report was included in the BOD packet. Jim stated that the updated U.S. Team documents (Skier Agreement, Staff Manual and Code of Conduct) will be circulated with the meeting minutes for approval by electronic ballot. e. Judicial – Jeff Smith, Chair (absent): The written report was included in the BOD packet. f. Risk Management/Safety – Jeff Smith, Chair (absent) presented by Leon Larson, Committee Member: The written report was included in the BOD packet.
ACTION ITEM: Once the Concussion Awareness Program has been finalized and approved, Headquarters will disseminate information to all affiliated clubs and rated safety personnel.
Leon stated that the committee is working on a fast track program for medical professionals (EMTs, physicians, physicians’ assistants, nurses, etc.). The committee is also reviewing the eligibility age for safety directors. They are considering changing the minimum age for safety coordinators from 18 to 15 and possibly requiring lifeguard certification for safety coordinator applicants under the age of 18.
Larry Meddock noted that ISLA Medical Director, Dr. Justin Sempsrott, will be hosting a CPR/Advanced Life Saving/Water Safety breakout at the 2016 Summit in San Diego (http://www.wsia.net/summit-breakout-host-named-lifesaver-of-the-year/). Dr. Sempsrott was awarded the title of 2015 Lifesaver of the Year and is the co-founder of Lifeguards without Borders. He added that Dr. Sempsrott is working on a lifeguard certification program. Larry added that USA-WS should take advantage of eventual WSIA safety certification at the annual WSIA Summit and Surf Expo (i.e., every six months).
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Leon said that he will be attending the 2016 Summit and will make a point to stop into Dr. Sempsrott’s breakout session to determine if he might serve as a valuable resource for lifeguard certification and updating the water rescue/safety video used in our safety clinics.
Leon added that he is currently working on the 2015 Safety Statistics that will be available the beginning of March. He thanked Dave Clark and Sandy Hardee from HQ for their assistance in collecting the incident and safety reports from our events.
g. Towboat – George Lindy, Co-Chair (absent): The written report was included in the BOD packet.
h. USOC AAC - Andrew Adkison, AAC/USOC Representative: The written report was included in the BOD packet.
i. Waterways – Leon Larson, Chair: The written report was included in the BOD packet.
18. Sports Disciplines’ and Related Organizations’ Reports
a. Athlete Advisory Council (AAC) – Brooks Wilson, Co-Chair: The written report was included in the BOD packet.
b. USA Water Ski Foundation (USA-WSF) – Tracy Mattes, Executive Director and Tony Baggiano, Vice President: The written report was included in the BOD packet. Tony Baggiano, along with Mark Jackson from Polk County Sports Marketing, gave a presentation on the status of the building relocation to the Lake Myrtle Sports Complex in Auburndale, FL. Please see Attachment #2 for the full scope of the project.
c. Water Sports Industry Association (WSIA) – Larry Meddock, Executive Director: The written report was included in the BOD packet. Larry introduced Kevin Michael, Assistant Director, who will be taking over as Executive Director.
Larry once again extended a warm welcome to all to attend WSIA’s 9th Summit Feb. 29- Mar. 2, 2016 at Paradise Point in San Diego, CA. For more information on this event, go to http://www.wsia.net/summit-2016-san-diego-ca/.
d. American Kneeboard Association (AKA) – Kurt Schmelzer, President: The written report was included in the BOD packet.
e. USA Wakeboard (USA-WB) –Representative (not present): The written report was included in the BOD packet.
f. American Barefoot Club (ABC) – Dale Stevens, Director: The written report was included in the BOD packet. 7 of 8
g. National Collegiate Water Ski Association (NCWSA) – Jeff Surdej, National Chairman: The written report was included in the BOD packet.
h. National Show Ski Association (NSSA) – Gerry Luiting, President: The written report was included in the BOD packet.
i. National Water Ski Racing Association (NWSRA) – Todd Haig, President (absent), presented by Cheryl Ruston, Sgt. @ Arms: The written report was included in the BOD packet.
j. Water Skiers with Disabilities Association (WSDA) – Matt Oberholtz, President: The written report was included in the BOD packet.
k. U.S. Hydrofoil Association (USHA) – Alison Goin, President: The written report was included in the BOD packet.
l. American Water Ski Association (AWSA) – Jeff Surdej, President: The written report was included in the BOD packet.
m. Pan Am and IWWF Updates – Jeffrey Armstrong, IWWF VP (not present): The written reports were included in the BOD packet.
19. Old Business
20. New Business
The next meeting of the Board of Directors will be held at 8 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017 at the Lake Myrtle Sports Complex in Auburndale, FL.
ADJOURN
• Motion to adjourn at 1:16 p.m. – approved.
ATTACHMENTS:
Attachment #1 – Administrative Sanction Fee Waiver Proposal Attachment #2 – USA Water Ski Foundation Master Plan
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2016 Board of Directors Meeting USA Water Ski Headquarters, Polk City, Florida January 31, 2016, 8:00am Final Agenda
1. Opening 2. Call to Order 3. Announcements, Introductions & Roll Call 4. Appointment of Parliamentarian 5. Announcement of Quorum and Number of Votes (Item #1) 6. Review and Approval of January 2015 Board Minutes (Item #2) 7. Ratification of Mail Board Ballots (Item #3) Note: New directors may take their seats. 8. Bylaws Committee Chair Special Report ‐ Policies and Procedures Review: (Item #4) a. Membership numbers for 2015 b. Director seating allocations for 2016‐17 c. Sport Discipline Vote allocations for 2016‐17 9. Review and Approval of Agenda 10. Nominating Committee Report (Item #5) a. Election of Officers & HNDs b. Seating of new Chairman, President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer 11. Former President's Report - year in review 12. New President's Report - looking forward to 2016 13. Executive Committee Report 14. Executive Director's Report (Item #6) 15. Treasurer's Report (Item #7) a. 2015 Year End Review b. 2016 Proposed Budget 16. Insurance Report (Item #8) 17. Committee Reports: a. Awards (Item #9) b. Bylaws (Item #10) c. Ethics (Item #11) d. International Activities (Item #12) e. Judicial (Item #13) f. Risk Management/Safety (Item #14) g. Towboat (Item #15) h. USOC AAC (Item #16) i. Waterways (Item #17) 18. Sports Disciplines and Related Organizations Report a. Athlete Advisory Council (Item #18) b. USA Water Ski Foundation (Item #19) c. Water Sports Industry Association (Item #20) d. American Kneeboard Association (Item #21) e. USA Wakeboard (Item #22) f. American Barefoot Club (Item #23) g. National Collegiate Water Ski Association (Item #24) h. National Show Ski Association (Item #25) i. National Water Ski Race Association (Item #26) j. Water Skiers with Disabilities Association (Item #27) k. U. S. Hydrofoil Association (Item #28) l. American Water Ski Association (Item #29) m. Pan Am Update (Item 30) n. IWWF Update (Item #31) 19. Old Business 20. New Business
Adjourn
2016 Board of Directors Meeting USA Water Ski Headquarters, Polk City, Florida Table of Contents
1. Voting Allocations 2. 2015 Board of Directors Meeting Minutes 3. 2015 Mail Ballot Summary 4. USA Water Ski Bylaws Special Report 5. USA Water Ski Nominating Committee Report 6. Executive Summary Supplement (to the December Executive Committee report) 7. Treasurer's Report: a. Treasurer’s Report b. 2015 Year End P&L with 2016 Proposed Budget c. 2015 Year End Balance Sheet 8. USA Water Ski Insurance Report a. ESIX Report b. Insurance Premium History
Committee/Task Force Reports: 9. Awards 10. Bylaws 11. Ethics 12. International Activities 13. Judicial 14. Risk Management 15. Towboat a. Towboat Report b. 2016 Approved Towboats 16. USOC AAC 17. Waterways
Sports Disciplines and Related Organizations Report 18. AAC 19. USA Water Ski Foundation 20. Water Sports Industry Association 21. American Kneeboard Association 22. USA Wakeboard 23. American Barefoot Club 24. National Collegiate Water Ski Association 25. National Show Ski Association 26. National Water Ski Race Association 27. Water Skiers with Disabilities Association 28. U. S. Hydrofoil Association 29. American Water Ski Association 30. Pan Am Updates 31. IWWF Updates
Additional Attachments 32. USA Water Ski Overview 33. USA Water Ski Membership Statistics a. USA Water Ski Membership Totals 12/31/2015 b. USA Water Ski Membership by State and Sport Discipline 12/31/2015 c. USA Water Ski Membership by Sport Discipline 2005-2015 d. USA Water Ski Club Membership by Sport Discipline 2010-2015 34. Membership Benefits 35. Club Membership Benefits 36. USA Water Ski Sport Discipline Funding – Final 12/31/2015 37. 2015 Sport Discipline Donations – Final 12/31/2015 38. USA Water Ski Tournament & Clinic Statistics 39. Officials Clinic Statistics 40. USA Water Ski Sponsor List 41. USOC Benefits 42. Media Relations Report
USA-WS BYLAWS COMMITTEE
P & P MANUAL EXCERPT FROM 3.3.4 – CURRENT VOTING ALLOCATIONS
AGENDA ITEM 5. VOTING ALLOCATIONS IN AFFECT UNTIL AGENDA ITEM 7 HAS COMPLETED.
BASED ON 12/31/2013 MEMBERSHIP NUMBERS, WHICH IS USED IN THE FORMULA TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF VOTES ALLOCATED TO EACH SPORT DISCIPLINE. Sport Discipline Actual / Total X 79 = Vote Votes Members Calculation ABC 473 / 16230 X 79 = 2.3 2 AKA 143 / 16230 X 79 = 0.7 1 AWSA 7658 / 16230 X 79 = 37.3 37 NCWSA 821 / 16230 X 79 = 4.0 4 NSSA 5640 / 16230 X 79 = 27.5 27 NWSRA 333 / 16230 X 79 = 1.6 2 USA-WB 1006 / 16230 X 79 = 4.9 5 USHA 55 / 16230 X 79 = 0.3 1 WSDA 101 / 16230 X 79 = 0.5 1 Total 16230 79 79
2015 USA Water Ski Board of Directors Meeting Minutes USA Water Ski Headquarters, Polk City, Florida January 25, 2015
(Minutes recorded by Melanie Hanson, edited by Doug Robbins, Jim Grew and Bob Crowley)
Board Members in Attendance: Don Bucher – Outgoing Chair/HND, Doug Robbins – Incoming Chair/HND, Jim Grew – President/HND, Dale Stevens – Vice President/ABC, Tim Cullen – Secretary/Treasurer/NSSA (substitute for Gerry Luiting), Andrew Adkison – AAC Rep (incoming), Bob Archambeau – AWSA S, Connie Bergmark – AWSA W (incoming), Pat Byrne – AWSA E, Dave Clark – AWSA MW, Gordon Hall – AWSA SC (incoming), Bob Mayhew – AWSA SC (outgoing), Robbie Parks – AAC (substitute for Keith St. Onge), Samantha Pinkerton-Hayes – NSSA, Cheryl Ruston – NWSRA (substitute for Mike Avila), Kenny Stuart – AKA, Jeff Surdej – NCWSA, Brooks Wilson – AAC
Absent: Matt Oberholtz – WSDA, Nate Southerland – USHA, John Zdeblick – USA-WB, Roger Olsen – AAC (Nate Smith was appointed as an alternate for Roger but did not attend)
Committee Chairs in Attendance: Jeff Clark – Bylaws/HND, Jim Grew – Executive/International Activities, Leon Larson – Waterways, Dale Stevens – Ethics/Nominating
Honorary National Directors in Attendance (in addition to the above): None
Headquarters’ Staff in Attendance: Bob Crowley – Executive Director, Scott Atkinson – Communications Director, Melanie Hanson – Membership Programs Director, Krista Rogers – Marketing and Partnerships Director, Taryn Garland – Program Development Coordinator
Affiliate Organizations in Attendance: Tracy Mattes – USA Water Ski Foundation Executive Director, Denny Salas - WSIA Executive Director, Larry Meddock – former WSIA Executive Director
Alternate Board Members in Attendance: None
Guests: Bonnie Ruston – NWSRA
All votes are unanimous unless otherwise indicated.
1. Opening Chair Don Bucher welcomed everyone to the meeting and thanked them for their attendance.
2. Call to Order
1 of 11 3. Announcements, Introductions and Roll Call Board members introduced themselves and stated their position on the board.
4. Appointment of Parliamentarian Jeff Clark was appointed as Parliamentarian.
Motion to allow committee chairs, Headquarters’ staff and alternate board members to join the meeting – approved
Motion to allow any action items coming from committee reports to have an automatic second – approved
5. Announcement of Quorum and Number of Votes
6. Review and Approval of January 2014 Board Minutes
Motion to accept January 2014 Board minutes – approved
7. Ratification of Mail Board Ballots
Motion to ratify mail board ballots – approved
*** New directors took their seats
8. Review and Approval of Agenda
Motion to accept agenda as presented – approved
9. Nominating Committee Report – Dale Stevens, Chair (verbal)
a. Election of Officers: The following slate of officers was proposed for 2015-2016: Chairman of the Board – Doug Robbins President – Jim Grew Vice President – Dale Stevens Secretary/Treasurer – Tim Cullen
Don Bucher requested nominations from the floor. None were forthcoming.
Motion to approve the slate of officers as presented above – approved
2 of 11 Honorary National Director Candidates (HND) Will Bush Bob Mayhew Joe Ray
Motion to approve the candidates for Honorary National Director as presented above – approved
b. Seating of New Officers – They were seated.
10 & 11. Former and New President's Report – Jim Grew, President (verbal) Jim kept his report very short as the BOD has been kept apprized of all activity with extensive information throughout the year. The BOD was sent the post Executive Committee meeting packet before Christmas and multiple preparatory packets 7-10 days prior to this meeting. It seems that the information is not always forwarded onwards as it should be. SD presidents/USA-WS BOD reps, including the AAC, should forward any mailing coming from HQ, the COB or him to their boards, committee chairs and HNDs as soon as they can with the instruction that they should forward the information on to their committee members and regional and state organizations/councils. The info needs to be circulated widely so that our membership is aware of what USA-WS and its nine SDs are doing to grow the sport and address issues on the table. Jim explained, as he has every year, that he and Bob Crowley work very closely together involving the Executive Committee and Bob’s staff. He thanked Bob and staff for their extensive, comprehensive preparations for this meeting and in fact the entire weekend and complimented them on the success of the awards banquet despite the many challenges, not the least of which was the weather. Finally, he remarked that it was like pulling teeth even more so this year to get changes to committees and the necessary financial information for HQ’s accountant Bobbie Razor to do her job despite unchanged deadlines and frequent reminders. He added that there are good reasons that HQ and the Executive Committee request this information. He concluded by stating that it was great to see Linda Crowley up and about at the awards banquet.
12.Executive Committee Report – Jim Grew, Chair (verbal) See above.
13.Executive Director's Report – Bob Crowley, Executive Director The written report was included in the BOD packet.
Bob added that he cannot thank his staff enough for their hard work, dedication and support – especially during the past few months while his wife has been ill. He noted that Headquarters is operating with minimal staff. As stated in the report, the Competitions Coordinator position was never replaced in 2014 due to financial challenges, which required the responsibilities of this position to be distributed among existing staff members, and likely will not be filled in 2015. We are, however, happy to announce that Emily Van Treese,
3 of 11 a lifelong competitive skier from Ohio, will be joining us as a paid intern for the next 3-4 months and provide much needed support to existing staff.
Tim Cullen questioned, if Bob had the ability to increase staff, what positions would he add. Bob responded that he would like to have assistance in the areas of program development, marketing and support staff for administration and membership. The small staff requires multi-tasking in many areas. Additional assistance would streamline operations and allow staff to have more targeted responsibilities and improve service to members.
The BOD complimented Bob on his staff and thanked everyone for their hard work in making the weekend such a success. Jeff Clark specifically congratulated Sandy Hardee on her efforts in the area of sanctioning.
14.Treasurer's Report – Tim Cullen, Secretary/Treasurer The written report was included in the BOD packet. Tim went through the budget by section soliciting comments/questions from the Board.
There was discussion regarding the need to print The Water Skier. It was noted that eliminating the printing does not reduce staff expenses as the magazine would still need the same level of production as if it was only made available electronically. There remains a large group of members who want the printed version.
The BOD indicated that they would like to see more USA Water Ski coverage in Water Ski magazine. Scott Atkinson stated that HQ shares all its press releases with Water Ski and that they pick up quite a few of them in their publications. He noted that, aside from 3-event skiing, Water Ski Magazine doesn’t provide much coverage of our other sport disciplines.
Motion to approve the 2015 proposed budget as presented – approved
NSSA Alternate, Tim Cullen, who also serves as USA Water Ski Secretary/Treasurer, abstained from voting on the approval of the 2015 budget.
15.Committees All committee reports were unanimously approved by the BOD as submitted unless otherwise indicated.
a. Awards – Lori Krueger, Chair (absent): The written report was included in the BOD packet. Jim recognized and congratulated our 2014 award winners, some of whom were present at the meeting.
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Action Item #1: Revised Section 2.3 – Types of Membership and Membership Fees of the USA Water Ski Policies and Procedures Manual to meet the current membership fees and structure.
Motion to approve Action Item #1 as presented – approved
Jeff stated that the revised USA-WS Policies and Procedures Manual will be posted today on USA Water Ski’s Web site. c. Ethics – Dale Stevens, Chair (verbal):
ACTION ITEM: The Ethics Committee will incorporate a reference to the recently approved USA Water Ski SafeSport Program Handbook into the Code of Ethics Manual (Dale Stevens). d. International Activities – Jim Grew, Chair: The written report was included in the BOD packet along with the following attachments:
Pan American Games: 1. Team Coach Selection Procedures 2. Team Leader Selection Procedures 3. Wakeboard Athlete Selection Procedures 4. Water Ski Athlete Selection Procedures USA Water Ski Documents: 1. Code of Conduct, 2. Athlete Agreement 3. Team Staff Manual
Motion to approve the attachments above as presented – approved e. Judicial – Jeff Smith, Chair (absent): No Report f. Risk Management/Safety – Jeff Smith, Chair (absent) presented by Leon Larson: The written report was included in the BOD packet.
Leon noted that the committee will be incorporating concussion awareness information into the Safety Clinic materials. Jeff Smith indicated in the AWSA BOD meeting that there appears to have been more concussions in 2014 than in previous years. Greater awareness on the subject of concussions may have contributed to this increase. Jeff will have 2014 safety statistics available by March 1, 2015 as has been the case now for several years so that his report can be more complete.
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There was additional discussion during the meeting about the Trained Driver program, which is part of Risk Management and Safety. It was agreed that we need to continue to make efforts in the following areas:
ACTION ITEM: It was agreed that we need to continue to make efforts in the following areas: 1. Simplify the program in terms of ease of use (not relax criteria). 2. Continue to make efforts to better educate membership on the value of the program and how it works – it’s a great value if used correctly. 3. Disseminate information on the program more effectively. g. Towboat – George Lindy and Will Bush, Co-Chairs (absent): The written report was included in the BOD packet.
ACTION ITEM: At the request of the Towboat Committee, the USA Water Ski Executive Committee will discuss and make a recommendation to the USA Water Ski Board of Directors regarding the future role (if any) of the Towboat Committee at the USA Water Ski level.
ACTION ITEM: Request that the Towboat Committee provide the status of a recommendation to resurrect the USA Water Ski Endorsed Towboat Program or some version thereof to include all types of recreational boats suitable for pulling towed water sports in an effort to appeal to the recreational water ski and wakeboard community. The comment was made that the BOD needs to keep in mind that such an endeavor would require more staff time, time that is not so readily available at the moment with minimal staff. h. USOC AAC - Andrew Adkison, AAC/USOC Representative: The written report was included in the BOD packet.
There was considerable discussion at the USOC AAC meetings regarding the selection, role and importance of the USOC Athlete Ombudsman. i. Waterways – Leon Larson, Chair: The written report was included in the BOD packet.
Jim Grew added that it was mentioned in the AWSA BOD Meeting that we need to tout our assistance on waterways issues and our work with the WSIA even more than we currently do.
6 of 11 16. Sports Disciplines’ and Related Organizations’ Reports
a. Athlete Advisory Council (AAC) – Brooks Wilson, Co-Chair: The written report was included in the BOD packet.
Jim thanked the athletes for their contributions – they have been welcome assets.
b. USA Water Ski Foundation (USA-WSF) –Tracy Mattes, Executive Director: The written report was included in the BOD packet.
Tracy indicated that the Foundation’s current timeline is to finalize the feasibility study for the sale of the building and relocation for presentation to the Foundation’s Board of Trustees for their review and approval in April during the Hall of Fame inductions. After approval, the Foundation will be at liberty to release additional details regarding this opportunity moving forward.
Tracy also stated that the role of the Foundation is to support the NGB. With the potential move, it is the Foundation’s hope to provide office space for the NGB at market rate initially and at no cost within three years.
c. Water Sports Industry Association (WSIA) – Denny Salas, Executive Director and Larry Meddock, Former Executive Director: The written report was included in the BOD packet.
Larry highlighted a few items from the report and introduced his successor, Denny Salas, as Executive Director of the WSIA. Denny thanked Larry for his many years of service. Larry received a standing ovation from all present.
Larry noted that WSIA has completed the first ever safety video on tubing, as well as a one-of-a-kind PSA on boating etiquette, both of which was shown during lunch. Both videos, including the Watercraft Safety Video presented at last year’s meeting, are available for viewing and distribution from WSIA’s web site (links provided below). The inflatable safety video is also available on uTube along with instructions on how to embed the video on a Web site. WSIA will be making additional revisions to this video in the near future.
Inflatable Safety Video https://www.wsia.net/inflatables-safety-video/
Watercraft Safety Video https://www.wsia.net/watercraft-safety-video/
Saving Waterways: “Responsible Boating” (feat. Shaun Murray & “Buddy”) https://www.wsia.net/video-saving-waterways-responsible-boating-feat-shaun-murray- buddy/ 7 of 11
ACTION ITEM: Scott Atkinson will put a link on the USA Water Ski Web site for these videos.
Larry also highlighted a new comprehensive study on wave energy that will be launched in February of 2015 and available in mid to late summer, 2015. Bob Mayhew indicated such a study would be beneficial for both publicly and privately owned waters. Many of the private water ski sites were developed long before wakeboard boats came along. Depending on the outcome, it would assist in educating private lake owners as to the effects of allowing wakeboard boats on their lakes.
Larry once again extended a warm welcome to all to attend WSIA’s 9th Summit in the Snow this Feb. 23-25, 2015 in Steamboat Springs, CO. For more information on this event, go to https://www.wsia.net/category/events/summit-events/. d. American Kneeboard Association (AKA) – Kenny Stuart (AKA Rep): The written report was included in the BOD packet. e. USA Wakeboard (USA-WB) – John Zdeblick, President (absent): The written report was included in the BOD packet. f. American Barefoot Club (ABC) – Dale Stevens, Director: The written report was included in the BOD packet. g. National Collegiate Water Ski Association (NCWSA) – Jeff Surdej, National Chairman: The written report was included in the BOD packet.
Jeff stated that, although the decrease in NCWSA individual member numbers has lessened, NCWSA has seen a loss of several competitive teams over the last four years. They are introducing alumni events in 2015 and have already received an overwhelming response that they hope will bring back many individuals who have not been members in many years. Their Division I/Division II Nationals are working well. Bob Crowley suggested that they educate their alumni to choose NCWSA as their primary sport discipline preference so that NCWSA receives credit toward sport discipline funding. h. National Show Ski Association (NSSA) – Samantha Pinkerton-Hayes (NSSA Rep): The written report was included in the BOD packet.
Samantha stated that Division II Nationals has been in existence for over 15 years and has really fostered growth within the sport. NSSA’s Team Development Program also serves to encourage new and existing team growth. Taryn Garland, USA Water Ski’s Program Development Coordinator, stated that she would like to work with NSSA in spreading the word on team development initiatives through NSSA’s Web page, social media, e-blasts, etc.
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ACTION ITEM: NSSA will work closely with HQ’s Program Development Coordinator on team development initiatives in an effort to communicate these opportunities to our members.
A majority of boats used at NSSA events utilize single, twin and triple outboard motors. NSSA has developed long-term relationships with these companies over the years on a local and regional level and suggests that HQ investigate the feasibility of marketing on a national level.
ACTION ITEM: NSSA will work with HQ’s Marketing Department to establish relationships with the manufacturers of outboard motors used at NSSA events in an effort to determine interest in marketing them on a national level.
Samantha noted that Wisconsin Water Ski Federation’s Think Tank (also known as Wisconsin Water Ski Convention & Expo) will be held March 13-15 at Grand Geneva Resort & Spa (and Timber Ridge Lodge and Waterpark) in Lake Geneva, WI. In its 39th year, it is the largest and longest running event of its kind. Samantha encouraged the USA-WS BOD to attend. It is not purely an NSSA event – it includes clinics for all sport disciplines. HQ staff members, Melanie Hanson and Taryn Garland, will attend to host a merchandise booth in the expo and conduct clinics on multiple topics. For additional information on this event, go to http://www.waterski.org/. i. National Water Ski Racing Association (NWSRA) – Mike Avila, President (presented by Cheryl Ruston, Sgt. @ Arms): The written report was included in the BOD packet.
Cheryl stated that NWSRA has been successful in implementing reunion events that resulted in a great turnout for the first couple of years, but could not maintain attendance in the third year.
Cheryl also noted that NWSRA is running as many, if not more, outboard boats as inboard boats and would support USA Water Ski putting together a national sponsorship.
ACTION ITEM: NWSRA will work with HQ’s Marketing Department to establish relationships with the manufacturers of outboard motors used at NWSRA events in an effort to determine interest in a national-level sponsorship. j. Water Skiers with Disabilities Association (WSDA) – Matt Oberholtz, President (absent), presented by Jim Grew: The written report was included in the BOD packet.
9 of 11 k. U.S. Hydrofoil Association (USHA) – Nate Southerland, President (absent): The written report was included in the BOD packet.
Jeff Clark, Bylaws Committee Chair, formally notified the BOD that USHA does not currently meet the requirements of USA Water Ski Bylaws Article V, Section I (see highlighted excerpts below) and may be disenfranchised by the BOD.
ACTION ITEM: Bob Crowley will notify USHA as soon as possible to provide them with a one-year notice that they are currently not in compliance with USA-WS Bylaws Article V, Section I and may be subject to disenfranchisement by the USA-WS BOD at its January 2016 meeting or beyond.
ACTION ITEM: On 12/31/2015, the USA-WS Bylaws Committee will review USHA’s status and make a recommendation to the USA-WS BOD for action at its January 2016 meeting.
Jeff Clark noted that there was a BOD action item created at least year’s meeting for HQ to work with USHA with regard to USA Water Ski’s Trained Driver requirement for sanctioning. Since that time, the BOD approved a change to the Trained Driver Program via an electronic board ballot in order to expand the pool of individuals who may administer the Trained Driver On-Water Practical Evaluation to include all USA Water Ski and sport discipline-rated drivers. This change would allow USHA to utilize any USA Water Ski-rated Trained Driver to administer, in conjunction with any of their sanctioned events, the on-water practical testing to aspiring drivers who had successfully passed their Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) Review and online Trained Driver Course. Aspiring drivers could be tested at a sanctioned event in the morning and then be qualified to drive for a fly-in in the afternoon. The BOD believes this change will allow USHA to adhere to the Trained Driver requirement for drivers towing riders during sanctioned events. l. American Water Ski Association (AWSA) – Bob Mayhew, President: The written report was included in the BOD packet.
There was discussion regarding the potential for a Division II Nationals being connected to the existing AWSA Nationals. Additionally, AWSA is concerned about declining membership numbers. m. Pan Am and IWWF Updates – Jim Grew, IWWF VP: The written reports were included in the BOD packet.
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Jim Grew asked that, if the sport disciplines have any interesting items that they are doing that would be beneficial and/or interesting to share with our membership, they should be sure to let Scott Atkinson know so that he can pass it along via one of our media outlets such as the web site, magazine, e-blasts, etc.
ACTION ITEM: In addition to the current year statistics, the BOD requested that HQ include previous year’s information in the Officials’ Clinic statistics provided in the USA Water Ski BOD Report.
18. New Business
Jeff Surdej requested that the Bylaws Committee consider allowing NCWSA athletes who are not U.S. citizens to serve on their BOD. NCWSA has a substantial number of foreign skiers who would make great representatives on the BOD.
Jeff Clark, Bylaws Committee Chair, noted that these requirements are a mandate of our USA Water Bylaws (http://www.usawaterski.org/graphics/downloads/USAWSBylaws.pdf) and the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act of 1998. Jeff added that foreign athletes can serve as consultants, advisors, etc., but they can’t serve on the BOD.
The next meeting of the Board of Directors will be held at Headquarters on January 31, 2016.
ADJOURN
Motion to adjourn at 11:59 p.m. – approved.
11 of 11 2015 USAWS BOARD BALLOTSpost 2015 BOD Mtg. Att Board Ballot #1 #2 #3 #4 #6 #7 #8 Votes # YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO Name SD Vote Vote Vote Vote Vote Vote Vote Vote Vote Vote Vote Vote Vote Vote
Adkison AAC 5 5 Archambeau AWSA 7.4 x 7.4 Avila NWSRA 1 1 Bergmark AWSA 7.4 7.4 Byrne AWSA 7.4 7.4 Clark, D. AWSA 7.4 7.4 Cullen* Sec/Treas 0 0 Grew* Pres 0 0 Hall AWSA 7.4 7.4 Luiting NSSA 13.5 13.5 Oberholtz WSDA 1 1 Olson AAC 5 5 Pinkerton NSSA 13.5 13.5 Robbins* COB 0 0 Southerland USHA 1 1 St Onge ACC 5 5 Stevens ABC/VP 2 2 Stuart AKA 1 1 Surdej NCWSA 4 4 Wilson, Brooks AAC 5 5 Zdeblick USAWB 5 5
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Totals 99 * nonvoting A = abstain #1 Ambassdor Memb 27-Apr #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 To: USA-WS Board of Directors
From: USA-WS Bylaws Committee
Re: Agenda Item 8
The report sections a. b. and c. are on the following pages.
CURRENT MEMBERSHIP AS 12/31/2015 BY SPORT DISCIPLINE AND TYPE
Family Family TOTAL NEW Active Active Under 25 GR ACTIVE & MEMBERS Sport TOTAL Individual HOH Dep's Active Active Amb/Life TOTAL Individual Amb/Life TOTAL SUPP. (see note Discipline MEMBERS Active * (FA0) (FA1-9) (U25) (GRA) Active ACTIVE Supp. Supp. SUPP. MEMBERS below) ABC 414 166 43 66 73 22 13 383 21 10 31 414 58 AKA 114 7 12 58 16 18 0 111 3 0 3 114 32 AWS 6888 2633 734 1621 900 311 171 6370 210 308 518 6888 825 NCW 924 106 7 21 746 40 1 921 1 2 3 924 435 NP 175 57 20 26 35 16 0 154 9 12 21 175 14 NSS 5646 1073 841 2352 1163 171 9 5609 28 9 37 5646 960 NWR 267 120 23 52 40 28 1 264 2 1 3 267 57 USH 53 16 4 9 7 13 0 49 1 3 4 53 8 USW 730 99 18 111 229 251 3 711 16 3 19 730 321 WSD 102 50 9 15 10 14 2 100 1 1 2 102 11 TOTALS 15343 4335 1712 4331 3226 898 200 14702 292 349 641 15343 2741 * Includes Foreign Active (WAA) and Foreign Insurance Only (WLA). Wakesurf affiliates are included in the totals above but are shown below.
Wakesurf 8 1 7 14 30 0 30 20
2015 2014 Difference NEW MEMBERS: These numbers indicate the number of active and supporting members who have joined during the Camps 5 18 -13 previous 12 months and do not have a previous member record on file. The New Member numbers are included in the Clubs 511 520 -9 Total Active and Supporting Members column. The New Member numbers may not be 100% accurate as some previous members may have re-joined as new members rather than renewing an existing membership. Ski Schools 4 10 -6
DIFFERENCES IN CURRENT MEMBERSHIP - 2015 TO 2014
Family Family TOTAL Active Active Under 25 GR ACTIVE & Total Active Sport TOTAL Individual HOH Dep's Active Active Amb/Life TOTAL Individual Amb/Life TOTAL SUPP. Memb. % Memb. % Discipline MEMBERS Active * (FA0) (FA1-9) (U25) (GRA) Active ACTIVE Supp. Supp. SUPP. MEMBERS + / - + / - ABC -6 34 -13 -15 12 -17 1 2 -7 -1 -8 -6 -1.43% 0.52% AKA -25 -7 -1 -14 -5 3 0 -24 -1 0 -1 -25 -17.99% -17.78% AWS -290 317 -262 -379 37 37 0 -250 -43 3 -40 -290 -4.04% -3.78% NCW 143 19 -5 -3 109 23 0 143 0 0 0 143 18.31% 18.38% NP 17 24 2 -1 12 -9 -1 27 -11 1 -10 17 10.76% 21.26% NSS -39 144 -123 -147 61 38 0 -27 -12 0 -12 -39 -0.69% -0.48% NWR -17 0 -6 -4 -3 -3 0 -16 -1 0 -1 -17 -5.99% -5.71% USH 1 4 -4 -8 6 4 -2 0 -1 2 1 1 1.92% 0.00% USW -135 8 -10 -30 -49 -45 0 -126 -9 0 -9 -135 -15.61% -15.05% WSD -16 -18 -1 2 -8 12 0 -13 -3 0 -3 -16 -13.56% -11.50% TOTALS -385 523 -425 -599 168 33 -2 -302 -88 5 -83 -385 -2.45% -2.01% Wakesurf -2 -2 -4 -10 -18 0 -18
1/5/2016 USA-WS BYLAWS COMMITTEE, AGENDA ITEM 8 b and c
8. b. 12/31/2015 MEMBERSHIP NUMBERS AND CURRENT SPORTS DISCIPLINE DIRECTOR ALLOCATIONS FOR 2016-2017 Membership Directors Effective date ABC 419 1 1/16 AKA 115 1 1/16 AWSA 6968 5 1/16 NCWSA 935 1 1/16 NSSA 5711 2 1/16 NWSRA 270 1 1/16 USA-WB 738 1 1/16 USHA 54 1 1/16 WSDA 103 1 1/16 AAC* NA 4 1/16
The membership number is determined by the actual Sport Discipline membership plus the No Preference allocation based on the percentage of the Sport Discipline membership to the Total SD membership.
8. c. BASED ON 12/31/2015 MEMBERSHIP NUMBERS, WHICH IS USED IN THE FORMULA TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF VOTES ALLOCATED TO EACH SPORT DISCIPLINE. Sport Discipline Actual / Total X 79 = Vote Votes Members Calculation ABC 414 / 15138 X 79 = 2.2 2 AKA 114 / 15138 X 79 = 0.6 1 AWSA 6888 / 15138 X 79 = 35.9 36 NCWSA 924 / 15138 X 79 = 4.8 4 NSSA 5646 / 15138 X 79 = 29.5 29 NWSRA 267 / 15138 X 79 = 1.4 1 USA-WB 730 / 15138 X 79 = 3.8 4 USHA 53 / 15138 X 79 = 0.3 1 WSDA 102 / 15138 X 79 = 0.5 1 Total 15138 79 79 Only the actual Sport Discipline membership numbers are used to determine the voting allocations.
USA WATER SKI Nominating Committee Report January, 2016
The following individuals have met the requirements for Honorary National Director nomination:
• Tim Cullen • Kenny Stuart
We thank both Kenny and Tim for their years of service and continued involvement.
The proposed slate of officers for 2016-17 is the following noting that all have agreed to serve another year:
• Doug Robbins - Chairman of the Board • Jim Grew - President • Dale Stevens - Vice President • Tim Cullen - Treasurer
USA Water Ski Board of Directors Meeting Sunday, January 31, 2016 Executive Report Supplement to December, 2015 Report
I. Executive Overview (2015) USA Water Ski continues to survive in spite of the gradual decline in membership. We are challenged to maintain and improve services for our members and are very fortunate to have a dedicated and committed staff, willing to go beyond the expectations of their jobs. Our Headquarters staff has pride and a commitment to USA Water Ski, wanting us to succeed and improve. I offer my sincere thanks.
Membership is our life’s blood and we are making efforts to encourage people to affiliate with USA Water Ski even when they decide not to compete. That continues to be our greatest challenge and is a challenge shared by all NGBs. As with most NGBs, we are a “pay to play” organization where people understand that membership provides them the right to participate in federation activities and receive insurance benefits. While our primary purpose is as a competitive organization, we believe that water ski is a life style. The mantra of “Life on the Water” sums up what our sport truly is. USA Water Ski is always looking at ways to improve our tangible member benefits to assist us with the “Life on the Water” affiliation. Our membership benefits attachment in this packet outlines many of the tangible benefits. Additionally, the insurance summary attachment provides an outline of this primary and essential benefit.
I want to emphasize a couple new initiatives which are outlined in the Executive Report. 1. Sun Safe Campaign – USA Water Ski has provided UPF sun protection apparel for the past five years with our expanding merchandise program. In 2016, we have formed partnerships to be able to take the overall sun protection campaign to a higher level of emphasis. Our initial soft launch was with the opportunity to obtain Columbia sportswear products prior to the holiday season. The official launch will occur as our season begins. 2. Dealership Program – This is a new program for 2016 that was developed last year through our Program Development staff at Headquarters. We view this as an opportunity to connect with new people into the towed water sports marketplace through dealer affiliations and connections.
As we have stated previously, we need our members to be ambassadors, not only for the sport, but for the organization that strives to provide continuity and structure for the sport. While USA Water Ski tends to be governmental in nature, we strive to be inclusionary and forward thinking, making efforts to propel all of our sports forward. We all want to increase participation, visibility and ultimately membership affiliation. “Life on the Water” is a long-term initiative that we hope our membership will continue to embrace as we move into 2016.
II. Financial / Sponsorship and Marketing (2015)
We look forward to the upcoming sale of the Headquarters building and the move to Lake Myrtle. The benefits to USA Water Ski begin with reduced overhead and continue with being attached to the Polk County sports community. The move will be invigorating for staff morale. We appreciate all of the efforts being made by the Foundation in striving for a sustainable operational model. The USA Water Ski year-end bottom line was adversely affected by the gyrations in the investment markets which prevented us from meeting our investment goals. Additionally, sponsor dollars decreased in 2015 but are anticipated to rebound in 2016. Membership revenues increased in spite of a 2% decrease in membership numbers due to the increase in family member dues rates. The Treasurer’s Report and the financial statements provide a year-end financial summary.
Our cash flow challenges have not forced us to access our investment account so far in 2016 but with the large sum of insurance payments due in the first few months of the year, this is again a possibility. We have a few receivables due that will assist us with cash flow until our membership revenues begin to flow. As previously discussed, membership revenues which previously peaked in January of each year have evolved to peak in May and June of each year.
The balance sheet statement of December 31, 2015 has a few items that are skewed due to the 2016 entry for insurance. The 2015 ESIX insurance payments due in January 2015 were not included as account payable on the 12/31/2014 balance sheet. The 2016 ESIX insurance payments due January 2016 were included as an account payable on the 12/31/2015 balance sheet. Thus, there is a large variance on the balance sheet comparisons from 12/31/2014 to 12/31/2015. The amount due was $103,367.48. This affects balance sheet accounts #1144 and #2020.
The budget presented for 2016 is positive. Insurance premiums have decreased compared to 2015 premiums. Sponsorship revenues continue to be challenging but we expect to rebound in 2016. New and innovative marketing for our sponsors will hopefully lead to additional companies wanting to affiliate with us.
III. Membership
We are continuing to work on researching email marketing software that will collectively meet all our needs and also allow us to move to a much more robust automated email communication system. This is intended to provide better communication and save valuable staff resources.
We are moving forward with providing membership cards at renewal time as best we can with our existing deadlines. We are in the process of designing and printing the materials for the membership card packets and adjusting our processes online and through MbrTrak to accommodate the necessary changes to again send membership card packets to all members. We will be meeting with Taryn on this subject next week while she is in town. I will also be setting up a meeting with Mail Processing Associates to iron out details on their end and come up with the most cost effective solution for membership renewals.
IV. Communications: We are in process of developing a more visible and interactive button on the front page of the website to be used by prospective members to join USA Water Ski. This was a recommendation by AWSA.
V. Summary (2015) We are optimistic about 2016, particularly with the new initiatives planned. We look forward to continuing our mantra of “Life on the Water.” 2016 USA Water Ski Board of Directors Meeting January 31, 2016 Treasurer Report – Tim Cullen
Overall, 2015 resulted in an overall net loss of $12, 781, an improvement over 2014 loss of $32,539 and 2013 loss of $42,576. Most of the improvement in 2015 is due to keeping sharp eye on expenses, as Bob and his team were able to handle income shortfalls very shrewdly. Donations and reimbursements for building expenses from the Foundation have helped us minimize these unexpected expenses. An additional AWSA donation provided incentives for employees.
2015 Income Statement
1. In summary, our organization gross revenue of $1.7 million is essentially flat compared to prior year and below budget by $26K. Membership Revenue grew by 4% ($932K total), however Sponsorship Income fell by almost $43K. This is the third year in a row of declining sponsor income. Publication income fell by a total of $15K with most of that from Magazine ads and Regional Guide Income. Event Sanction Income also declined, by $9K compared to prior year with the explanation of fewer entrants. The revenue mix (percent of total income and total dollars) is from:
Category 2015 Revenue 2014 Revenue a. Membership Income 54 % ($932K) 53% ($904K) b. Marketing Partnerships 15% ($522K) 17% ($299K) c. Publication 9% ($149K) 10% ($165K) d. National Tournaments 8% ($131K) 8% ($130K)
e. For organization expenses, combining both Office and Administrative expenses, they are virtually on budget. The need to keep up with computer programs (officials program) that help membership services has seen a rising cost by 120% since 2009 until 2015, when they actually fell to $39K from $58K the prior year! However our general insurance costs rose in 2015 by almost $11K along with some unplanned repair costs that went over budget by $12K.
2. Health care costs have grown 51% from $33,902 in 2009 to $51,308 in 2014, but in 2015 they went down by $5K! 3. Bad debt in 2015 was $3,300 from a sponsor who refused to pay and has subsequently been dropped. 4. Computer Expense – programming software and upgrades expenses over the past 5 years has averaged $44K. These are investments made to our software the ultimately is intended to make experience for our members much better. Plus the better we can create interactive software the less phone calls needed to be managed at headquarters.
2015 Balance Sheet Accounts Receivable Accounts Receivable finished up in 2015 by $37K compared to 2014, but that’s not necessarily a good thing – it’s all in the timing. If these are old receivables that would cause alarm but these are NOT, only 6% is over 90 days past due.
Accounts Payable Our liabilities look scary at this moment with a balance sheet amount of $120,089 but a lot of that amount ($103,367) is in timing of the ESIX insurance bill – see Bob’s Executive Report for more details.
Investments In a tough year for the market, our investments held decently and had a loss of $10,000 – but it could have been much worse and is certainly off to a rough water start in 2016.
Earning Before Interest and Depreciation – this is a better indicator of true cash flow. It shows us what earnings are after you remove interest income, which is always volatile and any non‐cash item like depreciation. This gives us the following results over the past 3 years and where 2016 lines up:
2016 Budget ($3,905) 2015 (14,084) 2014 (57,071) 2013 (76,025)
This indicates we are moving in the right direction of either increasing incomes and/or decreasing our expenses appropriately. Big kudos here for Bob and his staff to continually find creative ways to live within the means and provide excellent customer service to our membership.
2016 Budget Always a challenge, but 2016 Budget is projected at a net profit of $13,000 and that would be an improvement over 2015 by $26K!
We are coming out of a “dark” insurance period where some big impact events have kept our insurance rates high, but for 2016 we expect to see improvement there with a projected savings in insurance by $33K!
1. Regional Guide change in distribution in 2015 saved us $18K and for 2016 it’s expected it will be even a little bit less by $2K. 2. In 2014, Celebrating Life on the Water for our 75th Anniversary jumped merchandise income to $40K. In 2015 it did a little more than that at $41K and is expected to do the same for 2016. 3. Bad debt is expected a minimal $1,000 for 2016 – as opposed to write off of $3,300 in 2015. 4. New for 2016 is a big emphasis on a dealership program that has a top line goal of $13,250!
Profit and Loss Three Years USA Water Ski, Inc. Actual Budget 2015 and Profit and Loss and Budget Proposed Budget 2016
Year End Year End Year End Annual Budget Proposed 2013 2014 2015 Year 2015 Notes 2016 Budget
3000 Membership Income 3012 Active Membership 828,951.65 801,793.33 835,855.79 840,200.00 835,000.00 3020 Supporting Members 15,190.42 15,137.68 12,251.01 14,300.00 10,740.00 3032 Membership Cards 0.00 0.00 2,970.00 0.00 0.00 3034 Club Members 53,700.00 51,850.00 51,000.00 52,000.00 51,500.00 3035 Club Add'l Ins. Certificates 17,750.00 17,825.00 15,600.00 17,500.00 17,000.00 3036 Dealerships/SkiSchools/Camps 1,980.00 1,400.00 450.00 1,400.00 13,250.00 3037 Corporate Memberships 6,600.00 10,350.00 9,350.00 9,850.00 9,500.00 3038 Non Sanctioned Clubs Ins. 4,113.20 5,038.44 4,461.50 4,500.00 4,950.00 3039 Prior Year Members 89.54 645.16 192.33 250.00 250.00 Total Membership Income 928,374.81 904,039.61 932,130.63 940,000.00 942,190.00
5000 Membership Expense 5010 Insurance - Membership 355,253.07 360,806.97 354,528.68 355,086.00 322,011.00 5014 Materials - Club Renewal 12.50 9.81 0.00 125.00 125.00 5016 Materials - Club Fulfillment 0.00 4.20 0.00 25.00 25.00 5020 Member Fulfillment Materials 1,708.55 1,494.36 2,212.44 1,575.00 10,916.00 5030 Member Renewal Materials 5,653.06 670.90 1,608.51 2,500.00 4,903.00 5031 Member Renewal Postage 1,985.20 430.41 541.44 2,070.00 9,632.00 5032 Member Fulfillment Postage 1,670.30 1,074.97 803.70 320.00 4,815.00 5034 Travel (Membership) 655.02 311.13 200.07 290.00 255.00 5040 Ski School & Camps Expense 3,325.45 1,378.97 5.08 500.00 2,000.00 5048 Overhead Allocation 56,224.00 60,483.00 61,786.00 59,072.00 58,099.00 5049 Labor Allocation 120,726.00 110,454.00 114,271.00 118,805.00 117,523.00 Total Membership Expense 547,213.15 537,118.72 535,956.92 540,368.00 530,304.00 Net Membership 381,161.66 366,920.89 396,173.71 399,632.00 411,886.00
Year End 2013 and 2014 Plus Year End 12/31/2015 1 1/22/2016 10:36 AM Profit and Loss Three Years USA Water Ski, Inc. Actual Budget 2015 and Profit and Loss and Budget Proposed Budget 2016
Year End Year End Year End Annual Budget Proposed 2013 2014 2015 Year 2015 Notes Budget 2016 3100 Marketing/Partnership Income 3110 Sponsorship Income 278,235.00 276,790.00 233,905.00 292,250.00 252,630.00 3111 EPS Non-Endemic Sponsors 12,147.50 10,890.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 20,000.00 3112 Licensing income 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3116 Royalties Income 5,978.52 7,165.82 8,415.91 9,950.00 8,450.00 3118 Auction fundraiser 5,704.00 3,847.57 0.00 5,500.00 5,000.00 Total Marketing/Partnership Income 302,065.02 298,693.39 252,320.91 317,700.00 286,080.00
5100 Marketing/Partnership Exp. 5110 Solicitation Costs 7,059.81 6,005.09 2,921.19 3,000.00 2,500.00 5114 Marketing Fulfillment Costs 478.56 3,914.63 3,946.66 3,700.00 4,300.00 5116 Travel (Marketing/Partnership) 1,829.31 2,279.53 2,629.81 2,475.00 3,650.00 5118 Overhead Allocation 38,329.00 41,232.00 42,118.00 40,270.00 39,606.00 5119 Labor Allocation 82,300.00 77,341.00 77,902.00 80,990.00 80,116.00 Total Marketing/Partnership Exp. 129,996.68 130,772.25 129,517.66 130,435.00 130,172.00 Net Marketing/Partnership 172,068.34 167,921.14 122,803.25 187,265.00 155,908.00
Sponsor Distribution From PCSM to AWSEF (2043) -1,500.00 -1,500.00 -1,500.00 -1,500.00 -1,500.00 Distr. To-3037 Corporate Mbrs -2,650.00 -6,350.00 -5,350.00 -5,750.00 -5,500.00 Distr. To-3156 Magazine Ads -75,515.00 -93,590.00 -85,460.00 -100,000.00 -90,000.00 Distr. To-3158 Reg.Guide Ads -34,825.00 -33,825.00 -35,700.00 -35,000.00 -35,000.00 Distr. To-3280 Grassroots -13,000.00 -10,000.00 -5,000.00 -5,000.00 -5,000.00 Distr. To-3286 Club Develop. 0.00 -3,000.00 -5,000.00 -5,000.00 -5,000.00 Distr. To-3520 Nat'ls Exhibits -3,150.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Distr. To-3525 Nat'ls Exhibits -10,700.00 -11,000.00 -9,750.00 -10,000.00 -10,000.00 Distr. To-3526 Show Ski Webcast -14,100.00 -7,500.00 -7,500.00 -9,000.00 -7,500.00 Distr. To-4010 U.S. Open Junior 0.00 -2,500.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Distr. To-4022 Teams -1,500.00 -1,500.00 -1,500.00 -1,500.00 -1,500.00 Total Distribution -156,940.00 -170,765.00 -156,760.00 -172,750.00 -161,000.00
Year End 2013 and 2014 Plus Year End 12/31/2015 2 1/22/2016 10:36 AM Profit and Loss Three Years USA Water Ski, Inc. Actual Budget 2015 and Profit and Loss and Budget Proposed Budget 2016
Year End Year End Year End Annual Budget Proposed 2013 2014 2015 Year 2015 Notes Budget 2016 3150 Publication Income 3152 Ads/Dockside 480.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3154 Ads/Magazine Direct Sales 4,941.00 7,086.00 4,896.00 6,700.00 5,000.00 3156 Ads/Magazine Sponsorship 75,515.00 93,590.00 85,460.00 100,000.00 90,000.00 3158 Ads/Reg. Guide Sponsors 34,825.00 33,825.00 35,700.00 35,000.00 35,000.00 3160 Guide Advertising/Direct Sale 0.00 0.00 825.00 0.00 0.00 3162 Magazine & Guide Sales 150.00 35.00 180.00 150.00 150.00 3164 Regional Guide Production 28,437.42 29,986.97 22,061.94 21,005.00 20,010.00 Total Publication Income 144,348.42 164,522.97 149,122.94 162,855.00 150,160.00
5150 Publication Expense 5152 Magazine Postage 21,599.43 22,421.46 22,861.06 23,150.00 23,120.00 5154 Magazine Production 75,818.41 68,258.25 67,855.19 67,049.00 63,909.00 5156 Booklets (Paper/Print Costs) 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 50.00 5158 Regional Guide-Regions Distr. 25,403.37 25,491.21 15,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 5160 Regional Guide Production 21,715.77 23,598.99 17,827.05 15,922.00 15,560.00 5162 Regional Guide Postage 6,735.85 6,387.98 4,234.89 5,083.00 4,450.00 5164 Travel (Communications) 5,328.73 5,978.60 7,879.44 6,550.00 8,000.00 5168 Overhead Allocation 60,339.00 64,910.00 66,306.00 63,395.00 62,351.00 5169 Labor Allocation 129,559.00 121,755.00 122,631.00 127,500.00 126,124.00 Total Publication Expense 346,499.56 338,801.49 324,594.63 323,699.00 318,564.00 Net Publication -202,151.14 -174,278.52 -175,471.69 -160,844.00 -168,404.00
Year End 2013 and 2014 Plus Year End 12/31/2015 3 1/22/2016 10:36 AM Profit and Loss Three Years USA Water Ski, Inc. Actual Budget 2015 and Profit and Loss and Budget Proposed Budget 2016
Year End Year End Year End Annual Budget Proposed 2013 2014 2015 Year 2015 Notes Budget 2016 3260 Sport Development Income 3262 Officials Clinic Fees 14,812.74 14,706.93 14,550.14 15,070.00 12,119.00 3276 Instructor Cert./Develop. 6,978.62 8,150.41 7,272.06 7,460.00 6,790.00 3277 Coaches General Liability 2,340.00 3,110.00 2,235.72 3,000.00 2,520.00 3278 Basic Skills Programs 229.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3279 Motor Vehicle Reports 18,769.20 10,087.50 16,400.00 7,500.00 12,500.00 3280 Grassroots/Basic Skills 13,180.00 10,691.00 5,293.00 5,300.00 5,300.00 3286 Club Development 0.00 3,000.00 5,500.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 Total Sport Development Income 56,309.56 49,745.84 51,250.92 43,330.00 44,229.00
5260 Sport Develop Expense 5262 Officials Clinics Expense 144.92 132.47 184.72 252.00 175.00 5268 Sport Discipline Grants 88,939.00 82,824.00 79,426.00 79,426.00 77,719.00 5276 Instructor Cert. Expense 2,920.01 3,891.44 3,862.69 3,263.00 2,813.00 5277 Coaches General Liability 2,532.51 2,549.76 2,500.00 2,430.00 2,500.00 5278 Basic Skills (Add to 5280) 274.25 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5279 Motor Vehicle Reports 18,769.20 10,087.50 16,400.00 7,500.00 12,500.00 5280 Grassroots/Basic Skills Programs 5,333.38 4,402.51 2,327.29 5,300.00 6,915.00 5282 Promotion (Sport Develop.) 916.66 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5284 Travel (Sport Development) 0.00 1,430.79 1,091.85 2,716.00 4,891.00 5286 Club Development Expense 0.00 2,218.75 5,345.04 5,690.00 4,751.00 5288 Overhead Allocation 34,919.00 37,564.00 38,372.00 36,687.00 36,082.00 5289 Labor Allocation 74,977.00 70,460.00 70,967.00 73,784.00 72,988.00 Total Sport Development Expense 229,725.93 215,561.22 220,476.59 217,048.00 221,334.00 Net Sport Development -173,416.37 -165,815.38 -169,225.67 -173,718.00 -177,105.00
Year End 2013 and 2014 Plus Year End 12/31/2015 4 1/22/2016 10:36 AM Profit and Loss Three Years USA Water Ski, Inc. Actual Budget 2015 and Profit and Loss and Budget Proposed Budget 2016
Year End Year End Year End Annual Budget Proposed 2013 2014 2015 Year 2015 Notes Budget 2016 3300 Competition Admin. 3310 Event Sanctioning Income 92,947.50 105,799.00 96,456.50 105,520.00 99,250.00 3320 Rule Books/Manuals + 3266 283.50 141.00 83.00 130.00 130.00 3330 OLR Fees/Misc.Comp.Income 1,455.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Total Competition Support Income 94,686.00 105,940.00 96,539.50 105,650.00 99,380.00
5300 Competition Expense 5314 Rule Books Cost 178.95 136.99 24.60 125.00 125.00 5318 Event Sanctioning Expense 119.34 0.00 0.00 100.00 100.00 5320 Misc. Competition Expense 217.70 277.69 472.36 200.00 200.00 5322 Competition Travel 0.00 323.00 416.40 1,000.00 1,350.00 5348 Overhead Allocation 13,810.00 14,855.00 15,175.00 14,509.00 14,270.00 5349 Labor Allocation 29,654.00 27,865.00 28,067.00 29,180.00 28,865.00 Total Competition Support Expense 43,979.99 43,457.68 44,155.36 45,114.00 44,910.00 Net Competition 50,706.01 62,482.32 52,384.14 60,536.00 54,470.00
3350 Pan Am Games Income 3352 Pan Am Games Income 0.00 0.00 1,304.00 0.00 0.00 Total Pan-Am Games Income 0.00 0.00 1,304.00 0.00 0.00
5350 Pan-Am Games Expense 5352 Background Screening 0.00 0.00 310.00 0.00 0.00 5354 Miscellaneous Expense 0.00 0.00 1,304.00 0.00 0.00 Total Pan-Am Games Expense 0.00 0.00 1,614.00 0.00 0.00 Net Pan-Am Games 0.00 0.00 -310.00 0.00 0.00
Year End 2013 and 2014 Plus Year End 12/31/2015 5 1/22/2016 10:36 AM Profit and Loss Three Years USA Water Ski, Inc. Actual Budget 2015 and Profit and Loss and Budget Proposed Budget 2016
Year End Year End Year End Annual Budget Proposed 2013 2014 2015 Year 2015 Notes Budget 2016
3360 Approved Towboat Test 3362 Approved Test Fees 43,000.00 49,000.00 52,000.00 42,000.00 37,000.00 Total Approved Towboat Income 43,000.00 49,000.00 52,000.00 42,000.00 37,000.00
5360 Towboat Expense 5362 Towboat - Honorarium 500.00 200.00 900.00 500.00 500.00 5364 Towboat - Misc. Expense 63.80 4.99 0.00 108.00 108.00 5366 Towboat - Room & Board 2,248.64 282.67 1,797.04 1,300.00 1,600.00 5370 Towboat - Technical Equip. 0.00 0.00 167.40 300.00 300.00 5372 Towboat - Travel 1,282.24 730.23 2,194.03 1,900.00 1,900.00 5378 Overhead Allocation 4,455.00 4,791.00 4,894.00 4,678.00 4,601.00 5379 Labor Allocation 9,561.00 8,984.00 9,051.00 9,409.00 9,308.00 Total Approved Towboat Expense 18,110.68 14,992.89 19,003.47 18,195.00 18,317.00 Net Approved Boat Testing 24,889.32 34,007.11 32,996.53 23,805.00 18,683.00
Year End 2013 and 2014 Plus Year End 12/31/2015 6 1/22/2016 10:36 AM Profit and Loss Three Years USA Water Ski, Inc. Actual Budget 2015 and Profit and Loss and Budget Proposed Budget 2016
Year End Year End Year End Annual Budget Proposed 2013 2014 2015 Year 2015 Notes Budget 2016
3500 Nat'l Tournaments Income 3510 Banquet Income 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3515 Entry Fee 105,236.00 102,514.00 95,136.00 108,045.00 97,760.00 3516 USAWS Admin. & Late Fees 7,865.00 6,915.00 6,600.00 6,430.00 6,180.00 3520 Exhibit Direct Sales 3,150.00 1,750.00 5,925.00 3,400.00 5,925.00 3525 Exhibit Sponsorships 10,700.00 11,000.00 9,750.00 11,000.00 10,000.00 3526 WebCast Sponsorship 14,100.00 7,500.00 7,500.00 9,000.00 7,500.00 3530 AWSA Practice Fees 0.00 0.00 5,910.00 0.00 0.00 Total Nat'l Tournament Income 141,051.00 129,679.00 130,821.00 137,875.00 127,365.00
5500 Nat'l Tournament Expense 5510 Awards Expense 5,828.61 6,166.14 5,437.68 6,050.00 2,685.00 5512 Banquet Expense 952.00 574.00 910.00 952.00 952.00 5515 AWSA Admin Fee 13,923.00 13,041.00 12,348.00 13,125.00 12,600.00 5516 LOC Share of Entry Fees 68,024.50 66,519.00 61,524.75 70,081.00 61,912.00 5517 Practice Fees to LOC 0.00 0.00 5,910.00 0.00 0.00 5518 LOC Share of Exhibits 3,954.42 2,644.22 3,640.61 3,400.00 3,950.00 5526 Exhibits Expenses 6,333.16 7,992.69 7,741.86 6,400.00 7,525.00 5528 Miscellaneous Expense 106.82 187.34 127.77 300.00 300.00 5532 Officials Lunches 300.00 600.00 600.00 600.00 600.00 5534 Officials Rooms 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 5536 Officials Shirts 3,568.11 5,514.75 5,229.88 5,186.00 5,392.00 5540 Refund Entry Fees 2,192.00 3,123.00 1,735.00 2,520.00 2,520.00 5542 Site Set-Up 141.19 118.42 0.00 275.00 275.00 5546 Nationals Staff Travel 1,212.88 1,630.22 0.00 1,105.00 880.00 5548 TV Production Expense 15,752.26 7,813.30 610.70 9,550.00 9,500.00 5552 VIP Reception Expense 400.00 400.00 400.00 500.00 500.00 5558 Overhead Allocation 14,993.00 16,128.00 16,475.00 15,753.00 15,493.00 5559 Labor Allocation 32,194.00 30,254.00 30,472.00 31,681.00 31,340.00 Total National Tournament Expense 171,875.95 164,706.08 155,163.25 169,478.00 158,424.00 Net Natl Tournaments -30,824.95 -35,027.08 -24,342.25 -31,603.00 -31,059.00
Year End 2013 and 2014 Plus Year End 12/31/2015 7 1/22/2016 10:36 AM Profit and Loss Three Years USA Water Ski, Inc. Actual Budget 2015 and Profit and Loss and Budget Proposed Budget 2016
Year End Year End Year End Annual Budget Proposed 2013 2014 2015 Year 2015 Notes Budget 2016 4000 Donations & Merchandise 4010 Donations General 10,987.25 10,075.00 64,352.11 10,000.00 38,100.00 4018 Merchandise Income 31,389.12 40,197.32 41,091.92 32,156.00 40,000.00 4019 Mdse. Shipping Income 0.00 3,266.21 4,338.58 2,844.00 3,550.00 4022 Corporate Sponsors 1,500.00 1,500.00 1,500.00 1,500.00 1,500.00 Total Donations/Merchandise 43,876.37 55,038.53 111,282.61 46,500.00 83,150.00
6000 Merchandise Expense 6018 Merchandise Expense 15,844.45 22,532.52 22,583.90 14,475.00 19,090.00 6019 Merchandise Shipping Expense 0.00 3,469.61 3,871.07 2,635.00 3,750.00 6020 Mdse Booth Expense 0.00 0.00 258.34 0.00 0.00 6025 Travel for Mdse Sales 0.00 438.74 3,404.21 0.00 1,930.00 6028 Overhead Allocation 6,623.00 7,126.00 7,278.00 6,958.00 6,844.00 6029 LaborAllocation 14,222.00 13,362.00 13,458.00 13,995.00 13,844.00 Total Merchandise Expense 36,689.45 46,928.87 50,853.52 38,063.00 45,458.00 Net Income 7,186.92 8,109.66 60,429.09 8,437.00 37,692.00
4100 U. S. Open Junior Income 4110 U.S. Open Junior Entry Fees 11,260.00 11,250.00 10,450.00 11,250.00 10,450.00 Total U.S. Open Junior Income 11,260.00 11,250.00 10,450.00 11,250.00 10,450.00
6100 U.S. Open Junior Expense 6110 U.S. Open Junior Expense 10,800.00 10,820.00 10,070.00 10,800.00 10,070.00 Total U.S. Open Junior Expense 10,800.00 10,820.00 10,070.00 10,800.00 10,070.00 Net U.S. Open Junior 460.00 430.00 380.00 450.00 380.00
Year End 2013 and 2014 Plus Year End 12/31/2015 8 1/22/2016 10:36 AM Profit and Loss Three Years USA Water Ski, Inc. Actual Budget 2015 and Profit and Loss and Budget Proposed Budget 2016
Year End Year End Year End Annual Budget Proposed 2013 2014 2015 Year 2015 Notes Budget 2016
4150 U. S. Open Income 4152 U. S. Open Entry Fees 0.00 18,000.00 16,675.00 18,000.00 17,000.00 4153 USA-WS Admin Fee 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4154 U. S. Open Concession 0.00 1,401.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4155 U. S. Open Sponsorships 0.00 40,831.53 40,600.00 45,000.00 40,000.00 4156 U. S. Open Merchandise 0.00 3,576.52 303.50 1,500.00 0.00 4158 U. S. Open Miscellaneous 0.00 363.94 4,510.24 0.00 0.00 Total U. S. Open Income 0.00 64,172.99 62,088.74 64,500.00 57,000.00
6150 U. S. Open Expense 6152 Cash Prizes 0.00 54,500.00 55,000.00 62,000.00 55,000.00 6154 Concession Expense 0.00 1,464.51 0.00 0.00 0.00 6156 Merchandise Expense 0.00 2,821.15 0.00 1,000.00 0.00 6158 Miscellaneous Expense 0.00 8,601.92 5,903.86 460.00 1,470.00 Total U. S. Open Expense 0.00 67,387.58 60,903.86 63,460.00 56,470.00 Net U. S. Open 0.00 -3,214.59 1,184.88 1,040.00 530.00
4200 Team Trials Income 4210 Team Trials Entry Fees 400.00 4,250.00 5,320.00 4,250.00 0.00 Total Team Trials Income 400.00 4,250.00 5,320.00 4,250.00 0.00
6200 Team Trials Expense 6210 Trials Awards 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 6226 LOC % Entry Fee (Housing, etc) 0.00 4,080.00 5,095.00 4,080.00 0.00 Total Team Trials Expense 0.00 4,080.00 5,095.00 4,080.00 0.00 Net Team Trials 400.00 170.00 225.00 170.00 0.00
6600 World Championships 6626 World - Misc. (Insurance) 122.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Year End 2013 and 2014 Plus Year End 12/31/2015 9 1/22/2016 10:36 AM Profit and Loss Three Years USA Water Ski, Inc. Actual Budget 2015 and Profit and Loss and Budget Proposed Budget 2016
Year End Year End Year End Annual Budget Proposed 2013 2014 2015 Year 2015 Notes Budget 2016
3200 Special Income 3210 Investment Earnings 23,370.14 14,264.20 -10,003.08 9,750.00 6,500.00 3216 Gain/Loss on Sale of Asset -429.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3217 Rental Income AWSEF 31,000.00 31,000.00 31,000.00 31,000.00 31,000.00 3218 Misc. Special Income 1,449.28 6,200.00 429.04 1,000.00 1,000.00 Total Special Income 55,390.38 51,464.20 21,425.96 41,750.00 38,500.00 Net Special Income 55,390.38 51,464.20 21,425.96 41,750.00 38,500.00
7000 Office Expense 7010 Bad Debt Expense 3,355.00 2,579.50 3,300.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 7012 Bank Charges 1,282.08 1,398.02 1,808.73 1,384.00 1,875.00 7018 Computer Supplies & Service 44,156.67 58,000.49 38,931.78 33,500.00 49,000.00 7020 Credit Card Merchant Fee 23,558.30 26,298.40 28,136.16 26,600.00 30,025.40 7022 Depreciation Expense 10,077.69 10,267.45 11,305.19 10,810.00 10,405.00 7024 Dues & Subscriptions 3,670.00 4,120.00 3,687.01 4,095.00 4,095.00 7032 Insurance - General 29,535.44 33,068.25 43,898.96 43,859.00 42,435.00 7036 Legal & Accounting 12,387.00 12,680.75 12,178.00 17,254.00 17,254.00 7038 Office Supplies 3,472.01 1,944.83 2,222.82 3,000.00 2,600.00 7042 Misc. Office Expense 4,688.67 2,961.51 3,972.52 3,250.00 2,275.00 7044 Printing - In House 22,627.30 19,251.57 14,734.65 20,062.00 2,832.00 7048 Postage - General 3,034.65 3,199.80 1,638.04 3,074.00 2,800.00 7052 Postage Equipment 25,667.40 25,667.40 25,667.40 25,668.00 11,496.00 7054 Promotion (USA WS) 2,819.28 5,755.66 5,566.62 5,276.00 6,441.00 7055 Rent In Kind AWSEF 31,000.00 31,000.00 31,000.00 31,000.00 31,000.00 7056 Repair & Maintenance Building 6,019.24 6,121.37 8,514.67 5,000.00 7,190.00 7058 Repair & Maintenance Equipment 8,914.71 7,115.54 19,631.86 7,744.00 6,369.00 7062 Shipping Expense 775.86 1,233.43 960.37 950.00 950.00 7064 Taxes & License 4,540.70 5,064.85 4,745.05 4,855.00 4,981.60 7066 Telephone Expense 14,950.23 15,665.23 18,816.13 17,275.00 18,688.00 7068 Utilities 27,146.94 30,691.74 31,250.09 30,445.00 31,914.00 7098 Less Overhead Allocation -229,692.00 -247,089.00 -252,404.00 -241,322.00 -237,346.00 Total Net Office Expenses 53,987.17 56,996.79 59,562.05 54,779.00 48,280.00
Year End 2013 and 2014 Plus Year End 12/31/2015 10 1/22/2016 10:36 AM Profit and Loss Three Years USA Water Ski, Inc. Actual Budget 2015 and Profit and Loss and Budget Proposed Budget 2016
Year End Year End Year End Annual Budget Proposed 2013 2014 2015 Year 2015 Notes Budget 2016
8000 Administrative Expenses 8012 Education & Training 0.00 0.00 307.00 0.00 500.00 8014 Insurance - Work. Comp. 3,756.00 3,604.00 3,480.02 3,637.00 3,830.00 8016 Insurance - Group Health 49,751.67 51,308.43 46,123.43 55,051.00 42,833.00 8028 Payroll Taxes (FICA & Medicare) 37,279.15 34,784.84 34,102.72 34,415.00 35,619.00 8030 Payroll Tax - Unemployment 1,770.16 507.38 2,457.00 472.00 2,211.00 8050 Salaries - Gross 493,104.67 463,273.15 454,442.26 454,364.00 475,926.00 8052 Y/E Adj. Vacation Wage Liability -881.64 5,694.50 1,194.10 0.00 0.00 8064 Contract Work & Temp Help 0.00 0.00 15,000.00 26,000.00 12,000.00 8070 Travel & Accomodations 5,067.12 5,317.70 3,301.36 6,000.00 5,777.00 8071 Misc. Admin.Office Related Travel 199.67 119.04 186.75 300.00 250.00 8080 Retirement Plan 401k Matching 15,091.79 9,766.81 12,192.10 15,275.00 14,063.00 8099 Less Labor Allocation -493,193.00 -460,475.00 -466,819.00 -485,344.00 -480,108.00 Total Admin. Expenses 111,945.59 113,900.85 105,967.74 110,170.00 112,901.00
8200 Governance 8210 AAC Travel 0.00 0.00 0.00 500.00 500.00 8220 Board of Directors Meetings 5,215.03 272.99 191.39 225.00 225.00 8225 Awards Banquet Income 0.00 -9,620.00 -6,966.00 -4,800.00 -6,620.00 8226 Awards Banquet Expense 0.00 12,146.02 15,452.14 9,630.00 11,845.00 8230 Committee Meetings 237.34 171.87 466.91 350.00 350.00 8235. 75th Anniversary 0.00 1,075.59 0.00 0.00 0.00 8240 Presidents Budget 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Total Governance Expense 5,452.37 4,046.47 9,144.44 5,905.00 6,300.00
Total Income (All Accounts) 1,663,821.56 1,717,031.53 1,719,297.21 1,744,910.00 1,714,504.00 Total Expenses (All Accounts) 1,706,398.52 1,749,570.89 1,732,078.49 1,731,594.00 1,701,504.00 Net Income - Loss -42,576.96 -32,539.36 -12,781.28 13,316.00 Net Income - Loss 13,000.00
Year To Date Budget Dec. 2015 Budget 2015 2016
Year End 2013 and 2014 Plus Year End 12/31/2015 11 1/22/2016 10:36 AM 10:21 AM USA Water Ski,Inc.
01/18/16 Balance Sheet Prev Year Comparison Accrual Basis As of December 31, 2015
Dec 31, 15 Dec 31, 14 $ Change % Change ASSETS Current Assets Checking/Savings 1015 · Petty Cash 200.00 200.00 0.00 0.0% 1018 · Money Mkt.Acct./ Wells Fargo 0.00 296.15 -296.15 -100.0% 1020 · Cash Acct./Allen & Co. 5,948.28 1,533.51 4,414.77 287.9% 1021 · Operating Acct./Wells Fargo 101,821.11 98,024.61 3,796.50 3.9% 1025 · Payroll Account/Wells Fargo 14,920.63 157.38 14,763.25 9,380.6% 1032 · Pay Pal Account 637.55 818.76 -181.21 -22.1% 1037 · Mutual Funds/Allen & Co 358,055.07 372,473.00 -14,417.93 -3.9% Total Checking/Savings 481,582.64 473,503.41 8,079.23 1.7% Accounts Receivable 1050 · Accounts Receivable 69,863.54 32,468.58 37,394.96 115.2% Total Accounts Receivable 69,863.54 32,468.58 37,394.96 115.2% Other Current Assets 1055 · Returned Checks 7.00 7.00 0.00 0.0% 1057 · Accrued Receivables 164.66 2,296.21 -2,131.55 -92.8% 1175 · Inventory 13,779.19 14,552.27 -773.08 -5.3% Total Other Current Assets 13,950.85 16,855.48 -2,904.63 -17.2%
Total Current Assets 565,397.03 522,827.47 42,569.56 8.1% Fixed Assets 1210 · Furniture & Equipment 186,961.72 185,887.12 1,074.60 0.6% 1215 · Computers & Software 71,044.55 67,409.56 3,634.99 5.4% 1225 · Leasehold Improvements 43,389.88 43,389.88 0.00 0.0% 1230 · Reserve for Depreciation -271,948.43 -260,643.24 -11,305.19 -4.3% Total Fixed Assets 29,447.72 36,043.32 -6,595.60 -18.3% Other Assets 1112 · Prepaid Lease/Pitney Bowes 2,138.95 2,138.95 0.00 0.0% 1115 · Prepaid Meter Postage 256.81 937.83 -681.02 -72.6% 1125 · Refundable Deposits 4,700.00 3,200.00 1,500.00 46.9% 1144 · Expense Deferred/Next Year 128,598.81 24,130.16 104,468.65 432.9% Total Other Assets 135,694.57 30,406.94 105,287.63 346.3%
TOTAL ASSETS 730,539.32 589,277.73 141,261.59 24.0% LIABILITIES & EQUITY Liabilities Current Liabilities Accounts Payable 2020 · Accounts Payable 120,089.59 23,397.51 96,692.08 413.3% Total Accounts Payable 120,089.59 23,397.51 96,692.08 413.3%
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01/18/16 Balance Sheet Prev Year Comparison Accrual Basis As of December 31, 2015
Dec 31, 15 Dec 31, 14 $ Change % Change Other Current Liabilities 2025 · Sales Tax Payable 410.08 488.49 -78.41 -16.1% 2041-A · Emp.Unpaid Vacation 22,170.15 20,976.05 1,194.10 5.7% 2041 · Accrued Payables 3,028.44 4,000.14 -971.70 -24.3% 2042 · Accrued Retirement 12,192.10 11,306.89 885.21 7.8% 2043 · Foundation Membership 100.00 0.00 100.00 100.0% 2060 · Membership 2021 5.83 0.00 5.83 100.0% 2061 · Membership 2020 1,020.84 0.00 1,020.84 100.0% 2064 · Membership 2016 0.00 17,324.03 -17,324.03 -100.0% 2065 · Membership 2017 20,627.81 5,189.81 15,438.00 297.5% 2066 · Membership 2018 5,879.25 2,220.75 3,658.50 164.7% 2067 · Membership 2019 3,372.83 722.83 2,650.00 366.6% 2068 · Next Year Income Deferred 64,605.93 69,915.67 -5,309.74 -7.6% 2069 · Next Year Membership 397,109.48 342,755.29 54,354.19 15.9% 2071 · Leisure Sports Ins.(Club.Ins.) 1,728.00 0.00 1,728.00 100.0% Total Other Current Liabilities 532,250.74 474,899.95 57,350.79 12.1%
Total Current Liabilities 652,340.33 498,297.46 154,042.87 30.9%
Total Liabilities 652,340.33 498,297.46 154,042.87 30.9% Equity 2750 · Fund Balance Unrestricted 90,980.27 123,519.63 -32,539.36 -26.3% Net Income -12,781.28 -32,539.36 19,758.08 60.7% Total Equity 78,198.99 90,980.27 -12,781.28 -14.1%
TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY 730,539.32 589,277.73 141,261.59 24.0%
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INSURANCE UPDATES (BY LINE OF COVERAGE)
We ar e pl eased t o pr esent f or your r eview and c onsideration our annual r eport s ummarizing t he k ey insurance program changes for 2016.
Overall Policy Renewal Status: . Renewal Applications: The under writing s ubmissions were f inalized an d s ent to th e carriers for review and consideration in late October and early November. . Renewal Quotes: Renewal neg otiations w ere finalized in late N ovember, w ith th e renewal proposal/quotes presented to USA Water Ski on 12/1/2015. . Marketing Exercise (for certain lines of coverage): As part of a planned marketing exercise, we approached a number of different carriers to gauge underwriting appetite and interest in quoting USA Water Ski’s General Liability, Auto Liability & Physical Damage, Umbrella/Excess Liability and Property insurance policies. We were able to secure renewal quotes from Philadelphia (incumbent market) and American Specialty (alternative market) for USA Water Ski’s consideration. K&K Insurance pr ovided a no n-binding i ndication of $215 -220k f or t hese 4 l ines of c overage, b ut K &K could not guarantee their carrier (National Casualty) would approve this pricing and K&K was unwilling to provide a f ormal quo te with a f irm order to bind. S IG/Everest was unab le to provide a quote within t he requested t imeframe, and also expressed c oncerns about its ability to offer competitive terms (i.e. both coverage and pricing).
General Liability Policy eff. 1/1/2016-2017 (Annual Operations and Sanctioned Events) . Covered Exposures: This pol icy c ontemplates coverage f or t he d ay-to-day operations of U SA Water S ki, i ts A ssociations, S port D isciplines & Divisions, t he premises l iability exposures at t he headquarters l ocation, and c overage with r espect t o U SA Water S ki s anctioned e vents ( including tournaments, practices, exhibitions, clinics and related activities). . Loss Experience: Since 1/1/2010, USA Water Ski has incurred over $1.2 million in General Liability claims ( with m ost of t he l osses attributable to 2010). From 2011 -2015, loss e xperience has b een much better, and this trend helped us in our effort to negotiate reduced pricing as part of the renewal. . Renewal Terms: As no ted a bove, we s ecured f ormal quot es f rom bot h Philadelphia I nsurance Company (the incumbent) and American Specialty for USA Water Ski’s consideration. The decision was ultimately made to renew coverage with Philadelphia for the following reasons: o Philadelphia has been a very good partner to USA Water Ski, and continued to write USA Water Ski’s coverage as it weathered the fatality claims of 2010. o Philadelphia offered better overall pricing, with a renewal premium of $173,393 as compared to an expiring premium of $201,905, which represents a savings of $28,512. The safety initiatives adopted by USA W ater Ski (including t rained dr iver r equirement) al ong with i mproved loss experience since 2010 enabled us to negotiate this improved pricing. o Philadelphia agreed to reduce the underlying limit requirement from $1,000,000 to $500,000 for boat owners to benefit from excess watercraft liability coverage through USA Water Ski’s policies while the owner’s boat is used during a USA Water Ski sanctioned event. o Philadelphia a greed t o c ontinue pr oviding f ull Participant Le gal Liability c overage without an exclusion or l imitation f or head or neur ological injuries ( i.e. c oncussion r elated c laims). Many carriers are implementing limitations or exclusions related to these types of injuries. o Philadelphia added Professional Liability coverage for Coaches and Officials during USA Water Ski sanctioned events. o Philadelphia agreed t o provide c overage f or def ense c osts i n ad dition t o the applicable limit of liability f or Abuse or Molestation c laims. P reviously, def ense c osts were within t he a pplicable limit. o All other renewal terms and conditions remained per expiring.
Auto Liability & Physical Damage Policy eff. 1/1/2016-2017 (Hired & Non-owned Autos Only) . Covered Exposures: This pol icy c ontemplates coverage f or hi red a utos ( i.e. cars r ented f or U SA Water Ski business purposes) and non-owned autos (i.e. other cars used for USA Water Ski business purposes) used by USA Water Ski and its employees for business purposes. [Note: USA Water Ski does not have any owned or leased vehicles at this time]. . Renewal Terms: The pol icy was r enewed with P hiladelphia per t he ex piring coverage t erms and conditions for an annual premium of $484. While this represented an increase over expiring premium of $218, Philadelphia’s renewal premium was significantly lower than the quote offered by American Specialty at $1,922.
Workers’ compensation & Employers Liability Policy eff. 1/1/2016-2017 . Covered Exposures: This pol icy pr ovides Workers’ C ompensation ( statutory be nefits) and Employers Liability coverage (with $1 million limits). . Renewal Terms: The policy w as renewed w ith T he Hartford per expiring coverage terms & conditions for an es timated ann ual premium of $ 3,826 (based up on reported payrolls), a slight increase over the expiring premium of $3,622.
Umbrella Liability Policy eff. 1/1/2016-2017 (Annual Operations and Sanctioned Events) . Covered Operations/Activities: This policy provides excess General Liability coverage for the day- to-day operations of U SA W ater S ki, i ts A ssociations, S port D isciplines & D ivisions, t he pr emises liability exposures at the headquarters location, and coverage with respect to USA Water Ski sanctioned e vents (including tournaments, practices, ex hibitions, c linics and r elated ac tivities). The policy also affords excess liability coverage for USA Water Ski’s Auto Liability and Employer’s Liability exposures. . Coverage Limits: The policy provides a limit o f $1 m illion each oc currence i n excess of t he underlying primary General Liability, Auto Liability and Employer’s Liability policies. . Loss Experience: As previously noted in the General Liability summary, liability losses have been more favorable since 2010. . Renewal Terms: Given the improved loss experience, we were able to secure improved pricing from Philadelphia, and provided various limit options (from $1m to $4m) for USA Water Ski’s consideration. The decision was made to renew coverage with Philadelphia at the expiring $1 million limit level for an annual premium of $16,759, an increase of only $866 over the expiring premium of $15,893. The quote from American Specialty was significantly higher at $26,338.
Participant Accident Policy eff. 1/1/2016-2017 (Sanctioned Events) . Covered Activities: This policy provides Accident Medical and AD&D coverage for USA Water Ski members while participating in USA Water Ski sanctioned activities. . Loss Experience: While still an open claim year, the 2014 policy year will likely close as the most favorable loss year in quite some time, with a continued decrease in claim severity and a return to a more normative level of claim frequency. To date, there have been no full limit losses in 2014 which is a highly unusual occurrence. Perhaps the individual coverage mandate under the Affordable Care Act is lending a hand by reducing the number of citizens/members without primary insurance? We were successful in getting the underwriter to focus on the most recent three mature years of losses (2012 – 2014) r ather t han f ive, and as s uch, t he r ecent f avorable t rends he lped t o of fset gener al medical cost trend increases. Hopefully current loss characteristics can be sustained in the 2015 loss year and beyond. . Renewal Terms: AIG offered to renew coverage per the expiring terms and conditions for an annual premium of $125, 303 ( with a $1, 000 deductible), which r epresents a s avings of $6, 913 f rom t he expiring pr emium of $132, 216. In a ddition, AIG a lso of fered t wo ot her r enewal quot es with h igher deductible op tions: $120 ,741 ( with a $2, 000 d eductible) and $ 117,436 ( with a $2, 500 ded uctible). The decision was made to renew coverage with AIG per the expiring coverage terms and conditions with a $1,000 deductible.
Membership Estimates: 2014 2015 2016 Active Members 15,600 15,000 15,004 Guest Members 1,410 1,800 1,410 Total Estimated Members 17,010 16,800 16,414
Active Members includes 25 and Older, Under 25, Family Active Head of Household, Family Active Dependent, Foreign Active and Grassroots categories. Guest Members includes Guest and Basic Skills members.
Commercial Package Policy (Property, Fine Arts, etc.) eff. 1/1/2016-2017 . Covered Exposures: This policy underwritten by Philadelphia provides coverage for loss or damage to t he b uilding, c ontents a nd ot her i mprovements l ocated at 1 251 H oly C ow Road, Polk C ity, F L 33868, including all property owned by USA Water Ski Foundation. . Loss Payee: The Foundation is a Loss Payee as its interests may appear with respect to the main building, j udge’s t ower, m useum memorabilia, c overed bo at doc k, s ki j ump, et c. T he pol icy also provides a waiver of subrogation in favor of the Foundation. The Foundation has historically reimbursed USA Water Ski for the cost of the coverage on the covered boat dock and ski jump. . Renewal Terms: The pol icy was r enewed with P hiladelphia p er t he ex piring coverage t erms and conditions (with limit changes based upon the schedule of property & values provided by USA Water Ski) for an annual premium of $26,855, a savings of $486 from the expiring premium of $27,341. The quote from American Specialty was significantly higher at $33,900.
Forefront Executive Protection Package Policy eff. 1/1/2016-2017 . Coverage Description: This policy underwritten by Chubb provides Directors & Officers (D&O) and Employment Practices Liability (EPL) coverage for USA Water Ski, its associations, sport disciplines and d ivisions. The po licy al so pr ovides F iduciary L iability, C rime, and K idnap & R ansom ( K&R) coverage. . Renewal Terms: This pol icy was r enewed with Chubb f or anot her an nual t erm per t he ex piring coverage terms and conditions for an annual premium of $7,650, which is $246 more than expiring. This increase is below current market trends for these lines of coverage.
USA WATER SKI CLUB PROGRAMS:
Club D&O/EPL Program eff. 11/1/2015-2016 . Program Description: This program pr ovides USA Water Ski affiliated clubs with access to affordable D&O and EPL coverage. The program was renewed by Great American Insurance Company per the expiring coverage terms & conditions. A summary of the new program has been posted on USA Water Ski’s website. . Online Access: Clubs ar e abl e t o app ly f or coverage, r enew c overage, a nd r equest D &O/EPL certificates of insurance through the following ESIX website: www.esixglobal.com/usawaterski. . Program Terms: The annual premium remains the same at $575 for a $1,000,000 limit and $875 for a $2, 000,000 l imit. All po licies ha ve a c ommon ex piration d ate of 11/ 1/2016. F or c lub enrollments after 11/ 1/2015, t he online s ystem w ill c alculate a p ro-rata p remium from t he dat e of enr ollment through ex piration o n 1 1/1/2016, s o t hat c lubs on ly pay f or t he t ime ac tually i nsured t hrough t he program, subject to a minimum premium of $100. . Program Participation: Approximately 24 USA Water Ski clubs participated in this program during the 11/1/2014-2015 policy year.
USA Water Ski Club Insurance Program eff. 1/1/2016-2017 . Program Description: The U SA Water S ki C lub I nsurance Program pr ovides U SA Water S ki affiliated c lubs w ith ac cess t o af fordable, e asy t o obt ain G eneral L iability and Participant A ccident coverage f or Club ac tivities and ex posures that f all outside the scope of the insurance provided b y USA Water Ski as part of sanctioning. . Program Terms: This program renewed on 1/1/2016 through K&K for the General Liability coverage (underwritten by Scottsdale Insurance Company) and Participant Accident coverage (underwritten by Nationwide Life Insurance Company). We were able to secure the following renewal terms: o All of the club program rates will be per expiring, except as noted below. o Private Lake Liability coverage is now an option under the standard program (eliminating the separate Private Lake Liability application form). o The bas e premium f or Private L ake Li ability coverage was reduced f rom $2, 500 t o $ 2,000 (plus applicable surplus lines tax). o The Private Lak e Li ability c overage is n o longer subject t o t he s ki season and per sonal watercraft premium surcharges. o The Private Lake Liability coverage is now subject to the same pro-rata schedule (rather than a different pro-rata schedule) for clubs enrolling for the first time into the program. o A press release regarding the renewal of the program for 2016 and various program documents are posted on the USA Water Ski website. . Program Participation: Approximately 36 USA Water Ski clubs participated in this program in 2015. With the enhancements to the program, we hope to see greater participation moving forward.
USA WATER SKI COACHES LIABILITY INSURANCE PROGRAM:
Coaches General Liability/Professional Liability Insurance Program eff. 1/1/2016-2017 . Program Description: The U SA Water S ki C oaches Li ability Insurance Program under written by Philadelphia Insurance Company provides USA Water Ski certified instructors/coaches with General Liability and Professional Liability coverage for their coaching, instructional training and related activity within the scope of certification. . Program Terms: This program renewed on 1/1/2016 per the expiring coverage terms & conditions with P hiladelphia. We w ere ab le t o get Philadelphia t o ad d a professional l iability c overage enhancement to this program for no additional premium. . Eligibility Requirements: The program is available to all USA Water Ski Level 1 Instructors, Level 2 Instructors or Le vel 3 C oaches who ha ve s uccessfully completed t he on line abuse & m olestation awareness and pr evention t raining, an d ha ve c ompleted and passed t he onl ine background screening process. Eligible instructors/coaches must enroll into the program and pay the $40 annual premium. A certificate of insurance is issued as confirmation of enrollment into the program. . Program Participation: Approximately 4 0 instructors/coaches s igned u p f or t he pr ogram in 201 5. For 2016, an estimated 80 certified instructors/coaches are expected to participate in the program. Eventually, the coverage may be included automatically as part of the USA Water Ski certification.
ESIX OVERVIEW
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ESIX serves some of the nation’s most prestigious professional and amateur sports organizations, foundations, national governing bodies, associations, teams and venues. By outsourcing the majority of their risk management and insurance functions to ESIX, these organizations are able to access valuable risk management and insurance expertise at a significantly lower overall cost. Over 200 sports organizations rely on ESIX for their risk management and insurance needs each year.
ESIX applies its risk management and insurance expertise to events, ranging from world-class sporting events (such as the ATP Tour World Championships, the AT&T National PGA Golf Tournament and the USA Cycling Pro Championships) to concerts and local events. Working with event organizers, sponsors and promoters, ESIX provides risk management and insurance support to over 100,000 events per year.
ESIX works with individual athletes and entertainers to provide insurance products designed to protect their financial future (and that of their family) in the event of death, disability, sickness or other exigencies associated with their skill. Top money winners on the ATP and PGA tours, auto racing champions, elite players in the NBA, NHL, NFL and MLB, and high profile collegiate, individual sport and entertainment performers are among our clientele. In total, over 1,100 athletes and entertainers are insured through ESIX.
ESIX clients include…. Association of Chief Executives for Sport (ACES) and its Member Organizations American Sailing Association US Adventure Racing US Obstacle Course Racing US Equestrian Federation US Judo Federation US Masters Swimming USA Climbing USA Diving USA Field Hockey USA Football USA Judo USA Rugby USA Team Handball USA Track & Field USA Triathlon USA Volleyball USA Water Ski USA Weightlifting Atlanta Braves Atlanta Hawks Philips Arena USA Pro Challenge Tour of California Tour of Colorado Mourning Family Foundation Tiger Woods Foundation U.S. Soccer Foundation ATP Tour PGA Tour WTA Tour
THE ESIX DIFFERENCE
Specialized Knowledge and Expertise ESIX associates have diverse and extensive experience serving the risk management and insurance needs of clients in the sports and entertainment communities. We use our knowledge and expertise to solve problems for our clients arising from today’s issues and to deliver practical risk management and insurance solutions for tomorrow’s opportunities.
Preferred Market Relationships Only a select number of companies have the ability to properly insure sports and entertainment risks. We maintain excellent relationships with the best carriers in the business, ensuring access to the markets and products needed by our clients. We represent a carefully selected group of sound, reputable insurance companies, and we place your insurance with the companies offering the best coverage at a competitive price.
Comprehensive Programs at Competitive Pricing At ESIX, we develop comprehensive and cost-effective insurance products and risk management solutions for our clients, allowing them to control their overall cost of risk. Through implementation of sound risk management practices and leveraging our preferred market relationships, we are able to offer our clients the best available products and services at competitive prices.
Risk Management (beyond the placement of Insurance) While coordinating the placement of insurance is a vital part of what we do, so is the development of comprehensive risk management strategies to effectively and efficiently address the risks and exposures of our clients, while taking into consideration their tolerance for risk. These strategies may include placement of insurance, self-insurance, contractual risk transfer, waiver and release systems, and the implementation of safety and loss control initiatives.
Reputation for Innovation, Integrity and Service Throughout our history, ESIX’s reputation has been built on the principles of Innovation, Integrity and Service. Our staff is dedicated to providing customized and innovative insurance products and risk management solutions for our clients, while at the same time maintaining our commitment to integrity and outstanding service.
Talented Professionals Just as the sports and entertainment industries attract individuals with exceptional talents, ESIX recognizes the importance of our staff as one of our principal assets. ESIX devotes considerable time and effort recruiting, cultivating and evaluating employees to ensure that our clients are being served by the best. ESIX considers its employees to be far more than ordinary and knows that to achieve extraordinary results, our employees must be challenged, empowered and rewarded for doing so.
Online Resources Our clients have 24/7 access to a number of valuable online resources through our website, including our certificate management system and risk management library. Insurance Comparison Years 2008 through 2014
Membership Acct. 5010 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 General Liability 132,825.15 108,446.00 102,205.36 107,496.81 134,170.43 174,016.68 191,058.13 190,968.35 164,029.77 Umbrella Insurance 22,160.00 30,572.00 26,221.14 27,329.00 26,247.00 17,933.00 20,539.84 14,867.90 15,678.04 Participant Accident 125,220.00 131,545.00 122,755.00 120,950.00 136,010.00 142,711.00 132,209.00 132,216.00 125,303.00 ESIX Fees 38,500.00 46,500.00 49,000.00 49,000.00 30,000.00 30,000.00 30,000.00 30,000.00 30,000.00 Sub Total A/C 5010 318,705.15 317,063.00 300,181.50 304,775.81 326,427.43 364,660.68 373,806.97 368,052.25 335,010.81 Club Ins. Program 2,652.50 Flyboard Liability Insurance 1,005.52 Ski Race (1/2 Liab.Premium) 5,206.57 Ski Race Gen.Liabality & Fee ‐10,413.13 ‐10,413.13 ‐10,413.13 ‐10,413.13 ‐10,413.13 ‐13,000.00 ‐13,000.00 ‐13,000.00 Claims Paid 8,019.92 0.00 0.00 182.50 Claims Expensed/Paid Later 88,557.37 0.00 0.00 0.00 Year Total in P & L A/C 5010 423,141.51 306,649.87 289,768.37 294,545.18 316,014.30 355,253.07 360,806.97 355,052.25 322,010.81 General Ins. Acct. 7032 General Liability 6,200.00 6,200.00 6,205.56 6,146.05 7,659.00 9,945.00 10,908.09 10,914.65 9,363.23 Auto (Hired & Non Hired) 332.70 250.00 253.00 253.00 204.63 204.63 240.00 240.00 484.00 AWSEF General Liability 1,901.00 2,540.96 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Umbrella Insurance 1,414.00 2,126.00 1,822.86 1,885.00 1,810.00 1,236.00 1,416.16 1,025.10 1,080.96 D & O Insurance 5,750.00 5,807.50 5,807.50 5,824.77 5,824.77 6,240.09 6,990.23 7,404.00 7,650.00 S. D. D & O Reimb. for Yr 2008 ‐1,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Sport Disc. D & O Reimburse ‐1,000.00 ‐1,000.00 ‐1,000.00 ‐991.24 ‐1,000.00 ‐1,200.00 ‐1,200.00 ‐1,200.00 Package (Property) Ins. 6,640.86 10,266.21 14,348.70 12,953.45 14,152.61 13,854.72 15,770.77 27,347.46 26,855.23 AWSEF Reimb. for Lake Sign, etc. ‐945.05 ‐945.05 ‐945.00 ‐945.00 ‐1,057.00 ‐1,832.25 ‐1,799.30 Year Total in P & L A/C 7032 20,337.56 24,550.71 29,033.53 25,117.22 27,714.77 29,535.44 33,068.25 43,898.96 42,434.12 Coaches Gen. Liab. A/C 5277 2,535.26 2,532.51 2,549.76 2,500.00 2,500.00 AWSA U‐21 Worlds A/C 6626 122.00 Work. Comp. Ins. A/C 8014 2,219.00 3,776.00 3,694.00 3,622.00 3,826.00 Less expenses paid later ‐88,557.37 0.00 0.00 0.00
Total Paid for Insurance Annual 443,479.07 343,613.71 331,160.08 332,020.58 360,832.70 403,577.15 415,375.98 421,105.46 386,770.23 Reimbursed by Others ‐88,557.37 ‐12,413.13 ‐12,358.18 ‐12,358.18 ‐12,349.37 ‐12,358.13 ‐15,257.00 ‐16,032.25 ‐15,999.30 Total Expenses on annual P & L 354,921.70 331,200.58 318,801.90 319,662.40 348,483.33 391,219.02 400,118.98 405,073.21 370,770.93 ..
1/7/2016 1:58 PM 2015 USAWS Award Winners:
ABC Male Athlete of the Year Landen Ehlers Female Athlete of the Year Shannon Heller
AKA Male Athlete of the Year Ken Stuart Female Athlete of the Year A’lisa Piper Junior Male Athlete of the Year Austin Daman Junior Female Athlete of the Year Allie Maloney
AWSA Male Athlete of the Year Freddy Krueger Female Athlete of the Year Regina Jaquess Slalom Skier of the Year Nate Smith Tricks Skier of the Year Anna Gay Jump Skier of the Year Alex Lauretano Overall Skier of the Year Regina Jaquess Rising Superstar of the Year Griffin Stange Volunteer of the Year Bob Harris Team of the Year Pan American Water Ski Team
NCWSA Outstanding Male Athlete of the Year Thibaut Dailland Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year Taryn Grant Male Outstanding Leadership Award Newt Cutcliffe Female Outstanding Leadership Award Lauren Smith Team of the Year Louisiana-Lafayette
NSSA Male Skier of the Year Cameron Baxter Female Skier of the Year Rachael Zenk Honorary National Director Skip Gilkerson and Kurt Bemman Team of the Year Aquanut Water Shows Volunteer of the Year Shauna Pasanen That’s Incredible Jeremy Armstrong, Geno Yauchler and Shauna Pasanen NWSRA None this year
USA Wakeboard Male Rider of the Year Phil Soven Female Rider of the Year Meagan Ethell Volunteer of the Year Dan Levine Award of Merit Hollie Waldrop Award of Merit Raimi Merrit Award of Merit Zane Schwenk Coach of the Year Mike Ferraro Team of the Year U.S. Wakeboard Team
USA Water Ski Male Athlete of the Year Freddy Krueger Female Athlete of the Year Regina Jaquess Developmental Coach of the Year Cody Heller Volunteer Coach of the Year Eric Lee National Coach of the Year Lori Krueger Award of Merit Bill Baker That’s Incredible Alex Lauretano Volunteer of the Year Shauna Pasanen Team of the Year U.S. Disabled Water Ski Team
USHA Male Athlete of the Year Shannon Pope Female Athlete of the Year Alison Goin Ambassador of the Year Kevin Thayer That’s Incredible Justin Dietrich
WSDA Male Skier of the Year Connor Poggetto Female Skier of the Year Katie Mawby
January 6, 2016
To: USA-WS Board of Directors
From: Jeff Clark, Chair, USA-WS Bylaws Committee
Re: January 2016 Bylaws Committee Report
This is the odd year when we review the membership numbers and make revisions to the Director seating and the voting allocation for each of the Sport Disciplines for all meetings and votes of the USA-WS Board of Directors.
ACTION ITEM # 1: DISENFRANCHISE UNITED STATES HYDROFOIL ASSOCIATION AS A SPORT DISCIPLINE OF USA-WS PER ARTICLE V SECTION I
The US Hydrofoil Association (USHA) membership numbers have been below the required ½ of 1% of the USA-WS total membership as noted in Article V Section I of the USA-WS Bylaws since 2012.
December 31, 2012 82 members USA-WS 17428 needs 87 to meet ½ of 1% requirement
December 31, 2013 55 members USA-WS 16308 needs 82 to meet ½ of 1% requirement
December 31, 2014 52 members USA-WS 15728 needs 79 to meet ½ of 1% requirement
December 31, 2015 53 members USA-WS 15313 needs 77 to meet ½ of 1% requirement.
The Bylaws Committee is recommending that the USA-WS Board of Directors address this issue and make a decision as to how to proceed per the USA-WS Bylaws, Article V Section I for USHA remaining as a Sport Discipline of USA Water Ski.
Article V Section I
I. A Sport Discipline may be disenfranchised should any one or more of the following conditions exist: (i) membership of the Sport Discipline falls below 1/2 of 1% of USA- WS total individual membership; (ii) failure to meet financial obligations or maintain financial stability; (iii) cause discredit to the public image of USA-WS, International Waterski and Wakeboard Federation or the USOC; (iv) failure to hold a national championship on consecutive years. Disenfranchising a Sport Discipline requires a two- thirds (2/3) vote of the Board.
This will remove them completely as a Sport Discipline, take away their seat on the Board of Directors, their 1 vote and they would not receive Sport Discipline annual funding.
RATIONALE:
They were informed verbally in 2013 and 2014 by the Bylaws Committee Chair that they needed to get their membership numbers up to the required minimum before the next renewal period ending in 2015.
The Bylaws Chair also brought this to the attention of the Board in January of 2015 at the annual meeting under new business and asked that this be addressed by the Board. The Board gave Bob Crowley instructions to contact the leadership of the USHA concerning this matter and to allow them the rest of 2015 to get their membership numbers up to the required amount and begin hosting sanctioned competitions as they were required to do when brought into the organization in 2005.
ACTION ITEM # 2: SUGGESTED RESOLUTION IF USHA DISENFRANCHISED:
USA-WS as the National Governing Body of Towed Water Sports in the United States and the USHA both have a mutual need to have the USHA remain with USA-WS, so we would recommend that we approve USHA as an Affiliate Organization per Article V Section H and they meet the requirements.
H. Upon written petition by an affiliated sports organization, and upon a finding by the Board that such organization: (i) conducts the selection of athletes to represent the United States of America in international amateur athletic competition; or (ii) conducts a national program or regular national athletic competition consistent with all other such programs and competitions in water skiing in the United States; and (iii) presents a set of bylaws consistent with these bylaws; shall be granted direct representation on the Board upon receiving two-thirds (2/3) of the votes of the Board.
Under Article VI Section 2 (c) they would have a seat on the Board with voice, but without vote.
(c) Affiliate Organization Directors shall be non-voting Directors elected or appointed by an Affiliate. Affiliates must receive a two-thirds vote of the Board to seat a Director on the Board, and the Board shall determine the number of seats and term for each Affiliate.
They will be able exercise their right to sanction a Grass Roots event, but they will still have to adhere to all of the requirements of a sanctioned event.
In the future, if they were able to bring their membership numbers to 1% of the USA-WS membership for a two-year period and have met the requirements for a new Sport Discipline, they then could apply to be admitted back into the organization as a recognized Sport Discipline of USA-WS. Now what happens to our voting calculations? If we remove the 1 vote for USHA, then we would give the NSSA 29 votes so that we maintain the required 79 votes for the elected Directors.
ACTION ITEM # 3:
Now to the next issues, which are Housekeeping issues to clean up the P & P Manual.
1. 2.3 – change the Ambassador dues to $1500 per the vote earlier this summer by the Board. 2. 2.4 Affiliate members-current; changed American Water Ski Educational Foundation (AWSEF) to USA Water Ski Foundation (USA-WSF) 3. Delete3.1.4 - Foreign memberships have been revised and are now counted in the Active membership column as full members.
3.1.4 Members listed in the “Foreign” membership types (2.3) shall not be included in the membership numbers used in Section 3.0 of this manual.
4. 3.2.7 and 3.7 – change the acronym AWSEF to USA-WSF (USA Water Ski Foundation) to reflect their name change.
ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED IN 2016 BY THE BYLAWS COMMITTEE
1. When USA Water Ski became the National Governing Body (NGB) in 1999 the organization had 28436 members and we based all of our Director seat and voting allocations on this membership number for all of the Sport Disciplines (SD). See table below:
ORIGINAL MEMBERSHIP BASE AS OF 12/31/1997 WHICH WAS USED FOR
THE TEN YEAR REVIEW REQUIRED IN 3.2.5 IN 2007
Sport Discipline Actual Percent No Pref Adjusted
SD Total Allocation Total
ABC 1080 4.50 193 1273
AKA 241 1.00 43 284
AWSA 15362 63.86 2739 18101
NCWSA 936 3.89 167 1103
NSSA 5269 21.90 939 6208 NWSRA 763 3.17 136 899
USA-WB 321 1.33 57 378
WSDA 85 .35 15 100
Total SD 24057 100.00 4289 28346
No preference 4289
Total 28346
At the end of 2007, we did the required 10-year review of all of the Sport Disciplines membership numbers for possible adjustments to the Director seating and to verify that all of the SD met the Bylaws requirements to continue as an SD. We had 23012 total memberships at that time which is a change of 21% since 1999. See table below:
TEN YEAR REVIEW TABLE PER THE 12/31/2007 MEMBERSHIP NUMBERS
AND CURRENT SPORTS DISCIPLINE DIRECTOR ALLOCATIONS
Membership Directors Effective date
ABC 800 1 1/08
AKA 251 1 1/08
AWSA 11306 5 1/08
NCWSA 1299 1 1/08
NSSA 6106 2 1/08
NWSRA 556 1 1/08
USA-WB 1724 1 1/08
USHA 371 1 1/08
WSDA 108 1 1/08
AAC* NA 4 1/08
As noted earlier in our Agenda Item 8 report, you will note that our current membership is 15313, which is a change of 33% in the past 8 years and 46% since 1999. The problem is with 3.1.2 of the P & P that covers Director seating.
3.1.2 Sport Disciplines will retain their inaugural number of seats so long as they maintain 50% of their inaugural membership. The inaugural membership level shall be reviewed every ten years for possible adjustment. Sport Discipline inaugural membership and inaugural Director seats allocated are detailed in the following table: See the first table in this dialogue.
We will have a recommendation for the Board to consider at the January 2017 meeting, so we will be prepared for the next ten-year review at the end of 2017. We will also remain open to issues presented by the membership and the Board for consideration.
ETHICS COMMITTEE
NO REPORT
There are no issues to report
USA WATER SKI INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE REPORT January, 2016
The committee had its once-every-four years spurt of activity in the fall of 2014 prior to the Pan Am Games, which took place in Toronto in July of 2015. As you have read in the magazine, on our website and in social media, the four skiers and one rider had a successful tournament, both on and off the water and an amazing, one-of-a-kind experience. Our team and staff stayed in the Olympic village with all the other U.S. teams, mingling with their athletes and even shared its ski site with other water sports such as the swimming component of the triathlon (not during our events of course). The village was only accessible to athletes, staff and volunteers other than those with special daytime visitor passes. Our team thanks USA-WS and its Board of Directors for this unique privilege and opportunity, one fully funded, including an abundance of Nike clothing, by the United States Olympic Committee. These Games offer our athletes one of the few tournaments in their careers where they share the spotlight with the best of the best in other sports. We were in fact welcomed and treated just the same as all the other athletes from both Pan Am Games only and Olympic Games sports. There were over 7000 athletes present during the entire almost three week duration representing 39 sports (including for the first time ever all of those in the Olympic Games) with competitors from 41 countries.
Jim Grew, IAC chair, 2015 U.S. Pan Am Games team leader
Judicial Committee
To: USA Water Ski Board of Directors From: Jeff Smith, Chair Date: January 2016
The USA Water Ski Judicial Committee reports as follows:
There are no current action items from the Judicial Committee. The committee handled one matter during 2015 involving an alleged violation of USA-WS’s SafeSport Policy. The matter involved criminal charges brought against a USA-WS member. The member has been suspended from USA-WS, pending resolution of the criminal charges (at which time the Judicial Committee proceedings will be finalized).
There are no other matters pending before the Judicial Committee.
20472516.1 Risk Management Committee
To: USA Water Ski Board of Directors From: Jeff Smith, Chair Date: January 2016
The USA Water Ski Risk Management Committee reports as follows:
There are no current action items from the Risk Management Committee. Current work that is underway is:
1. Updating the USA-WS Concussion Awareness Program, both substantively and as to its dissemination (permanently on the USA-WS website, and with increased emphasis in the Safety Director training manual). 2. Reviewing and updating the Event Waiver to ensure that the issue of athlete consent to the use of their photos and images, e.g., in The Water Skier, is adequately addressed. 3. Reviewing the eligibility age for safety directors.
Additionally, all 2015 injury reports will be reviewed to assist in ongoing loss prevention and injury prevention programs. Towboat Committee Report January 2016
January 2016
To: USAWS Board of Directors AWSA Board of Directors
From: Will Bush George Lindy
INFORMATION ONLY – NO ACTION ITEMS
AWSA Tournament use – Open / Closed Tournaments
The towboat companies requested a change to the tournament sanctioning program to better determine whether a tournament is open for use by all manufacturers or is limited to specific manufacturers. The sanction process has been modified to add a drop down menu to indicate if the tournament is “OPEN” or “CLOSED” to all towboat companies. Towboat open means all towboats are welcome. Towboat closed means only specified towboats will be welcome.
Also, the manufacturers are asking for real time reporting of use by regions. USAWS Staff and the Committee are currently working to implement.
Speed Control – 3 event Zero Off – Garmin Pucks / ECI
All towboat manufacturers are in the process of installing the Zero Off ECI Single Puck in-lieu of the dual Garmin pucks used in prior years. The manufacturers have tested each towboat model with the new ECI Puck and have been approved for use.
Towboat Tests ] Towboat Tests were held on October 25-27, USAWS Headquarters, Lake Grew, Polk City, Florida. Attached is a list of the Approved 3 event boats. American Water Ski Association Approved Tournament Towboats 2016 REVISED 12/7/2015 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
The following list identifies those towboats successfully meeting the 2015-2016 USA Water Ski Approved Tournament Towboat Evaluation criteria and guidelines. By meeting and /or exceeding the USA Water Ski criteria for water ski towboats, the following are now "APPROVED" to pull AWSA sanctioned events. Boats are approved only as tested, and must be configured with engine, fuel delivery system, propeller, and transmission as shown below.
As Chief Driver, it is your responsibility to ensure that the Towboat Documentation Report has been completed in WSTIMS. Check with the Chief Scorer to ensure that the boats available or used during the tournament have been recorded. Use the boat models as listed below. Also, please read the AWSA Towboat Use Policy information for model year requirements.
Boat New/ Propeller Speed Manufacturer Model Unmodified Engine Mfr. & Model/Trans. Mfr Blades Size Control
PCM ZR409 (6.0L) /1.26:1 OJ 534 4 13 x 14.5 Nibral 1 Centurion Carbon Pro Modified ZO PCM Excalibur 343(5.7L) /1.26:1 OJ 365 3 14 x 13 Nibral
Indmar Raptor (6.2) /1:1 AC 525 3 13 x 11.5 Nibral 2 Malibu Response TXi Modified Crusader (5.7L) /1:1 AC 525 3 13 x 11.5 Nibral ZO Crusader 409 (6.0L) / 1:1 AC 515 3 13 x 12 Nibral Crusader 450 (6.0L) / 1:1 AC 515 3 13 x 12 Nibral
2 Malibu Response LXR New Crusader / Monsoon (5.7L) 1:1 AC 525 3 13 x 11.5 Nibral ZO
Ilmor MV8 (5.7L) /1.26:1 OJ 709 4 13.9 x 14.25 Nibral 3 MasterCraft ProStar Modified ZO Ilmor MV8 (6.2L) /1.22:1 OJ 712 3 14 x 13 Nibral
AC 654* 4 12.5 x 15 Nibral PCM H5 (5.3L) /1.23:1 AC 1458 3 13 x 14 Nibral 4 Nautique Ski Nautique 200 Modified ZO PCM H6 (6.2L) /1.23:1 AC 668* 4 12.5 x 15.5 Nibral AC 1458 3 13 x 14 Nibral
NOTE: Props indicated with * = are typically the primary prop; however boat with engines approved with more than one propeller may use any approved prop in sanctioned tournaments.
Props: OJ = OJ Props/Johnson AC = ACME Speed Control: ZO = Zero Off USOC Report Andrew Adkison AAC Rep to the USOC
In review of the October AAC Meeting minutes the majority of the focus was on that of Olympic Sports. A primary objective that did pertain to Waterski and Wakeboard is the continued athlete participation in the Safe Sport initiative. Our continual compliance and participation in Safe Sport is pivotal to our relationship with the USOC.
Looking toward the voting and election procedure for the 2017 USOC AAC Rep and alternate has also become a priority topic. This is especially important for Waterski/Wakeboard in particular as many of the athletes have similar tournament schedules. Being that athletes are valid AAC Reps for 10 years after elite competition I feel we should look toward a pool of potential athlete Reps that have more flexibility in their schedules during the competition season.
Competition Performances- With our Pan American Waterski Team taking home 8 medals we are a valued part of the collective United States Pan American Team. Continuing our dedication to the betterment of the elite athletes will further our positive position with the USOC and our funding to be part of the Pan American Games.
Upcoming January 2016 AAC meetings- I will be attending the January 23-24 AAC Meeting in Los Angles and will follow that immediately with a report to USA Waterski.
January, 2016
To: USA Water Ski Board of Directors
From: Leon J. Larson Waterways Education Committee Chairman
Re: Report to the Board, Winter 2016
The Waterways Education Committee continues to be active. On page 2 is a listing of the issues that have been addressed throughout the year. Many issues this year were settled through simple phone calls.
I also continue to be active as Chair of the IWWF Environment Committee. Currently I have updated the IWWF Environment Manual, the IWWF Safety Manual and the USAWS Waterways Manual. These documents are available on the IWWF and the USAWS web sites. The IWWF appointment is paramount to the continued access to waterways issues and developments worldwide. My position on the USAWS Risk Management Committee also helps resolve some of the waterways issues.
I also continued my involvement on the Underwriters Laboratories Personal Floatation Device (PFD) Standards Panel. PFD classifications are in the process of being revised. Any suggestions on design criteria for water ski PFD’s are appreciated and will be brought before the panel. We are continuing to work with the Coast Guard (CG) and the manufacturers to obtain a special use designation for our lightweight neoprene vests that have become so popular but are not Coast Guard approved
In August I attended the Green Sports Alliance Summit in Chicago. Affiliation with this organization can supplies essential contacts and sustainability information essential to the committees' operation. IWWF membership in this Alliance has been obtained A full report is attached.
The annual meeting of the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) was held in May 2015in Washington DC. Funding for my attendance came from IWWF. We were able to effectively lobby congressmen and women on the cause of waterways access in states where issues are most active. The Ethanol in fuels issue persists as the EPA is considering raising the minimum ethanol content in fuels to 20%. NMMA is currently lobbying against such a move.
The WEC Manual and the Gronland case file are available electronically and continue to help in several of the cases listed in the attached supplement on page 2. I continue to keep the committee members active by passing local issues on to them for action and keeping them informed of National issues. They have responded well. Most of the listed issues were resolved favorably. The Committee will continue to upgrade the Waterways Education Manual as new information becomes available
Respectfully submitted,
Leon J. Larson Committee Chairman
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WATERWAYS EDUCATION COMMITTEE 2015 Activity
WATERWAYS EDUCATION COMM. AFFILIATIONS:
International Water Ski and Wakeboard Fed. Environment Committee Chairman Olympic Committee on Sport and Environment United Nations Environment Program Water Ski Industry Association National Marine Mfg. Assoc. Waterways Access Task Force National Association of Boating Law Administrators NASBLA Global Sports Alliance Underwriters Laboratory Green Sports Alliance
WATERWAYS EDUCATION COMM. ACTIVITIES and ISSUES
DATE 2014 STATE ACTIVITIES and ISSUES 1/25/15 Ind. Slalom course permit 2/1/15 Wis. Mirror-vs-observer 2/3/15 W. Vir. Slalom course safety 3/10/15 Wis. Slalom course hours 3/16/15 N. Hamp. Mirror-vs-observer 4/18/15 Fla.. Slalom course permit Renewal 5/19/15 W. Vir. Slalom course permit 7/9/15 Mi. Lake access 7/17/15 So. Car. PFD regulations 9/16/15 Mary. Slalom course permit add pre-gates 12/13/15 N.C. Slalom course permit 12/7/15 Wis. Lake use hours
CONFERENCES ATTENDED
5/6/15 Wash DC American Boating Congress 7/7/15 Chicago Green Sports Alliance Summit
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International Water Ski & Wakeboard Federation
Environment Committee
From the Desk of: Leon J. Larson Environment Committee Chairman
To:: IWWF Executive Board
Re: Report on the American Boating Congress 2015
The IWWF was represented at this meeting of the National Marine Manufacturers Assoc. (NMMA) American Boating Congress in Washington DC USA on May 11-14,2015 by Leon Larson Chairman Environment Committee.
Several important issues were discussed, and once again the issue of Ethanol in marine applications was at the forefront of issues. As most of you already know ethanol in the marine environment damages engines and constitutes a potential safety hazard. US EPA is considering an increase in the allowable percentage of ethanol in US fuels to 15%. Below is an example of some of the research being done on renewable fuels
Since the health of US Marine Manufacturing Industries is so closely tied to the success of our sport and since many of the products we use are manufactured by US companies, attendance at this meeting on an annual basis is seen as most beneficial to our continued success as a sport. Our support of the NMMA allows marine and water sport industry executives know that we are interested in their success, and support their efforts to sustain a healthy industry. The continued ability of the IWWF Environment Committee to network with the manufacturers of marine engines and other marine products, and our ability to lobby on the behalf of the industry is essential in our ability to stay abreast of the most recent technologies.
Respectfully submitted, Leon J. Larson Leon J. Larson 19/May/2015
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International Water Ski & Wakeboard Federation Environment Committee
From the Desk of: Leon J. Larson Environment Committee Chairman
To: IWWF Executive Board Re: Report on the Green Sports Alliance Summit July 2015
The IWWF was represented at this meeting of the Green Sports Alliance (GSA) in Chicago Illinois. USA by Leon Larson Chairman Environment Committee.
The Green Sports Alliance has expanded to 297 members, 139 teams, 147 venues, and 20 leagues. It has now also expanded internationally into Europe, with affiliates in the UK, France, and Australia.
Over 700 conference participants attended this 5th Green Sports Alliance Summit held this year in Chicago Ill USA. Green Sports Alliance members span nearly 300 professional and collegiate sports teams and venues from 20 different leagues and 14 countries. The annual Green Sports Alliance Summit is the world’s largest and most influential gathering for the sports community to unite around sustainability. The event brings together more than 800 industry stakeholders to learn and share better practices and the latest innovations in greening operations, advancing the supply chain and engaging fans.
Several speakers at the summit addressed issues relevant to the activities of the IWWF. The Green Sports Alliance Summit serves as a platform for the sports community to unite around sustainability – bringing together more than 700 industry stakeholders to engage their peers in meaningful dialogue around better environmental practices and proven solutions that help to advance the green sports movement. The primary conference sponsors were the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) an advocate for international environment and sustainability, and the United Parcel Service (UPS). There were some 40 additional companies, and event sponsors from the environmental community.
GSA is currently forming a Global Leadership Council (GLC)to further promote international expansion. In inquiring about membership on the council I was informed that they would like to have us on board but it would take a league membership at a cost of $2,500.00 USD to accomplish that. In further conversation with GSA and explaining our structure further, the following response came through: "That is understandable--we'd allow IWWF to join at the $500 level. You could certainly still contribute to the GLC as appropriate, but I should be clear that the GLC/corporate membership is a different category from our traditional (sports) membership. We hope to facilitate as much interaction and collaboration as possible between the two groups, but only corporations will be formal members of the GLC." Opinion?
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Here is a sample of some topics of interest included the following sessions:
Raising the Bar: How the Green Sports Movement Can Leverage Lessons from the Women’s Leadership Movement
The Women, Sports & the Environment Symposium provides an opportunity to engage and support women and men from all sectors of the sports industry to further advance the green sports movement. This collaborative community discusses the role women can have in the development of a more sustainable future; using sports as an instrument of change to address community and environmental issues, while continuing to inspire each other to advance professionally.
Significant Panelist: Nancy Atufunwa | Senior Account Manager, IMG Worldwide, Corporate Consulting Division
Town Hall Discussion | Climate & Sports: Reducing the Carbon Impacts of Large Sports
Organizing and hosting sports events, from local matches to international championships, can create significant impacts on communities, both positive and negative. Large-scale events can come with a substantial carbon footprint due to major infrastructure development and associated international travel. However, sports events provide a unique platform to engage large audiences and catalyze positive action towards environmental stewardship, including reducing emissions. Sports industry professionals around the world are increasing their efforts to measure, reduce, and report GHG emissions. The Olympics, for example, incorporated environmental stewardship as one of its fundamental values and the third pillar of Olympism in the mid- nineties. Ever since, the Olympics has set tangible and impactful goals to manage the Games’ carbon footprint. Strong partnerships among organizers, companies, academia, NGOs, and other stakeholders can pave the way for better carbon management and a more sustainable future by mobilizing the power of sports.
This Town Hall Discussion explored how event organizers, leagues, teams, host cities, governments and venue developers can leverage the power of sports and the inherent mobilization that large-scale sports events spur to address climate change and develop new business opportunities.
Moderator: Fernão Silveira | Integrated Public Affairs Leader, Dow Olympic & Sports Solutions Jeff Hansbro | Senior Technology & Sustainability Leader, Dow Olympic & Sports Solutions Eva Kassens-Noor | Assistant Professor of Urban and Transport Planning in the School of Planning, Design, and Construction at Michigan State University David Stubbs | Independent Sustainability Expert; IOC Consultant, Former Head of Sustainability for London 2012
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How-To Workshop | Better Places to Play: Creating Healthier Venues for Athletes & fans
In order to achieve the highest possible performance, athletes take care of their bodies. They consider their overall health and wellness through safe and effective workout plans and healthy diets. Similarly, the environment in which they play can have a significant impact on their performance. Clean air, sanitary playing surfaces and overall environmental exposures are important to maintain a healthy, high-performing sports venue…and athlete.
Empowering Future Leaders: Students Tackling Sports & Sustainability
Students can offer a fresh perspective and innovative ideas to develop solutions to the staggering environmental and social issues we are facing today. As the future leaders in our businesses and communities, students can help inject energy into and amplify sports greening initiatives. Students’ embrace of environmentally and socially preferable products and practices is also helping to accelerate the advancement of the sports greening movement.
Some Contacts:
Mr. Allen Hershkowitz, PhD President Green Sports Alliance [email protected] Questions about the Alliance and its mission can be directed to him.
Andretti Autosports Hector Scarano, Sales and Marketing Manager [email protected] for more info on formula "E" and its possible impact on the development of the electric boat and battery technology.
And: Brian Wynne, President of Electric Drive Transportation Association [email protected]
Vincent Abrue Vice President of business development Wells Fargo Ins. Marine industry and sports insurance.
Barbara Cunningham Deputy director for Management and Polution Prevention US EPA
Other useful contacts are:
Steve Seiferheld Senior Vice President Consumer Research Turnkey Intelligence. Sustainability calculating reporting. [email protected]
Garrett Russo Communications Director VCS Verified Carbon Standard [email protected] Sustainability calculating and reporting
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Below are some additional useful links that will be inserted into the IWWF Environment Manual tool box section.
Global Reporting index ( GRI) Describes several methods to quantify an environment footprint. https://www.globalreporting.org
EPA Energy Star Carbon disclosure Project How to report environment footprints. http://www.pe-international.com/america/services-solutions/carbon-footprint/carbon- disclosure-project/?gclid=COfbyaDk6r8CFcZQ7AodaywAdw
Running Sustainable Events How to run a sustainable event. http://www.iso.org/iso/iso20121
Conclusion: This conference has expanded significantly and has moved more into the international realm. I would encourage IWWF to consider aligning with this organization as its international footprint continues to grow.
Respectfully submitted,
Leon J. Larson
Leon J. Larson 10 July 2015
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USA-WS BOD Meeting AAC Report January 31, 2016
1. AAC Meetings
1.1. The AAC will be bringing back the annual athlete meeting in 2016. We hope this addition will encourage athlete participation, discussion and cohesiveness.
2. US Open.
2.1. The athletes had both positive and negative feedback this year. It was great to see the event return, however, there were inequality issues between the three events concerning prize money. Trick skiing had significantly lower prize money while still charging the same high entry fee as other events. We want to encourage three-event tournaments like this and hope that USA Waterski will continue to support equality overall. The athletes feel strongly about pushing the sport in the three-event direction.
3. World Championship.
3.1. The US continues to be well represented at the World Championships. We believe that funding needs to be maintained for the elite team for the benefit of the sport. The support and promotion of these elite skiers encourages young athletes to pursue their dreams within our sport. Consideration should be given to include a physical therapist (at no charge) to travel with the team to all funded events.
4. Pan Am Games
4.1 The Pan Am games were held this year and the U.S. brought home 8 Medals. This event is huge for U.S. athletes, it is the closest thing we have to the Olympics. Athletes are funded by the USOC and treated equal to every other sport discipline. We are able to have this due to our relationship with the USOC. This is just another reason it is crucial to maintain our relationship with the USOC.
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USA Water Ski Foundation January 2016 report
The events of 2015 marked the start of a new era for the USA Water Ski Foundation, its partners and towed water sports. We opened the windows to let in fresh air. We opened our minds to new approaches. We opened the doors to deeper and more meaningful engagement with all sectors of the water sports community and new partners beyond the industry. The results will shape the future of our organization and the sport for years to come.
The biggest news came on August 10th when we officially announced the relocation of our Headquarters, Water Ski Hall of Fame, Museum and IWWF Hall of Fame to the city of Auburndale’s 25 million dollar Lake Myrtle Sports Complex. Plans include the building of a wakeboard cable park and new water ski complex to accommodate multiple disciplines of towed water sports. The move provides a sustainable business model and revenue streams as well as a high profile public platform to launch future initiatives. We will be giving a full presentation at the board meeting on January 31st which will answer a lot of the questions people may have regarding this move. Simultaneously, while putting these plans in motion, the Foundation has continued to expand its other programs and bring in new high profile partners.
Coming off the most successful Water Ski Hall of Fame event in history in 2015, the USA Water Ski Foundation has grabbed the attention of many supporters both within the industry and beyond. The USA Water Ski Foundation as recently inked a one million dollar deal that brings the Foundation $100,000 per year for the next 10 years to help cover operational expenses as we continue with our marketing, branding, communications and program development.
The Foundation has partnered with Walt Disney World Resort for the Water Ski Hall of Fame program. The biggest night of the water ski calendar will now be hosted by the biggest name in entertainment. The partnership reflects the direction in which we are taking the Hall of Fame and is in line with the level of excellence to which we aspire. We have an incredible Hall of Fame class to honor this year which includes some of the greatest show skiers, 3- eventers, barefooters, ski racers and pioneers in our sport.
Water Ski Hall of Fame Class of 2016
Inductees Lori Dunsmore, William Farrell, Gerry & Cathy Luiting, Marty Wells
Special Lifetime Tribute Andy Mapple, Skip Gilkerson
Award of Distinction Paul Boel, Leza Harrison, Hank Longo, Les Todd, Mark Voisard
New Lifetime Achievement Award Jim McCormick, Harry & Artis Price
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When Walt Disney rolls out the red carpet for the Water Ski Hall of Fame, you can bet it will be a night to remember. We hope you join us on April 16th at Walt Disney’s Yacht Club Resort. Tickets can be purchased on our website at www.usawaterskifoundation.org
The Foundation’s partnerships with Columbia Sportswear and RedZone gave a huge boost to our merchandising program this past summer, particularly our UPF Sun Protection products. Our merchandising income more than tripled due to our variety of high quality products that included clothing to provide you with the highest UV protection available and to keep you safe, cool, comfortable, and fashionable. We will continue to expand these partnerships in 2016 and are happy to see other organizations following this trend. It’s a win-win for everyone and follows the social responsibility values set forth in our strategic plan. The Foundation attended the Masters Water Ski & Wakeboard Tournament, the Wisconsin State Show Ski Tournament, the NSSA Division 1 National Water Ski Show Tournament, and the GOODE Water Ski National Championships. The Foundation also sponsored the Malibu Open series.
2015 was the biggest, most successful year ever for the Ski with the Legends program. What started five years ago as just a small event in Florida with a handful of skiers has exploded around the country taking place in the Midwest, West Coast and East Coast regions involving hundreds of skiers in multiple disciplines.
Our Scholarship award money continued to increase for the 2015 scholarship year, and the Foundation awarded nine scholarships to deserving college student athletes competing on college water ski teams or clubs. The Foundation also made a donation to USA Water Ski in the amount of $10,000 in efforts to ease their expense on the building cap while plans for the move are in progress.
2015 was a year of change, change driven by a record of success and a clear vision. All measures of transparency, compliance and good governance driven by a 4 year strategic plan have now been put into motion. We would like to thank our very dedicated Executive & Finance Committee and Foundation Board of Trustees for their unwavering support, guidance and expertise. The USA Water Ski Foundation entered 2015 looking confidently to the future, guided by a strategic roadmap to shape the future of our sport and strengthen its role in society. We believe the sport will be better for it.
Respectively submitted,
Paul Chapin Tracy Mattes President Executive Director USA Water Ski Foundation USA Water Ski Foundation
WSIA Executive Report Submitted by Larry Meddock USAWS BOD Meeting January, 2016
Growth: We reported to you last year that we were on a course of expansion and growth. That statement remains true for 2016. However, growth does not come without some growing pains. The candidate selected last year by our Board to replace me as E.D. did not work out and I was asked, in early April of 2015, if I would return to the WSIA as its E.D. until such time a new E.D. could be selected. I have agreed, but now also pleased to announce Mr. Kevin Michael as the Assistant Executive Director. Our goal is for Kevin to take the position of E.D. of the WSIA in March of 2016, and I will move into the Chairman position for the remainder of 2016.
Wave Energy Study: We promised in 2015 to complete a first of its kind, wave energy study to determine if wake or waves coming from wakeboard/wakesurf boats could indeed cause shore erosion or property damage. We are pleased to report that the study is complete and will be ready for distribution in early 2016. The study was conducted on Lake Conway, Florida during the month of Feb. 2015. Two locations were selected for the study, one deep water and one shallow. The study was performed and tabulated by two MIT scientists and first presented to the WSIA Board at Surf Expo last September. The results were very favorable, yet very scientific. Our challenge was to “dumb” down the results for a broader understanding relative to wakes/waves and then provide this information to those that need to respond to folks who believe we are destroying their shorelines.
Video: For 2016 we are planning, and have received budget approval, to produce a “Captain’s Etiquette” video. While we feel the wake community is not endangering our shore lines and property, we do feel we a need to do a better job in educating captains regarding their ‐2 responsibility for their wakes. Some captains feel they have the right to do as they darn well please, at any time, on any lake, and this is not being tolerated by property owners. We foresee a comprehensive educational plan, delivered through the boat dealer network, to change this attitude. The folks at Bonnier have agreed to produce a first of its kind video and plan to have it ready for debut by the 2016 WSIA Summit.
Wakesurfing: Wakesurfing continues to be the driving force of new product development for both boat and board manufacturers. So much so, we saw 6 new boat manufacturers come to Surf Expo in 2015 to exhibit new offerings for wakesurfing. The WSIA was asked to speak at two of these boat manufacturers’ dealer meetings. We now have Four Winns, Regal, Chaparral, Monterey, Bryant, and even Scarab releasing new product into the “sport specific” world of towed watersports. We are told that Cobalt will have a new offering at the Miami Boat show. We expect even more boats to follow. The reason these “new” brands are entering this market is the new Forward Drive system from Volvo. Volvo as produced a new and improved stern drive system that places their counter rotating propellers in front of the lower unit instead of behind it. This potentially limits the danger of a possible propeller strike. The WSIA is pleased to welcome these new boat brands to our industry, as they will expand the entry level base of wake surfing and we feel we will see expansion in both boat and board sales.
Handbook: The WSIA has produced a brand new “how to” safety handbook. This is one more risk management tool for our members to use. The book is not a deep dive into instruction, but a practical review of the all the towed activities now available and how to avoid some mistakes that could lead to an injury. Tubing: New, for 2016, is the inclusion of a new safety video on tubing including a dedication to the Fedorko family and the loss of their daughter, Emily. The safety video is a first of its kind and deals with all the possible issues of danger while towing a tuber. Time permitting, we will show a copy of this new video during the meeting. Tubing remains the number one towed activity in our industry. The tubing manufacturers decided that the new safety video is a good start in providing valuable information to the consumer, but more data is needed in the construction of tubes relative to how the tube is made relative to load data. It was decided that a comprehensive analysis of data should be gathered by having all, or as many as we could collect, inflatables that are currently on the market. Each of these inflatables will be tested with load devices added to them. In addition, load meters will be added to individuals to see just how much load is on the individual as well as the inflatable. With this knowledge, we feel a better product can be built and developed for
‐3 future models of tubes. Preliminary tests have already been completed and the remainder of these tests are scheduled for Jan. or early Feb. of 2016.
The Water Sports Foundation: The WSF, remains an active player in the world of National Educational Outreach. For the 2015/16 grant cycle, we received an additional $825,000 in Federal funds. This brings our total to over $3 million dollars to date. We remain very proud of this as it continues to show the relevance and therefore value of the WSIA and its properties.
Administration: Our new office administrator is Colette Sears. Colette came to us with over 20 years of experience in running a small, family owned, surveying company. Colette’s experience in accounting, tax prep, and billing will bring a new level of expertise to our new office structure.
American Kneeboard Association Year End Report 2015
The Year in Review
Report Prepared by Ed Sauls, President ‐ January, 2016
Events
In 2015, The Aka affiliated clubs held 2 events. The events were held in Wisconsin and Florida. The events included Class Q, Class T.
Our 31st Nationals event was held on August 8th and 9th in Blue Ridge Georgia. We had 12 competitors. Nationals were split into two, Slalom was held in White Stone and Tricks were held at Lake Blue Ridge. We had a high number of records set when compared to the small number of attendees.
Records Set
Multiple records were set in the 2015 season. Dave Brunt ‐ Slalom record of 5 buoys in MVI and Trick record of 400 in MVI. Ed Sauls ‐ Slalom record of 37 buoys in MV. Ken Stuart ‐ Slalom record of 54 buoys in MII. Kenny Stuart ‐ Trick record of 2570 in MV. Mike Wallace ‐ Slalom record of 27 buoys in MVI and Trick record of 930 in MVI.
Officials & Drivers Training
Maintaining Officials and Drivers ratings, remains to be a challenge when so few events are being held. We will continue to be challenged with this throughout the 2016 season.
Specialty Awards
The Pete Salassi Scholarship Award was presented to Austin Damon and to Allie Malone
Athletes of the Year
Women’s: A’lisa Piper, Lake Placid Florida
Men’s: Ken Stuart, Blue Ridge Georgia
Girls: Allie Malone, Georgia
Boy’s: Austin Daman, Talking Rock, Georgia
2015 National Knee Board Championship
Held in Blue Ridge Georgia, Nationals had limited, but devoted participation. All of the records mentioned before were accomplished at this event. The water at White Stone was pristine for the slalom runs. We have continued to illuminate barriers to attending National as has been requested from members and non‐members that expressed a desire to attend, but we have not seen a positive impact on attendance from those changes to date.
2016 Outlook
Membership is not expected to grow significantly in 2016, but with two major events scheduled for September we are hoping to draw in a significant increase to the AKA this year. We are combining Nationals and Ryders Cup in the same week. We feel that having the opportunity to ski against the best from the UK and Australia will certainly motivate US skiers to join in.
USA Wakeboard
Report Not Available at this time
2015 ABC Report
2015 for the ABC was a transitional year. Due to the timing of the 2014 Worlds in Australia taking place in March of 2014 there wasn’t an international event for the 2015 ski year. With this being stated the ABC was able to continue to evolve its leadership and vision for the future. The ABC recognizes that there is a changing demographic in the sport. Due to this, the board has spent 2015 investigating if a structural change is necessary for our break-down of divisions and scoring. This issue will continue to be discussed as we move in 2016 with a conclusion being presented to the members at Nationals.
Barefoot saw an uptick in financial support in 2015 due to increased participation levels at its National Championships (Hosted at the Blue Moo in Alma Center, WI by the Heller family) and a major change to the format of the tournament itself. For the first time ever, we removed the banquet after finals. We did this because we were able to light the lake up and ski the Open Men’s and Open Pro Men’s jump finals at night. This created a major attendance increase where we saw between 500-750 outsiders attend the finals. This created a major increase in concession income from food and beer. Besides helping the exposure of the sport it helped to profit the ABC and the LOC. While there are many things that we will continue to do to continue to make the Nationals finals experience better, this was a huge step.
Barefoot is continuing to face costing challenges placed on it for international tournament involvement. These challenges are being faced by current leadership and will continue to be a challenge for leadership in the future. Sustainability, and the relationship barefoot has with the IWWF is facing constant pressure. The ABC has been able to come to a short-term agreement with the IWWF but this will once again surface in 2017 and beyond.
The ABC had 23 tournaments held this year under its affiliation. On a more continued positive note there were no major injuries to report at any of the tournaments. We are also working on a continued focus on ensuring skier safety and we are looking into concussion screening and protocols to help with these challenges in the future. Lastly, we made some large technological leaps in 2015. We finally integrated Splash Eye formally into our jump computer program. Thanks to Brian Heeney and Joe Lovato we now have a functioning Live Scoring program that has been implemented at 4 tournaments last year including Nationals. We also made a major push to increase the quality of our live feed of Nationals. This required the LOC to make a major capital investment but it has paid off. All of these major advancements have now been tested and are ready for the 2016 World Championships.
We are also beginning to plan for a major leadership change into 2016 as Cody Heller has finished his term as President of the ABC and will not be running again. Barefoot now has a much younger representation on the board and we are looking at these candidates to lead us in the future.
The 2016 Nationals will be held again at the Blue Moo in Alma Center, WI with the support of the Minnesota Barefoot Association and Brian Heeney. Finally, the ABC is preparing to host the World Barefoot Championships for the first time since 2012. This event will be held at the Blue Moo in Alma Center, WI. The LOC of the event will be the Minnesota Barefoot Club in conjunction with the Heller Family.
Cody Heller ABC President
USA Water Ski NCWSA Board Report Jan 2016
The NCWSA had its best year in quite some time in 2015 with membership up 18%, fueled mainly by the start of alumni events.
Membership: Membership is up 18% due in part to 2 reasons. Our teams are getting bigger and bigger; we have a total of 64 competing teams but they are averaging almost 15-20 skiers per A team. The other reason was the start of 4 regional alumni events…see below.
Nationals 2015: A spectacular nationals was held at Cypress Texas.
Awards:
Athletes of the Year: Taryn Grant & Thibaut Dialland
Leaders of the Year: Lauren Smith & Newt Cutcliff
Team of the Year: ULL
Nationals 2016: This event will be held at El Centro, CA
All-stars 2016: Our premier spring event will be at Western Washington, in Bellevue, WA
Worlds: Collegiate Worlds is back after a 4-year layoff. We will be sending a team of 6 to Akita, Japan, September 6-11, 2016. This event is part of FISU (federal international sport Universidad) which represents over 180 collegiate sports. Exposure through them is priceless.
We have bids for 2016 and 2017 Nationals and at time of print were seeking bids for 2017 All-stars.
Alumni-2015 marked the start of the first ever regional alumni events. Each of the 4 regions hosted these events and they were as successful as you can imagine. Skiers from all decades came out with their families to re-visit friends and get back on the slalom course and ramp. 118 brand new memberships were purchased. Skiers were so excited to get back on the water and we are hoping this will lead to them rejoining our organization. The Midwest event alone boasted 35 teams. This series, on a regional level, is scheduled to be held again in 2016. Even though we had a big turnout there are still hundreds of alumni out there and we hope to see them in 2016. At the time of this print there is no official alumni nationals scheduled but we feel that will take place in the near future as well.
National Show Ski Association NSSA President’s Report to the USA-WS Board of Directors
January 2016
Year in review – 2015
The National Show Ski Association (NSSA) had another solid year in 2015. A summary of 2015’s highlights follows! Water levels were decent in the spring allowing many teams to get a good start to the season. Traveling show requests, both domestic and foreign, remained stable this year which helps increase in exposure to the sport. We suspect that if the weather cooperates, 2016 should be another great year!
USAWS Executive Director and Staff Support
The kite and flyboard issues were resolved at the end of 2014 and to this point, there has not been additional work needed. ASCAP continues to intermittently contact show clubs wanting the clubs to pay extreme fees to play music at their events. Any contacts from ASCAP are forwarded to Bob. The NSSA is working with Bob in an ongoing effort for resolution to this issue. The NSSA Facebook site is up and running. The site has quickly become a source of interest, especially with all of the help of Taryn Garland and the pictures from Lynn Novakofski! Finally, Bob and staff have been instrumental in working on webcasting for broadcasts of the D1 Nationals and the World Tournament for 2016. We do thank Bob for all of his help, wisdom, connections, and support with these issues! Additionally, we would like to commend the headquarters staff for all of their help and assistance with the various activities of our sport!
Officials/Drivers/Safety Development
The Officials Training program continues to be updated and expanded each year. A committee of athletes and Officials work together to develop and present the curriculum. There was a focus on relative difficulty again this past year and this appears to be an ongoing project. Additionally, more efforts were placed on the individual acts scoring and box scores as well. The intent is to provide education to help obtain a desired result of improving the consistency of scores in a very subjective sport and increasing the competitor’s satisfaction with the scoring system and final outcomes.
Mandatory driver testing clinics are continuing for all show teams and there were a number of clinics held. There have been specific discussions of the sport division use of towboats and riding in towboats. There were also a few Safety Coordinator’s clinics held to train club personnel to meet sanctioning requirements.
Competition
There were a similar number of NSSA individual and team tournaments held again in 2015. They included 5 Regional and 2 National tournaments. The Wisconsin Regional Tournament continues to be the largest tournament with over 25 teams in three divisions, over 3,000 rides, very few injuries, and a crowd of thousands!
A brief summary of these major tournaments are as follows. The Lake City Skiers won and hosted the 2015 City of Lakes Invitational on June 20, in Warsaw IN. The Rock Aqua Jays Water Ski Show Team won the 2015 Mercury Open Show Ski Tournament on June 27 at its home site on the Rock River in Janesville, Wis. The Tampa Bay Water Ski Show Team (Oldsmar, Fla.) won the team title at the 2015 Southern Regional Show Ski Championships on June 27 & 28 in Sarasota, Fla. The Wonder Lake Water Ski Show Team (Wonder Lake, Ill.) won the team title at the 2015 Central Regional Show ski Championships, July 4- 5, in Rock Island, IL. The Mad-City Ski Team (Madison, Wis.) won the team title at the 49th Wisconsin State Show Ski Championships, July 16-19, at Lake Wazeecha in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. The Twin Cities River Rats won the team title at the 2015 Midwest Regional Show Ski Championships, July 24-26, in Albert Lea, Minnesota. The Oxbow Water Ski Show Team (Northampton, Mass.) won the 2015 Eastern Regional Show Ski Championships, July 25-26, at the Batterson Pond in Farmington, Connecticut.
The Division 2 National Tournament was held in Tomahawk, Wisconsin on July 31-August 2 with 7 teams competing. The Aqua Skiers of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin came away with the team victory! Rich Taugner and Kelsey Sachs won the respective male and female MVP honors. Division 2 National Tournament Individual Competition results were: Swivel Champion: Taylor Christianson Doubles Champion: Jack Misina Jr. and Anastasia Cokinos Team Jump Champion: Kwahamot Ski Team
The Division 1 National Tournament held in Rockford, Illinois on August 7-9, was a full tournament with 14 teams, more than 1500 athletes, and was again shown on Web-Cast TV with positive feedback! The Aquanut Water Shows of Twin Lakes, WI won the National Team Title – their first National Championship in 30 years! Cameron Baxter and Rachael Zenk won the respective male (Skip Gilkerson) and female (Willa Cook) MVP honors. Division 1 National Tournament Individual Competition results were: Swivel Champion: Rachael Zenk Doubles Champion: Kim LoGuidice & Cory Krivitz Freestyle Jump Champion: Sean Hyatt Team Jump Champion: Badwater Ski-Ters
Some alternate format tournaments were also approved and held, and with some tweaking, should be successful again in 2016!
While many show clubs perform ski shows as fund raising activities and special events, they also performed shows for causes and community fund-raising activities. Some of these include shows for Shriner’s Hospital, Clean Lakes Festivals, Malibu Open Tour stops, Fourth of July activities, memorial & fund- raiser shows (i.e. Scott Coley, Matt Gill, & Darin Teidt), Athletes Against Cancer, and Breast Cancer.
Teams have continued to travel and compete in China in the Sino-American Show Ski Challenge and the China-USA-Australia Show Ski Challenge. These competitions have really helped the interest in the World Show Ski Tournament and have provided many US skiers the opportunity to travel abroad for a very unique experience.
World Water Ski Show Tournament
The third World Water Ski Show Tournament will be held September 9-11, 2016 at Red Sand Beach on Lake Wazeecha in Wisconsin Rapids, WI, USA. Team USA Show Directors, Doug Ribley and Chris Coupland, have selected a 35 member team with 4 alternates to represent the USA. Five countries (Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, and USA) competed in the tournament in the past and hope to be back again. Team USA is expected to perform some amazing stunts and place well in the tournament. The event is slated to be webcast and in 2014 was the third highest viewed sports event in the world that weekend! This has been an exciting development in our sports division as it has been in the making for many years. Many thanks go to the NSSA International Committee and the IWWF Ski Show Committee for continuing to make this major event a reality. The USA has 2 members on the IWWF Show Ski Committee, including the Chairman. Information for solicitation of bids for the 2018 World Water Ski Show Tournament will be coming soon, with the 2018 bid to be awarded at the 2016 World Tournament.
Awards
We have selected our 2015 award winners that will be presented at the USAWS Awards Banquet this year. This is an opportunity to highlight and reward the work and efforts done by the athletes, Officials, volunteers, and others. The NSSA awards are:
Team of the Year: Aquanut Water Shows (D1 National Champions) Male skier of the year: Cameron Baxter: Rockford Ski Broncs/Tommy Bartlett (National Tournament MVP) Female Skier of the Year: Rachael Zenk: Mad-City Ski Team/Tommy Bartlett (National Tournament MVP) Volunteer of the Year: Shauna Pasanen That’s Incredible Award: Jeremy Armstrong, Geno Yauchler, Shauna Pasanen Honorary National Director: Kurt Bemman Honorary National Director: Skip Gilkerson (posthumously)
Management
We have a strong diverse board of directors that includes 12 Regional Directors representing 7 regions and 3 Elite Skier Directors representing the athletes. Doug Ribley was elected to his first term as Vice-President. Gerry Luiting (President) and Mark Poulos (Secretary/Treasurer) are in their second year of 2- year terms. Elections for NSSA Officers are held at the D1 Nationals BOD Meeting. The Officers have remained relatively stable for a few years which has provided good continuity. The South Central NSSA Representative, Skip Gilkerson, died as a result of complications from a tragic deer vs motorcycle accident. The NSSA BOD is currently going through the process of filling the vacant position.
Growth
Ski show clubs across the country held many learn to ski programs with hundreds of participants. Many of these clinics are partnering with other entities such as local Park/Recreation Departments, to host these clinics. Advertising and promotion of these clinics led to enhanced community awareness of these teams and many members are recruited from theses clinics. Additionally, over 20 adaptive clinics were held and they are as much of a rewarding experience for the skiers as they are for the attendees. Something relatively new was hosting the Wounded Warrior clinics, and again, is as much of an experience for the skiers as they are for the attendees.
Our Team Development program is one of our more successful programs. This program involves sending selected members from a target team to the Wisconsin Water Ski Convention & Expo to attend the wide variety of clinics and then the NSSA sends a specialized set of instructors to go to the ski site of the target team to assist with ski instruction and team development skills.
Two regions (West and South Central) are experiencing a minimal amount of activity, so we will need to be working more on assisting those areas.
Other events have also been held to increase membership, interest in the sport, and camaraderie. These events combine teaching, fun and sometimes a little friendly competition. Ski-fest, Skimotion, Midwest Ski Together, Think Tanks, mixer shows, and the Wisconsin Water Ski Convention & Expo are all great examples of innovative thinking to increase interest in water skiing!
Flaunt-it Swivel Tournament Series
The Flaunt-it tournament series are 3-level grassroots swivel skiing tournaments with an emphasis on fun helping to lure back skiers who were former members of NSSA and/or USA Water Ski. The tournaments also specifically provide an opportunity to develop new Officials, many of whom are active competitors. This year, Flaunt-it became a series of 4 tournaments with stops in the Midwest, East Coast, West Coast, and Florida. This was the first swivel competition and first show competition of any kind in California! This series was the vision of Shauna Pasanen and whose efforts earned her the NSSA Volunteer of the Year and also the USAWS Volunteer of the Year!
Chain of Records
175 skiers from 15 states and 7 countries all came together for the inaugural Chain of Records event organized by Geno Yauchler, Jeremy Armstrong, and Shauna Pasanen; of Pro Action Sports, Absolute Aqua Sports, and Knotty Girl Designs respectively. The purpose of the event was to promote the sport, have fun, and set a variety of NSSA and Guinness records such as biggest ballet line, biggest barefoot line, most jumpers, to name a few. The event was very successful and created a tremendous amount of interest going into the 2015 ski season. As a result of the event, a number of other record breaking attempts were tried throughout the summer and fall to create or beat previous records. Hopefully the planned biennial event will continue to jump start seasons in the future! The NSSA is thrilled to be a part of new and exciting events which showcase the best the sport has to offer, and in the process, develop new friendships and keep the fun in the sport!
Wisconsin Water Ski Convention & Expo
While this is not purely an NSSA event (it is a multiple sports division event), it is the talk of the sport in the winter months and is a great opportunity to get together with athletes from all of the sports disciplines form all over the country. This is the world’s largest multi-sport water ski convention and expo, with hands- on clinics taught by some of the biggest names of a variety of sports divisions! The Wisconsin Water Ski Convention & Expo is slated for March 11-13, 2015 at the Grand Geneva Resort & Spa in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. This is the 40th year of the event and I would strongly urge all the members of the USAWS BOD to try to attend!
Tow Boat Program
We continue to tweak our tow boat user program for teams competing in our two National Show Tournaments. This boat is also available to rent to NSSA Teams in those situations where they may have breakdowns with their boats or even for other tournaments. The boat was also used as one of the sponsored tow boats in the World Show Ski Tournament in 2014. As always, special thanks go to Tom Miller of The Dyne (donating twin rig and trailer), Mercury Marine (donating two 200 HP Optimax engines), and KW Show Ski equipment (donating the specialized releases).
This program provides a competing team the availability of the NSSA tow boat, along with the tournament supplied tow boats, team shared boats and barges. The program provides more opportunities for more teams by eliminating the need to haul their own boats to the National Tournaments, thus easing their travel expenses. The NSSA has been incrementally purchasing the lower units and props that are currently on the boat as they are on loan from the Rock Aqua Jays.
Future
We are excited about the upcoming year as it is the 25th Anniversary of the NSSA! The teams in the climate friendly regions have already begun their shows; while those in the inclement regions have began their indoor practices!
Respectfully Submitted,
Gerry Luiting President National Show Ski Association
USA WATER SKI WINTER BOARD MEETING REPORT January 2016
Recapping 2015……..
2015 was an extremely challenging year for NWSRA. Only 4 USAWS / NWSRA events were held. Two events were held early in the year (March) and two events were held late in the year (October). No major injuries were reported and all events continue to have a Grass Roots division. The US Open in October of each year in San Diego continues to be a premier event but is in jeopardy for 2016 due to city requirements and financial obligations.
2015 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Team USA fielded Formula 1 and Formula 2 teams for the 2015 World Water Ski Racing Championships held April 10 – 19, 2015 in Wellington, New Zealand. The Formula I team earned the team silver medal while the under-manned Formula II took home the team bronze medal. Individually, Todd Haig won the men’s Formula I overall bronze medal with numerous individual race podium finished while Martie Wells returned from 12 year world championship absence to earn the Formula II overall bronze medal. Additionally, Cameron King and Katelin Wendt had individual race podium finishes for the Formula I team. Other team members include Cheryl Ruston and Brady Hoggins (Formula I), Kyle Lancon and Jordan King (Formula II).
DUEL EVENT WITH PARKER ENURO BOAT RACE The NWSRA successfully hosted a duel event in conjunction with APBA (American Power Boat Association) in October 2015 at Parker, AZ. APBA facilitated the boat race portion of the event while NWSRA facilitated the ski race portion utilizing the same location. This was a great opportunity to save on event costs and get our sport in front of a new audience. The event in general was a great success and NWSRA has already been invited back in 2016. NWSRA is also pursuing other opportunities to run duel ski race / boat race events.
HALL OF FAME The NWSRA is extremely excited to have two well deserving skiers entering the Hall of Fame in 2016. Martie Wells and Lori Dunsmore are legends in the sport of water ski racing. Each has impressive credentials which include world and national titles, Catalina Ski Race crowns and numerous race wins nationally and internationally. Martie recently returned to elite competition while Lori designated the 2015 US Open as her last competitive event instead focusing her time training younger skiers. Martie and Lori join Chuck Stearns, Mike Avila, Marsha Fitzgerald and Debbie Nordblad as water skier racers in the Hall of Fame. Congratulations to both.
2016 NWSRA Report -- pg. #2
Looking Ahead.....
2016 BOARD Mike Avila, resigned as President of NWSRA on January 9, 2016. Todd Haig, the previous VP / Race Chairman moved in the presidency role for the remainder of the term (year end 2016). Other elected officers include: Justin Legere / Michael La Frenz (co-VP / Race Chairmen), Nikki Yedor (Secretary), Bonnie Ruston (Treasurer) and Marty Leonard (Sgt. @ Arms).
2017 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Harvey Partners, LLC in conjunction with NWSRA and USAWS will host the 2017 World Water Ski Racing Championships scheduled for July 2017 in Seattle, WA. Harvey Partners, LLC will serve as the Local Organizing Committee and will assume full financial and event organization responsibilities as outlined in the bid specifications set forth by IWWF.USAWS along with NWSRA will do their utmost to work towards the success of this prestigious event.
WSDA (Water Skiers with Disabilities Association) Annual Report 2015
This report will cover the years 2014‐2017. Mostly just a few comments about the past; with current and future projections, that will lead WSDA and disabled water sports to a new heights.
WSDA has been working diligently to connect regional, national and international entities dealing with disabled water sports in general. Obviously our main focus is getting athletes behind boats and in the cable parks to experience the sport we all love.
In 2014, Bill Furbish of Atlanta Ga. organized the first World vs. U.S. Disabled Water Ski Team tournament inviting athletes from around the world to participate. Brazil, Canada and Australia attended making the event a huge success. It is endeavors like these that create and solidify working relationships on many levels.
In 2015 WSDA did not host any events as the Disabled World Championships were to be held in California. This does not mean actions behind the scenes were not taking place. To further enhance our association and its goals during the 2015 season WSDA and C.A.R.D.S. (Competitive and Recreational Disabled Skiers) mounted a campaign to raise funds to support more ski/coaching clinics around the U.S. We will continue our efforts heading into 2016, hoping to raise enough monies to send our athletes to the 2017 World Championships.
2015 Disabled World Championships: As most of you probably know the US Disabled Water ski Team won its fourth consecutive title on our home soil at Shortline lake, Elk Grove California, a very proud moment for all of us here at WSDA. Our very own Jim Grew, through the Barbara Bolding/Jim Grew Fund (BB/JG Fund), graciously agreed to be the title sponsor of the event that was a huge success thanks to the many participants, starting with the homeowners at Shortline Lake for providing us with one of the top ski sites in the world. A special thanks to Will and Elaine Bush as they both worked tirelessly to help create this fantastic event. Steve Detrick also of Shortline Lake was instrumental behind the scenes. We were very grateful and blessed to have had such great support. The LOC for the Event, Pam Moreland, Geneva Brett, Chuck Nadeau, Dianna Poggetto, Chris Ward and Matthew Oberholtz, LOC Chair, worked diligently together and all their hard work paid off. The competition is getting stiffer and the US keeps rising to the occasion. Eleven countries attended the championships, there were three world records set all by Claire Ellis of Great Britain and 8 of the 11 countries in attendance left with hardware. The US Team has now won an unprecedented 4 titles in a row and we look to make it 5 in Australia 2017. The US won gold, Australia taking the Silver and Italy the Bronze. The US disabled Team has also been honored by being selected as USA Water Ski’s Team of the Year. WSDA selected Katie Mawby (Female AOY) and Connor Poggetto (Male AOY). Additionally, Connor has been named Pan Am Disabled Male AOY and now IWWF Disabled Male AOY. He is also currently the world champion in disabled wake boarding. We are looking to fostering this crossover from 3 event to include wakeboarding and cable skiing.
2016‐2017:
WSDA, in conjunction with Britt Hoyland and Taryn Garland of USA Water Ski, are putting together a festival type tournament that highlights the US Disabled National/Team trials event, while including show skiing, knee boarding, hydro foiling and disabled wakeboarding. The details of this event are currently being drawn up so I only have this general information. The goal of this event is to incorporate other sport disciplines and increase spectator participation.
It is also our intention in the few days prior to the event to host a national coaching/skier clinic. We are inviting programs from all over the U.S. as well as other countries. So far we have had positive feedback; and programs from Australia, Great Britain, South Africa and Canada are showing interest. By increasing the knowledge and skill set of our programs and coaches, this will increase the chances to foster new athletes to participate in water sports at all levels (recreationally and competitively). This event is tentatively set up for August 20‐24, 2016 in Janesville, Wisconsin.
The 2017 Disabled World Water Ski Championships will be held in Australia. The date has been tentatively set for April 26‐30, 2017.
WSDA is currently creating a cloud and gathering information pertaining to disabled water sports. Our intention is to be the leading source of information and instructional materials. Ranging from program connections to upper level instructional videos.
May 2016 spark a growth trend for the sport of water skiing. It is a pleasure to be a part of the USA Water ski family and I look forward to what lies ahead.
Respectfully,
Matthew Oberholtz WSDA President
SANCTIONED EVENTS: ● No Sanctioned Competitions in 2015 ● No Sanctioned Grassroots Events in 2015 ● 11 Unsanctioned Grassroots Events in 2015 ● Why So Many Unsanctioned Events?
Hydrofoil Grassroot Fly-ins typically consists of 10+ simultaneous boats spread across a dozen+ square miles of lake area. Grassroot Fly-ins would typically require 10+ certified drivers for each event. Very complex to coordinate. Event coordinators & USHA can not possibly monitor every boat, for 3-4 days, to ensure only certified drivers are operating the boat. In one instance, we had the opportunity to add 150 new members; the Apache Lake Fly-in had 150 participants and 20 boats. The participants were not willing to spend the money and time to gain boat driver certification for a single event, and understood they would have to assure a trained driver would drive their boat if they chose to ride.
There isn’t a lack of interest. There are normally a dozen + events each year, but sanctioning is an issue. To be very clear, the certified boat driver requirement, for every driver, has become a serious roadblock in our sanctioning. We agree this is a good thing for safety, but in our model of grass root events and 10+ boats simultaneously spreading out across the lakes and the drivers sharing time in skiing, we just can’t oversee that boats are adhering to this requirement on the water.
AWSA President’s Report State of AWSA address‐My first goal as President was to spend my first 6 months doing extensive research so that I knew exactly how to go about devising a strategic plan that would truly (hopefully) work. This was done via surveys to junior skiers, current members, and ex members, as well as all of you here in this room. I also spent dozens of hours with HQ, learning the ins and outs of their operation and assessing how they are doing and how we can work together to turn this thing around. At this point I’m happy with where I am in that process. I will admit that the thousands of ideas that came in at first were overwhelming and I was contemplating how we would settle on some direction, but one thing I noticed over time was that there were very common underlying themes in everyone’s complaints and most led back to the same stuff. So below I have a 10 point strategic plan for the future of AWSA that I hope covers most of the areas, your feedback on it is welcome.
So I’m done researching, it is time to start implementing and see what happens. There is no doubt we have our hands full in our quest to stop membership decline and bring in new members, but I’m confident we can do it. There are many things I learned in the surveys that we simply cannot fix, we are a tough sport, it’s expensive and time consuming and this is a theme that is tough to fix and will always be a hinderance in a society these days that does not have time anymore and wants instant results. We are not the only one in this boat, snow ski racing is down 80%, golf courses are closing left and right; all NGB’s are hurting so before we blame anyone for our decline we must accept that this is a worldwide epidemic. That being said there are 9 million water‐skiers in the country, so we have plenty of customers that can make us a big organization.
Surveys‐Junior skier‐297 out of 1800 filled it out. 27% of juniors are starting school the week of or before Nationals. (FYI rule proposal to open up first week of August for Nationals). Survey responses were not good on separate nationals for JR and Sr. It was also not good on a Labor Day nationals. Including parents of the 297 surveyed about 83 people did not attend nationals due to school. The #1 answer for reason not attending was a tie between “It's not worth the time and expense. But I would attend if that changed”. And “too expensive.”
Survey‐AWSA Current members‐filled out by 1582 out of 5500. 28% of our members did not ski 1 event in 2015, 37% skied 5 or more. Of the 28% that did not compete 58% do ski for fun. #1 response to why they don’t compete was “not good enough to compete”, followed by “other obligations” and then “tournaments are not fun”. For those that skied a few tournaments the #1 answer as to why they don’t ski more is “other obligations”. When asked what formats they would like to see it was all over, but the leaders where 29% said ability based skiing, #2 team skiing, #3 don’t change anything, #4 handicapping. When asked what changes they’d like to see with reg/nat 27% said leave it and 27% said let people skip regionals. 68% of surveyors joined AWSA to compete. #1 complaint of reasons for not attending nationals was expense and time of attending regionals and nationals.
Survey‐Ex Members‐The response was very low on this survey and this was the one survey I was hoping to learn the most from. 526 out of 9000 filled it out. #1 reason for no longer competing was; 42% other obligations, 33% too expensive, 31% not fun anymore. 86% of the X‐ members still ski!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 33% said they would like to get back into it again and 35% said maybe.
Survey‐Board Members on Reg/Nat‐65 board/council members filled out a quick 4 questions survey on reg/nat, there was no general direction as expected, #1 answer were to leave nationals the same size, and leave qualifications the same way.
Nationals Contract has been signed for 2016 Idaho; only change this year is the LOC will be designing and providing the medals so look forward to a change in medals. Idaho is going to put on a great nationals.
No bids for 2017 Nationals. Bell Aqua sounded interested but it now looks like it will not happen. I have very little interest. I surveyed all 2‐3‐4 lake site owners in the country. The theme remains the same. Most lakes do not have a big enough core group of workers to pull off such a big event. Not sure where we go from here if we want nationals to be 700 plus skiers. We will just have to hope people step up but it does not look promising. I did get a lot of lakes tell me they would be happy to rent AWSA the lakes. Interesting concept that would make us more money but I cannot fathom how any outside group would come in and run such a detailed event, not without hiring an event group which would eat up all the profits but at least we would have a nationals. Interesting concept to ponder for now.
AWSA Branding‐Working on a new logo, trying to get Facebook and social media going for AWSA, so far since sept 2015 we are up 18% in likes. But there is much more we can do.
10 Point Strategic Plan
This is my plan that focuses on all areas of the sport that need help. You’ll notice 7 of the 10 plans have nothing to do with the top 1% of our sport, which is something we have fell victim to concentrating on over the years and thus lost focus on the bottom of the pyramid. These are in no particular order.
1‐BETTER MEMBERSHIP PACKAGE‐(brings in new members, retains current members). We need a package that is more of a "want" than the current "need" our membership seems to be. We should be going after all the non‐competitive skiers on the river or backyards that simply enjoy the sport and may never compete. Ideas include more endemic discounts and coupons. Right now our membership is a competitive membership so once skiers don’t compete they have no need for us. Bass fishing and hunting have done a great job at this; millions of members but only a small percentage compete.
2‐BETTER MARKETING OF USA WATER SKI‐(brings in new members). Once we have a better package in place, we must find a way to market and sell it. We have to find the funds and plan to truly go after members and get in their faces and market to them to join USA Water Ski.
3‐THE MINI COURSE‐(gives beginner skiers a start to competition).‐The mini course has doubled membership in Australia. I would like to see every slalom course in America have a mini course. We should work with Bart’s or skier to skier to provide 6 buoys and 6 sub floats at cost. Maybe AWSA kicks back something to USA Water Ski clubs who install these. Let’s face it, the course is hard; many struggle with it and do not enjoy it. NCWSA is a perfect example of where the mini course could have saved more members. What all the college kids did after barely getting to 2 ball for years was hop on jumpers. Now none of them are learning the skills to slalom and thus will never be buying slalom skis, boats, and staying in AWSA.
4‐OPEN SKI NIGHTS‐(increase access to our sport).‐We need to find a way that the current 380 AWSA ski clubs open their doors to the public. We must sacrifice a few nights a month to give these skiers time on the water and lessons on skiing. We have all gone to closed private lakes but have shut the door on growth by doing so. We must sacrifice and open our doors, even if just for one night. I hope to get more grassroots events, more basic skills events and I’m hoping every single sanction this year has a grassroots sanction attached and offers a novice division.
5‐SKIING FOR PLACEMENT NOT SCORE‐(Hits the semi competitive and competitive skier).‐We need to get away from being 100% worried about performances/rankings and focus more on placement and competition. This performance format has driven us to insane technology and cost and taken the fun out of the sport. Here is where a new rankings list based on points, who you beat, participation, wins, etc., can change competitive skiing going forward. Our tournaments have become boring b/c they have too many divisions and no competition. There is no fun in driving two hours to just get a score. Yes, it works for those chasing scores but most are not; most want to compete, have fun and trash talk. This is when the sport gains ROI and when other obligations and expense win over choosing AWSA.
6‐REGIONALS/NATIONALS – (Competitive skier).‐Regionals and Nationals need attention. The #1 complaint in surveys for skiers not attending nationals was time, expense, and lack of ROI on these events. Families simply cannot afford both events anymore unless it is going to be worth the time and money.
7‐ABILITY BASED DIVISIONS‐(This covers beginners through elite).‐it may be time for our sport to follow all other sports and combine age and ability so that tournaments are more competitive and fun. This ties strongly with #5 above but I made it a separate plan. This plan could include handicapped skiing as well. It goes back to the point that the sport has too few athletes to have 32 divisions. Plus take any new skier who just learned the course who may want to come ski an event, let’s say they are in men’s 3, guess who they get to ski against….39 off. That’s the division AWSA has put them in. We need to think about ability based divisions especially at the lower level. One of the greatest parts of alumni regionals was seeing skiers in men’s 1,2,3, 4 in the same divisions and all within 5 feet of each other. Would you rather watch that or watch 5 guys in the same division 60 feet apart but they ski against each other just b/c they are the same age?
8‐TEAM SKIING‐(Covers beginners through elite).‐This is the ultimate form of fun in waterskiing. NCWSA…enough said. Alumni events last year had an 18% increase in membership in NCWSA. We have 2 things in the works for this: first is a proposal to the board. We hope to have team skiing at Regionals/Nationals next year. The other team concept Mark Crone is developing as a part of rankings where skiers will be able to form teams online and compete virtually. Team leagues such as mother/son, father/daughter, families, siblings; AARP, etc. will all be available to join. This should be active for this coming season.
9. OFFICIALS PROGRAMS.‐We must stop the bleeding, we are downgrading 1287 officials this year. The Judges and Scorers Committee is working very hard on this. We are close to having CE for officials to take credits online. Melanie and HQ have really advanced the system at HQ for maintaining officials and giving more access and notifications to officials. This is by far the most time consuming and expense of HQ work each day.
10. PROMOTE ELITE ATHLETES AND PRO SKIING.‐We need to get pro skiing back on the map. We need our pros at nationals. We need our younger athletes looking up to them and aspiring to be a pro water skier. Pan American Report
To the
American Water Ski Association
January 2016
At last report, the Pan Am Region was embarking again on the Pan Am Games in Toronto. Those Games were very successful with the grandstands being sold out on most days. Water Skiing put on quite the show. Good support from the Pan Am countries and good performances.
Canada was a very good host to Water skiing. They had set up a remarkable non-permanent site and the weather co-operated nicely for the most part. As said previously, Lima, Peru, will host the next Games. This is the first time since 1995 that we have known 4 years in advance that water ski would be in the Games. We are now working to make sure that we get Women’s Wakeboard included in the program, while keeping all the slots for three-event skiing also. The Latin Countries in Pan Am are also involved in several other Multi-sport games, i.e. Carribbean Games and Odesur Games.
Mexico picked up the World Championships in Chapala, Mexico on November 17-22, 2015. Italy failed to go through with these Championships and we were pleased that the LaMadrid family in conjunction with the Mexican Federation could come through to host the World in the Pan Am Region.
The Pan Am Championships will be held at this same site during the last week of October 2016 or the first week of November of 2016. Perhaps some of the Board will be able to attend since it will be close. The Tournament Council will start in January deciding who the officials will be for that competition. The ballots are already out.
Continue to remember that any official wanting to take the Pan Am Test should contact Melanie at Headquarters. There is a prerequisite of 5 years as AWSA Senior before testing for Pan Am. She will then contact me and we can get your test set up.
Respectfully submitted,
Jeffry Armstrong, Pan Am TC Chr.
IWSF Vice President, Pan Am
Tournament Council, Chairwoman Jeffry Armstrong 67 First Street Grenada, MS 38901 United States of America Pan American Confederation Tel:1-662-417-5333
Report to USA Water Ski January, 2016
Having just been elected to the office of Vice President to the IWWF for Pan Am, I don’t have a lot to report.
Since the 2013 Congress, the Pan Am Region has been looking for ways to reduce the number of Board of Directors at the IWWF level. Other Regions were also delegated the chore of finding a way to do this. The choice in 2013 was to drop the Secretary General from the list of Directors, which the Congress delegates of 2013 chose not to accept. Recently, in Chapala, Mexico at the Worlds, it was decided to restructure the IWWF by removing the office of Vice- President as it has traditionally been known. The IWWF is presently in the mode of making this happen. President Ritschard would like to see this happen before the 2017 Congress thru a mail ballot. The restructure decision by the appointed committee has not passed the current Board of Directors but will be sent to them in the next short while to start this process. It is my belief that this will pass. We will let you know as this develops.
As you have probably seen on the IWWF website, a new Executive Director has been hired. This is a first for IWWF. Please look at the website for the full details of the hiring of Paul Fong, President of the Asian Confederation and previous collegiate skier thru the USAWS Ranks. Everyone is excited about this new employee and looks forward to his coming on board the first of March. Paul will drop being President of Asia, as this would be a conflict.
IWWF continues to negotiate contracts for all of the water ski and world cup events, as well as all the other sport divisions. For water ski, Junior Worlds and the 35+ Worlds should be held this year as contracted by IWWF and the Pan Am Championships will return to Chapala, Mexico, as contracted by the Pan Am Region.
Sincere Best Regards, Jeffry Armstrong
Email Address: [email protected]
USA WATER SKI OVERVIEW 2015
USA Water Ski is the national governing body (NGB) for all towed water sports in the United States. Both the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and the International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation (IWWF) award this designation to USA Water Ski, which is comprised of nine sport disciplines – three‐event water skiing (slalom, tricks and jumping), show skiing, wakeboarding, barefooting, kneeboarding, hydrofoiling, water ski racing, disabled water skiing and collegiate water skiing.
As the NGB for these sport disciplines, USA Water Ski is responsible for fielding teams for international events such as the Pan American Games and the World and Pan American Championships in all disciplines that conduct such tournaments as well as any other internationally recognized events. All NGBs have certain requirements and responsibilities to be awarded such status. Those include abiding by all International Olympic Committee (IOC), IWWF and USOC policies, procedures, regulations and compliance requirements. Top‐ranked athletes through USA Water Ski programs are required, for example, to submit to drug testing by the United States Anti‐Doping Agency (USADA) in order to maintain their eligibility to compete and represent the United States.
USA Water Ski is a membership-based organization historically serving those participants who actively compete at some level in the sport. While it is estimated that more than 8 million people participate in water ski and wakeboard activities, the total membership of USA Water Ski as of Dec. 31, 20154 was 14,702 active members and 641 supporting members among all sport disciplines, making the year-end total 15,343 members. This represents a decrease of 2.01%.
Efforts in 2016 are focused on the creation of programs to increase membership including increased emphasis on program development and membership acquisition (Dealership Program, Basic Skills, GrassRoots, collegiate club development, etc.). These programs are designed to provide benefits for participants to affiliate with USA Water Ski.
USA Water Ski sanctioned 799 events in 2014 consisting of 651 tournaments (including GrassRoots Series tournaments) and 148 basic skills and junior development clinics. In 2015, there were ___ sanctioned events, ___ tournaments and ___ clinics.
USA Water Ski’s national headquarters is based in Polk City, Fla., and employed eight full-time and one part time staff members in 2015. The USA Water Ski Foundation owns the building and operates the Water Ski Hall of Fame and Museum. USA Water Ski pays for all operational costs of the Headquarters building and grounds. USA Water Ski Sport Disciplines
American Barefoot Club (ABC):
Forty-one athletes won national titles at the 38th annual Barefoot Water Ski National Championships, Aug. 11-15, at the Blue Moo in Alma Center, Wis. More than 100 barefoot athletes in respective age divisions – ranging from 9 and under to 80 and older – as well as Open Men, Open Women, Open Pro Men, Men’s International and Women’s International competed for titles in wake slalom, tricks and jumping during the five-day event. Athletes competing in two or more events were eligible for the prestigious overall titles. The wake slalom event consisted of athletes crossing the boat wake as many times as possible in two 15-second passes (one pass in the forward position and one pass in the backward position). Tricks competitors performed as many tricks as possible in two 15-second passes. Jumpers, who were each allowed three attempts, went for distance while leaping off an 18-inch ramp.
American Kneeboard Association (AKA):
Nine athletes won national kneeboard titles in respective divisions and events at the 31st Kneeboard National Championships, Aug. 8-9, on Blue Ridge Lake in Blue Ridge, Ga. The Nationals was organized and hosted by the American Kneeboard Association, a sport discipline organization of USA Water Ski. Athletes competed in nine divisions – ranging from Junior to Open – for titles in slalom, tricks, overall, freestyle and flipout. In the slalom event, competitors attempted to ski around each buoy in a six-buoy course, with the towline being shortened each time a complete pass was achieved. In tricks, the rider performed as many maneuvers as possible in two 20-second passes. Tricks scores were based on a predetermined point-value system. The subjectively scored freestyle event included a variety of flips and aerial maneuvers. In flipout, participants competed for a maximum of 25 seconds, completing 10 flips in the shortest amount of time.
American Water Ski Association (AWSA):
The U.S. Elite Water Ski Team won the overall team silver medal and five U.S. water ski athletes combined to win five individual gold medals and a bronze medal in respective events at the 34th Water Ski World Championships, Nov. 17-22, at the Boca Laguna Ski Club. The United States, seeking to win the gold medal for the second consecutive and 27th time in the history of the biennial event, tallied 8,044.94 points to earn the silver medal. Canada scored 8,260.98 points to win the gold medal for the first time since 2009 and France earned the bronze medal with 7,646.87 points. Athletes from 30 countries participated in the tournament.
Five U.S. Pan American Water Ski Team members combined to win eight medals, including three gold, in respective events at the XVII Pan American Games, July 20-23, at Ontario Place West Channel. The U.S. Pan American Water Ski Team finished with three gold medals, three silver medals and two bronze medals during the four-day competition.
The U.S. Under 21 Water Ski Team won the overall team gold medal and five U.S. water ski athletes combined to win six medals, including three gold, in respective events at the 7th Under 21 Water Ski World Championships, July 3-5, in Toledo, Spain. The United States tallied 7,572.25 points in winning the gold medal for the sixth time in the history of the biennial event. Belarus scored 7,302.16 points to earn the silver medal and France tallied 7,132.33 points in securing the bronze medal. Athletes from 28 countries participated in the tournament.
The U.S. Junior Water Ski Team won the overall team gold medal and four U.S. water ski athletes won individual gold medals in respective events at the 15th Junior Water Ski World Championships, Jan. 8-11, in Lima, Peru. The United States tallied 7,564.68 points at the biennial event. Canada earned the silver medal with 7,125.05 points and France earned the bronze medal with 6,813.66 points. Athletes and teams from 21 countries competed in the four-day tournament as the world team title and world individual titles in slalom, tricks, jumping and overall were at stake. U.S. athletes combined to win eight individual medals.
National Collegiate Water Ski Association (NCWSA):
The University of Louisiana-Lafayette water ski team won the Division 1 national title at the 37th Collegiate Water Ski National Championships, Oct. 15-17, at the Lakes at Cypress Hill in Cypress, Texas. The Ragin’ Cajuns tallied 12,845 points in winning their first national team title since 2010 and sixth since the inception of the tournament in 1979. Florida Southern College finished second, its highest finish ever at the Nationals, scoring 11,965 points. Four-time defending champion Louisiana-Monroe, which tallied 11,375 points, placed third. Alabama finished fourth with 11,265 points and Rollins College was fifth with 8,720 points. Western Washington University won the Division 2 team title.
The National Collegiate Water Ski Association's Midwest Region won the coveted team title at the 21st Collegiate All-Stars Water Ski Championships, May 16-17, at PITS Ski Lake in Decatur, Ill. The two-day event included the top-10 men and top-10 women from each of the National Collegiate Water Ski Association's four regions vying for the coveted regional team title and individual titles in slalom, tricks, jumping and overall. The Midwest Region tallied 10,360 points in winning the team title. The Western Region finished runner-up with 5,900 points, followed by the Eastern Region (2,945 points) and the South Central Region (165 points).
The National Collegiate Water Ski Association held inaugural Collegiate Alumni Regionals in 2015. Several hundred collegiate alumni flocked to sites in the Eastern, Western and Midwest regions on the weekend of Aug. 29-30, while the South Central Region paired its Alumni Regionals with its regular season South Central Collegiate Water Ski Regionals on the weekend of Oct. 3-4.
National Show Ski Association (NSSA):
Aquanut Water Shows Inc., (Twin Lakes, Wis.) won the national team title at the 41st Indmar Marine Engines Division 1 Show Ski National Championships, presented by Polk County Tourism and Sports Marketing, Aug. 7-9, on the Rock River at Shorewood Park in Loves Park, Ill. The Aquanuts, which placed third in 2014, tallied 1,967.2 points in winning its first national title since 1984. The Aquanuts, which won three consecutive national titles between 1982 and 1984, earned top-scoring awards for ballet, barefoot and star swivel.
The Wisconsin Rapids Aqua Skiers (Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.) won the team title at the 15th Division 2 Show Ski National Championships, Aug. 1-2, on Kwahamot Bay in Tomahawk, Wis. Hosted by the Kwahamot Water Ski Club, the tournament featured nine teams competing for the Division 2 show ski national title. The Division 2 Show Ski National Championships is comprised of teams and/or individuals not qualified for the Division 1 Show Ski National Championships by their respective regions.
Barefooters from 10 show ski teams set a pending National Show Ski Association and Guinness World Record for the largest barefoot line behind a single towboat. On Sept. 13 on Lake Wazeecha in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., the 27-person barefoot line ‘footed for 25 seconds at 40 miles per hour (Guinness required 17 seconds at 40 mph), according to organizer Eric Gran. Teams represented included: Brown's Lake Aqua Ducks, Wisconsin Rapids Aqua Skiers, Beaverland Must-Skis, Badgerland, Plum Ski-Ters, Shawano Ski Sharks, Shermalot, Webfooters, Rock Aqua Jays and Shakopee Shockwaves.
National Water Ski Racing Association (NWSRA):
Fifteen water ski racing athletes won titles at the 11th annual U.S. Open Water Ski Racing National Championships, Oct. 10-11, on Mission Bay in San Diego, Calif. The National Water Ski Racing Association, a sport discipline organization of USA Water Ski, hosted the two-day competition. More than 40 athletes competed in two rounds of circle-sprint races on a 2-1/2- mile course located between East Vacation Isle and Fiesta Island.
The U.S. Formula 1 (Elite) Water Ski Racing Team earned the silver medal and the U.S. Formula 2 Water Ski Racing Team earned the bronze medal at the 19th Water Ski Racing World Championships, April 11-18, in Wellington, New Zealand. The U.S. Formula 1 Water Ski Racing Team and the U.S. Formula 2 Water Ski Racing Team participated in the biennial event that included four rounds of competition. Water ski racing athletes from seven countries competed in six divisions – Men's Formula 1 (Open), Women's Formula 1 (Open), Junior Boys, Junior Girls, Men's Formula 2 and Women's Formula 2 – for world titles at the event. Men's Formula 1 and Men's Formula 2 competitors raced for 1 hour, plus 1 lap; Women's Open and Women's Formula 2 competitors raced for 45 minutes, plus 1 lap; and Junior Boys' and Junior Girls' competitors raced for 30 minutes, plus 1 lap. Final overall placements were determined from the athletes' three best rounds.
USA Wakeboard (USA-WB):
The U.S. Wakeboard Team earned the world team bronze medal and five U.S. athletes earned individual medals at the 11th IWWF Wakeboard World Championships, Oct. 27-31, at the spectacular new Mayan Water Complex in Cancun, Mexico. Italy won the gold medal, while Australia earned the silver medal. Divisions for competition at the 2015 IWWF Wakeboard World Championships were as follows (all ages taken as of Jan. 1, 2015): Boys/Girls (14 and Under); Junior Men/Junior Women (18 and Under); Masters Men/Masters Women (30 Years and Over); Veteran Men (40 Years and Over); and Open Men/Open Women (Open). For the first time at an International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation world-titled event, a cash purse was available for Open riders totaling $50,000.
The University of Florida wakeboard team won the national title at the 15th Collegiate Wakeboard National Championships, May 29-31, at Cypress Black Bayou Recreation Area in Benton, La. It is the Gators' first national wakeboard title since winning back-to-back titles in 2008 and 2009. The Gators tallied 645 points in winning over runner-up and 2014 champion, Arizona State (485 points), and third-place Oklahoma State (353 points). Thirteen teams competed in the event.
U.S. wakeboard rider Daniel Powers (Orlando, Fla.) won the Open Men title at the 2015 Pan American Wakeboard Championships on Feb. 15 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Powers scored 84.61 points to win the gold medal over fellow U.S. rider Noah Flegel (Lighthouse Point, Fla.), who scored 84.11 points in earning the silver medal. With the victory, Powers earned a spot as the wakeboard athlete on the 2015 U.S. Pan American Games Water Ski Team. The XVII Pan American Games were held July 20-23 in Toronto, and Powers earned the silver medal.
United States Hydrofoil Association (USHA):
The United States Hydrofoil Association has not held a sanctioned tournament since 2012.
Water Skiers with Disabilities Association (WSDA):
The U.S. Disabled Water Ski Team won the world team gold medal and six U.S. team members won individual medals at the 12th Barbara Bolding/Jim Grew Fund Disabled Water Ski World Championships, Sept. 24-27, at Shortline Lake in Elk Grove, Calif. Fourteen athletes represented the 2015 U.S. Disabled Water Ski Team at the biennial event. More than 50 athletes from 11 countries participated in the championships. The United States tallied 12,531.94 points in winning the gold medal for an unprecedented fourth consecutive time and the eighth time in the history of the event. Australia earned the silver medal with 10,811.68 points and Italy earned the bronze medal with 9,961.06 points.
CURRENT MEMBERSHIP AS 12/31/2015 BY SPORT DISCIPLINE AND TYPE
Family Family TOTAL NEW Active Active Under 25 GR ACTIVE & MEMBERS Sport TOTAL Individual HOH Dep's Active Active Amb/Life TOTAL Individual Amb/Life TOTAL SUPP. (see note Discipline MEMBERS Active * (FA0) (FA1-9) (U25) (GRA) Active ACTIVE Supp. Supp. SUPP. MEMBERS below) ABC 414 166 43 66 73 22 13 383 21 10 31 414 58 AKA 114 7 12 58 16 18 0 111 3 0 3 114 32 AWS 6888 2633 734 1621 900 311 171 6370 210 308 518 6888 825 NCW 924 106 7 21 746 40 1 921 1 2 3 924 435 NP 175 57 20 26 35 16 0 154 9 12 21 175 14 NSS 5646 1073 841 2352 1163 171 9 5609 28 9 37 5646 960 NWR 267 120 23 52 40 28 1 264 2 1 3 267 57 USH 53 16 4 9 7 13 0 49 1 3 4 53 8 USW 730 99 18 111 229 251 3 711 16 3 19 730 321 WSD 102 50 9 15 10 14 2 100 1 1 2 102 11 TOTALS 15343 4335 1712 4331 3226 898 200 14702 292 349 641 15343 2741 * Includes Foreign Active (WAA) and Foreign Insurance Only (WLA). Wakesurf affiliates are included in the totals above but are shown below.
Wakesurf 8 1 7 14 30 0 30 20
2015 2014 Difference NEW MEMBERS: These numbers indicate the number of active and supporting members who have joined during the Camps 5 18 -13 previous 12 months and do not have a previous member record on file. The New Member numbers are included in the Clubs 511 520 -9 Total Active and Supporting Members column. The New Member numbers may not be 100% accurate as some previous members may have re-joined as new members rather than renewing an existing membership. Ski Schools 4 10 -6
DIFFERENCES IN CURRENT MEMBERSHIP - 2015 TO 2014
Family Family TOTAL Active Active Under 25 GR ACTIVE & Total Active Sport TOTAL Individual HOH Dep's Active Active Amb/Life TOTAL Individual Amb/Life TOTAL SUPP. Memb. % Memb. % Discipline MEMBERS Active * (FA0) (FA1-9) (U25) (GRA) Active ACTIVE Supp. Supp. SUPP. MEMBERS + / - + / - ABC -6 34 -13 -15 12 -17 1 2 -7 -1 -8 -6 -1.43% 0.52% AKA -25 -7 -1 -14 -5 3 0 -24 -1 0 -1 -25 -17.99% -17.78% AWS -290 317 -262 -379 37 37 0 -250 -43 3 -40 -290 -4.04% -3.78% NCW 143 19 -5 -3 109 23 0 143 0 0 0 143 18.31% 18.38% NP 17 24 2 -1 12 -9 -1 27 -11 1 -10 17 10.76% 21.26% NSS -39 144 -123 -147 61 38 0 -27 -12 0 -12 -39 -0.69% -0.48% NWR -17 0 -6 -4 -3 -3 0 -16 -1 0 -1 -17 -5.99% -5.71% USH 1 4 -4 -8 6 4 -2 0 -1 2 1 1 1.92% 0.00% USW -135 8 -10 -30 -49 -45 0 -126 -9 0 -9 -135 -15.61% -15.05% WSD -16 -18 -1 2 -8 12 0 -13 -3 0 -3 -16 -13.56% -11.50% TOTALS -385 523 -425 -599 168 33 -2 -302 -88 5 -83 -385 -2.45% -2.01% Wakesurf -2 -2 -4 -10 -18 0 -18
1/5/2016 USA Water Ski 2015 Membership by State and Sport Discipline (Grouped Alphabetically by State) State/Country ABC AKA AWS NCW NP NSS NWR USA USH USW WKS WSD Grand Total AK 9 1 10 AL 1 137 12 6 1 1 7 4 169 AR 2 41 5 1 1 50 AZ 2 48 18 8 7 6 8 1 2 100 CA 29 8 888 161 2 35 108 7 3 76 6 5 1328 Canada 1 105 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 3 119 CO 3 3 199 6 1 12 7 3 3 5 1 2 245 CT 11 7 116 3 1 80 7 4 2 7 1 4 243 DC 1 2 2 5 DE 1 12 2 1 16 FL 46 7 658 19 9 468 11 9 69 3 18 1317 Foreign 4 123 3 3 5 3 1 7 149 GA 5 4 175 18 8 1 2 2 9 3 227 HI 2 25 2 12 1 42 IA 5 47 17 2 349 1 13 1 435 ID 1 1 58 1 2 9 1 3 76 IL 27 5 223 72 3 564 2 3 28 3 930 IN 4 2 233 32 1 94 3 2 32 1 6 410 KS 8 1 87 22 16 4 5 143 KY 74 6 80 LA 1 80 8 1 1 1 69 161 MA 10 2 89 2 2 92 6 4 207 MD 1 39 5 1 1 9 1 57 ME 15 36 1 1 53 MI 18 3 242 65 8 202 5 5 31 5 584 MN 50 25 284 23 2 677 19 5 3 45 7 2 1142 MO 11 1 117 39 165 3 1 21 2 3 363 MS 43 3 2 1 38 2 89 MT 4 22 2 28 NC 3 3 194 5 1 24 2 3 3 11 1 3 253 ND 2 2 1 1 6 NE 2 61 22 2 1 1 89 NH 4 56 1 1 2 64 NJ 5 1 58 3 87 7 1 1 163 NM 3 2 5 NV 26 17 1 7 4 55 NY 3 170 2 52 10 1 5 1 244 OH 19 8 248 96 155 6 3 1 27 1 564 OK 49 1 1 2 53 OR 1 113 4 35 2 2 1 1 1 160 PA 12 127 4 1 3 2 1 4 1 1 156 RI 5 2 7 SC 4 66 9 1 69 1 1 3 154 SD 5 10 7 85 1 1 1 110 TN 6 106 6 1 7 3 4 2 135 TX 23 3 570 65 6 95 12 5 1 30 1 8 819 UT 7 2 109 2 2 2 1 5 2 2 134 VA 4 5 173 6 83 10 3 1 34 319 VT 2 16 18 WA 8 282 25 20 2 2 1 21 1 362 WI 58 18 248 109 14 2102 18 18 7 74 2 14 2682 WV 4 1 4 9 WY 4 4 Grand Total 414 114 6888 924 66 5646 267 109 53 730 30 102 15343 F:\membsvcs\Membership\Membership Stats\2015\EOM 12-2015 1 of 1 USA Water Ski 2015 Membership by State and Sport Discipline (Grouped by Number of Members Per State) State/Country ABC AKA AWS NCW NP NSS NWR USA USH USW WKS WSD Grand Total WI 58 18 248 109 14 2102 18 18 7 74 2 14 2682 CA 29 8 888 161 2 35 108 7 3 76 6 5 1328 FL 46 7 658 19 9 468 11 9 69 3 18 1317 MN 50 25 284 23 2 677 19 5 3 45 7 2 1142 IL 27 5 223 72 3 564 2 3 28 3 930 TX 23 3 570 65 6 95 12 5 1 30 1 8 819 MI 18 3 242 65 8 202 5 5 31 5 584 OH 19 8 248 96 155 6 3 1 27 1 564 IA 5 47 17 2 349 1 13 1 435 IN 4 2 233 32 1 94 3 2 32 1 6 410 MO 11 1 117 39 165 3 1 21 2 3 363 WA 8 282 25 20 2 2 1 21 1 362 VA 4 5 173 6 83 10 3 1 34 319 NC 3 3 194 5 1 24 2 3 3 11 1 3 253 CO 3 3 199 6 1 12 7 3 3 5 1 2 245 NY 3 170 2 52 10 1 5 1 244 CT 11 7 116 3 1 80 7 4 2 7 1 4 243 GA 5 4 175 18 8 1 2 2 9 3 227 MA 10 2 89 2 2 92 6 4 207 AL 1 137 12 6 1 1 7 4 169 NJ 5 1 58 3 87 7 1 1 163 LA 1 80 8 1 1 1 69 161 OR 1 113 4 35 2 2 1 1 1 160 PA 12 127 4 1 3 2 1 4 1 1 156 SC 4 66 9 1 69 1 1 3 154 Foreign 4 123 3 3 5 3 1 7 149 KS 8 1 87 22 16 4 5 143 TN 6 106 6 1 7 3 4 2 135 UT 7 2 109 2 2 2 1 5 2 2 134 Canada 1 105 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 3 119 SD 5 10 7 85 1 1 1 110 AZ 2 48 18 8 7 6 8 1 2 100 MS 43 3 2 1 38 2 89 NE 2 61 22 2 1 1 89 KY 74 6 80 ID 1 1 58 1 2 9 1 3 76 NH 4 56 1 1 2 64 MD 1 39 5 1 1 9 1 57 NV 26 17 1 7 4 55 ME 15 36 1 1 53 OK 49 1 1 2 53 AR 2 41 5 1 1 50 HI 2 25 2 12 1 42 MT 4 22 2 28 VT 2 16 18 DE 1 12 2 1 16 AK 9 1 10 WV 4 1 4 9 RI 5 2 7 ND 2 2 1 1 6 NM 3 2 5 DC 1 2 2 5 WY 4 4 Grand Total 414 114 6888 924 66 5646 267 109 53 730 30 102 15343 F:\membsvcs\Membership\Membership Stats\2015\EOM 12-2015 1 of 1 Sport Discipline ‐ Active / Supporting Members By Month
USA Water Ski Membership by Sport Discipline Active + Supporting Members, December 31 (of each year)
2005 ABC AKA AWSA NCW NP NSSA NWSR USH USAW WSD Other TOTAL December 884 249 12418 1465 5803 636 448 1523 113 22406
2006 ABC AKA AWSA NCW NP NSSA NWSR USH USAW WSD Other TOTAL December 865 242 11886 1337 6080 604 395 1665 119 22086
2007 ABC AKA AWSA NCW NP NSSA NWSR USH USAW WSD Other TOTAL December 800 251 11306 1299 6106 556 371 1724 108 22521
2008 ABC AKA AWSA NCW NP NSSA NWSR USH USAW WSD Other TOTAL December 699 235 10446 1295 546 5381 532 297 1653 95 21179
25000 2009 ABC AKA AWSA NCW NP NSSA NWSR USH USAW WSD Other TOTAL NP Jan 136 31 2315 39 50 837 69 28 119 12 3636 20000 WSD Feb 187 49 3256 70 61 1385 129 44 170 25 5376 NWSR Mar 254 58 4590 200 79 1804 215 56 268 40 7564 Apr 304 84 5737 415 82 2271 220 70 465 44 9692 15000 AKA May 412 106 6934 467 94 3265 330 82 690 62 12442 USH Jun 509 132 8106 510 111 4445 376 90 879 70 15228 10000 ABC Jul 592 168 8725 562 117 5083 413 106 1015 83 16864 NCW Aug 602 177 9016 635 125 5262 441 119 1096 99 17572 5000 USAW Sep 614 191 9524 1085 132 5323 501 246 1486 103 19205 NSSA Oct 623 194 9646 1129 137 5350 558 279 1548 103 19567 Nov 626 196 9682 1142 139 5355 563 307 1563 103 19676 0 AWSA Dec 622 196 9687 1147 128 5360 561 306 1566 105 19678 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2010 ABC AKA AWSA NCW NP NSSA NWSR USH USAW WSD Other TOTAL 20000 NP Jan 559 188 8645 1132 85 5132 538 301 1530 103 18213 18000 Feb 552 180 8608 1115 87 5026 516 295 1520 98 17997 16000 WSD Mar 568 187 8794 1061 100 5050 500 286 1488 94 18128 14000 NWSR Apr 556 172 8708 1007 103 5032 526 251 1402 101 17858 12000 AKA May 532 182 8628 1001 108 4959 487 233 1329 96 17555 10000 USH Jun 542 198 8773 993 104 5166 496 248 1272 101 17893 8000 ABC Jul 537 195 8878 987 102 5261 489 243 1182 95 17969 NCW Aug 544 200 8988 982 102 5278 485 221 1197 86 18083 6000 Sep 581 197 9044 926 100 5314 474 169 1117 87 18009 4000 USAW Oct 576 195 9047 926 98 5303 466 159 1167 87 18024 2000 NSSA Nov 575 195 9094 930 100 5301 465 161 1198 89 18108 0 AWSA Dec 575 195 9103 925 98 5301 465 163 1193 90 18108 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Sport Discipline ‐ Active / Supporting Members By Month
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Listing on USA Water Ski’s online affiliated club directory allowing water sports enthu- siasts (and potential club members) in your area to find your club Access to USA Water Ski’s password protected “Members-Only” section on our Web site, which allows your club to: renew their club membership online or via mail purchase certificates of insurance view and edit the club’s membership profile and change their login password view and print the club’s affiliation certificate and certificate of insurance access to USA Water Ski’s roster of the club’s members for easy verification of membership status and sport discipline preference -- you can even sort, add and remove members from your roster 24 hours a day, 7 days a week view and sanction club practices and exhibitions online access members-only benefits offered by USA Water Ski partner organizations and much more Official, athlete and coaching development programs to develop your club’s members and provide the necessary certifications for sanctioning events Online officials’ directory to allow your club to easily locate and contact the required per- sonnel for running your sanctioned event Access to USA Water Ski’s GrassRoots event organizer tool kit, which provides informa- tion on USA Water Ski T-shirt and award incentives that are sure to make your Gras- sRoots event a huge success ($300 value/event) Access to USA Water Ski’s online event registration (OLR) program to make registering for your club’s sanctioned event a breeze Authorized use of USA Water Ski-Affiliated Club logo on club materials NEW! CONTACT US: Opportunity for your club to be featured in a USA Water Ski E-Blast NEW! USA WATER SKI FREE access to USA Water Ski’s mailing list for promoting your club’s sanctioned events (minimum $75 value) 1251 Holy Cow Road Polk City, FL 33868-8200 FREE online classified ad for the benefit of your club (minimum $35 value) NEW! (863) 324-4341 | (863) 325-8259 fax Friendly and knowledgeable staff members available to answer your club’s questions -- we’re [email protected] only a phone call or e-mail away www.USAWATERSKI.org 2016 USA Water Ski Sport Discipline Funding thru 12/31/2015 Total Funding Pool = $78,170 $5.30 14,672 Active Members = $77,762 All Active (excl. 30 WKS membs) $1.40 292 Ind Supporting Members = $409 SS $78,170 12% 12/31/2015 55% 2014 Int'l 33% Act. Mem Alloc. Based 12/31/2010 # of Active % of Active Alloc. Based Avg. # of Alloc. Based on Growth on 5-Yr. 2010 Active Members Members on % of Membership Participants/Yr # of Participants ('10-'15) Growth Total Memb. ABC 383 2.610% $ 1,122.31 12 $ 2,859.63 0 $ - $ 3,981.94 493 AKA 111 0.757% $ 325.27 0 $ - 0 $ - $ 325.27 161 AWSA 6370 43.416% $ 18,666.17 37.75 $ 8,995.91 0 $ - $ 27,662.08 7686 NCWSA 921 6.277% $ 2,698.83 4.5 $ 1,072.36 6 $ 89.48 $ 3,860.67 915 NP 154 1.050% 0 $ - 0 $ - $ - 53 NSSA 5609 38.229% $ 16,436.19 17.5 $ 4,170.29 603 $ 8,992.70 $ 29,599.18 5006 NWSRA 264 1.799% $ 773.61 17.5 $ 4,170.29 0 $ - $ 4,943.90 411 USHA 49 0.334% $ 143.59 0 $ - 0 $ - $ 143.59 140 USA-WB 711 4.846% $ 2,083.46 10.5 $ 2,502.17 0 $ - $ 4,585.64 1073 WSDA 100 0.682% $ 293.03 8.5 $ 2,025.57 20 $ 298.27 $ 2,616.87 80 14,672 100% $ 42,542.45 108.25 $ 25,796.23 629 $ 9,380.45 $ 77,719.13 16018 F:\Finance\Sport Discipline Funding\2016\2016 SD Funding thru 12-31-15 FINAL 2015 Sport Discipline Donations 1/1/2015 through 12/31/2015 Donation Donation Fund Totals 3-Event (AWSA) 35+ Team Fund $480.00 3-Event (AWSA) Elite Team Fund $65.00 3-Event (AWSA) Under 13 Team Fund $465.00 3-Event (AWSA) Under 17 Team Fund $345.00 3-Event (AWSA) Under 21 Team Fund $110.00 Barefoot (ABC) Team Fund $287.00 Collegiate (NCWSA) Team Fund $255.00 Disabled (WSDA) Team Fund $395.00 Show Ski (NSSA) Team Fund $125.00 USA-WS Sport Develop/GrassRoots Fund $251.00 Wakeboard (USA-WB) Team Fund $2,027.00 Donation -Ski Race (NWSRA) Team Fund $50.00 Subtotal $4,855.00 AWSA Junior Worlds $ 250.00 Total Donations $5,105.00 F:\membsvcs\General\Donations\2015\2015 Sport Discipline Donation Totals 1-1-2015 to 12-31-2015 1/13/2016 WATER SKI CLINIC STATISTICS Revised 1/14/2015 Revised 1/14/2016 2015 Water Ski Clinics ESCSMWWTotal Water Ski Clinics Basic Skills 5 4 21 41 7 78 10-Year Statistics Jr. Development 2 0 19 31 9 61 Year # Events TOTAL CLINICS 7 4407216 139 2006 198 2007 269 3-Event (AWSA) E SC S MW W Total 2008 273 Basic Skills 32394 21 2009 231 Jr. Development 1 1 17 17 8 44 2010 188 Total AWSA 4 3202612 65 2011 176 2012 165 Barefoot (ABC) E SC S MW W Total 2013 191 Basic Skills 00010 1 2014 148 Jr. evelopmentD 00000 0 2015 139 TotalBC A 00010 1 Collegiate (NCWSA) ESCSMWW Total Basic Skills 00000 0 Jr. Development 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total NCWSA 0 0000 0 Disabled (WSDA) E SC S MW W Total Basic Skills 0 1 13 19 1 34 Jr. evelopmentD 00101 2 Total WSDA 0 1 14 19 2 36 Hydrofoil (USHA) E SC S MW W Total Basic Skills 00010 1 Jr. evelopmentD 00000 0 Total USHA 00010 1 Kneeboard (AKA) E SC S MW W Total Basic Skills 00000 0 Jr. evelopmentD 00000 0 Total AKA 00000 0 Show Ski (NSSA) E SC S MW W Total Basic Skills 20251 10 Jr. Development 1 0 0 13 0 14 Total NSSA 302181 24 Ski Race (NWSRA) E SC S MW W Total Basic Skills 00000 0 Jr. evelopmentD 00000 0 Total NWSRA 00000 0 Wakeboard (USA-WB) E SC S MW W Total Basic Skills 00000 0 Jr. evelopmentD 00000 0 Total USA-WB00000 0 Multiple Sport Disciplines E SC S MW W Total Basic Skills 00351 9 Jr. evelopmentD 00111 3 Total USA-WB00462 12 GRASSROOTS EVENT STATISTICS Revised 1/14/2015 Revised 1/14/2016 2015 GrassRoots Events Standalone (all sport disciplines) ESCSMWWTotal GrassRoots Events Standalone 5 5 10 13 10 43 10-Year Statistics Add-on to Higher Class Event 14 9 13 32 26 94 Year # Events TOTAL ALL GRASSROOTS 19 14 23 45 36 137 2006 126 2007 122 3-Event (AWSA) E SC S MW W Total 2008 119 Standalone 30379 22 2009 120 Add-on to Higher Class Event 13 7 13 29 20 82 2010 99 Total AWSA 16 7 163629 104 2011 60 2012 48 Barefoot (ABC) E SC S MW W Total 2013 64 Standalone 01320 6 2014 61 Add-on to Higher Class Event 00010 1 2015 43 TotalBC A01330 7 Collegiate (NCWSA) ESCSMWW Total Standalone 00000 0 Add-on to Higher Class Event 1 2 0 2 0 5 Total NCWSA 1 2020 5 Disabled (WSDA) E SC S MW W Total Standalone 00000 0 Add-on to Higher Class Event 00001 1 Total WSDA 00001 1 Hydrofoiill (US(USHHAA) E SC S MW W TTtotal Standalone 00000 0 Add-on to Higher Class Event 00000 0 Total USHA 00000 0 Kneeboard (AKA) E SC S MW W Total Standalone 00000 0 Add-on to Higher Class Event 00000 0 Total AKA 00000 0 Show Ski (NSSA) E SC S MW W Total Standalone 10131 6 Add-on to Higher Class Event 00000 0 Total NSSA 10131 6 Ski Race (NWSRA) E SC S MW W Total Standalone 00000 0 Add-on to Higher Class Event 00005 5 Total NWSRA 00005 5 Wakeboard (USA-WB) E SC S MW W Total Standalone 14310 9 Add-on to Higher Class Event 00000 0 Total USA-WB14310 9 3-EVENT (AWSA) EVENT STATISTICS Revised 1/14/2015 Revised 1/14/2016 2015 AWSA Tournaments by AWSA Tournaments Highest Class Sanctioned E SC S MW W Totals 10-Year Statistics Class C 49 37 67 77 110 340 Year # Tournaments Class E 30010 4 2006 570 Class L 4114510 34 2007 563 Class R 01748713 85 2008 563 Class X 01100 2 2009 595 Cash Prize 00712 10 2010 588 Total AWSA Tournaments 56 66 127 91 135 475 2011 546 2012 506 2015 AWSA Grassroots Events E SC S MW W Totals 2013 554 Standalone 30379 22 2014 545 Add-on to Higher Class Event 13 7 13 29 20 82 2015 497 Total AWSA GrassRoots Events 16 7 16 36 29 104 *incl. GR Standalone 2015 Water Ski Clinics E SC S MW W Totals Basic Skills 32394 21 Jr Development 1 1 17 17 8 44 Total AWSA Clinics 4 3 20 26 12 65 BAREFOOT (ABC) EVENT STATISTICS 2015 ABC Tournaments by ABC Tournaments Highest Class Sanctioned E SC S MW W Totals 10-Year Statistics Class C 11012 5 Year # Tournaments Class L 11010 3 2006 40 Class R 01232 8 2007 33 Total ABC Tournaments 23254 162008 43 2009 33 2015 ABC Grassroots Events E SC S MW W Totals 2010 36 Standalone 01320 6 2011 25 Add-on to Higher Class Event 00010 1 2012 32 Total ABC GrassRoots Events 01330 72013 24 2014 22 2015 ABC Clinics E SC S MW W Totals 2015 22 Basic Skills 00010 1 *incl. GR Standalone Jr Development 00000 0 Total ABC Clinics000101 COLLEGIATE (NCWSA) EVENT STATISTICS 2015 NCWSA Tournaments by NCWSA Tournaments Highest Class Sanctioned E SC S MW W Totals 10-Year Statistics Class C 970169 41 Year # Tournaments Class L 00000 0 2006 42 Total NCWSA Tournaments 970169 412007 39 2008 38 2015 NCWSA Grassroots Events E SC S MW W Totals 2009 45 Standalone 00000 0 2010 43 Add-on to Higher Class Event 1 2 0 2 0 5 2011 41 Total NCWSA GrassRoots Events 12020 52012 41 2013 38 2015 NCWSA Clinics E SC S MW W Totals 2014 40 Basic Skills 00000 0 2015 41 Jr Development 00000 0 *incl. GR Standalone Total NCWSA Clinics000000 DISABLED (WSDA) EVENT STATISTICS Revised 1/14/2015 2015 WSDA Tournaments by WSDA Tournaments Highest Class Sanctioned E SC S MW W Totals 10-Year Statistics Class C 00000 0 Year # Tournaments Class R 00000 0 2006 2 Total WSDA Tournaments 00000 02007 2 2008 2 2015 WSDA Grassroots Events E SC S MW W Totals 2009 5 Standalone 00000 0 2010 3 Add-on to Higher Class Event 0 0 0 0 1 1 2011 3 Total WSDA GrassRoots Events 00001 12012 1 2013 1 2015 WSDA Clinics E SC S MW W Totals 2014 1 Basic Skills 0 1 13 19 1 34 2015 0 Jr Development 00101 2 *incl. GR Standalone Total WSDA Clinics 0 1 14 19 2 36 HYDROFOIL (USHA) EVENT STATISTICS 2015 USHA Tournaments by USHA Tournaments Highest Class Sanctioned E SC S MW W Totals 10-Year Statistics All Classes 00000 0 Year # Tournaments Total USHA Tournaments 00000 02006 9 2007 9 2015 USHA Grassroots Events E SC S MW W Totals 2008 10 Standalone 00000 0 2009 8 Add-on to Higher Class Event 0 0 0 0 0 0 2010 7 Total USHA GrassRoots Events 00000 02011 1 2012 1 2015 USHA Clinics E SC S MW W Totals 2013 1 Basic Skills 00010 1 2014 0 Jr Development 00000 0 2015 0 Total USHA Clinics000101*incl. GR Standalone KNEEBOARD (AKA) EVENT STATISTICS 2015 AKA Tournaments by AKA Tournaments Highest Class Sanctioned E SC S MW W Totals 10-Year Statistics Class Q 00010 1 Year # Tournaments Class T 00100 1 2006 19 Total AKA Tournaments 00110 22007 20 2008 16 2015 AKA Grassroots Events E SC S MW W Totals 2009 17 Standalone 00000 0 2010 17 Add-on to Higher Class Event 0 0 0 0 0 0 2011 12 Total AKA GrassRoots Events 00000 02012 12 2013 12 2015 AKA Clinics E SC S MW W Totals 2014 8 Basic Skills 00000 0 2015 2 Jr Development 00000 0 *incl. GR Standalone Total AKA Clinics000000 SHOW SKI (NSSA) EVENT STATISTICS Revised 1/14/2015 2015 NSSA Tournaments by NSSA Tournaments Highest Class Sanctioned E SC S MW W Totals 10-Year Statistics All Classes 10270 10 Year # Tournaments Total NSSA Tournaments 10270 102006 13 2007 14 2015 NSSA Grassroots Events E SC S MW W Totals 2008 10 Standalone 10131 6 2009 13 Add-on to Higher Class Event 0 0 0 0 0 0 2010 11 Total NSSA GrassRoots Events 10131 62011 10 2012 11 2015 NSSA Clinics E SC S MW W Totals 2013 11 Basic Skills 20251 10 2014 13 Jr Development 1 0 0 13 0 14 2015 16 Total NSSA Clinics 3 0 2 18 1 24 *incl. GR Standalone SKI RACE (NWSRA) EVENT STATISTICS 2015 NWSRA Tournaments by NWSRA Tournaments Highest Class Sanctioned E SC S MW W Totals 10-Year Statistics All Classes 00005 5 Year # Tournaments Total NWSRA Tournaments 00005 52006 14 2007 12 2015 NWSRA Grassroots Events E SC S MW W Totals 2008 12 Standalone 00000 0 2009 11 Add-on to Higher Class Event 0 0 0 0 5 5 2010 9 Total NWSRA GrassRoots Events 00005 52011 12 2012 9 2015 NWSRA Clinics E SC S MW W Totals 2013 5 Basic Skills 00000 0 2014 7 Jr Development 00000 0 2015 5 Total NWSRA Clinics000000*incl. GR Standalone WAKEBOARD (USA-WB) EVENT STATISTICS 2015 USA-WB Tournaments by USA-WB Tournaments Highest Class Sanctioned E SC S MW W Totals 10-Year Statistics All Classes 00000 0 Year # Tournaments Total USA-WB Tournaments 00000 02006 25 2007 43 2015 USA-WB Grassroots Events E SC S MW W Totals 2008 57 Standalone 14310 9 2009 25 Add-on to Higher Class Event 0 0 0 0 0 0 2010 22 Total USA-WB GrassRoots Events 14310 92011 17 2012 17 2015 USA-WB Clinics E SC S MW W Totals 2013 22 Basic Skills 00000 0 2014 16 Jr Development 00000 0 2015 9 Total USA-WB Clinics000000*incl. GR Standalone USA WATER SKI EVENT STATISTICS Revised 1/14/2015 Revised 1/14/2016 2015 USA Water Ski Events ESCSMWWTotal USA-WS Tournaments Sport Discipline Tournaments 68 76 132 120 153 549 10-Year Statistics Standalone GrassRoots Events 5 5 10 13 10 43 Year # Tournaments Water Ski Clinics 7 4 40 72 16 139 2005 742 Total USA Water Ski Events 80 85 182 205 179 731 2006 734 2007 735 Sport Discipline Tournaments ESCSMWWTotal 2008 751 3-Event (AWSA) 56 66 127 91 135 475 2009 752 Barefoot (ABC) 23254 16 2010 736 Collegiate (NCWSA) 970169 41 2011 671 Disabled (WSDA) 00000 0 2012 670 Hydrofoil (USHA) 00000 0 2013 669 Kneeboard (AKA) 00110 2 2014 651 Show Ski (NSSA) 10270 10 2015 592 Ski Race (NWSRA) 00005 5 *incl. GR Standalone Wakeboard (USA-WB) 00000 0 Total Sport Discipline Tournaments 68 76 132 120 153 549 GrassRoots Events (All Disciplines) ESCSMWWTotal Standalone 5 5 10 13 10 43 Add-on to Higher Class Event* 14 9 13 32 26 94 Total GrassRoots Events 19 14 23 45 36 137 *counts already included in Sport Discipline Tournaments Above Water Ski Clinics (All Disciplines) ESCSMWWTotal Basic Skills 5 4 21 41 7 78 Jr Development 2 0 19 31 9 61 Total Water Ski Clinics 7 4 40 72 16 139 USA WATER SKI 2015 Officials' Clinic Statistics AWSA OFFICIALS' CLINICS 2014 2015 Difference Region/Clinic Type Clinics Attendees Clinics Attendees Clinics Attendees Eastern Region Judges/Scorers Clinics 5 45 3 25 -2 -20 Scorers Clinics 0 0 1 6 1 6 Drivers Clinics 5 19 4 32 -1 13 Tech Controller Clinics 0 0 0 0 0 0 Subtotals 10 64 8 63 -2 -1 Midwest Region Judges/Scorers Clinics 3 22 4 69 1 47 Scorers Clinics 0 0 0 0 0 0 Drivers Clinics 6 44 8 68 2 24 Tech Controller Clinics 2 5 0 0 -2 -5 Subtotals 11 71 12 137 1 66 Southern Region Judges/Scorers Clinics 5 49 10 77 5 28 Scorers Clinics 2 8 0 0 -2 -8 Drivers Clinics 4 31 7 31 3 0 Tech Controller Clinics 0 0 2 10 2 10 Subtotals 11 88 19 118 8 30 South Central Region Judges/Scorers Clinics 5 63 3 31 -2 -32 Scorers Clinics 1 6 0 0 -1 -6 Drivers Clinics 5 19 9 31 4 12 Tech Controller Clinics 0 0 0 0 0 0 Subtotals 11 88 12 62 1 -26 Western Region Judges/Scorers Clinics 11 127 7 96 -4 -31 Scorers Clinics 0 0 0 0 0 0 Drivers Clinics 10 101 9 55 -1 -46 Tech Controller Clinics 0 0 1 1 1 1 Subtotals 21 228 17 152 -4 -76 Virtual Clinics via GoToMeeting Judges/Scorers Clinics 6 73 5 85 -1 12 Scorers Clinics 0 0 3 43 3 43 Subtotals 6 73 8 128 2 55 TOTAL AWSA OFFICIALS' CLINICS Judges/Scorers Clinics 35 379 32 383 -3 4 Scorers Clinics 3 14 4 49 1 35 Drivers Clinics 30 214 37 217 7 3 Tech Controller Clinics 2 5 3 11 1 6 TOTALS 70 612 76 660 6 48 AWSA INDIVIDUAL ONLINE OFFICIALS' CLINIC MODULES Clinic Type 2014 2015 Difference Judges/Scorers 0 33 33 Tech Controllers 0 21 21 TOTALS 0 54 54 F:\membsvcs\Officials\Clinics\Officials Clinic Sanctions\Officials Clinic Statistics 1-15-16 1 of 2 USA WATER SKI 2015 Officials' Clinic Statistics AKA OFFICIALS' CLINICS 2014 2015 Difference Clinic Type Clinics Attendees Clinics Attendees Clinics Attendees Judges/Scorers Clinics 1 3 1 4 0 1 Drivers Clinics 0 0 1 2 1 2 Subtotals 1 3 2 6 1 3 NSSA ONLINE COURSES Course Name 2014 2015 Difference NSSA Online Class A Driver Learner's Permit Course Registrations 117 108 -9 USA WATER SKI OFFICIALS' CLINICS 2014 2015 Difference Region/Clinic Type Clinics Attendees Clinics Attendees Clinics Attendees Eastern Region Safety 3 25 4 46 1 21 Trained Driver 2 10 0 0 -2 -10 Subtotals 5 35 4 46 -1 11 Midwest Region Safety 19 193 15 184 -4 -9 Trained Driver 3 23 1 3 -2 -20 Subtotals 22 216 16 187 -6 -29 Southern Region Safety 7 48 7 43 0 -5 Trained Driver 3 33 1 2 -2 -31 Subtotals 10 81 8 45 -2 -36 South Central Region Safety 3 19 1 3 -2 -16 Trained Driver 2 20 3 18 1 -2 Subtotals 5 39 4 21 -1 -18 Western Region Safety 4 21 6 42 2 21 Trained Driver 1 5 1 1 0 -4 Subtotals 5 26 7 43 2 17 TOTAL USA-WS OFFICIALS' CLINICS Safety 36 306 33 318 -3 12 Trained Driver 11 91 6 24 -5 -67 TOTALS 47 397 39 342 -8 -55 USA-WS ONLINE COURSES Course Name 2014 2015 Difference USA-WS Online Trained Driver Course Registrations 148 106 -42 F:\membsvcs\Officials\Clinics\Officials Clinic Sanctions\Officials Clinic Statistics 1-15-16 2 of 2 2015 USA Water Ski Sponsors Adrenaline Water Sports Aluminum Boat Cradles Bart’s Water Sports Boatbound Boat U.S. Connelly Skis D3 Skis Dolphin Wetsuits Lake Dwellers, LLC EyeKing/Hobie Fineline/Centurion Boats GEICO GOODE Skis H.O Sports Indmar Marine Engines Malibu Boats MasterCraft Masterline Nautique / Correct Craft OJ Props Polk County Sports Marketing / Visit Central Florida Radar Skis World Barefoot Center USOC AFFILIATION AND RECOGNITION OVERVIEW OF CURRENT BENEFITS, SERVICES & SUPPORT 2016 We are honored to be recognized by the United States Olympic Committee as the National Governing Body for towed water sports in the United States. This designation allows us to exist as an international entity, recognized as the authoritative source in this country. Further, it provides USA Water Ski with recognition worldwide and allows our members to access international tournaments and events. Without such recognition, our members would not have access to international tournaments, IWWF World Championships, Pan American Games, and other such prestigious events. Herein is a brief overview of the benefits of USOC affiliation. RECOGNITION: 1. United States Olympic Committee USA Water Ski is recognized by the United States Olympic Committee as the National Governing Body for towed water sports in the United States. Under Federal law, the USOC is the entity which designates “National Governing Bodies” for sports in the United States. 2. International Waterski and Wakeboard Federation The IWWF is recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the international governing body for water skiing world wide. In order to be an IWWF national federation, the national federation must be recognized as the national NGB. Affiliation with, and recognition by, the USOC is thus needed to continue our status to participate in international competitions. Membership in IWWF is also important to maintain rules and officiating consistency worldwide, etc. It is important for USA Waterski to be part of the “world of sports” and our affiliation with USOC promotes this. Additionally, our athletes have been honored by USOC. We share information about insurance, marketing, etc. with other federations. We use our USOC recognition as a part of our marketing programs. Without the USOC’s NGB designation, our status in the world of sports is downgraded. PROGRAMS, BENEFITS AND SERVICES: 1. U.S. Anti Doping Agency (USADA): As a result of the NGB designation, USA Water Ski and our athletes participate in the USADA (the US Anti-Doping Agency) testing programs, which are required for our athletes to be eligible to participate in international competitions. The USOC works directly with the USADA, a separate organization, to promote and ensure clean play in U.S. sports. If not for our affiliation with the USOC, we would have to pay for IWWF/IOC mandated drug testing services at our major events. 1 | P a g e 2. Safe Sport As a result of the NGB designation, USA Water Ski is able to participate in the USOC Safe Sport program, designed to offer protection to our athletes/members in the areas of sexual misconduct, harassment and abuse. Participation is required for our NGB to be recognized. 3. Pan American Games (and other events): By being a recognized NGB, the USOC allows our athletes to compete in the Pan American Games (and other events such as the Olympic Festival and World Games). This allows our sport to be recognized at the same level as the Olympic sports at those multi-sport mega-events. The USOC covers all expenses for the U.S. Team participating in the Pan American Games every four years (travel, entry fees, lodging, meals, background checks, etc.) and provides all team athletes and staff with Pan American Games apparel. Pan American athletes become eligible to receive EAHI during the years in which they are on the Pan Am Team. 4. Elite Athlete Health Insurance (EAHI): Six athletes currently receive EAHI valued at $6,000 per athlete per year. A total of $36,000 in support is allocated to the qualified pool of athletes. This is an annual program where athletes are eligible based upon international rankings and achievement. 5. Operation Gold: The Operation Gold Program has provided direct athlete funding since 2001. It was revised in recent years to only apply to the Pan Am Games (2011, 2015, etc.) or World Championships (2013, 2017, etc.) during the odd year. We have been able to use an event that mirrors the World Championships in other years – the Masters in 2012 and 2014 – in an effort to support our elite athletes. Prize money is limited to one award per athlete with the athlete winning more than one medal receiving only the highest individual amount. Pan American Games prize money for 2015 is as follows: 1st Place - $2,850; 2nd Place - $2,350; and 3rd Place - $1,800. 6. Corporate Partnerships: USA Water Ski receives a quarterly payment from Hilton for support of their marketing efforts. Our members receive discounted rates from the following USOC corporate partners: Hilton Hotels, 24 Hour Fitness and United Airlines. 2 | P a g e 7. Educational Sessions and Support: Several NGB educational opportunities are offered to all Olympic and Pan American NGBs including the following where the USOC pays for one USA-WS representative to attend (room, board & travel): Marketing symposia to help NGBs collaborate on marketing initiatives Best Practice Seminars for NGB staff Olympic Assembly Coaches symposia Legal symposia In addition, the USOC has become involved with offering marketing advice and guidance and is looking to provide additional support services. 8. Other Athlete Services: Additional services are available to our sport including the following: Use of Olympic Training Center facilities and medical staff by injured athletes Use of Olympic Training Center & dorms for clinics such as the AWSA Sr. Officials Clinic in 2006 Support for athletes looking for employment through the Athlete Career Services Dept. There is a daily per person cost of $TBD for room and board to use the Olympic Training Center. 9. Team USA Website USA Water Ski is included with all Olympic and Pan American sports on the USOC website. 10. USOC Representation USA Water Ski is represented with an equal vote at the NGB Council and with athlete representatives on the Athletes Advisory Committee. 11. Direct NGB Funding: USA-WS has received over $1,000,000 of direct funding from the USOC in support from 1989 through 2005. These funds supported our NGB programs, events and activities and allowed for implementation of programs which are still in effect to this day. In 2014, the USOC provided USA Water Ski an NGB developmental grant to support our technology efforts. This was used to purchase computers and cell phones for those who were using their own personal computers and devises for USA Water Ski business. 3 | P a g e 12. Media Content Agreement: The Joint Marketing Agreement provided approximately $16,000 per year from 2000 through 2007. From 2018-2012, the USOC bought our broadcast rights for all USA Water Ski properties and paid USA Water Ski $18,000 per year for that privilege. In addition, the USOC has provided USA-WS with additional funds, approximately $14,500 per year, to support the cost of webcasting one event per year. 4 | P a g e MONTH MEDIA COVERAGE December (2014) Emerald Coast (Fla.) Magazine Spotlight on U.S. Water Ski Athlete Regina Jaquess December (2014) cincinnati.com; Cincinnati Enquirer Dane Mechler Collegiate Nationals Follow-up Feature December (2014) WaterSki Magazine Online Erika Lang Women’s World Tricks Record Holder Feature December (2014) Lincoln Times-News (N.C.) Barefoot Water Skiing Returns To Lake Norman January (2015) Roanoke (Va.) Times Smith Mountain Skiers Annual Polar Ski January Richmond Times Dispatch Smith Mountain Skiers Annual Polar Ski January St. Louis Post Dispatch Mississippi River New Year’s Day Challenge January Fox 2 News (St. Louis) Mississippi River New Year’s Day Challenge January Murray (Ky.) Ledger & Times Kentucky Lake Ski Nuts Usher In 2015 On The Water January Memphis Commercial Appeal Annual Ski Freeze Rings In New Year January The Times Herald (Pa.) Port Indian Ski Freeze Raises Funds For Camp Rainbow January NBC 10 (Philadelphia) Port Indian Ski Freeze Raises Funds For Camp Rainbow January Pottstown (Pa.) Herald Black Rock Ski Club Hosts Annual Cold Feat on New Year’s Day January WMAZ 13 (Milledgeville) Milledgeville Family Takes To The Water On New Year’s Day January WaterSki Magazine Online Four Towboats Approved To Pull Tournaments In 2015 January Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel Samantha Dumala wins Junior World Slalom Title; sets tournament record January Palm Beach Post Samantha Dumala wins Junior World Slalom Title; sets tournament record January Six Mile Post (Georgia Highlands College) Feature on U.S. Disabled Water Ski Team member David Carter January WaterSki Magazine Online A Near Death Experience - Mike Flynn Feature Article January WaterSki Magazine Online Why Trick Skiers Rarely Wear Vests (Leon Larson) February Daily News Journal (Tennessee) Trey Snell Selected to Southern Region Junior Development Team February West Orange Times (Orlando) Water Skiers Brooke Baldwin and Taylor Garcia win world overall titles February AllianceWake.com Daniel Powers Wins Gold Medal At Pan American Wakeboard Championships February DoubleGsports.com Erika Lang Q&A Feature Profile March AllianceWake.com Three U.S. Athletes Win Titles At 55th Moomba Masters March WaterSki Magazine Online Feature Follow-up on Collegiate Slalom Champion Dane Mechler March Wisconsin Rapids Tribune 2016 World Show Ski Tournament To Be Held In Wisconsin Rapids March WAOW (Wisconsin Rapids) 2016 World Show Ski Tournament To Be Held In Wisconsin Rapids March WSAU (Wisconsin Rapids) 2016 World Show Ski Tournament To Be Held In Wisconsin Rapids March Western Front (Bellingham, Wash.) Western Washington University Water Ski Team prepares for 2015 Season March SportsDestinations.com Interview with USA Water Ski Executive Director Bob Crowley March The Observer (Notre Dame Student Newspaper) Notre Dame Revives Club Water Ski Team April ULM NewsCenter ULM Water Ski Team Breaks Ground On New Facility April The Ledger - Lakeland (Fla.) All American Show Ski Tournament Coverage April The Ledger - Lakeland (Fla.) Chain of Records Event (Post-Event Coverage) April Minneapolis Star Tribune Feature Article – Mary Parcheta Wins National Titles on Snow and Water April boats.com Feature Article on Zenon Bilas – A Pro Skier Looks Back At His Career May Midland (Mich.) Daily News Feature Article on longtime three-event water skier Dan Wamhoff May The Ledger - Lakeland (Fla.) Cypress Gardens Ski Team To Host Adaptive Water Ski Clinic May Rockford (Ill.) Register Feature: Ski Broncs Are Wizards On The Water May Fenton (Mich.) Tri County Times Feature: Silver Lake Ski Club Shows Begin In June May The Ledger - Lakeland (Fla.) Feature: Barefooter Jackson Gerard Sets National Tricks Record May Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News Advance Feature On 2015 Malibu Cup May Freelance Star (Fredericksburg, Va.) Stafford County Native Russell Gay Finishes Third At 56th Masters June Chicago Tribune 6th Annual Footapalooza Barefoot Tournament Advance June The Ada News (Oklahoma) OSU Wakeboard Team Finished Third At Collegiate Wakeboard Nationals June Florida Today Palm Bay Water Skier (Ryan Dodd) Wins Masters (From USA Water Ski Press Release) June Sporting Life Arkansas Little Rock Hosting Junior U.S. Open Water Ski Championships June The Ledger - Lakeland (Fla.) Feature Article on Mark Voisard, Water Ski Ambassador/CGWST President June Daytona Beach (Fla.) News Journal Dr. Michael Fountain To Serve As Team Physician For U.S. Water Ski Team At Under 21 Worlds June WPTV (West Palm Beach, Fla.) Pat Keeler Preparing For State Championships At 67 Years Old June Janesville (Wis.) Gazette Rock Aqua Jays Win Mercury Open Show Ski Tournament June NBC Southern California Water Ski Racing Athletes To Race From Long Beach To Catalina Island and Back June WaterSki Magazine Online Inside the 15th Lake Dwellers Junior U.S. Open Water Ski Championships June New Britain (Conn.) Herald NSSA’s Eastern Regional Show Ski Championships to take place in Farmington, Conn. June Mountain News (Lake Arrowhead, Calif.) Water Ski Tradition Off To Great Start July Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News Malibu Cup Coverage July FOX 6 WBRC Malibu Cup Coverage July The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.) Miss USA Contestants Go Water Skiing At Bennett’s Ski School July NOLA.com (New Orleans) Miss USA Contestants Go Water Skiing At Bennett’s Ski School July NBC 5 (West Palm Beach, Fla.) Ski Nautique Big Dawg World Tour coverage July The Ledger - Lakeland (Fla.) Hank Longo To Be Inducted Into Florida Water Ski Hall of Fame July Suffolk (Va.) News-Herald North Carolina State Water Ski Championships at Beaver Lake July The Ledger - Lakeland (Fla.) Scot Ellis Having No Trouble Keeping Up With The Youth July CTV Canada 5 Pan Am Games Sports You Probably Didn’t Know About July cincinnati.com; Cincinnati Enquirer Dane Mechler Wins Under 21 Water Ski World Championships July Oxygen Magazine Feature Training Article with Regina Jaquess July FOX 28 (Elkhart, Ind.) Lake City Skiers Offer Free Shows Leading Into Nationals July Paducah Sun Locals See Success At Kentucky State Water Ski Championships July WAOW (Wisconsin Rapids) Wisconsin State Show Ski Championships This Weekend July WJIQ.com (Tomahawk, Wis.) Kwahamot Water Ski Club To Compete At Wisconsin State Show Ski Championships July Alexander City (Ala.) Online Schouten Coaches U21 Team To Gold Medal At U21 Worlds July YAHOO Sports XVII Pan American Games Coverage July New Britain (Conn.) Herald NSSA’s Eastern Regional Show Ski Championships to take place in Farmington, Conn. July Canadian Broadcasting Company XVII Pan American Games Coverage July Calgary Herald XVII Pan American Games Coverage July CTV Canada XVII Pan American Games Coverage July Palm Beach Post Wellington Teenager Prepares For Water Ski Championships July Newsday XVII Pan American Games Coverage July WSAU (Wisconsin Rapids) Wisconsin State Show Ski Championships Coverage July madison.com (Madison, Wis.) Mad-City Ski Team Wins Wisconsin State Show Ski Championships July Toronto Star XVII Pan American Games Coverage July WAND (Illinois) PITS Lake Hosts State Water Ski Championships July NBC 15 (Madison, wis.) Mad-City Ski Team Wins Wisconsin State Show Ski Championships; Prepares For Nationals July WPSD (Paducah, Ky.) Average Joe’s Versus Women Pros Cash-Prize Slalom Tournament/In His Wakes 1 July New Britain (Conn.) Herald NSSA’s Eastern Regional Show Ski Championships Coverage July Bristol (Conn.) Press NSSA’s Eastern Regional Show Ski Championships Coverage July MassLive.com NSSA’s Eastern Regional Show Ski Championships Coverage July Janesville (Wis.) Gazette Rock Aqua Jays Prepare For National Tournament July MassLive.com Clay and Skylar Duda Win NSSA Eastern Regionals Doubles July Paducah Sun Four Kentucky Lake Ski Nuts Advance to Water Ski Nationals July Wisconsin Rapids Tribune Aqua Skiers Ready For Division 2 Show Ski Nationals July Herald & Review (Decatur, Ill.) Decatur Native Freddy Krueger To Try To Set World Ski Fly Record August Wisconsin Rapids Tribune Aqua Skiers Win Division 2 Show Ski Nationals August Fredericksburg Freelance Star Lake Of The Woods Hosts Wounded Warrior Clinic August Shelbyville Daily Union Tower Hill Native Freddy Krueger To Attempt World Ski Fly Record August Palm Beach Post Officials Optimistic Nationals Can Go On Despite Tornado Damage August riverbend.com Roberts Family A Water Ski Dynasty August Jackson County (Wisconsin ) Chronicle Barefoot Water Ski National Championships Returns To Alma Center August Minnesota Daily Life As A Twin Cities River Rat August Portage (Wisconsin) Daily USA Water Ski Adaptive Clinic Inspires August WAOW (Wisconsin Rapids) Wisconsin Rapids Aqua Skiers Win Division 2 Show Ski Nationals August Rockford (Ill.) Register 2015 Show Ski National Championships Taking Place This Weekend August ABC 17 (Rockford, Ill.) 2015 Show Ski National Championships Taking Place This Weekend August Fox 39 (Rockford, Ill.) 2015 Show Ski National Championships Taking Place This Weekend August NBC 13 (Rockford, Ill.) 2015 Show Ski National Championships Taking Place This Weekend August Powder Magazine Freddy Krueger Attempting to Break World Ski Fly Record August 97zok Radio (Rockford, Ill.) 2015 Show Ski National Championships Taking Place This Weekend August Rockford (Ill.) Register Ski Broncs Take Show Skiing To New Heights August WIFR (Rockford) National Show Ski Tournament In Loves Park August Global Newswire Freddy Krueger Breaks World Ski Fly Record August Boating Magazine Freddy Krueger Breaks World Ski Fly Record August WPTV (West Palm Beach, Fla.) GOODE Water Ski Nationals Coverage August Beaver Dam (Wis.) Daily Citizen Must-Skis Place Eight At Division 1 Show Ski Nationals August Quad Cities Online Backwater Gamblers Place Seventh At Nationals August Waupaca (Wis.) County News Webfooters Compete At Show Ski Nationals August Akron Life Doug and Paige Peshina Compete At Show Ski Nationals August Appleton (Wis.) Post Crescent Webfooters Place Sixth At Show Ski Nationals August Walton (Fla.) Sun Santa Rosa Beach Residents Win Gold At Pan American Games August WPEC CBS 12 West Palm Beach Okeeheelee Park Hosting Water Ski National Championships August WEAU Knoxville, Tenn. Barefoot Water Ski National Championships Returns To Alma Center August Trade Only Today U.S. Open Water Ski Championships To Be Held In Orlando, Fla. August GrowingBolder.com Harry and Artis Price Still Collecting Water Ski Medals August WXOW (Wisconsin) Rachel Zenk Wins National Swivel Title & Willa Cook Award August WFAA (Texas) Sherman Teen Griffin Stange Wins National Titles; sets National Record at 73rd GOODE Water Ski Nationals August Van Wert (Ohio) Independent McClure Hosts Ohio State Water Ski Tournament August Gazette Newspapers Tony Klarich To Ski On 50 Things on 50th Birthday August Orlando Sentinel Feature Articles – Freddy Krueger Sets World Ski Flying Record August WPEC CBS 12 West Palm Beach Coverage of the 73rd GOODE Water Ski National Championships August Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel Coverage of the 73rd GOODE Water Ski National Championships August Palm Beach Post Coverage of the 73rd GOODE Water Ski National Championships August FloridaWeekly.com Coverage of the 73rd GOODE Water Ski National Championships August Palms West Monthly Coverage of the 73rd GOODE Water Ski National Championships August WPTV (West Palm Beach, Fla.) Coverage of the 73rd GOODE Water Ski National Championships August FOX 29 (West Palm Beach, Fla. Coverage of the 73rd GOODE Water Ski National Championships August KCRA Sacramento Elk Grove Native Brian Detrick Making Big Splash In Water Skiing August The Town Crier (Wellington, Fla.) Coverage of the 73rd GOODE Water Ski National Championships August Live Wellington (Fla.) Coverage of the 73rd GOODE Water Ski National Championships August WIFR (Rockford) Ski Broncs Host First Disabled Water Ski Clinic August WREX (Rockford) Ski Broncs Host First Disabled Water Ski Clinic August SportsDestinations.com U.S. Open Water Ski Championships Returning To Orlando in 2015 August KSL.com (Utah) Roy, Utah native Easton Olsen wins national title at 38th Barefoot Nationals August AllianceWake.com USA Wakeboard Seeks Riders For 2015 Wakeboard World Championships August Wisconsin Rapids Tribune Show Skiers To Attempt World’s Largest Water Ski Pyramid on Saturday August Woodstock (Ill.) Independent Wonder Lake Show Ski Team Places Fifth At Show Ski Nationals August Lincolnshire Echo (United Kingdom) Longest Jump on British Soil Recorded by Freddy Krueger At Stokes Pro Am August WSAU (Wisconsin Rapids) Aqua Skiers, Show Ski Teams Attempt to Set World Record August The Ledger - Lakeland (Fla.) Local Skiers Win Titles At Water Ski National Championships August The Friday Flyer (Canyon Lake, Calif.) Carol Brooks Skis To Gold At Regionals, Bronze At Nationals September Sports Illustrated Faces In The Crowd – Harry and Artis Price September Austin American Statesman Kay Nichols, National Tricks Champion, Dies Of Cancer September Leesburg (Fla.) Commerical Freddy Krueger Adds To Name Recognition with Record Ski Fly Jump September Elk Grove (Calif.) Citizen Disabled Water Ski World Championships To Be Held At Shoreline Lake September Sacramento Bee California Water Ski Pro Am Advance September KCRA (Sacramento, Calif.) California Water Ski Pro Am Advance September Indiana Daily Student Briant Detty Remains Undefeated In Water Skiing October sandspur.org (Rollins College) Coach Marc Bedsore Shares His Insights On Water Skiing October The Friday Flyer (Canyon Lake, Calif.) Flaunt It Swivel Tournament Coverage October The Ledger - Lakeland (Fla.) Hank Longo, Mark Voisard To Receive Award of Distinction From USA-WS Foundation October AllianceWake.com U.S. Wakeboard Team Selected To Compete In Wakeboard World Championships October Grand Valley (Mich.) Lantern Grand Valley State Water Ski Team To Compete In Collegiate Water Ski Nationals October KBTX Aggies & Crimson Tide To Co-Host Collegiate Water Ski National Championships October WaterSki Magazine Online Louisiana-Lafayette Wins Collegiate Water Ski National Championships October WaterSki Magazine Online U.S. Open Water Ski Championships Set For This Weekend In Orlando October KBTX Aggies Finish Sixth At Collegiate Water Ski National Championships October The Vermillion (Lafayette, La.) Ragin’ Cajuns Win Collegiate Water Ski National Championships October Leesburg (Fla.) Commerical World’s Best Water Skiers Head To Groveland For U.S. Open October Leesburg (Fla.) Commerical Preliminary Rounds Held At Jack Travers’ In Groveland October KATC.com (Lafayette, La.) Ragin’ Cajuns Win Collegiate Water Ski National Championships October KPLC (Lafayette, La.) Ragin’ Cajuns Win Collegiate Water Ski National Championships October San Marcos (Texas) Daily Record Skip Wilkerson In Memoriam 2 November SportsDestinations.com 2016 GOODE Water Ski Nationals to Be Held In Caldwell, Idaho November AllianceWake.com U.S. Wakeboard Team Earns Bronze Medal At Wakeboard World Championships November The Ledger - Lakeland (Fla.) Zane Schwenk helps lead U.S. Wakeboard Team to Bronze Medal At Worlds November Walton (Fla.) Sun Jaquess, Pickos Win Gold Medals At Water Ski World Championships December Fredericksburg (Va.) Freelance Star Anna Gay Wins Gold Medal At Water Ski World Championships December Lincoln Times-News (N.C.) 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