Western Region Blog

Greg Badal of Brentwood CA, and Scott Larson of Canyon Lake CA will be competing in the Big Dawg Slalom Finals. The championship will be held Aug. 13-14 as a separate sanctioned event from the 67th GOODE Water Ski National Championships at Okeeheelee Park in West Palm Beach, Fla. For all the information check out the AWSA [...]

You can catch the action at the 50th Masters starting Friday 5/22 and ending 5/24. Catch the video feed at MastersLive.net.

The 3rd season of the Wednesday Night Ski League begins on 6/3 at the Berkeley Aquatic Park. The Ski League is a series of 13 grassroots fun tournaments that run every Wednesday night from June through August. Each skier receives a handicap which allows them to compete for weekly and season end prizes. [...]

The tournament schedule for the 2009 GOODE Water Ski National Championships, presented by Speedo, is now available. The 67th annual event, the world’s largest three-event water ski tournament, will take place Aug. 11-15 at the Ski Club of the Palm Beaches in West Palm Beach, Fla. To view or download the schedule, click here(PDF).

If you are an event organizer and are tired of hassling with the registration process, we have the solution! For 2009, any Local Organizing Club (LOC) that sanctions a wakeboard, kneeboard or traditional water ski tournament online can use Online Registration (OLR). 
The system is designed to make event registration a breeze for the LOC and the participating [...]

It is that time of year again. Tournaments for 2009 will need to be turned into your Area Council Person in December in preparation for the 2009 Winter Council meeting in January.
Smiln Phil is working on the online tournament registration and will announce it soon. Also, think about using the USA Water Ski online signup and payment [...]

9/19 - 9/21 Diablo Shores, Brentwood, Calif.
The final stop on the MasterCraft Pro Ski Tour will start next weekend at Diablo Shores. This event features the top pros and many of our Western Region amateurs.
This year the Badal’s are featuring a car show in addition to charity a duck race, charity raffle, and Tri-tip dinner.
For more information visit Diablo [...]

Attention all skiers, officials & guests:
Due to the impact of Hurricane Gustav, the resulting widespread power outages, projected limited ability of accommodations, and uncertainties around air transportation into the greater New Orleans-Baton Rouge-Biloxi area, we regret to inform you that the Ski Nautique Big Dawg Qualifier #4 (Ski Ranch - Covington) has been cancelled.  
If you are a [...]

September 20th, 2 round slalom, 2 round jump. There is still room. Contact Diane Vegsund,  mooseman@germanshepdog.com to sign up.

WSTIMS release 3.54, which you’ve been using since early last summer (2007), does not include the necessary tables to score ski year 2009 Tournaments. For these, you must download and install and use the new release 3.55, which is now available in the usual location — links can be found under the “Scoring” subject on [...]