July10
2025 State Championship weekend kicks off in less than 48 hours. We are feverishly finishing up preparations. PLEASE, please, please let us know soonest if there is a change to your status whether you now want to compete or you are injured and cannot compete or you want to attend the banquet or want a T-shirt, etc. We have updated the running orders with skier names. Please check and make sure that the information we pulled from USAWS is correct and let us know if we need to change something. Note that a couple of divisions have been moved to accommodate officials. Also note that we are going to offer trick, jump and slalom practice on Saturday afternoon following the finish of the slalom competition. We will run practice until 4pm on Saturday. Cost is $20 for 3 jumps or 2 trick passes or 4 slalom passes. Dave Harris 919-457-2317 ftrdave@yahoo.com July 9
The address for State Banquet is 3149 Swift Creek Rd. Smithfield NC 27577 July 7
Less than 1 week to go to the 2025 NC State Championship tournament! We are working to finalize all of the arrangements with running orders and ordering food and drink for the banquet. We built 4 pdf documents that have the registration information that we have up to this point (slalom, trick, jump and banquet). Please check and ensure that we have documented your information correctly. If something is not right, please let Dave know soonest (ftrdave@yahoo.com or 919-457-2317). July 2
From Lake Magnolia: 2025 NC STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS Please fill out the t-shirt order form in the link below so we are able to gauge how many shirts/what sizes we will need! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSerGian-M0yt9dI_zV-lg4qMVjnPI2RxMsRDnhli3P895YYog/viewform?usp=dialog T-shirts are $25 each Banquet tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for kids 12 and under Drink tickets will be sold for the banquet at $5 each for a maximum of three tickets! Question? Text Delaney @ 301-247-6316 June 18
The 2025 NC State Waterski Championship tournament is just around the corner - 25 days and counting, 12/13 July - hosted at Lake Magnolia. A couple of notes: 1. There are only 3 skiers registered….PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE get your registration in the system ASAP. We are only accepting electronic registration. Even if you show up on site without registration complete, we are going to point you to a laptop and ask you to fill out the registration online. The paperwork drill is too painful and the electronic registration is too easy for skier and officials. Please get your USAWaterski membership up to date, SafeSport and NC Waterskier membership paid soonest so that everything is set in advance and we can all enjoy the tournament without chasing you for paperwork and money! 2. The late fee starts to take effect the morning of 30 June…save the $20 late fee and put it towards a practice round! 3. We are limited on electrical hookups (just 7 total) and they are all spoken for already (Harris, Thomas, Bond, Coble, Pollock, Phillips, Armstrong). Please let me know if you are not using your reserved hookup so that I can give it to someone who will be there. 4. There is plenty of room for dry camping, so feel free to bring your tent, trailer or motorhome. It is completely fine to run a generator. 5. Please respect the neighborhood…the speed limit is 20mph (there are lots of blind corners and hills and children playing) and dogs must be on a leash at all times (and not on the dock, ever). The good news is that the lake is in great shape and skiing fantastic. There were a ludicrous number of PB’s this past weekend. We have the best drivers in the world in NC and they will all be on-site ready to pull your new NC record. The Lake Magnolia HOA will be grilling burgers, chicken breasts and sausages for lunch on Saturday and Sunday. The BANQUET is going to rock Jimmy Buffett style. We will hold the event in the terminal of the Johnston Regional Airport. Delaney (who talks to statues) is pulling out all the stops with a Margaritaville theme (buoys to the lefts, buoys to the right…skiaritaville). There will be a display of aircraft to check out during the pre-banquet reception and a margarita (and beer) bar for those of the correct age. The menu is island themed with jerk chicken and pork with all the right fixings. Saturday’s slalom results will be announced and awards presented during the pre-banquet reception at the airport. Sunday’s jump and trick results and awards will be presented lakeside following the completion of those events. Standby for weekly updates. We intend to post the officials assignments and running order at least one week in advance of the big show. Feel free to contact me with questions. Dave (ftrdave@yahoo.com or 919-457-2317) Dave Harris 984-222-4718 ftrdave@yahoo.com June 12
Just wanted to make sure everyone was aware that the Clear Lake Tournament on June 28-29 has been moved to August 23-24. So if you need to get a tournament in before the State Championships make sure you get registered for Lake Magnolia this weekend or Beaver Lake June 21-22. Thanks, Johnny Thomas |
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