Photos, like the one below of Dave Young from Sunsite Lakes, have been added to the Photo Album for the Extreme Hootenanny and the Lottawatta Survivor.  A big thank you goes out to OWSA photographers Megan Carroll and Tom Wilkinson who spent a lot of hours shooting photos at the last two events!  If you have photos from any events that you'd like to add to the collection, just email them to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

The Cincinnati Ski Club has a waterski trip planned to Flat Hollow on Norris Lake in Tennessee for July 16th - 19th.  If you're not skiing in the State Championships that weekend and would like more information on the trip, contact the Cincinnati Ski Club for more details!

The OWSA Junior Development Clinic is coming up next Tuesday and Wednesday!  This is the last chance to get your kids registered for the event if you haven't done so already.  We would like to thank ALL OF OUR SPONSORS for their donations and support of this event.  Please keep these businesses in mind when shopping!

If you're planning to help with the clinic, please make sure that you let This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  know ASAP.  We will have multiple boats running on two to three lakes at one time, so we need to coordinate our staff ASAP!

Jim Berger is in the process of finding officials for the Lake Bobason joint tournament with Columbus Aqua on July 25th & 26th.  Slalom and trick will be held at Lake Bobason and the jump event will be held at Columbus Aqua.  If you're a judge, scorer, driver, or safety and are available to help, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

You really can find just about anything on YouTube.  Remember this Ryan McPeek crash from the 2007 Ohio State Championships?  Now that I see this, it reminds me that the Lottawatta side curtains have had to be repaired for 3 years running now! 

 Executive Director Report (6/29/09) 78.76 Kb

This is cool!  Ever wonder what it looks like to fly 150+ feet through the air off the ski jump...

The Lottawatta Survivor this weekend definitely lived up to all of it's hype!  Everyone on site agreed that the survivor format was awesome and a lot of fun.  We saw some great battles throughout the day and A LOT of personal bests were set, some people multiple times throughout the day.

The weekend got kicked off on a bit of a down note after a massive storm on Thursday night rendered the Lottawatta jump useless as it ripped the side curtains off for the second year in a row forcing the jump event to be cancelled.  It was quickly decided that trick would be moved to Saturday evening after slalom so that all events could be finished in one day.  Despite the hit on Thursday night, the weather didn't disappoint on Saturday.  All day long there was no more than a slight breeze leaving the water perfect for skiing.

For the first round of the tournament, all skiers were seeded based on their average buoy count (handicap average), and then placed into groups of four skiers. Those four skiers competed against each other every round eliminating the lowest score after each round.  Skiers were competing hard in the first round with only 1 skier missing their opening pass and 9 skiers running beyond their handicap average with most of those 9 setting new tournament personal bests.  The lowest scores of each group were sent to the consolation group leaving the remaining 21 skiers moving on to the second round of the survivor bracket.

Dane Mechler of Cincinnati, OH has now set the "All Tournament Record" in the midwest for Boys 2 and has also set a new record for Boys 2 in the State of Ohio.  Dane ran 3 buoys @ 38 off 34 mph in the first round of the Lottawatta Survivor.  The Boys 2 record was previously 4 @ 35 off set by Dane's older brother Mason Mechler in 2007.  Congratulations Dane!