The 2011 ULM Water Ski Team was introduced during the Homecoming football game:
ULM Water Ski won their 23rd National Championship the
weekend of October 13-15, 2011 at Tri Lakes in Zachary, La. CWS member
Emily Darwin, skied 5.5 @ 32 off and finished 13th out of 58 women slalom
competitors. Video of 32-off pass below.
Ruth McCreary of Justin, Texas set a pending Girls 2
Regional record of 2 @ 38-off on Saturday. She skied that score again
on Sunday. Ruth tied her existing record of 1 @ 38-ff at our June
event.
Cottonwood Water Ski, Inc., has formed a partnership with
Centurion Boats for 2012. The Centurion Carbon Pro will be the exclusive
towboat of Cottonwood Water Ski and will be the official towboat of all 2012
tournaments held at Cottonwood. This is what is being said about the 2012
Centurion Carbon Pro:
This is what happens when you don’t
cut a single corner. After consulting the world’s best
tournament drivers, Centurion Boats poured the same
skill and experience that put Centurion on the map of
professional three-event skiing into the all-new
Centurion Carbon Pro.
The unique Carbon Transfer construction yields an
incredibly lightweight boat and low-impact hull that
displaces less water, yielding a soft, flat wake and no
spray for the best possible skier experience. That
space-age foundation is complimented by a host of
industry-leading innovations, from the
millimeter-perfect pulls delivered by the all-new Gun
Sight to the never-stop-training mentality of the
counterbalance tank, which lets you enjoy
tournament-quality sets even when it’s just you and a
driver. The Centurion Carbon Pro is a no-compromise
three-event machine built for championship performance.
Our 2012 Carbon Pro will be available
to purchase at the end of July, 2012. Please
e-mail us
if you are interested in viewing the boat.
Two new SCR Regional records were set and two were tied at the 2011
Cottonwood Summer Classic June 4-5, 2011. A new Men's 7 record of 3 @ 38
off was set by Don Butcher. A new Men 8 record of 1.5 @ 35 off was set by
Ron Toole. Chad Scott tied the Men 3 record of 3 @ 41 off and Ruth
McCreary tied the Girl's 2 record of 1 @ 38 off.
CWS member Eric Schmidt lost his courageous battle
with cancer on February 1, 2011. Eric was a B-52 pilot stationed at Barksdale
Air Force Base. He is survived by his wife Laura and 3 month old son Landon.
We will remember Eric not for how he died but how he lived. We were blessed to
have known him.
A trust fund has been established for Eric's son, Landon. Contributions
can be made to:
Landon Schmidt c/o Laura Schmidt
10750 West Phillips Road
Carrier, Oklahoma 73727
Cottonwood will be hosting a memorial tournament on July 23. All proceeds
from the event will go to the Landon Schmidt Trust.
I'm pretty bad with small "just pick one" decisions. Buying shoes,
picking out a movie or ordering an appetizer? I'm awful. Shopping for clothes? I
stare at the mannequins and just try to copy that outfit and get out as quickly
as I can. So many colors, so many options.
With that being said, choosing one winner proved to be a rather difficult
task for me. There were a TON of great photos, funny photos, beautiful photos,
and best of all, ones that really represented BOS. Hmmm how to choose? With $100
to H2oz on the line, I needed to come up with a system to sort through the 200 +
pictures that were submitted. The top 3 photos and the winner of the $100 gift
certificate were the ones that I looked at and instantly thought, "I need to ski
now!" And for reasons I explained above, I couldn't choose just one to
recognize. So without further ado, here is the December 2010 BallOfSpray /
H2Osmosis Photo Contest Winner along with other photos I wanted to give a little
shout-out to.
ULM Ski Team member Emily Darwin competing at NCWSA
Championships in Arvin, California
2009 ULM Water Ski Team
CWS member and ULM skier Emily Darwin won the women's slalom event at the
University of Texas Fall Classic September 12-13, 2009. Emily scored 3
buoys at 35-off (12m) for the win. Tiera Miranda of Chile (ULL) took
second with .5 @ 35-off. Tina Rauchenwald of Austria (ULM) finished third
with 6 @ 32-off.
