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AWSA and INT - same time, same place


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For those of you in MI - on August 11 Placid Waters will be hosting an INT tournament on Bays 1&2 and an AWSA C tournament on Bay 3. I suspect this will be the first time that the two organizations have held concurrent events at one site on the same day. This is a good opportunity to ski both and have fun with the other side of the house. For the AWSA types, the wide-ride division is a complete blast - wide ski (Radar Theory), 30 mph, cutting rope. A very different flavor of skiing.

 

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@boarditrip that sounds like fun. And a boost to get new blood involved. Hopefully some of the tournament organizers her in FL will pick up on your idea. To many R tourneys down here. Seems to be more about ratings then Fun. Kids need an outlet for getting into tourneys and the parents need a break on entry fees.
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Not lookn for breaks. Lookn for the class Cs in FL. First 20 tournaments in FL only 6 class Cs. Not understanding why so many class ELRs @ $140 on average are needed before the end of May. Class Cs are thinning out each yr.
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We held a INT/AWSA event same day same lake during our state championship a couple years ago. Some of the AWSA skiers crossed over and skied the INT event. None of the INT skiers crossed over to ski the AWSA event. It was the one and only time we did it. It was disappointing but the two groups just didn't mesh very well.
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We worked it out from an insurance standpoint so that skiers could cross-over events without having to buy a membership with the other organization. Obviously your scores didn't qualify you towards anything without becoming a member, but at least you got to ski some more. My only suggestion would be to try and encourage cross-polination so that skiers can experience both organizations and ultimately hopefully they'll participate in both and bring skiers from both organizations together. That's what we were trying to do in Ohio is bring ALL skiers in the State together on one day for the State Championships so that we could spark new relationships and expand everyone's opportunity for more ski partners and more water time. What's left of the INT here in Ohio is primarily wakeboarders. The slalom skiers have mostly jumped ship to AWSA due to our handicapped fun format tournaments that we do with the Buckeye Buoy Tour. The Buckeye Buoy Tour is the best of both worlds, gives skiers a chance to compete based on ability and allows the high end skiers to still compete on a local level and qualify for regional and national events at the same time.
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I seem to remember one of the ideas about the INT/ASWA crossover tournament was also an "event" (i.e. bonfire, cookout) afterwards to get everyone together.

 

GK and the entire Ohio Waterski Association did a great job of incorporating some INT concepts into the Buckeye Buoy Tour - it's been a huge success!

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