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As a reminder, all USA-WSWS members (18 years and older) are REQUIRED to be SafeSport trained before Jan. 1, 2022, in order to maintain active membership and participate in USA-WSWS sanctioned activity.

Please complete this training BEFORE the end of the year, no matter when your membership expires.

Instructions & requirements for the SafeSport program & background screening can be found here.
The following USA-WSWS participants are required to complete the SafeSport Core program:

• Adult participants who have regular contact with any athlete or other participant who is a minor
• Adult participants who have authority over any athlete or other participant who is a minor
• Adult participants who are USA Water Ski & Wake Sports employees or board members

The training is focused on safeguarding athletes from bullying; harassment; hazing; physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, and sexual misconduct. The online training module takes approximately 75-minutes to complete and includes pre-and-post quizzes and a final training certificate.

What is Happening in the Region

USA Water Ski Show Team 2022 team members from the Midwest region

• Rachael Zenk: Twin Cities River Rats
• Anne Judd: Twin Cities River Rats
• Caroline Grubs: Midwest Ski Otters
• Noah Leach: Aberdeen Aqua Addicts
• Austin Walstad: Ski Dox (former member)
• Tyler Hyatt: Catfish Bay (former member)

Chain of Records 2021
Master Record Listing

• Swivel – Most 720 Overheads in 1 Minute – 20 – Brea Imse – NSSA
• Swivel – Most 1080 Overheads Performed at the same time – 5 – Madi Hagemann, Brea Imse, Paige Peshina, Darian Leblanc, Caroline Grubs – (pending) NSSA
• Barefoot – Most tumble turns completed in 60 seconds – 34 – Wayne King – Guinness
• Hydrofoil – Most inverts in 3 minutes (male) – 72 – Geno Yauchler – Guinness (pending) & USHA (pending)
• Hydrofoil – Most inverts in 1 minute (female) – 23 – MJ Buckley – Guinness (pending) & USHA (pending)
• Hydrofoil – Most inverts in 3 minutes (female) – 55 – MJ Buckley – Guinness (pending) & USHA (pending)
• Barefoot – Most 2 ski bomb outs behind one boat – 17 – NSSA (pending)
• Shoe Ski – Most shoe skiers behind one boat – 16 – Guinness & NSSA
• Swivel – Largest swivel line (2 skills) – 30 – (pending) NSSA
• Ballet Line – Largest ballet line behind one boat – 59 – (2 lines) Guinness & NSSA (pending)
• Conventional Doubles – Largest conventionals line behind one boat – 18 – national record
• Hydrofoil – Largest hydrofoil line behind one boat – 31 – Guinness (pending) & USHA (pending)
• Hydrofoil – Largest line of inverts at one time – 9 – Guinness (pending) & USHA (pending)
• Adaptive – Largest adaptive line behind one boat – 15 – (pending) Guinness & NSSA
• Conventional Doubles – Largest conventional doubles line – 18 couples- NSSA