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Staff profileMelanie Oliver, Executive DirectorMelanie Oliver has just joined the Water Ski andWakeboard Alberta ofce team as the Executive Director.But that is the only water ski or wakeboard team she hasever been on! Melanie has experience working with non-prot organizations and loves the strong sense of communitythat is found when people are working towards somethingthey love.

When she is not working for WSWA, she is also an instructorat MacEwan University in the Ofce Administration Program.She has had experience working in a variety of ofces and

has taught everything from algebra to rsum writing at thepost-secondary level. She graduated from the University ofAlberta with a Bachelor of Science Degree. Melanie wasborn and raised in Edmonton although a lot of her summerswere spent either in Calgary or on Buffalo Lake.

2013 Programs Underway!

In this Issue . . .Calendar 2

Classieds 2

Notice Board 3

Tips & Resources 3

IWSF Rankings 4

WSWA board & staffPresidentDan Velcic

Director, FinancePaulette Gillespie

Director, Classic DevelopmentJeremy Baines

Director, Classic TrainingJo-Anne Moore

Director,Wakeboard DevelopmentSonia Sawyer-Schaab

Director, Wakeboard TrainingChad Farwell

Director, Special InterestBrent Lloyd

Director At LargePeter Peebles

Executive AdvisorSteve Gosse

Executive DirectorMelanie Oliver

Assistant, CommunicationsAnika Siewecke

Waterski & Wakeboard Alberta11759 Groat Road, Edmonton, AB T5M 3K6ph 780.415.0088 | fx 780.422.4663tollfree 1.866.258.2754

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Well, it has already been a busy spring and the best isyet to come! Online registrations are coming soon for theCanadian Water Ski Nationals. To register for the ChuckMoore Memorial July 13-14th at Shalom Park contactJo-Anne at [email protected].

Check out the calendar on page 2 for complete listing ofthe upcoming events. There is a variety of different eventsthat anyone at any level can participate in. Note thatWakeboard Provincials are at Shalom Park on August 17,and is actually the third stop of the Roots Tour.

Also, WSWA will be collaborating with HyperactiveWatersports in presenting a new Wakeboard Clinicon July 25-26th at Chestermere Lake. If you know ofwakeboarders in the area that would like to get involvedcontact Shawn Gratzfeld, [email protected] . Have a great summer, everyone!

Melanie is looking forward to bringing her administrative skills into the WSWA ofce aworking towards promoting a sport that has not gotten the recognition it deserves! Yocan nd her doing everything from answering phones to liaising with government brancPlease feel free to call her and introduce yourself!

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2013CalendarJuly6 Wakeboard Development Team

Gull Lake, AB

9 Tournament, Hot Summer Nights#3

Predator Bay, Calgary13,14Chuck Moore Memorial (RC)

Shalom Park, Edmonton

14 Wakeboard Development Team

Lake Isle, AB15- 19

Elite Coach Training

Jeff Langley, Pro Wakeboarder

Lake Isle, AB

20 Alberta Wake Tour #1,Wakeboard & Ski Event

Martin Watersports/WSR Wakeboard School

Jacksh Lake

22 Wakeboard Development Team

Gull Lake, AB

23 Tournament, Hot Summer Nights#4

Predator Bay, Calgary

23 Tournament, Tuesday Evening #2


25,26Hyperactive Wakeboard Clinic

Chestermere, AB

27 Alberta Wake Tour #2,Wakeboard Event

Hyperactive Watersports & WSR WakeboardSchool, Chestermere, AB

August1-4 Kids Clinic

WSR Wakeboard School, Lake Isle

2-5 Western CanadianChampionships

Abbotsford, BC

6 Tournament, Tuesday Evening #3


9 Mastercraft Pro Shoot Out


10-15Canadian Water Ski Nationals

Predator Bay, Calgary16-18

Canadian Nationals BarefootWater Ski Championships

Napanese, Ontario

16,17Pre Provincials Wakeboard

Camp

WSR Wakeboard School, Lake Isle

*possible issue w/date17 Alberta Wake Tour #3,

Wakeboard Provincials

WSWA & WSR Wakeboard School

Shalom Park, Edmonton22-25Canadian Wakeboard

Championships

WSWC, Bala Ontario

24 Water Ski Provincials (RC)

Shalom Park, Edmonton27 Tournament, Hot Summer Nights

#5


31 Alberta Wake Tour #4,Hydrofoil & Wakeboard

Pine Lake *Tentative*September7 Season Slalom Windup


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Notice board

WSWA NewsDont forget! Join our group andfollow WSWA on facebook & twitter; orsearch google: water ski and wakeboardalberta.

Jaret Llewellyns Road to RecoveryAt age 42, exactly 20 years afterbreaking his rst world record, JaretLlewellyn is looking to make a comeback athe 2013 world championships in SantiagoChile, at the end of this year. Since 2010,however, he has been struggling off andon with some serious injuries. This year,Llewellyn was coming back strong, withsome impressive overall scores of 225feet in jump, 10,650 points in trick, and

running 38 off in slalom. His goal wasto be strong and ready for the worlds,but an unfortunate jump crash out thefront in practice has set him back a step.Can we still expect to see Llewellyn asone of the top overall contenders at theWorlds in November? Go to this linkto read on: http://waterskimag.com/features/2013/06/23/jaret-llewellyns-road-to-recovery/

No Cable Parks in Alberta

A cable park features a permanentoverhead cable system to pull water ski/

wakeboard riders via an electric motor, asopposed to being towed behind a boat asin the traditional version of the sport. Ofcourse like most new things; everyone hastheir opinion about it.

Cable skiing/wakeboarding is popular inEurope, and is slowly gaining popularity inNorth America. There are only a handfulof cable facilities in Canada. Winnipeg,Manitoba being one of them! The creationof the cable park is simplifying watersportbecause now we no longer need a driver, aspotter or gas money. As a result makingthe sports we love more accessible to morepeople.

Training and ResourcesTips from the ProsJeff Langleyexcerpted from Wakeworld

Jeff Langley has been sneaking onto the pro wake scene with huge wake-to-wake airand crazy tricks. Originally from Rome, Georgia but currently lives in Orlando, Floridalike many watersports athletes. He will be here in Alberta July 15-19th to coach at theElite Wakeboard Training Camp at Lake Isle.

On making a Career out of Wakeboarding: I never really decided I was going tobe a pro wakeboarder. I was bouncing back and forth from Georgia and Florida withrandom jobs and realized that I wasnt happy without warm weather and wakeboarding.

Then I found myself wakeboarding more than anything else and it nally happened.

Favorite Tournament: Brostock!

Coolest place travelled for Wakeboarding: Asia

Preferred Rope Length & speed: 75 & 23 mph

Words of wisdom: For every amateur wakeboard just one tip to improve their ridingwould be to learn it switch and keep it fun!

If youd like to ride with Jeff, there are still spaces available but they are lling up fast.Call the Shawn Gratzfeld at 780-964-7433 to register. Go to the following link to checkout Jeffs skills: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPue66pXqJ4

Breanne Dodd -- Investors GroupBursary ReciptientOTTAWA, June 27, 2013 AthletesCAN and Investors Group are pleased to announcethat Water ski national team member Breanne Dodd has been awarded a $5,000Team Investors Group Amateur Athletes Fund bursary.

In keeping with their commitment to amateur sport in Canada, Investors Group estab-lished a bursary fund for Canadas top high performance athletes. A national leaderin delivering personalized nancial solutions to Canadians, Investors Group annuallyawards twenty $5,000 bursaries to assist Canadas elite amateur athletes with the

costs of training and competition. Selection criteria includes: athletic achievement,nancial need and community involvement. Since its inception in 2000, the Team Inves-tors Group Amateur Athletes Fund has provided more than $1,300,000 to Canadianathletes. AthletesCAN administers the bursary on behalf of Investors Group.

Investors Group considers it an honour to help support our nations elite athletes withthese bursaries, says Richard Irish, Vice-President, Community Affairs and MarketingSupport for Investors Group. Athletes at this level are constantly juggling the demandsof work and school with training and competition. For 13 years now, we have beenpleased to provide Canadas athletes with bursaries totaling over $1 million to makethose demands easier to manage.

This bursary recognizes the dedication and excellence Breanne exhibits on the eldof play and as a leader within her community, says AthletesCAN Executive Direc-tor Jasmine Northcott. AthletesCAN values Investors Groups ongoing support ofCanadas national team athletes, and are excited to see this bursary assist Breanne inachieving her dreams.

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IWSF RankingsAthlete

WOMEN: MEN:

Annica Collombin Brant Anderson

45+ Womens Slalom #29 35+ Mens Slalom #71

Breanne Dodd Brent Janzen

Womens Slalom #12 45+ Mens Trick #17

Kristy Kraus Bruce DoddWomens Slalom #112 55+ Mens Slalom #4

35+ Womens Slalom #19 Jaret Llewellyn

35+ Womens Trick #22 35+ Mens Trick #3

Jo-Anne Moore Mens Trick #11

45+ Womens Trick #13 Jay Kolewaski

45+ Womens Jump #6 35+ Mens Slalom # 71

Maureen Mosteller Kevin Spicer

45+ Womens Slalom #10

Rhonda Powell


Geneva Roach

Womens Slalom #75

JR Womens Slalom #7

U-21 Womens Slalom #24

Womens Trick #98

JR Womens Trick #33

U-21 Womens Trick #61

Cindy Truman


Call forSubmissions

Have an announcement? Greatphotos to share? WSWAencourages your submissions to thisnewsletter. All items considered.Please contact us at [email protected] with your information and/orattachments. Wed love to hear

o High Heels were originally made formen in the 16th century.

oMore than ten people a year are killedby vending machines.

oTug of War was an Olympic eventbetween 1900 and 1920

oThe Stanley Cup originally was onlyseven and a half inches high.

oKite ying is a professional sport inThailand.

oThe average four year-old child asksover four hundred questions a day.

JR Mens Slalom #40

U21 Mens Slalom #145

Peter Peebles

35+ Mens Slalom #50

35+ Mens Trick

Ronald Moore

45+ Mens Trick #44

Stephen Neveau

Mens Slalom #27

Thomas Moore

Mens Slalom #22Todd Johnson

45+ Mens Slalom #6

William Buckler

JR Mens Slalom #47

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