Travis and Emilie Lukens with the Jaworski family and other friends and family that make-up Colsac Skiers Adaptive Ski School http://colsacskiers.com
Adaptive Adventures with Linda "LT" Tomsevics http://adaptiveadventures.org
Jeremy Armstrong, Shauna Pasanen, and Bob, Dianne, and Sara Kasper of On The Edge Children's Foundation Jeremy and Shauna also pursue this additionally with their roles in the Tommy Bartlett Water Ski Show and Absolute Aqua Sports http://tommybartlett.com/ http://absoluteaquasports.com
Susan Richey [the Queen of adaptive water skiing] and the great members of the Aquanut Water Ski Show Team of Twin Lakes http://aquanutwatershows.com/
Ann O'Brine Satterfield leading the world of adaptive water skiing through U Can Ski 2 of Florida http://www.ucanski2.com
Brina Trapp making the Northwoods Adaptive Water Ski program possible: https://www.facebook.com/NorthwoodsAdaptiveSkiing.
Jeff Lee, Jon Mohr, and Chad Murphy-Price for leading the way in integrating diverse ability water skiers into water ski shows. http://plwsc.org/ A great datta girl to Joyce Shepet for giving me the idea a few years ago to even reach out beyond Pewaukee for what I thought possible for adaptive water skiing. 25 Year Celebration on doing adaptive water skiing with Adaptive Community Approach Program (ACAP) http://acap-waukesha.org/
Chris Coupland, Michelle Meike, and Joel Shapiro of the Wisconsin Water Ski Federation. Without you three, I would not have been able to been nearly as effective nor would this have all happened as it has in the last few years. Thanks for being the rock of WWSF along with the other officers and committee volunteers. http://waterski.org
The late Lynzay Legois (deceased): The spirit she put into show skiing and life is a driving force for me today. Thank you Rick and Denice Legois for welcoming me into the legacy of your family. http://www.lynzay.org/
Dave Passehl with the Shawano Ski Sharks http://shawanoskisharks.org/
Eric and Shelly Murphy of the Waterboard Warriors (including Green Bay) http://waterboardwarriors.org/
Matt Weber and Rich and Ally LaFave with the Eau Claire Ski Sprites http://www.skisprites.com
Barb, Steve, and their Dittrich kids with Snappin' Ministries http://snappin.org
Tom Stebbins with the Beaver Dam Beaverland Must-Skis http://www.mustskis.com/
Tina Strobel with WWSF and family and friends with the Shermalot Ski Show team http://www.shermalotskiteam.com
Carol Schlintz and Roger Longren of MindWorks Photography http://mindworksphotography.com
The Brown's Lake Aquaducks http://www.aquaducks.org/ with Rick and Denice Legois, Scott Limberg, Carmen Daniels, Jordan Asche Karweik, Krystin May, Jillian Matoska, and Hanna Laux. A great thanks to Chris Simonds and his mom Lisa for being so gracious and generous as host and hostess. Featured acknowledgement goes to Joey Matoska our very own returning water skier! Congratulations Joe .
Jessica Meike with her awesome work with Lauderdale Lakes Aqua Skiers and Lakeland School. They teamed up with Minneiska, Twin Lakes, and Wausau to give our best to the project. http://www.aquaskiers.com/
Kathy Mohar formerly of IndependenceFirst with the Okauchee Lake program https://www.independencefirst.org
Dave Kwasny with Pewaukee Lake Water Ski Club many many year ago and now with Fishing Has No Boundaries http://www.fhnbmilwaukee.com/
Peggy Moriarty of the Muskego Water Bugs http://www.waterbugs.org/ Way to go Dennis and Adam!
Eric Gran and Jason Hook of the Big Pull https://www.facebook.com/EvinrudeWorldRecordHumanPyramid
Maggie Muleski and the crew from the Wisconsin Rapids Aqua Skiers - our epicenter for adaptive water skiing http://www.aquaskiers.org/
Madison School and Community Recreation Program (MSCR) with Chad Thom http://mscr.org/
The MadCity Ski Team http://www.madcityskiteam.com/
The Rock Aqua Jays http://www.rockaquajays.com/ Their hosting the National Tournament in alternating years is a catalyst to what we see today.
Jon and Pete Wade with their Wade Werx http://wadewerx.com/ production of sit skis.
Jon & Jody Speckeen with their Custom Show Boards http://custom-show-boards.com/ production of a wood base ski for sit skis.
Steve Kling, Orrin Beggs, and Duayne Beggs of the Rockford Ski Broncs http://www.skibroncs.com/ Way to go Pearl Gannon Ms. Wheelchair Illinois. Welcome back to water skiing Amber Rangel.
Badgerland for being the team that came through for the boat needed a few years ago at Law Park to get me personally starting bringing this water ski community together around adaptive water skiing. http://www.badgerland.org/
Central Wisconsin Water Ski Show Team cwwaterwalkers.org for sending us members of your team like a boat driver to participate in adaptive water skiing and skiers otherwise.
Jim Martin of Badwater Ski-Ters for cluing me into their history on adaptive water skiing.www.badwaterski-ters.org
Crivitz Ski Cats has particular stories in including people with disabilities http://www.crivitzskicats.org/
Volunteers and skiers of LaCrosse and Baraboo rivercitywaterski.org
Brad Belcher and Shannon Larsen of the Ski Dox http://skidox.com for bringing us into the Midwest Ski Together.
Karen Putz for being a constant source of support and encouragement on the adaptive water ski efforts http://karenputz.com
UW-Milwaukee and Wisconsin Association of the Deaf (WAD) http://wisdeaf.org/ for helping me make possible the interpreter program for water ski shows as launched with the Pewaukee Lake Water Ski Shows. http://uwm.edu
Carroll University and Marquette University for their interest, volunteerism, and support to adaptive water skiing http://marquette.edu/ http://www.carrollu.edu/
This has all brought adaptive water skiing as I personally found it to be for my purposes in 5 communities 5 years ago to now more than 25:
Pewaukee
Oconomowoc
Muskego
Burlington
Mukwonago
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Rapids
Twin Lakes
Elkhorn
LaCrosse
Eau Claire
Crivitz
Shawano
Green Bay
Madison
Okauchee
Minocqua
Plum Lake
Nekoosa
Dells
Wrightstown
Rockford
Rochester
Merrimac - Lake Wisconsin
Spread Eagle
Janesville
This is a great celebration of the ADA Legacy: 25 Years of the Americans with Disabilities Act = ADA25
A huge thank you to the few thousand people the represent this vibrant water ski community and the 10s of thousand the represent the zeal and appeal for this family-friendly family-oriented pastime, recreation, sports, and leisure giving us Wisconsin as the Show Ski Capital of the World.
A ski salute to all of you.
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