2012 Five Seasons Ski Team Program

The Five Seasons Ski Team would like to have your ad! If you are

interested in advertising in next year’s program, on our trailer, on our

jump, or on our boats, please speak to one of our members

after the show or contact us at one of the addresses below!

WANTED

Young or old; experienced or inexperienced; if you have never skied

before, or you were skiing before you were walking; we want you!

We have taught people how to ski, and people have taught us a thing

or two. If you are interested in being a part of a team that likes to

have fun, look no further - the Five Seasons Ski Team is the team

for you! Maybe you like the thought of being behind the wheel of our

Evinrude powered boats, or perhaps part of our high tech behind-the-

scenes crew which includes rope handlers, costume designers, sound

technicians and dock personnel. Or, maybe you see yourself atop a 4-

tier pyramid? If any of these exciting and rewarding positions interests

you, please speak to any of our members after the show or contact us

at one of the addresses below to discuss your future with the

Five Seasons Ski Team!

Welcome to the Show, I would like to take a minute to give thanks to

everyone who helps to make this show possible.

Thank you to all of our team members who have worked nonstop to get this show ready for

you today, all of our parents and team volun-

teers who are always there to lend a hand or

advice, and my family for the endless amount of support they have given me. I also want to thank R & L Marine for sponsoring us with as

much Evinrude ETEC power we need to get these acts on the water, and

our sponsors, advertisers, and contributors who make it possible for the

Five Seasons Ski Team to exist. And, most importantly, I would like to thank, you, the audience, whose applause,

cheers, laughter, and smiles keep us on top

of the water instead of in it. So now sit back

and enjoy as our very own ringmaster pre-sents you with all of the excitement and

thrills that Cirque de L’eau has to offer!

Brian Menge, 2012 Show Director

www.5sst.com [email protected] 319-393-6583

PO Box 10701, Cedar Rapids, IA 52410-0701

Gordon Parker, President

Don Clow, Public Relations

Pre-Show

During the half hour prior to the start of the shows, you’re treated to a

short group of acts we call our “Pre Show”! This unique and ever-

changing set of acts may include our newest members showing off

what they’ve learned, or seasoned veterans attempting something

brand new! Whatever the case, you’ll be glad you came a little early,

found a good seat and enjoyed our preshow!

Show Theme and Announcers

Show skiing involves a group of skiers performing a variety of acts

with the objective of providing entertainment. Even at the most ad-

vanced and technically difficult levels, the basic concept remains the

same; to entertain the crowd. Show skiing is one of the most enter-

taining disciplines in the sport of water skiing. It is fast moving, excit-

ing, graceful and, most of all, fun to watch. Nearly all traditional as-

pects of the sport, including barefooting, jumping, and trick skiing, are

combined with some contemporary acts such as pyramids, doubles,

and trios, and are choreographed into a themed production. The an-

nouncers play a very important role in the show. They are the specta-

tors’ official hosts and establish the environment and tempo of the

show, often playing a character as part of the show's theme. In addi-

tion, they have the added responsibility of explaining the acts as they

relate to the technical aspects of water skiing.

Pyramids

The pyramid is one of the most popular acts with ski show spectators

and probably the most photographed. Pyramids are one of the most

difficult acts to put on the water. They require a lot of towing power,

strong base skiers, and teamwork. The bases of the pyramid must

carry the weight of all the climbers above them. The climbers must

climb with quick precise movements to their proper positions. Many

nights are spent practicing the climbing on land before it is attempted

on the water. Climbing the pyramid is only half the battle! Once it is

up and passes the crowd the climbers must come down in the reverse

order that they climbed. This can sometimes be more difficult than

actually building the pyramid. Last year the Five Seasons Ski Team

became one of the few teams in the world capable of building a 5-tier

pyramid!

The Five Seasons Ski Team is proud to be an affiliate of

Trios

Each set of Trios consists of

two skiers on bottom and

one on top. The bases are

connected to the boat with a

strap harness around their

waist. This leaves their

hands free to lift the top

person into various posi-

tions.

Wakeboarding

In the last decade, wakeboarding has become

one of water-skiing's fastest growing disci-

plines. With the ability to perform jaw-dropping

aerial stunts, these skiers never cease to

amaze!

Strap Doubles

Strap Doubles is very

similar to pairs ice skat-

ing except that it is per-

formed on the water.

The base is connected

to the boat with a strap

harness around his or

her waist. This leaves

the hands free to per-

form many different lifts

with the person on top.

This act requires a great

amount of mutual trust

between the doubles

partners and also with

the safety person in the

boat. The safety person

is responsible for releas-

ing the skiers from the

boat in case of a fall.

Conventional Doubles

Conventional Doubles is similar to

Strap Doubles except that the base

holds onto a handle.

Ballet Line

Ballet line is a high energy dance on skis! The skiers perform a cho-

reographed dance to music while skiing. While performing their dance

on the water you may see them holding the handle in various different

ways. Holding the handle with their legs or using a heel or toe hold

leaves the skiers hands free for arm movements. It takes several

hours of practice to just learn the choreography for this act. They have

also spent additional hours learning how to do a hop-dock alone as

well as in large groups. Hop dock pulling boat drivers are very critical

to this act. Just a little too fast or too slow off the dock and the skiers

might get pulled out the front or sink.

Check out the new

Five Seasons Ski Team website!

Same address, new look!

www.5sst.com

Swivel

Swivel Skiing is one of the most graceful acts in show skiing. It is also

probably one of the hardest acts to learn. This act gets its name from

the binding that is used on the ski. The binding is mounted on a ball-

bearing which allows the binding to rotate 360 degrees. Swivel skiers

perform their unique water ballet either with a hand-held tow rope or

a special toe-hold handle with a safety release in the boat. Willa

McGuire Cook originated swivel skiing in the 1950's when she com-

bined the graceful moves of ballet with water skiing by using a swivel

binding on a ski. This highly successful concept is now seen in ski

shows all over the world.

Each year, the top show ski teams in the

nation compete at the National Water

Show Ski Tournament. At the end of this

three day event, one female skier is se-

lected to receive the Willa Cook Award.

This trophy is the highest individual

award that a female show skier can at-

tain in her sport. Our team is very proud

of the fact that the 2005 Willa Cook

Award winner is our own Mary Bortz!

We present free, weekly water ski shows at

Ellis Park throughout the summer. In or-

der to raise funds, we ask for tax-

deductible donations. In addition, we sell

ads in this very program. We distribute in

excess of 2000 of these programs to our

audience during the course of the summer

at all of our regular shows. If you are inter-

ested in having your ad in next year’s pro-

gram, please check out our website,

www.5sst.com, or email us at

[email protected]!

May 31 7:00pm

June 7 7:00pm

June 14 7:00pm

Freedom Festival

Shows

(June 21 — July 4)

June 21 7:00pm

June 26 7:00pm

June 28 7:00pm

July 3 7:00pm

July 4 7:00pm

July 5 7:00pm

July 12 7:00pm

July 19 7:00pm

July 26 7:00pm

August 2 7:00pm

August 9 7:00pm

August 16 6:45pm

August 23 6:45pm

August 30 6:45pm

Labor Day Show

(September 5)

September 5 5:00pm

2012 Show Schedule

Shows Held at Ellis Park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Steve Ashbacker, Blaine Bierschenk, Jessica Bonnema, Amber Bortz, Mark Bortz, Mary Bortz, Taryn Bortz, Michael Brandt, Nora Brandt, Terry

Brandt, Austin Broghammer, Nathan Broghammer, Emma Cavanagh, Janae Cavanagh, Madalyn Cavanagh, Keegan Clayton, Donald Clow, Greg

Cooley, Lexie Cooley, Lisa Cooley, Taylor Cooley, Kris Cory, Brooke Devereux, Georgia Devereux, Ben Dugan, Nick Edwards, Duane Fadley, Eliza-

beth Fadley, Sienna Fadley, Coulter Fafard, Ryan Furnish, Destiny Gatto, Adam Parker Goldberg, Judy Goldberg, Kylie Parker Goldberg, Abi Gray,

April Hall, Sky Hall, Justin Harms, Rachel Hopp, Heather Houg, Connie Hupp, Jessica Hupp, Josh Hupp, Kevin Hupp, Jarred Joens, Larry Joens, Nata-

lie Joens, Darcy Koehn, Molly Koehn, Steve Koehn, Jill Kreitman, Nathan Kreitman, David Lammers, Andi Lawrence, Carl Louvar, Steve Louvar, An-

gel Mattix, Brian Menge, Julie Menge, Kevin Menge, Nic Meyers, Jeff Nance, Aubrey Novak, Kelly Novak, Ryan Novak, Gordon Parker, Jade Peterson,

Josh Reeves, Amy Robinson, Cory Robinson, Jessica Salzwedel, Brian Schultz, Katherine Sheyko, Kristin Sheyko, Mary Jane Sheyko, Pete Sheyko,

Kelci Smith, Alysa Smith, Grant Smith, Tammy Smith, Helaina Thompson, Phil Thompson, Katelyn Skye Thompson-Untiedt, Mike Valant, Jeff Van-

den Boom, Nick Walters, Bryce Wilson, Kayd Wilson, Lauren Wilson, Pete Wilson, Raquel Wilson, Jarod Zumbach, Laurie Zvacek, Nico Zvacek

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2005 2nd 3rd 9th

2004 2nd 2nd 12th

2003 4th 3rd 11th

2002 5th 5th 2nd

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2001 4th 3rd 5th 13th

2000 3rd 1st 3rd 12th

1999 2nd 4th 6th 13th

1998 1st 2nd 6th

1997 2nd 1st

(Div. 2) 13th

COUPONS

More COUPONS on reverse side

COUPONS

About the Five Seasons Ski Team

The club was formed in 1978 for the purpose of advancing the sport of

waterskiing and entertaining and educating the general public. This

includes individual skiing, team skills, recreational skiing, and general

safety principles. Recreational and beginning skiers have the opportu-

nity to learn all facets of waterskiing. The club provides instruction,

boats, skis, other equipment to our regularly scheduled practices and

ski schools. Members and skiers range in age from five to sixty five

years old and there are no age limitations. Recreational and family ski-

ers enjoy the friendly and relaxed atmosphere of the club, while being

exposed to a wide variety of skiing skills, boats and boat driving skills.

We are happy to announce that we are a 501c3 organization and ap-

preciate your tax-deducible donations!

2011 Results

The Five Seasons Ski Team took

10th place at the 2011 Mercury Invitational Show Ski Tournament in

Janesville, WI

5th place at the 2011 Midwest Regional Show Ski Tournament

in Cedar Rapids, IA

12th place at the2011 National Water Ski Show Tournament

in Janesville, WI

Shoe Skiing

Skis that are not much

bigger than the feet

that are in them mark

this unique form of ski-

ing. Requiring higher

speeds due to their

small size, shoe skis

are sometimes used as

a starting point for

barefooters in training.

Boat Drivers

Our boat drivers spend several hours each year practicing their timing

and control. Without precise control of the speed and path of the boat,

our skiers could not perform many of the exciting acts you will see

while enjoying our show. The rope handler riding in the boat insures

the skier’s safety during a fall and are an integral part of the boat

driving team. Our 2012 driving team includes Don Clow, Kevin Menge,

Brian Schultz, and Mark Bortz!

Motors for Sale

You can own the power of the Five Seasons Ski Team—All of the Evin-

rude motors you see on our boats are for sale! If you are interested in

purchasing any of these motors, please talk to one of our boat drivers

after the show or contact Rick at R&L Marine at 319-365-0138 (more

contact information on the back cover of this program).

Barefoot

Barefooting is probably one of the most fast paced and exciting acts in

show skiing. Just as the name implies this act involves skiers skim-

ming across the water at high speed on their bare feet.

Barefoot Line

Barefoot line is multiple skiers barefooting in a line. They usually start

barefooting by stepping out of a single ski.

Barefoot Bomb-out

In this form of starting, the

skier jumps out of the skis

and begins barefooting.

Barefoot Flyers

In this form of starting,

the barefooters jump off

the dock or a platform

prior to barefooting.

Barefoot Pyramid

The barefoot pyramid looks just like it sounds, bases barefooting

with a person standing on their shoulders between them. They start

out on skis, the top person climbs into position and then the bases

proceed to step out of their skis one at a time.

Backwards Barefoot

Just like front barefoot, except that the skiers barefoot backwards.

Barefoot

Beach-start

Just as the name

implies, barefoot

beach-start is sliding

off the beach, then

barefooting away!

Prebuilt Pyramid

All tiers of the pyra-

mid are constructed

before the pyramid

leaves the dock. No-

tice the spotters on

the dock; they help

to support the pyra-

mid until the ropes

tighten. Spotters

also protect the

climbers in case of a

fall as the pyramid

leaves the dock.

Presto

Assuming the two three-tier prebuilt pyramids successfully make it off

the dock, the climbers can converge and form one, higher, 4-tier pyra-

mid. Carrying out this task takes a lot of skill and team work; the

climbers must move quickly, yet smoothly over the bases and every-

one in the pyramid must stay upright and strong!

Around The Boat

In this act multiple skiers ski completely around the boat. The skiers

all wear helmets and floatation in case of an accident. They start the

act lined up so that the skier with the longest rope is to the right. As

the skiers progress around the boat the skiers with the shorter ropes

pass under the longer ropes. When the skiers finish the act the skier

with the shortest rope is to the right. If a skier on a short rope should

fall during this act the helmet will help prevent injury should a skier on

a longer rope hit him. The skiers on the longer ropes must always be

alert in case another skier should fall so they can avoid hitting them.

The boat driver must also be very alert for the skiers safety. If a skier

should fall in front of the boat the driver must instantly kill the motors

to avoid running over the skier or his rope.

Backwards Around the Boat

Just like Frontwards Around the Boat, only backwards. If the skier is

performing the act backwards the boat driver must be alert to where

the skier is at all times as the skier is unable to see what is coming.

Jump

Jump is when skiers ski over a floating ramp. The first performance of

water ski jumping was by Dick Pope in Miami Beach, Florida in 1928.

Our jumpers wear helmets and padded suits to help protect them in

case of a fall. Jumping may include variations such as multiple skiers

going over the ramp while other skiers will cross under them. The ski-

ers going over the ramp may be performing helicopter spins and flips!

Watch the other skiers as they crisscross underneath or split between

the skiers going over the jump!

You may notice our newer concrete stage and walkway improve-

ments, a project that would not be possible without our advertisers or

your donations. Our future plans include more horsepower on our

boats, additional bleacher seating, more equipment, and other up-

grades. Please support our advertisers; with their continued support,

and yours, we will be able to perform even bigger and better shows

for your entertainment!

Ski Ya Later!

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Lauren Wilson

Linn County Sheriffs

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A Big Thanks To Our Advertisers!

Rick and Crew, R&L Marine Evinrude Outboards The City of Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids Parks Department

Cedar Rapids Visitors & Convention Bureau

Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Cedar Rapids Recreation Commission Cedar Rapids Riverfront Commission Cedar Rapids Police Department Iowa Department of Natural Re-

sources

Dan Lynch—Donation of Sound Trailer Electronic Engineering—Radios Hy-Vee—Ice Donation Rinderknecht Associations, Inc.—Pod

Storage Mike Garrett—Equipment Storage

Julie Menge—Costumes, Backdrop Design Mark Bortz, Don Clow, Adam Parker Goldberg—Program

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