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      <title><![CDATA[Raging Wildcat water skiers]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Waterski Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1328405689" delta="12 hours ago"><![CDATA[2/4/2012]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[t's a rebuilding year for the water skiing Wildcats, but they have their sights set on returning to nationals, after finishing seventh in Division II this season.Founded in 1978 by Brian Schwab, the water ski team has been to nationals several times, placing sixth at the Division I level in 2010. The team is a mix of competitive, professional and novice skiers, said Lauren Burns, a junior recreation major."We go ...]]></text>
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    <bigarticle id="17921">
      <title><![CDATA[IT Manager Sets Blind Water-Skiing World Record]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Waterski Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1327803650" delta="1 week ago"><![CDATA[1/28/2012]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Sight, particularly as it pertains to extreme athletic feats, is fast becoming overrated.As Playbook guest blogger Simon Wheatcroft is proving, blindness is just another hurdle that any dedicated athlete %u2014 given the will and fortitude to compete %u2014 can overcome. Wheatcroft is training for a 100-mile ultramarathon, despite a degenerative eye disease that%u2019s left him legally blind.Now, one of his countrymen has proved that such feats aren%u2019t limited to terra ...]]></text>
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    <article id="17720">
      <title><![CDATA[Hawke's Bay waterski champion cleans up]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Waterski Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1327207130" delta="2 weeks ago"><![CDATA[1/21/2012]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Hawke's Bay's former junior world waterski racing champion Jaaron Fritz won two titles at the weekend's Lake Taupo-hosted national championships.Fritz, 19, skiing with his 15-year-old partner Kane Carter from Tauranga, took first place in the two-up race and then a win in the 16-19 years boys age group.He finished second in the men's F2 class, where he raced for 45 minutes at speeds up to 140km/h.Next up was the modified ...]]></text>
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    <article id="17526">
      <title><![CDATA[National Waterski Championships at Von Bach Dam]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Waterski Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1326870794" delta="2 weeks ago"><![CDATA[1/18/2012]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[The Stimorol National Open Water Ski Championships will be held from 25 to 27 March at the Von Bach Dam close to Okahandja.The president of the Namibia Water Ski Association (NWSA), Martin Schmidt announced this at a press briefing in Windhoek on Wednesday.%u201CWe expect at least 40 skiers and 20 wakeboarders to take part in this event as well as about 20 officials who will ratify all scores to the ...]]></text>
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    <article id="16818">
      <title><![CDATA[Gorch Fock captain used ship to water ski]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Waterski Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1321186487" delta="12 weeks ago"><![CDATA[11/13/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Gorch Fock commander Norbert Schatz has been replaced as scandalous revelations about the famed navy training ship continue to emerge. But on Thursday, new allegations about gaffes by his successor also surfaced.Replacement Michael Brühn, who previously captained the ship before Schatz's time on board, allegedly used the Gorch Fock's speedboat to go water skiing, daily Bild reported.The incident supposedly occurred in 2004, when cadets had just set sail out of ...]]></text>
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    <article id="16654">
      <title><![CDATA[Water skiing club filled with All-Americans]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Waterski Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1320585209" delta="13 weeks ago"><![CDATA[11/6/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[There aren't many club sports teams that can say they compete for national titles and have All-Americans every year.However, the water skiing club is one of the few organizations on campus that can make this claim. The team has produced an All-American nearly every year since its inception and took a medal at the national championship this year.“We have produced nearly fifty All-Americans in more than thirty years that we've ...]]></text>
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    <article id="16494">
      <title><![CDATA[Water-skiing squirrel performs at boat show]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Waterski Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1320312314" delta="13 weeks ago"><![CDATA[11/3/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Twiggy, the water-skiing squirrel, performed at the Kansas City Boat and Sport Show over the weekend.She skis behind a radio-controlled boat that cruises at speeds of 5 mph around a custom-made heated pool.The squirrel has become a popular attraction over the years, and her trainer says she's actually the seventh Twiggy to show off her water-skiing skills for the show over the years.        ...]]></text>
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    <article id="16334">
      <title><![CDATA[Water skiing's local future under threat claim]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Waterski Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1320038857" delta="13 weeks ago"><![CDATA[10/31/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[MANLY Warringah Water Ski Club members fear for the local future of their sport should a proposal to ban or restrict waterskiing on Manly Dam go ahead.Warringah Council is currently reassessing what recreational uses are permitted on the waterway, the only waterskiing venue on the northern beaches.See what it is all about - the water skiing action on Manly Dam…According to its report, waterskiing “has few users and limited demand” ...]]></text>
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    <article id="16171">
      <title><![CDATA[Lake Burrumbeet speed limit too slow for skiers]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Waterski Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1319713360" delta="14 weeks ago"><![CDATA[10/27/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[WATER skiers are frustrated at speed limits being imposed on Lake Burrumbeet, preventing them from legally skiing.Signs advising water users of a five-knot (9.25km/h) speed limit are in place around the lake.Water skier Alex Parker said it was obviously safe to water ski, as the Lake Burrumbeet Ski and Boat Club was open.But the City of Ballarat says the limits are in place to protect lake users from hazards.Executive manager ...]]></text>
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    <article id="16008">
      <title><![CDATA[Steele Creek woman skis for charity on New Year's]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Waterski Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1319345618" delta="15 weeks ago"><![CDATA[10/23/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Cheri Motsinger, secretary of the Charlotte Water Ski Club and Steele Creek resident, waterskiied on New Year's Day from the Charlotte Water Ski Club to T-Bones on the Lake and back. “I raised $660 for the Humane Society of York,” she said. Motsinger also is the owner of Petsitter's Passion and said the cause of helping animals made skiing in 45-degree water worth it, even if it kept others from ...]]></text>
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    <article id="15847">
      <title><![CDATA[Tourists flock to overflowing dam]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Waterski Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1318926480" delta="15 weeks ago"><![CDATA[10/18/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[A little town has sprung up on the edges of an overflowing Lake Burrendong, a year after it stood at 12 per cent capacity.Pam Sharpe, her husband and their three grandsons were making the most of the lake yesterday, waterskiing, fishing and boating. The dam, near Dubbo, is now at 120 per cent capacity.The manager of Lake Burrendong State Park, Jason Kirk, said the park had attracted its highest number ...]]></text>
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    <article id="15684">
      <title><![CDATA[Santa swaps sleigh in US]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Waterski Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1318579376" delta="16 weeks ago"><![CDATA[10/14/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[While we're getting over the Christmas spirit here Down Under, celebrations are just beginning to kick in for those in the United States.In Washington, Santa swapped his sleigh for a waterski, completely with knee-boarding reindeer, to make a splash on the Potomic River.Joining Santa, Frosty the Snowman, a group of elves and even the Grinch who tried to steal Christmas by splashing Frosty with his jetski.     ...]]></text>
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