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Rock Aqua Jays performing a five-high pyramid
The Rock Aqua Jays Water Ski Show Team is an amateur
water ski club in
Janesville, Wisconsin . The club participates in show skiing, which involves water ski acts that are choreographed to music and built around a theme that tells a story. The Rock Aqua Jays has about 150 members.
History
The Rock Aqua Jays ski club was formed in 1960.
[1] That same year it was one of four founding member groups of the Wisconsin Water Ski Federation. In 1961, the club assumed the name "Rock Aqua Jays".
[1] The club practices on the
Rock River at Traxler Park in Janesville, where they hold twice weekly shows between Memorial Day and Labor Day. The Rock Aqua Jays initiated the first national tournament of the
National Show Ski Association , the Show Ski National Championships, which were held in August, 1975.
[2] They have hosted the national tournament in Janesville 26 of the 39 times it has been held. In 2012 they hosted the first ever World Water Ski Show Tournament.
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The club was the first amateur team to build the three-high pyramid (1974), the four-high pyramid (1981), and the five-high pyramid (1993).
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[5] They hold the record for the largest pyramid in competition: 44 people (2003).
[1] They were the first amateur American ski team to perform in the
People's Republic of China , in 1999.
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[6] In 2012, in collaboration with the Chinese Water Ski Team, the Aqua Jays set a
Guinness World Record for the number of humans to water ski in a pyramid: 55.
[7] They have won the national show ski tournament a record 19 times, and placed second in the event 12 times. The Aqua Jays have also won the Wisconsin State Show Tournament a record 15 times. They have taken the triple crown of show skiing 11 times,
[1] and were named the National Show Ski Association Team of the Year 6 times.
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Honors and awards
Sources:
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Rock Aqua Jays' 44-person pyramid
2014
1st - U.S. National Show Tournament
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1st - Wisconsin State Show Tournament
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1st - Mercury Invitational Show Tournament
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2013
1st - U.S. National Show Tournament
1st - Wisconsin State Show Tournament
1st - Mercury Invitational Show Tournament
2012
National Show Ski Association Team of the Year
1st - U.S. National Show Tournament
2nd - Wisconsin State Show Tournament
1st - Mercury Invitational Show Tournament
2011
National Show Ski Association Team of the Year
Triple Crown:
1st - U.S. National Show Tournament
1st - Wisconsin State Show Tournament
1st - Mercury Invitational Show Tournament
2010
2nd - U.S. National Show Tournament
1st - Wisconsin State Show Tournament
1st - Mercury Invitational Show Tournament
2009
2nd - Wisconsin State Show Tournament
1st - Mercury Invitational Show Tournament
2008
2nd - U.S. National Show Tournament
2007
1st - Mercury Invitational Show Tournament
2006
2nd - U.S. National Show Tournament
2nd - Wisconsin State Show Tournament
1st - Mercury Invitational Show Tournament
2005
National Show Ski Association Team of the Year
Triple Crown:
1st - U.S. National Show Tournament
1st - Wisconsin State Show Tournament
1st - Mercury Invitational Show Tournament
2004
2nd - U.S. National Show Tournament
2nd - Wisconsin State Show Tournament
2003
National Show Ski Association Team of the Year
Triple Crown:
1st - U.S. National Show Tournament
1st - Wisconsin State Show Tournament
1st - Mercury Invitational Show Tournament
2002
National Show Ski Association Team of the Year
1st - U.S. National Show Tournament
1st - Wisconsin State Show Tournament
2nd - Mercury Invitational Show Tournament
2001
2nd - Wisconsin State Show Tournament
1st - Mercury Invitational Show Tournament
2000
2nd - Wisconsin State Show Tournament
1999
National Show Ski Association Team of the Year
1st - U.S. National Show Tournament
1st - Wisconsin State Show Tournament
2nd - Lamb's Farm Invitational Tournament
1st - Mercury Invitational Show Tournament
1998
1st - Wisconsin State Show Tournament
1st - Lamb's Farm Invitational Tournament
1st - Mercury Invitational Show Tournament
1997
1st - U.S. National Show Tournament
1st - Mercury Invitational Show Tournament
1996
2nd - U.S. National Show Tournament
1st - Wisconsin State Show Tournament
1st - Mercury Invitational Show Tournament
1995
1st - U.S. National Show Tournament
1st - Lamb's Farm Invitational Tournament
1994
2nd - U.S. National Show Tournament
1st - Lamb's Farm Invitational Tournament
1993
1st - U.S. National Show Tournament
1st - Wisconsin State Show Tournament
1st - Lamb's Farm Invitational Tournament
1992
2nd - U.S. National Show Tournament
1991
2nd - U.S. National Show Tournament
1990
1st - U.S. National Show Tournament
1st - Lamb's Farm Invitational Tournament
1989
1st - U.S. National Show Tournament
1st - Lamb's Farm Invitational Tournament
1988
1st - U.S. National Show Tournament
1st - Wisconsin State Show Tournament
1st - Lamb's Farm Invitational Tournament
1987
1st - U.S. National Show Tournament
1st - Wisconsin State Show Tournament
1st - Lamb's Farm Invitational Tournament
1986
1st - U.S. National Show Tournament
1985
1st - U.S. National Show Tournament
1st - Wisconsin State Show Tournament
1st - Lamb's Farm Invitational Tournament
1984
2nd - U.S. National Show Tournament
1983
2nd - U.S. National Show Tournament
1982
2nd - U.S. National Show Tournament
1981
1st - U.S. National Show Tournament
1st - Wisconsin State Show Tournament
1st - Lamb's Farm Invitational Tournament
1980
1st - Wisconsin State Show Tournament
2nd - U.S. National Show Tournament
1979
1st - U.S. National Show Tournament
1977
2nd - U.S. National Show Tournament
1975
1st - Lamb's Farm Invitational Tournament
References
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Rock Aqua Jays History
^ USA WaterSki.
"National Show Ski Association: A Brief History of Show Skiing" . Retrieved August 11, 2013.
^
"Waterskiers flock to Janesville for World Water Ski Show Tournament" , Channel3000.com. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
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a
b Karla Nagy,
"Janesville’s Rock Aqua Jays Host World Tournament" , Northwest Quarterly , Summer 2012. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
^
"Amateur water-ski team hits new heights" , The Milwaukee Journal , August 23, 1993. Retrieved August 11, 2013. [
dead link ]
^ Lisa Schmelz.
"Walking on Water"
Archived 2010-06-16 at the
Wayback Machine , At the Lake Magazine , Summer 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
^
"Two Ski Broncs visit China to help set world record" , Rockford Register Star , January 29, 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2013. [
dead link ]
^ USA WaterSki.
"National Show Ski Association Team of the Year" . Retrieved August 11, 2013.
^ USA WaterSki.
"Tournament Results: D1 Nationals (1975-2012)" . Retrieved August 11, 2013.
^
"Honors and Awards" . Rock Aqua Jays. Archived from
the original on 2007-11-02. Retrieved 2008-09-26 .
^ Wisconsin Water Ski Federation.
"Wisconsin State Water Ski Show Tournament History"
Archived 2013-05-27 at the
Wayback Machine . Retrieved August 11, 2013.
^ USA Water Ski. "
Rock Aqua Jays Win Show Ski Nationals ".
^ Mark Massoglia. "
Aqua Skiers grab second place in Division ". Wisconsin Rapids Tribune , July 20, 2014. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
^ USA Water Ski. "
Rock Aqua Jays Win 2014 Mercury Open ".
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