Walworth County Water Ski Show Team makes a splash!

The Wisconsin State (Regional) Water Ski Show Championships was held at Red Sands Beach, Lake Wazeecha in Wisconsin Rapids July 20-23, 2023. The tournament is a full four days and features 24 of Wisconsin’s best show water ski teams and 75 individuals competing for a chance to compete at the National Water Ski Show Championships. Teams are given one hour to put on their best themed performance for the thousands of spectators that pack Red Sands Beach.

Southern Wakes United (aka SWU) is a merge of two teams – the Lauderdale Aqua Skiers and the Whitewater Lake Sports Club (Minneiska Water Ski Show Team). These two teams came together in the fall of 2018 to become the one and only team in Walworth County and started competing together in 2019. The teams perform on Lauderdale Lakes and Elkhorn Lake in Babe Mann Park in Elkhorn and Whitewater Lake. Just four short years after the merge, they came together, and their hard work and perseverance paid off! They took home some serious hardware, including:

- First Place for Division 3 (which moves them up to Division 2)
- The Gerald Kaudy Memorial Award for Highest Scoring Ballet Line
- The Highest Scoring Production Award in Memory of Paul Dross
- The Most Original/Unique Act
- The Highest Scoring Tow Boat Team
- The Highest Scoring Dock & Equipment Crew
- And The Best Comedy Act
 
For more information of the team and how to support them and their advertisers, go to: www.southernwakesunited.com or their Facebook page: https:\\www.facebook.com/SouthernWakesUnited