UNCW Wakeboarding

Smith Optics will be having a Sample sale, Saturday November 8th at the Triangle lounge starting at 9 am.

Also, the December trip to Florida is booked up.  Here are the people going.

Nick Joseph, Brett Harbison, Mike Phelps, Spencer Cohen, Justin  Barnes, and Lucas Kocheck.

Don’t sweat it if you didn’t get to go this time, we will try to make another trip to Florida for Spring Break depending on club funds.

Hey all,

Its been pretty slow as far as the wakeboarding goes due to the weather.  Well thats alright because we are about to head down to Florida.  The tentative date we have planned is December the 13th.  We are going to stay with Adam Fields, professional wakeboarder and wakeboard coach.  If you have volunteered or helped the club out throughout the semester then this trip will only cost you travel expenses.  Dates are 9-23rd of December, but you can still for however long you want up to the two week period.  if you are interested in taking this trip or have any questions email me at naj1398@uncw.edu.  ONLY EMAIL ME IF YOU ARE SERIOUS.  thanks a lot, look forward to hearing from you.

Nick J

Well, UNCW came out first in the regional.  Thats pretty good because we would look like idiots if we lost our own contest.  Anyways, thanks for everyone who came out to volunteer, ride, or just support the crew.  It was good times for sure.  Here are some notable finishes

Even Netch- 1st place beginner

Rachel Keels - 2nd place women (my bad)

Ricky Everington- 1st place intermediate

Justin Barnes- 1st place outlaw

Doug Rainey- 2nd place wakekate

Fabian Ashley- 1st place pro

Justin Sellers- 2nd place pro

Va Tech ended up taking 2nd, and the University of Kentucky barely edged out NC State for the last spot to go to Nationals.  The location for nationals this year is still up in the air, but hopefully it ends up being Texas or Florida or somewhere warm.

Don’t forget to sign up for the club day at the top.  We are going to have another club day the weekend of the 18th, and 19th if you can’t make this one.  Later

Nick J

quick word about the contest to all UNCW students, you will be reimbursed your entry fee and insurance costs so don’t sweat the dollars.

Don’t forget about the meeting tonight.  In the mean time check out these shots of club member Justin Barnes.  Taken by Ryan Curtis.  www.curtis-photo.com

Fabian, a friend, and I are going to a rail park in Georgia next weekend.  Thursday 18th thru Sunday the 21st.  Originally we had 5 people to go, making it 70 a person per day.  However two of the people dropped out and we are looking for two more.  The total will be 180 plus Gas, if any of you have an interest in hitting rails, give me a shout at my email naj1398@uncw.edu and come with us.  This isn’t a UNCW Club thing, its just some of us going down to hit rails, which is a rare opportunity.  Let us know if you want to go.

Check the schedules page to see when the next club MEETING is.  We need to get everyone squared away as a full member and designate some duties for the upcoming contests.  Also we want to talk a little more in depth about the trip at the end of the semester.  Club days this week were a little plagued with bad weather and boat trouble, but don’t sweat it.  We are probably going to do two, maybe three club days in October, and they will be on weekends so scheduling conflicts wont get in the way as much.

Nick J

check the Club Day 1 page at the top and sign up for a club day, they are going pretty fast and there is only four people to each 2 hour block so don’t miss out.

Nick J

So, the first meeting went pretty well.  Here are the basics of what we went over.

1.  There are meetings every Monday night at 5pm in the Rec Center room 114.  Over the course of the semester there will be 12 of these meetings.  If you, as a wakeboard club member, attend 10 out of 12 of these meetings, the club as a whole will earn points and money from the school.  The meetings are posted in the schedules section.  These aren’t “wakeboard club meetings,” they are management meetings for all of the sports club students that help the club earn funding.

2. We are planning at trip over Winter Break to Florida.  If you attend the 10 out of 12 meetings, or volunteer to help out Fabian with the contests (his email is in the officers section).  Then the club will help you out for a portion of your expenses if you go on the winter break trip.  If for some reason the trip falls through (unlikely) then you will be compensated by free boat sets/lessons in return.

3. I am going to post CLUB DAY SIGN UP TIMES over the course of the weekend.  Send me an email stating what time you wish to sign up and i will send you a confirmation email saying that you got that time or sorry, you need to sign up for another.

4.  To attend club day you must be a FULL MEMBER, meaning you have paid dues, taken the swim test, given us a copy of health insurance and student ID (scan and email to trj3366@uncw.edu), and signed the waivers.

5. We have our Collegiate Regional Qualifier on September 27th.  You are all encouraged to participate.  There will be many divisions with a wide range of skill levels- Beginner, Intermediate, Outlaw, Pro, Women, Wakeskate.  So get involved, help out, and ride for UNCW in the contest.

Club day sign ups will be posted soon, so check back regularly.

We’re going to have our first meeting tomorrow (Thursday the 4th) in front of the Fischer Center at 8pm.  Make sure you bring a swim suit because we are going to have a swim test afterwards.  Depending on the weather we are going to have our first club day on Sunday of this week.  In order to go out on the boat,you have to have done the four things below.  If you can’t take the swim test tomorrow, you can take it any time Monday through Thursday from 8pm to 10pm in Trask.  We will be sending out emails tonight for the people who signed up during the involvement Carnival today.  If you did NOT get an email and you want to be on the email list then email one of the officers and let us know and we’ll put you on the list.  See you tomorrow night.

Nick J