high school needs that... wish mine did.  Good Luck!!

I am thinking of doing a half day, teach the basics.  Learn to ski, two ski, slalom, barefoot, wakeboard.  I have asked a couple kids  and they sound excited about it.  Now just to get the ok from the people in charge!

holy smokes i wish we had a water ski class!!!!

Awesome! Where are you located, anyways? Are you just planning on pulling them behind your own boat at your home, or what's your plan as far as water time goes?

Great work!

You're in Antigo?  I'm from Stevens Point, I'd love to help out or be a part of this!

Life is too much of a liability.

Are they installing roof heaters to prevent falling ice masses?

Are they banning walking to school because of the chance of someone getting run over or kidnapped?

Are they still serving food? (it could be tainted, big liability with food service)

Do they cancel school at the first sign of a freeze (due to the chance someone could skid their car on the ice, crash into a tree, and die, then suing the school for forcing them to drive?)

And about these busses that they transport people with, that has to be a massive liability in and of itself?

USAWS Provides huge insurance coverages. You'll need to insure the boat as well. This can all be handled without the school going over board in costs. You'll need to get your level 1 instructor's rating (correspondance test, $25 as I recall), and everyone who participates will need to join USAWS, and maybe even set up a ski club. Might need your CPR certification too just to make it look all fine and dandy. Any on-the-water time is a done as a registered practice, and all usaws members are covered under the insurance.

If you didn't have all the angles locked up in this manner I could understand why they wouldn't allow it.

Over 100 college teams operate under this model, and I have a feeling that colleges have a lot more potential liability than your high school.

Why is it that we have to sacrifice diversifying our kid's lives in a vain effort to prevent frivolous lawsuits?

Wade,

I hear what you are saying.  Schools today have to be careful with financial cutbacks; any unneeded lawsuit would be devastating.  Believe me though; I have not given up on the idea.  Thanks for the links, I will check out the USAWS stuff.

Andrew Bernhagen
Where do you ski the course in Point?  I am originally from Point.  Have you seen Wade’s new ski league idea?  I have just gotten into skiing the course but would like to find some course ski partners, I think there is a public course on Lake Wausau, have you ever skied there?  We should start a league team in the area.

Hey Slicer_Al, sorry I totally forgot to respond before.  I will also send you an e-mail of this post.  I ski on Lake Dubay, just south of Wausau.  I'm attempting to get a permit to put a course back in on Dubay.  I also know of a private lake nearby in the area that I ski on a lot.

Placidwaters,

Please keep me posted on how it works.  It has not worked for me, to get a summer school course option.  I have not given up yet though.  This is something I want students here to be able to experience.  I will contiune looking into other options.  Any suggestions are great.