Award of Distinction Spotlight: Russell Gay

Rusell Gay is being awarded the USA Water Ski & Wake Sports Foundation's Award of Distinction and will be honored at the 2023 Hall of Fame Ceremony on April 15th.

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Russell has dedicated much of his life to water skiing both as a competitor and as part of the water skiing equipment industry.

A tricks specialist, Russell has scored a personal best of 12,070 points and has been on the podium at numerous national and world championships, and holds two national trick records.

For more than 25 years, Russell Gay's company Masterline has produced quality water ski ropes and handles. The Masterline family also includes Quantum Skis and Eagle Wetsuits. Masterline ropes have pulled all of the current world records. Quantum skis has a claim to the World Trick Record set by Aliaksei Zharnasek at 12,570 points. Anna Gay also won the US Open and World Championships on a Quantum in 2015.

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More college scholarships than ever for student-athletes apply now!

Have you applied for our Scholarships? We have several more to choose from this year, thanks to the generosity of the John Van Gieson Family, the John Worden Family, and Kyle Tate. For a complete list of our scholarships, go HERE.

The USA Water Ski & Wake Sports Foundation (USA-WWF) gives out more than tens of thousands of dollars every year in college scholarships to young water sports athletes, and the time to apply is now! For a complete list of our scholarships, go HERE.

The deadline is April 1, 2023. APPLY HERE

If you are a high school senior or already attending college, you probably wonder what the USA-WWF Scholarship Committee looks for in students when reviewing and ranking applications. Well, it's about more than how you perform on the water. Grades, extra-curricular activities, jobs, and volunteering are all part of the successful USA-WWF Student-Athlete.

The video below features some of our scholarship winners... are you ready to join the crew?

Now is the time to go to USA-WWF.org and submit your application for consideration for the 2023-2024 Academic Year!

The deadline is April 1, 2023 APPLY HERE

Questions? Email: scholarshipadmin@waterskihalloffame.com

Award of Distinction Spotlight: Roger Dilling

Roger Dilling is being awarded the USA Water Ski & Wake Sports Foundation's Award of Distinction and will be honored at the 2023 Hall of Fame Ceremony on April 15th.

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In addition to being a globally recognized water ski judge and scorer, Roger Dilling was renowned for his work within the technical control/homologation community on a global basis.

He worked closely with pioneers like Ed Brazil and Dave Clark in the early days of creating a ‘level playing field’ in water ski competition and record certification. Roger spent several decades (1980-2010) as a technical controller and was the first to create his own traveling tech control mini-van which was a staple at many record-capable tournaments throughout the Southern Region. He also served on the AWSA technical committee for many years.

Roger was an innovator that had the ability to look at a body of water and determine the best layout to install competition courses in the most efficient manner. He was instrumental in trying to make a tournament run better and is credited with the development of the pre-gates in slalom, which was intended to aid drivers in their approach to the slalom course. Roger was a mentor to several new upcoming technical controllers, lending them equipment as needed and providing guidance.

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