Tour Slalom Champion- D3 Slalom Ski, Training Session with Seth Stisher, Slalom Ski TOG from Ski It Again, SeaDek hat, Hitachi water bottle, sunglasses, Trophy and plaque from OWSA

A great time was had by all at Lake Bobason.  Mary Nelson of Lake Lottawatta skied a personal best to win the Gold Fin Firkin in Slalom, Yavonne Austin of Lake Bobason received her first plaque with 2nd, and Ryan Houser of Lottawatta 3rd. 

Trick top 3 were Mary Nelson, Sandra Cummings of Michigan, and Chaz Decker of Lake Mohawk. 
Skiing in his first Buckeye Buoy Tour, Chris Caldwell of Lake Mohawk wins Jump with Chaz Decker 2nd, and Rob Dieter of the Miami University Water Ski Club 3rd. 
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Register for all the BBT stops, the more BBT stops you ski, the better your chances of winning great prizes!

Slalom, trick, and Jump Skiers of all ages and abilities come join the fun! Tournaments are multi-round and handicap scored!
      
Stop #1      June 25th - 26th Lake Bobason Marysville, OH    
      
Stop #2     July 2nd Barking Shores Bowling Green, OH  
      
Stop #3      July 9th - 10th Pleasant Shores Van Wert, OH  
      
Stop #4     July 16th - 17th Shortline Pick Your Poison St Marys, OH  
      
Stop #5     July 22nd Pleasant Shores Van Wert, OH  
      
STATE     July 23rd - 24th State Championship Van Wert, OH

Skiers will form teams of 4-7 skiers to compete as a team as well as individually.  This new format will also allow for team vs. team tournaments outside the BBT that can be completed in 3 hours or less!

Make your business a part of the excitement and first in the minds of Ohio skiers by sponsoring the 2016 Buckeye Buoy Tour!   We are asking for a $100 donation towards the tour OR $100 worth of product to give out as prizes during the season.

With your donation you will be recognized on the OWSA Buckeye Buoy Tour webpage, announced live throughout each tournament and listed on any BBT promotional materials such as t-shirts, banners, and literature.

Contact Lisa Nelson today at [email protected] to become a 2016 BBT sponsor! 

Greg Kuenning of Extreme Watersports Center took home the coveted Buckeye Buoy Tour OVERALL Title for the 2nd time in his career.  Overall is a combination of the Slalom, Trick, & Jump events.  Kayla Herstad of Pleasant Shores took home both the Trick & Jump Titles for 2015.  Kayla received jump & trick Ski Togs donated by ski-it-again.com for her wins!  Congrats to both skiers! 

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Josh Cyphers of Shortlines Shores won Buckeye Buoy Tour Stop #4, the Dottie T Pick Your Poison.  Josh ran a personal best of 2 @ 32 off in both the semi-finals and finals to take home his first Buckeye Buoy Tour victory!  Rounding out the Top 3 were Erin Davis of Columbus Aqua Ski Club and Andrew French of Lake Lottawatta.  Annemarie Wroblewski of Lake Swerve took home the win in Trick and Jeremy Albers, Miami University Alum, won jump.

On July 11th, the Glassy Waters Ski Club in Newton Falls, Ohio rolled out a new BBT format call "Pick Your Partner".  In many ways it's the opposite of "Pick Your Poison".  Instead of picking another skier to ski against, you get to pick another skier to ski with (as a team) in a head-to-dead format against another team.  The highest combined average of each 2-person team advanced to a semi-final and final round.
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Proving that the BBT handicapped scoring system works for all level of skiers - Caryl Kolb entered the tournament with an average of 3.25@32mph, while Dave Miller average 0.5@41off!  Steady and consistent skiing by the pair allowed them to hold off the rapid improvement of 2nd place finisher Calvin Warren (B1) who put up a personal best of 0.5@23mph and a personal best from 3rd place finisher Shelly Rogers (G2) from Columbus Aqua with 2@22off.

For the 4th consecutive year, D3 Skis has agreed to sponsor the Buckeye Buoy Tour by presenting the Tour Slalom Champion with a brand new D3 Ski!  No other ski company in recent history has shown such a strong support for Ohio waterskiing so please look to them first for your equipment needs!