Home : News : Local :

Water_Ski_Team_alumni_4d81e691-53f8-40f0-9116-8c29a5969d3a0000_JPG

Local News

Find your fireworks shows here

As Independence Day approaches, so does fireworks season. …

Jeff looking for new principal

The Lafayette Jefferson High School principal is expected to be…

Developer requests zoning changes

Lafayette city leaders are in the early stages of considering …

Three injured in fork stabbings

Lafayette police are investigating a stabbing near downtown. …

Purdue has built nation's fastest campus supercomputer

Purdue has built fastest supercomputer

For the third year in a row Purdue's latest supercomputer was …

Purdue Water Ski Team alumni tournament

Updated: Monday, 27 Aug 2012, 10:04 AM EDT
Published : Sunday, 26 Aug 2012, 6:44 PM EDT

Kelly Roberts

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) - Purdue water skiers of all ages spent the weekend on Lake Purdue for the team's annual alumni tournament. Both alumni and current members of the Purdue Water Ski Team competed in the tournament.

Organizers said this tournament is the team's biggest fundraiser. The money raised is used for team expenses like boat upkeep and gas.

Current members and alumni said the tournament has been going on for nearly 10 years.

They say it's a good time to not only see old friends, but make new ones.

[The alumni] are all really nice," Matthew Cole, a current team member, said. "We were all part of the Purdue Water Ski Team at some point. We all have that in common."

"It's been great for us," Cris Kodiak, team alum, said. "We're always looking for more reasons to get together so the alumni tournament is the prefect excuse for that."

Members say you don't have to know how to water ski to join the team. The team and its boat will be on Purdue's campus this week.

Comments

Comments WLFI.com is migrating to a more stable commenting system called DISQUS. This system is used by CNN, TIME, FOX News, numerous blogging sites and has over 75 Million registered users. Unfortunately we can't migrate our current user accounts to this new system.

To sign up for a DISQUS account, click the DISQUS button just below and to the right and then click Login.

DISQUS lets you login with several different options, including Facebook, Google, Twitter, Yahoo or OpenID. We expect it to allow more conversation and better moderation. If you have any questions, please feel free to comment below.