Bortz's Personal Waterskiing Info

We do most of our private skiing behind our 1994 Moomba.

Mary especially likes to perform Strap Doubles, Swivel Ski, and climb Pyramids.

Mark started to back barefoot the fall of 1995. Mark spends most of his time barefooting and trick skiing. Here are a couple of close up pictures of Mark back barefooting off the boom and performing a back deep longline!

Info & Pictures of us doing strap doubles

My wife (Mary) and I are performing Strap Doubles in this photo. The move we are performing is called a Back Attitude. Strap Doubles is very similar to pairs ice skating except that we perform on the water.
We show ski with the Five Seasons Ski Team.

We have won first place in '95, '96, '97, '98, '99 and 2000 in the Individual Doubles Competition at the Iowa State Show Ski Tournament.

We placed twelfth (out of 14) in the Doubles Competition at the 2000 National Water Ski Show Tournament.

We placed third in the Doubles Competition at the 2000 Midwest Regional Show Ski Touranment.

We placed seventh (out of 14) in the Doubles Competition at the 1999 National Water Ski Show Tournament.

We won first place in the Doubles Competition at the 1999 Midwest Regional Show Ski Tournament.

We won first place at the 1997 Midwest Indoor Doubles Tournament.

We competed but did not place in the Indoor Doubles Tournament at the 1997 Wisconsin Think Tank.

We placed second at the 1997 Michigan Indoor Doubles Tournament.

We placed third in the Individual Doubles Competition at the 1997 Midwest Regional Show Ski Tournament.

We placed seventh in the Indoor Doubles Tournament at the 1999 Wisconsin Think Tank.

This photo was taken after we won first place at the 1997 Midwest Indoor Doubles Tournament.

Here are some other pictures of us doing doubles.

Here is a photo of Mary swiveling.