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If you love to shred and go to UofM, Waterski at the University of Michigan is the only way you can ski on a weekly basis and earn a world class education.

All levels encouraged.

05/21/2026

Our ALL STARS just spent a magical weekend in California 🏖️🌇🌉⛺️
ELLIE WILLIAMS 🦅 in all three events,
BECCA YEDID 🐙 in slalom,
KATYA DECKELBAUM in slalom, and
SIMONE FLETCHER in jump,
the dream team 😻🤩🤞 ong, no one stood a chance 🤼‍♀️

Team Midwest 👙pulled through with a VICTORY

Michigan’s own ELLIE got 3rd 🥉 overall and 2nd 🥈 in jump with her pb of 75 feet 🦶

What a great way for our all stars to end their time at Michigan, all while looking pretty in pink 🌸💕🌷💞💗. Going out with a pinkalishous 🐷bang💥🪃, one could say.

05/07/2026

Our grads are cooler than yours.
It’s crazy to think of the team without this group of amazing people and incredible skiers. They have left such a mark on this team. We can’t wait to see all the great things these grads do off in the real world.
The biggest CONGRADULATIONS to all of you!!!!!! 🥳🥳🥳🤩🤩🤩🧑‍🎓👩‍🎓👨‍🎓🎓🎓🎓

04/20/2026

SPRING FEST 2026 in the books!!! 🤩🤩🤩

Some highlights from the weekend….

PHILLIP with a PB jump of 69 ft
JACK with a PB run of 3.5 at 34 and 22 off
GABBY landing all of her first three jumps since injury!!!!

03/18/2026

As Giving Blue Day comes to a close, we ask you to consider making a donation to our team! This campus wide day of fundraising is a great opportunity to show your support.

University of Michigan Waterski participates in seasonal tournaments and weekly practices where funding is necessary to travel, maintain equipment, and participate. Any amount would be incredibly appreciated as we prepare to put our boat in the lake this April!

Donate to on Venmo!

01/24/2025

LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST… boat ops ALE###X DEETERRRRRRRR!!!! Alex is a junior studying Econ from Michigan!! Fun fact about him is that his favorite event is the 4th event AND he skis best in hot pink short shorts 😁 👌 we are very grateful to have Alex taking care of our lovely boat this year and can’t wait to see him shred it upppp in the fall 🤙🤙🤙 That’s all for OBoard!!! Thank you for following along!!! Stay tuned for more waterski updates and content 🤩 GO BLUE! 💙💛

01/22/2025

Hiya! My name is Annabel Filippini and I am from Denver, CO. I am a junior in the School of Information studying Information Analysis! Fun fact about me - while I love driving the boat I successfully propped the rope 4 times this season 😬 whoops 😊 Anywayssss, I am SO SO SO excited to be running the insta and making merch for the team this year!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE reach out with any suggestions! I’m all ears!!!! Can’t wait to be out on the water with you all soon 🥳🤙🫶🥰

01/20/2025

Next up we have our INCREDIBLE treasure CLAIRE SCHAFER!!! She is a junior studying public health! Claire loves to run, adventure, and travel around the world!! She is the third Schafer on the team 🤯 we are so thrilled to have claire managing our finances this year!!! THANK YOU in advance!!!

01/16/2025

Next up we have our lovely madame secretary Talia Laskooooooo!!!! Talia is a freshman from Chicago, IL studying architecture. She loves to hike, climb, and wipe out mid slalom course 🤩. Surprisingly Talia grew up a wake boarder but we have since converted her 🙏🙏🙏 we are so lucky to have talia and can’t wait to see her THRIVE this season! 💌

01/12/2025

NEXTTTTT ON DECKKKK we have our other badda$$ captain GABBY LEIKERRRRR 🙌🙌🙌 gabby is a junior studying public health and gender and health. She is from Waucedauh, MI (the UP - makes sense 😊)!!! She started skiing when she was two years old on Lake Superior. Her absolute FAVORITE part of the season is jumping in LAKE MICHIGAN!!! Catch gabby before skiing to run you through a BOMB warm up! The Gabby-Ellie captain team is going to be unmatched this season so get ready peeps!!! 🥳🥳🥳

01/11/2025

Some more of our members shredded it up 🤙 in Big Sky to end the break this past week!! How fun 🤩 Here are some pics!! Can’t wait to get everyone together again this semester! Stay tuned for some more fun activities 🥳

01/09/2025

NEXT UP!!! Introducing one of our lovely captains ELLIE (Willie) WILLIAMS!!! Ellie lived in Baton Rouge for 16 years before moving to Brighton, Michigan. She is currently a junior studying environmental and international studies with minors in business and oceanography! Pretty sweet! She has been skiing since she was 5 (woah) but 4th event will always be her favorite. She’s also incredible at the other three events so that’s very impressive! ANYWAYS, we cannot wait to hangout with ellie on the dock this Fall! 🤙💌

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500 S. State St.
Ann Arbor, MI
48109

Website

http://Umich.edu/~skiteam/

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