Derek has been waterskiing since the age of 6. During high school, Derek attended Bill Peterson's ski school in Florida and has competed in numerous tournaments. He is a certified instructor through USA WATERSKI . He is a 1992 graduate of Indiana University Bloomington.
When he is not running Indy Ski School or waterskiing, Derek is a union stagehand. You can find him at the Indiana Ice where he works as lighting director; or around town at local venues like the Murat, Conseco Field House, the Convention Center and Lucas Oil working at conferences, sporting events, and concerts as a technician.
He has been in the Entertainment business for 22 years and is a proud member of both The Director's Guild of America (DGA) and The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE). One of his claims to fame is working on the game show “Jeopardy” for 4 1/2 years and later on the NBC soap “Sunset Beach.”
He lives in Geist with his wife Pam and his almost 3 year old son Brodie, who he’s anxious to get on ski’s!!!! They attend Saint Simon the Apostle Catholic Church and enjoy the lake, people and amenities of Geist.
INSTRUCTOR SAM HARRIS
Sam grew up in Huntington, Indiana without any access to a lake or boat. After two years of college in Ft. Wayne he moved to Arkansas to live on his Dad's houseboat and work at the marina on Lake Ouachita. He soon found himself behind a boat trying to learn how to wakeboard. After two full summers living in Arkansas and wakeboarding daily he made the move to Bloomington Indiana to finish his finance degree from Indiana University. Once in Bloomington he joined the Indiana University water-ski and wakeboard team where he progressed his own wakeboarding and was able to introduce wakeboarding to other college students. After graduating in 2009 he moved to Indianapolis to raise his newborn son.
" Being behind a boat is one of the funnest experiences anyone can have, and I hope you can get as much joy out of it as I have in the last 6 years of Wakeboarding."
Dane grew up on Geist Lake and learned to water ski and wakeboard at the age of nine. When he was fifteen he learned to barefoot ski. Since then he has continued to work on his skiing and wake boarding skills.
In high school he was employed by Skier's Edge, a local pro shop, where he learned about and sold ski and wakeboard equipment. Beginning in the summer of 2008, he taught lessons with Indy Ski School.
Currently he is a student at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona where he is studying Spanish and Business. He enjoys Frisbee, camping, motorcycles, and being on the lake.
Noah learned to ski at the age of 13 and is a competitive slalom skier around the country. He's worked in waterski pro shops since her was 16.
He attends college at Florida Atlantic University studying elementary education. He is training with world renowned waterski coach Chet Raley through the winter. Hobbies include anything and everything.
