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Janet Robinson Ostberg
Minnesota Water Ski Association Hall of Fame Inducted 1996
Former resident of White Bear Lake, where she, her former husband Jack, and family had a home on Bald Eagle Lake.
 
  • Early member of the Bald Eagle Water Club
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  • Skier in the Bald Eagle Water Club shows in the 1950’s and early 60’s
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  • Competed in the early Bald Eagle Water Club tournaments and others in the 1950’s and early 60’s
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  • Janet and her former husband Jack operated The Ostberg Waterski School on Bald Eagle lake from the 1950’s to the early 70’s
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  • Organizing committee member for the 1960 and ’65 Nationals, sponsored by the Bald Eagle Water Club
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  • Committee Person of the Year in 1960 for the Minneapolis Aquatennial
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  • Founding member of MWSA in 1960
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  • First MWSA Secretary in 1960
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  • President Bald Eagle Water Club 1962
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  • AWSA Senior Judge
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  • Appointed Judge for the 1961, ‘62, ‘63, and ‘65 Nationals
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  • Member of the AWSA Judges Committee
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  • Author of several articles for The Water Skier magazine; “Trophy Hunter”, July/August 1962, “Step Right Up to a Tournament Job”, December/January 1963, “You’ve a Rating Waiting”, December/January 1963
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  • Co-authored the AWSA Judges manual and Club manual 1962-63
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  • Judged many of the early tournaments in Minnesota and the Upper Midwest, and continued judging well into the 1970’s and early 80’s
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  • Assisted with the US Coast Guard in teaching water ski safety
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  • Co-authored with Jack Ostberg the AWSA Tournament boat driver’s manual
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  • Chief Judged many of the Minnesota State Tournaments
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  • Won 1st Place at the 1959 Midwest Regionals held on Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, sponsored by the Bald Eagle Water club
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    Janet raised 4 children, Johnny, a Junior Boys National Jumping champion, Gary,Vicky, and Maura, all skiers as well. Janet died in 1996.
     
    As shown by her involvement with waterskiing from the local level with a water ski school in the 1950’s to her many volunteer positions on the regional and national level, and from writing to judging, Janet surely enjoyed the sport of water skiing and the many people she came in contact with. In her later years after she became less involved in the sport, she would faithfully show up at Island lake for the GMO and the State Championships to judge and visit with people she knew and to once again see the action.
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