DAVID NATIONS

Indefatigable, enthusiastic, and totally devoted to the
cause of promoting water skiing, particularly in cold
water countries such as his own Great Britain, David
Nations was an indispensable element in the development
of the sport for thirty-five years.

The lone British skier in the first World Championships
in 1949, David competed for another ten years, winning
British titles and setting records, before turning his
full attention to training and organization. He was a
founder of the British Water Ski Federation as well as
federations in Ireland, Israel and the Caribbean. He
trained skiers from all over Europe at his home course
in Ruislip and travelled to teach others in such remote
areas as Russia and China.

Although he was an international judge and briefly a
member of the World Technical Committee, his enthusiasm
and expertise was perhaps less appreciated by the water
skiing establishment than by the competitors whom he
loved and supported. His award of the Order of the
British Empire in 1975 was proof, in his mind, that
water skiing had arrived as a serious sport and that he
had helped to get it there.

I am pleased to announce the induction into the
International Hall of Fame of one of water skiing's
most enthusiastic and effective proponents: David
Nations.