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11May01 IWSF Press Release Barefoot World Championships Update

Traditional World Championships site in Barcelona

11May01 IWSF Press Release World Championships information

Chief Officials appointed by IWSF

Chief Judge Ruth Johnston USA
Assistant Chief Judge Pedro Anitua ESP
Chief Scorer Helene Filiatre FRA
Homologator Roger Dilling USA
Chief Driver Ricardo Botas ESP

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04May01 IWSF Press Release Barefoot World Championships awarded to New Zealand

03May01 Video of Elena Milakova's pending record jump - 1.6MB

03May01 IWSF Tournament Council announces change of policy on trick timing

The IWSF TC has reviewed its policy statement in Rule 15.12 that required the use of Video Trick Timing for L and R tournaments for 2001. The TC has changed this policy so that video trick timing is only required in R tournaments for 2001 and L and R for 2002. This change was requested in order to give more time to organizers and homologators to get the requried technology in place.

02May01 Elena Milakova RUS sets pending jump and overall World Records at the McCormick International in Sefner, FL

Elena posted a 53.3 m (175 ft) jump for the record along with 7320 points in tricks and 2@12.0m for an overall performance of 2689.99 points in the 2nd round.

16Apr01 Latin American Championships a huge success

Sunny Brazil hosts top Latin American skiers in nine divisions.

Marcos Figueiredo (Bra) winner of the Men Seniors 1 Division

Open Division Results

Open Men Slalom

JAVIER JULIO ARG
ARTURO NELSON MEX
MARCOS FIGUEIREDO BRA

Open Women Slalom

MARIANA RAMIREZ MEX
MARIA LUISA BOTERO COL
VERONICA VINUALES ARG

Open Men Tricks

JORGE IGNACIO RENOSTO ARG
JAVIER JULIO ARG
ADAN BOTANA ARG

Open Women Tricks

LORENA BOTANA ARG
MARIANA RAMIREZ MEX
MARGARITA DELGADO COL

Open Men Jump

FRANCISCO MIRANDA CHI
JAVIER JULIO ARG
MARTIN LOPEZ ARG

Open Women Jump

MARIA LUISA BOTERO COL

All Results Excel Spreadsheet

05Apr01 IWSF Environmental Handbook now on-line

03Apr01 World Cable Wakeboard Championships Bulletin #1

02Apr01 2001 Racing Rules now available

30Mar01 Official IWSF 2001 World Calendar is now available

29Mar01 2001 World Wakeboard Championships unveils its official web site

25Mar01 World Disabled Championships won by Great Britain

The tournament was hampered by bad weather. The jump finals had to be cancelled due to wind.

World Disabled Team Placement

Great Britain
USA
Australia

Feature story courtesy of PlanetWaterSki.com

Preliminary results courtesy of USAWaterski

24Mar01 Nadine de Villiers, World Barefoot Champion, receives Presidential Award

Nadine de Villiers receiving the South African Presidential Sport Award during a State Banquet last night. She was one of six top sporting persons in South Africa to receive that medal from the President (Mr Mbeki) and the Minister of Sport (Mr Balfour).