Expired New Headlines 19Feb03 - 31Aug03
31Aug03 Pan American Games Photo Gallery now on-line
31Aug03 Saturday Results from the World Disabled Championships at Altemont
Springs, FL. are now available
courtesy of USAWaterSki
31Aug03 Results from the World Senior Trophy are now available
Senior 1 Men Slalom Preliminary
Team Results
Tricks Results
Jump Results
Slalom Results
Overall Results
28Aug03 World 21 & Under Championhips bulletin 2 is now available
25Aug03 Leforestier 12320 Application under review - video now available
Pass1 (3MB)
Pass2 (3MB)
25Aug03 Jimmy Siemers USA jump record of 71.9m from the US Open
is approved by IWSF TC
It was initially reported at 71.8m, but applied for and verified at 71.9m
25Aug03 EAME Championships web site is now available (click here)
24Aug03 Elite Ranking Qualifiers are set for World Championships
Video Press release for broadband (5.6MB)
Video Press release for slower connections (2.8MB)
Press Release static page
23Aug03 Danish Open in progress
Results are being updated dynamically here
19Aug03 World Ranking List finalized
The top 8 qualify as Individuals for the 2003 World Championships
(top 5 in overall qualify)
15Aug03 Pan Am Games Water Ski Event is completed
Medal Count
| Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| USA | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Mexico | | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Argentina | | | 2 | 2 |
Men Jump
- Freddy Krueger USA 67.0m New Pan Am Games Record
- Jaret Llewellyn CAN 67.0m New Pan Am Games Record
- Ryan Dodd CAN
Women Jump
- Klarissa Wedd CAN 48.7m New Pan Am Games Record
- Rhoni Barton USA
- Regina Jaquess USA
Men Trick
- Jaret Llewellyn CAN
- Russell Gay USA
- Jorge Renosto ARG
Men Slalom
- Drew Ross CAN
- Jorge Suarez Diaz MEX
- Javier Julio ARG
Women Slalom
- Karen Truelove USA
- Regina Jaquess USA
- Mariana Ramirez MEX
Women Trick
- Regina Jaquess USA
- Rhoni Barton USA
- Mariana Ramirez MEX
Final Results
15Aug03 Pan Am Games Water Ski Event preliminaries are completed
Men Jump Preliminaries
- Jaret Llewellyn CAN 65.1m 214ft New Pan Am Games Record
- Freddy Krueger USA 63.1m 207ft
- Ryan Dodd CAN 57.5m 189ft
Women Jump Preliminaries
- Rhoni Barton USA 47.9m 157ft New Pan Am Games Record
- Klarissa Wedd CAN 46.6m 153ft New Pan Am Games Record
- Regina Jaquess USA 45.8m 150ft
Men Trick Preliminaries
- Jaret Llewellyn CAN 10700 New Pan Am Games Record
- Russell Gay USA 10490
- Javier Julio ARG 9250
14Aug03 Pan Am Games Water Ski Event opens in Santo Domingo
Men Slalom Preliminaries
- Chris Parrish USA 1.5 at 10.25 New Pan Am Games Record
- Jorge Suarez Diaz MEX 4 at 11.25
- Javier Julio ARG
3 at 11.25
Drew Ross CAN
Women Slalom Preliminaries
- Regina Jaquess USA 2 at 11.25
- Karen Truelove USA 0.5 at 11.25
- Mariana Ramirez MEX 5 at 12m
Women Trick Preliminaries
- Regina Jaquess USA 6730
- Mariana Ramirez MEX 6050
- Rhoni Barton USA 5610
11Aug03 Jimmy Siemers USA sets pending World Jump
record of 71.8m at the US Open
29Jul03 IWSF President Kuno Ritschard names panel for
21 & Under World Championships
Chief Judge: Mikki Rauchenwald AUT
Assistant Chief Judge: Robert Ritter CHI
Homologator: Robert Howerton USA
Chief Scorer: Jerry Woodard USA
Scorer:Francine Lion (FRA)
Judges
Ilaria Bazzotta ITA
Morten Frouland DEN
Alica Julio ARG
JoAnn Moore CAN
Tom Danford USA
Jill Howard GBR
Patricia Garcia del Barrio SUI
Chief Driver: Fabrizio Sonzogni ITA
Drivers
Olivier Constans FRA
Ernesto Revilla ARG
25Jul03 Jaret Llewellyn will be the flag bearer for the Canadian team
at the 2003 Pan Am Games Opening Ceremony
Here is the Canadian
Olympic Committee Press Release
21Jul03 IWSF Tournament council approves Jamie Beauchesne USA tie
of the World Slalom Record at 1@9.75m
21Jul03 New Cableski Jump World Records confirmed.
The Cableski Council is pleased to announce the confirmation of the
following jump world records:
Julia Meier-Gromyko (BLR) and Claudia Geiger (GER) both holder of the new
record in the ladies division with 44.7m, jumped in Kiefersfelden, Germany.
Jochen Luers (GER) jumped a new world record in the mens division of 59.0 m,
at the same competition
18Jul03 Chile Federation Anounces Overall Cash Prize Tournament "2003 Copa
Challenger" for November 14-16
17Jul03 IWSF President Kuno Ritschard announces officials for the
World Seniors Trophy
Chief Judge Sergey Efimushkin RUS
Assistant Chief Judge Luise Guillot FRA
Homologator James Jacquemard FRA
Chief Calculator Natasha Ryanzina RUS
Assistant Calculator Lisette Jacquemard FRA
Judges
Vassilis Balais GRE
Alain Chevalier FRA
Vincenco D'Elia ITA
Luise Guillot FRA
Leon Larson USA
Chief Driver Pascal Van Goubergen BEL
Drivers
Pierre Guillot FRA
Sergey Kozlovski BLR
16Jul03 Nicolas Leforestier sets a pending World Trick record with a performance
of 12320 points at Chaugey
See the official scorebook posted on www.iwsf.com
16Jul03 IWSF President Kuno Ritschard announces 2003 IWSF Order of Merit
Awards
The IWSF Executive Board has conferred the newly created
"ORDER OF MERIT for outstanding service within the aims of the IWSF
internationally"
to Ralph Meloon and George Blair.
The presentation will be made at the beginning of the IWSF Hall of Fame
induction in the evening of September 18 at Polk City, FL.
10Jul03 IWSF President Kuno Ritschard announces the location of the 2005 World
Tournament Championships
10Jul03 Bulletin 2 for the 2003 World Cable Wakeboard Championships
is now available
All forms can be downloaded from
www.worldwakeboardcouncil.com
Australian Visa details go to
Department of Immigration and Multicultural
Affairs or their main website at http://www.immi.gov.au/
Event Schedule is not finalised at this
time.
Logan Cable Park
construction is on schedule.
09Jul03 World Disabled Championships information
Bulletin 2-3 Note: 1.5 MB
Entry Form (doc type file)This is the original
Entry Form
09Jul03 World Senior Trophy Information Bulletin #2
Note: You can cancel the font download if you want
Individual Entry Form
Team Entry Form
Refer to the Trophy Rules for Individual Entries
Senior Trophy Rules
06Jul03 Jamie Beauchesne USA reportedy ties the slalom World Record at Trophy Lakes with 1@9.75m
see Trophy Lakes tournament results
03Jul03 World Cable Wakeboard & Cable Wakeskate Rules 2003 released by
Chairman Hans Otte
02Jul03 The First International Copa Catalunya Tournament was held in Barcelona June
28th-29th
13 Countries Entered The Competition and it was a very successful event.
The site was the Olympic rowing channel. The Organisers
are already planning for next year...
Notable winners were:
Will ASHER GBR 4.50/10.75
Natalie HAMRICK USA 5.00/11.25
Aliaksei ZHARNASEK BLR 11460
Clementine LUCINE FRA 7120
Jaret LLEWELLYN CAN 67.60
Jacky JUNTER GBR 48.00
IWSF World Wakeboard Chairman Colin Hart announces Tige Boats Cash Prize
Event for Pro Division at Wakeboard Worlds
World Wakeboard Council includes Wakeskate into World Championships for
2004
25Jun03 The Organizers of the 21&Under World Championships have posted the
deadline for signing up for training on the official lake is September 30th, 2003
21Jun03 Qualification for World Championships will also be from the
IWSF Elite Ranking List
The IWSF TC has notified elite skiers that since there is no World Cup list
for 2003, (per Rule 4.01 - 3), the top 6 skiers on the Elite Ranking List
will qualify for the World Championships. The List Qualifications will be
as of August 24 after the Danish Open and Princes Tournaments.
21Jun03 Preliminary World Ranking List now Available
The top 8 qualify as Individuals for the 2003 World Championships
16Jun03 IWSF World University Chairman, Phil Chase announces site of 2004
University Championships
IWSF SiteFind Search
IWSF Site Search
Hint! - If you are searching for your name, it is best done by
saying:
john AND smith
if your name is John Smith.
Headline News
09Jun03 Pan Am Region President Vern Oberg reports on the test tournament held in Santo Domingo in
preparation of the Pan Am Games later this summer (800K pdf file)
05Jun03 IWSF establishes Athlete of the Year commemorative Rings awards
The first rings shown here are awarded to Jaret Llewellyn CAN and Elena Milakova RUS
who were previously named the IWSF 2002 Athletes of the Year. Click
on the picture to see the detail.
02Jun03 EAME Wakeboard Judging Seminar held in Belgium
02Jun03 Wakeboard demonstration event held at Hillside
Beach Club, Turkey
01Jun03 IWSF Hall of Fame Selection Chairman Bill Barlow, Jr., announces
the 2003 inductees to the International Water Ski Federation Hall of Fame
26May03 Chevy Trucks 44th Masters completed at Callaway Gardens
- Men's Slalom - Andy Mapple - 14th Masters title
- Women Slalom - Emma Sheers - new course record with Karen Truelove
- Men Tricks - Nicolas Leforestier
- Women's Tricks - Mandy Nightingale
- Men Ski Fly - Jaret Llewellyn
- Women Ski Fly - Emma Sheers
23May03 Emmanuel Lion makes his new Homologation program for 2003 available for download
This program creates the IWSF Homologation Dossier and is an important tool for
use at record capability tournaments. Thanks to Emmanuel for his efforts and
important contribution to water skiing.
Download it by clicking it here
Visit Emmanuel's web site
19May03 Panel Announced for 03 World Disabled Championships by IWSF President
Kuno Ritschard
Robert Allwood of Australia is named as the Chief Judge
(click here for the full panel)
18May03
2nd. CABLE WAKEBOARD
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
3rd. - 5th. October 2003 Bulletin #1 is now available
18May03 4th. WAKEBOARD
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
9th. - 12th. October 2003 Bulletin #1 is now available
08May03 World 21 and Under Championships Bulletin #1 is now available
Intent To Enter
Entry Form
Announcer Sheet
Arrival Form
Accretitation Form
08May03 IWSF Ranking List database available
Were you ever in the ranking list?
Check it out on www.iwsfranking.com - 1995-2002 available now
with 1979-present coming.
29Apr03 Correct Craft and USAWaterSki sponsor 200ft/150ft Club Awards
Award Description and History
2002 Inductee List
16Apr03 Bulletin 1 for the IWSF World Seniors Trophy is now available
Bulletin#1
Senior Trophy Rules
12Apr03 Tournament Council receives modified trick proposal
The Tournament council has received modifications to the new trick point proposal it recently
received. It is presented here for reference.
09Apr03 World Wakeboard Council releases 2003 Rules
09Apr03 Disabled World Championships Bulletin #1 released (2.7MB pdf file)
Bulletin #1 small version(1 MB)
03Apr03 Tournament World Championships Bulletin #1 released
01Apr03 Tournament Council studies new trick proposal
The Tournament council is currently studying a new trick point proposal it recently
received. It is presented here for reference.
The tournament council had previously made available another proposal that is also
under study and shown on this link.
31Mar03 Successful judging and coaching seminars held in Spain and Portugal
The EAME Region Tournament Council hosted an Officials seminar attended by over 80 officials in
Castelldefels, a suburb of Barcelona where the Olympic rowing channel
is located. The channel is also used as a tournament water ski site.
The seminar covered many technical aspects of water ski officiating includeing
a demonstration of the new boat path monitoring video sofware and a video
presentation highlighting new tricks proposed. The seminar was hosted by
EAME TC Chair Stefan Rauchenwald and Thomas Ludwig
In Portugal thr EAME's Coaching Commission completed its 2nd Coaching Seminar
Hosted by the Portuguese Federation the seminar covered both the technical
aspects of the sport as well as holistic approach to coaching which is
relied on so much by today's successful coaches. The seminar was conducted
by Commission members John Wood and Jean Michel Cau who delivered the
programme over 3 days.
EAME Coaches Seminar attendees
30Mar03 Copa Catalunya Cash Prize tournament announced
The tournament is slalom, tricks and jumping and will be held in the
Olympic rowing channel near Barcelona. The total cash prize
for all six events is 18,000 euros
Additional Information
26Mar03 Pan Am Games in Santo Domingo
The site is taking shape and preparations are underway for
the water ski event in the 03 Pan Am Games, the once every
four year multi-sport festival that is second in size
only to the Olympics.
19Mar03 Officials for the 2003 World Tournament Championships appointed
Chief Judge: Sherm Schraft USA
Assistant Chief Judge: Adriano Bottinelli SUI
Homologator: Marc Raymond FRA
Chief Calculator: Dave Clark USA
Assistant Calculator: Paolo Mander ITA
Chief Driver: Leigh Southwell AUS
Judges:
Xue Yin CHN
Margaret Mc Cracken NZE
Dominique Lakens Douwes NED
Stian Lilleberg NOR
Peter Kuhn AUT
Riitta Wood GBR
Camillo Espinel COL
Stan Switzer USA
Edgardo Martin ARG
Nikki Lee USA
Drivers:
Fred Cambray FRA
Will Bush USA
Ernesto Revilla ARG
Mike Ross NZE
Scorer:
Angela Bailey CAN
Alternate judges:
Vern Oberg CAN
Nicky Southwell AUS
Alternate Driver:
Sergei Kozlovsky BLR
18Mar03 EAME Coaches Seminar to be held March 27-30 in Portugal
note correction
17Mar03 IWSF Official 2003 Calendar Released
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17Mar03 South Africa's Development program bears fruit
Sara (10 years old) is learning through one of the development projects
of the South African Water Ski Federation.
More |
16Mar03 2002 Ranking List Finalized
The ranking list for the year ending October 31, 2002 has
been finalized and is now available here.
14Mar03 Video Press Release Elite Rankings Points from the Moomba Masters
Video Press release for broadband (5MB)
Video Press release for slower connections (2.5MB)
Press Release static page for phone modems
14Mar03 EAME Coaches Seminar to be held March 27-30 in Portugal
12Mar03 British Water Ski job opportunity - Coach needed for National Training Site,
Thorpe, England
10Mar03 Elite Rankings Season starts with the completion of Moomba
Follow the athletes in their race for the Elite Rating crown at www.iwsfranking.com
09Mar03 Moomba early results from the in progress tournament
Jodi Fisher GBR wins slalom ahead of Chris Parrish USA and Steve Cockeram NZE
Emma Sheers AUS wins slalom
Regina Jaquess USA wins tricks
Nicloas Leforestier FRA wins tricks
Jesper Cassoe DEN and Emma Sheers AUS win jump
09Mar03 Moomba ready for the finals
Moomba Press Release March 9
Ty Oppenlander USA continues his lead in men slalom
Nicolas Leforestier FRA bounces back to lead the men trick preliminaries
Complete Results here
08Mar03 Moomba Round 1 completed
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Karen Truelove USA leads the women slalom
(click on the picture for the full size version) |
Ty Oppenlander USA surprises the field and leads men's slalom
World Champion Regina Jaquess USA leads women's tricks
Javier Julio ARG leads men's tricks with World Champion
Nicolas Leforestier FRA having an uncharacteristically poor peformance.
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Emma Sheers AUS is on top of women's jump
(click on the picture for the full size version) |
Jason Seels GBR leads men's jump
Visit the fantastic photo gallery here with daily updates
Complete Results here
07Mar03 Moomba Preliminaries produce upsets and course records
Moomba Press Release March 7
Complete Results here
06Mar03 Junior Moomba completed
Carlos LaMadrid MEX wins Boy's Slalom and Tricks.
James Donald NZE tops Boy's Jump and Quentin Lafosse FRA
takes overall.
In the Girl's event, Joy Todd USA won Jump and Overall
while Australians Michale Briant and Karin Nowlan won
tricks and slalom respectively.
Complete Results here
05Mar03 Junior Moomba Preliminary Round completed
The internationl scope of the Junior Moomba is shown as the six event
leaders after the preliminary round
are from five different countries repersenting all three IWSF Regions.
Follow the results on the official Moomba web site.
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01Mar03 IWSF Elite Rankings Race starts this week with the Australand Moomba Masters
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Video Press Release Elite Rankings(high Speed Link- 2MB)
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