CONGRATULATIONS TO AARON LARKIN & ANAIS AMADE   Big CONGRATULATIONS to both our international WORLD CUP Slalom Super Stars who have just got married. We all wish Aaron Larkin NZL and Anais Amade FRA a long and happy life together. This is the second time in the last few days that Aaron has jumped over […]

USA NATIONAL JUMP RECORD FOR WORLD CUP STAR ALEX LAURETANO Congrats to Alex Lauretano on her 179ft / 54.6m achievement on setting a new pending USA National Jump Record – this World Cup Star just never stops improving !

SHUN YI OLYMPIC ROWING LAKE SEES HISTORY CREATED TODAY SATURDAY REPORT : We kicked off at exactly 10.00hrs today and those misty warm conditions continued – not great for photos but excellent for our Cable Wakeboard Riders as the chilly water was flat calm. The Opening Ceremony was really a VIP speech occasion for our […]

GREATLY DISAPPOINTED FOR ALL NEW COOL OPTIONS OFFERED TO IOC     St Petersburg, Russia, May 29th   Following much debate and attempts to predict how the IOC would announce their decision regarding new sports for the 2020 Olympic Games, the decision still came as a surprise to many. Our WAKEBOARD 2020 VISION Team successfully […]

WAKEBOARD FIRST IN THE WORLD ON OLYMPIC LAKE   The world’s top Wakeboarders will make history in Beijing this weekend.   When the Shun Yi Olympic Rowing Lake was constructed for the 2008 Summer Games, it captured global headlines as a marvel of design. With its man-made 6.35 million square meters of water surface area, […]

IWWF TEAM LEAVES AT DAWN TOMORROW FOR ST.PETERSBURG IOC PRESENTATION This is a 50 year old Olympic dream ! When the International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation (IWWF) established the WAKEBOARD 2020 VISION project to drive the effort to bring WAKEBOARD to the 2020 Olympic Games, this was at the request of the IOC which selected […]

WAKEBOARD IN SPOTLIGHT AGAIN AT BEIJING’S OLYMPIC ROWING LAKE FOR ITS HISTORIC FIRST MAJOR COMPETITION Thomas Lin, IWWF VP, Yang Fenghui, GM Beijing Shunyi Aquatic Park, Des Burke-Kennedy, Marketing & Media IWWF   The worldwide growth of Wakeboard Cable Parks is gathering further international momentum. All eyes will be on this sport which is scheduled […]

SOUTH SUMATRA GOVERNOR AND INDONESIA’S SPORTS LEADERS ENJOY SPECTACULAR WORLD CUP BANQUET Republic of Indonesia Minister of Youth and Sports Affairs, KRMT Roy Suryo, South Sumatra Governor Alex Noerdin, IWWF President Kuno Ritschard, Rear Admiral Didit Herdiawan, Chairman of the Indonesian Waterski and Wakeboard Association

WAKEBOARD AND WATERSKI ATHLETES FROM TWENTY FIVE COUNTRIES COMPETE AT PACKED JAKABARING SPORTS COMPLEX  ALL RESULTS BELOW This was the 37th World Cup Stop in the series of the International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation (IWWF). Hot on the heels of last month’s World Cup Stop in Mandurah, Western Australia, it was another thriller. Young new […]

YOUNGEST STARS CAPTURE WORLD CUP HEADLINES TODAY IN PALEMBANG INDONESIA SEE ALL SATURDAY RESULTS ATTACHED Saturday started with 33C / 96Fh, calm water and excellent World Cup conditions. This all changed a few hours later as a freak weather system arrived from nowhere and almost blew us away ! Fortunately, by that stage, we had […]