On August 29th / 30th, the Waterski and Wakeboard World Cup series will celebrate the staging of its 30th Stop of this series in ChunCheon City, South Korea. As part of the first ever World Leisure Games, World Cup athletes from 17 countries will join over 13,000 athletes from 50 countries, scheduled to compete at this major inaugural international event. The 2009 World Wakeboard Championships were also successfully staged here at Uiam Lake just one year ago. To qualify for this 30th Stop of the World Cup Series only the highest ranked athletes in the world made it through. On this occasion this will include the three disciplines of Wakeboard, Waterski Jump and Waterski Shortboard. MasterCraft will again supply the Competition Boats and technical support. The International...

  The Waterski and Wakeboard World Cup series will celebrate the staging of its 30th Stop in the picturesque 1,000 year-old City of ChunCheon. This is  located in the north east corner of South Korea and takes place on August 29th / 30th. This host City of the first ever World Leisure Games will welcome over 13,000 athletes from 50 countries, scheduled to compete in 15 different sports at this major international inaugural event. ChunCheon City is also a perfect location for this 30th anniversary of the Waterski & Wakeboard World Cup. It is surrounded by lakes on the north, south and west boundaries and is home to five Universities. A very popular tourist area, it stages a wide variety of both Summer and Winter Festivals, including the Snow & Ice Festival in January....

  Melbourne, Australia, will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Moomba Masters Waterski and Wakeboard Championships on March 3rd / 8th. The spectacular downtown Yarra River setting, located beside the Rod Laver Australian Open Tennis Arena on the Southbank, is expected to attract record numbers of spectators which at times have exceeded 200,000 in past years. This will be a very special occasion for the sports of Waterskiing and Wakeboarding. Over the 50 years of entertaining the fans, it is estimated that 750 million international viewers and over 50 million Australians have tuned in to this unique event. The Golden Anniversary Championships this year will feature the best male and female tournament Waterskiers from 18 countries around the world plus the latest Nautiques...

  Following detailed discussions with boat manufacturers over the past six months, the International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation (IWWF) has just announced a major six-year official tow-boat agreement with MasterCraft, the premium manufacturer of inboard wakeboard, waterski and luxury performance boats. This will cover the World Championships for Tournament, and Disabled Waterskiing, Wakeboard and the Waterski & Wakeboard World Cup series. The experience gained with MasterCraft over the past six years in developing the Waterski & Wakeboard World Cup series has greatly helped in the expansion of new markets around the world for the sport. This expertise will also play a crucial role in the management of future World Championships events. Kuno Ritschard, IWWF President,...

  This 29th Stop of the Waterski & Wakeboard World Cup Series ended with perfection on many fronts. In temperatures reaching 35C, the 51 athletes from 15 countries were provided with outstanding facilities in Putrajaya Malaysia for this last event of the 2009 World Cup calendar. Based at the Putrajaya Watersports Complex, a short distance from Kuala Lumpur International Airport, an estimated 20,000 spectators attended over the November 7/8 weekend. As a vacation destination, it is certainly one not to be missed ! This was the second highly successful World Cup Stop organized by Putrajaya Corporation and the Malaysian Waterski Federation. MasterCraft were again the official boat sponsors. This final Stop of the season included Slalom, Shortboard and Jump. Live national TV coverage...

The world’s top Waterski athletes from 15 countries are now converging on Kuala Lumpur’s International Airport for the short ride to Putrajaya. This will be the 29th World Cup Stop in the series. The Timetable and Webcast details for this last Waterski & Wakeboard World Cup Stop of the season have been released today. Both the Putrajaya Stop and overall World Cup season winners will be crowned at this beautiful tropical venue next Sunday evening,  immediately following the November 7/8 competition. Putrajaya Corporation and the Malaysian Waterski Federation have provided some of the most attractive site facilities in the world at the Watersports Complex. Towering above the Waterski arena is the distinctive four storey all-glass Media and Judging tower. This will house the RTM...

With just 10 days to go, the final list of qualified Waterskiers for the 29th World Cup Stop in Putrajaya, Malaysia, has been released. Competition for these places is at an all time high. With over 30 million participants in the sport, gaining a top 20 ranking position and a World up place is a lifetime dream for most. This will be the final World Cup Stop of 2009 and so the season overall titles are also at stake. A special Webcast presentation will bring all the World Cup thrills to those viewers around the World who cannot attend. Access details are shown below. Live TV coverage in Malaysia with be provided by RTM. Putrajaya Corporation and the Malaysian Waterski Federation have produced an action packed programme for the entire weekend of November 6/8 and MasterCraft will again be...

Putrajaya, Malaysia, will host the final Stop of the Waterski & Wakeboard World Cup series on November 6/8. This will be the 29th in the current series.  Following the spectacular Stop in Liuzhou City in South West China earlier this month, Putrajaya now promises to once again deliver the perfect conclusion to what has been another very successful World Cup season. Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), stressed the importance of the Olympic Games legacy for host cities. If ever there is a shining example of perfection in this area, it must be Putrajaya. The pristine Water Sports Complex site, close to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, was virtually unknown as a vacation / watersports site when the Waterski & Wakeboard World Cup squad arrived...

WATERSKI AND WAKEBOARD WORLD CUP STOP IN LIUZHOU CITY CHINA BEAMED LIVE TO 800 MILLION VIEWERS   This was the 28th Stop of the Waterski & Wakeboard World Cup series of the International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation (IWWF). It was staged for the first time in this South West Monsoon region of China – a major car manufacturing and attractive tourist area. The pristine clean downtown River Liu was the venue. Live TV coverage distributed to 800 million viewers was provided by 20 TV Stations in China’s CCTV network. The World Cup’s own TV production team will distribute the edited TV Show and News Edit to an additional 500 million viewers over the coming week. This was no ordinary experience. Few World Cup Stops to date have provided with such an array of high quality...

To mark the 60th Anniversary of the Peoples Republic of China at the International Aquatic Carnival in the City of Liuzhou, the International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation (IWWF) will present the next Stop of the successful World Cup series in a truly spectacular location. This will all take place over the coming October 1st / 3rd weekend. Liuzhou Prefecture is the industrial centre of Guangxi Province located on the banks of the winding Liu River in Central-Southwest China. It is 727km west of Hong Kong. With a history of over 2,000 years development, the City is now a base for three of China’s top vehicle manufacturers. It is also a centre for steel production, heavy engineering, forestry, sugar cane, silk and fruit. Surrounded by rolling hills, caves and dramatic limestone karst...