Rusty Malinoski (CAN) in our Video Gallery TEN NEW VIDEO CLIPS TO ENJOY In the past few days we have uploaded 10 NEW VIDEO CLIPS here to our World Cup Gallery. As you will see, the GALLERY has two parts – one for PHOTOS and one for VIDEO CLIPS. With two World Cup Stops now complete in 2008 – and that makes TWENTY THREE Stops in total – you can now see some great highlights from our Waterski Stop in Dubna Russia – and Wakeboard highlights from Palm Hills Development Stop in Egypt.

New Record for World Cup Star Emma Sheers Five years ago, World Cup star Emma Sheers (AUS) set an Australian Open Slalom Record 3.5 buoys on the very short 10.75m line. Two months ago, she added another half buoy to this Australian National Slalom Record and the final approval has just been announced by Bruce Cockburn, Australia’s Tournament Council President. CONGRATULATIONS EMMA. With World Champion titles already in her collection for both Slalom and Jump, it is great to see our World Cup star still hitting the headlines. Watch out for Emma at our next Waterski World Cup Stop in Putrajaya in Malaysia on November 7/9

Many of us know what a challenge it is to run one major international event on a home site. Attempting to run SIX around the World in one season is a bit tougher. Sometimes plans have to be changed – and this now  is the case for our 2008 season. Our official World Cup shirt lists all SIX 2008 Stops - and ONE must now be rearranged. Our good friends in Chandigarh in northern India have just informed us today that they will have to postpone the scheduled Waterski World Cup Stop till 2009. It is hoped that they will confirm a new date by September 30th this year so that the 2009 World Cup Programme can be published as early as possible. This is a great pity as we know that all in our large World Cup family were greatly looking forward to being involved in a World Cup Stop in India for...

TODAY IS THE DAY GOOD LUCK TO CHINA – GOOD LUCK TO BEIJING – GOOD LUCK TO THE ATHLETES At exactly EIGHT minutes past EIGHT tonight in Beijing, China, on the EIGHTH day of the EIGHTH month of 2008, the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games will begin. We wish all involved a safe, happy, successful  and memorable experience – and we hope that all the Athletes come home with new Personal Best performances  ! Some of the numbers are awesome ! Number of TV Viewers – 4 Billion Number of Athletes – 11,000 Number of participating countries – 205 Number of events – 300 All of our World Cup Athletes know that feeling very well. The big moment has arrived. The preparations have come to an end. Now it is that lonely time when the Athlete has to perform –...

HERE IS THE DEAL. You have a parcel – and its a big one. You have to get it safely and on time to an address which is a bit far away. If it gets lost, you are goosed. Ask Ian Birdsall of MasterCraft if he gets any sleep at night during our World Cup season. Remember also that we have completed 22 World Cup Stops to date and somehow, he has still not lost a parcel !  This year, the challenge is even greater as there are new exotic and exciting World Cup Stops on the list. So pack up the MasterCrafts, get down to the docks and wave goodbye as they make their way this year to Russia, Egypt, India, Singapore, Malaysia and Qatar. Ian has added Will Furze to the globe trotting MasterCraft World Cup team this year so maybe its Will who now has the sleepless nights ! Being the official supplier...

Few sports are fortunate to have such extraordinary athletes in the persons of Freddy Krueger (USA) and Jaret Llewellyn (CAN). By any standards, these are EXTREME athletes. Freddy is a SEVEN time World Record holder. Jaret is an ELEVEN time World Record holder. There is nothing between them in talent content. This is why the world is captivated by our World Cup Jump Stars whenever they step on to that dock anywhere around the globe. They bring electricity with them everywhere. After 22 successful World Cup Stops to date, we all just want even more of this ! To highlight how close this World Cup Duel Of The Ramp Champs really is, when Jaret Llewellyn put 66.5m on tha board at our Dubna World Cup Stop, Freddy Krueger knew that in the prevailing conditions, this was virtually impossible to beat....

CLEMENTINE LUCINE (FRA) moved directly from her Dubna World Cup Shordboard triumph on to the French National Waterski Championships. Earlier this year she had some shoulder surgery. There were real concerns about her ability to continue at her extremely high level. As the reigning World Overall Champion, this was a pressure situation for the Champion. However, not only has she fully recovered from surgery, regained full fitness and taken the first 2008 Shortboard title in Dubna, Russia, now she has raised the roof at the French Nationals by delivering a pending new WORLD SHORTBOARD RECORD of 8440 points. CONGRATULATIONS CLEMENTINE FROM ALL THE WORLD CUP TEAM.

While Kuno Ritschard (SUI) is World President of our International Water Ski Federation, he is also the power house behind the development of our Waterski & Wakeboard World Cup series. Today we celebrate yet another land mark on this global journey which has taken us through TWENTY ONE successful World Cup Stops around the Globe, paid Cash Prizes of over $2,000,000 to our talented athletes, brings our sport to over 500 million TV viewers and delivers Media Releases to 192 Countries throughout the entire World Cup season. By any standards, the captain of the ship has worked wonders on behalf of our sport. “ I would like all our friends, fans and supporters to visit our Web site as often as possible so that nobody will miss the exciting programme which we have for you in 2008” Kuno...

Having successfully completed 21 Waterski & Wakeboard World Cup Stops around the Globe, the 2008 season will add yet another SIX Stops to this adventure. They will include Russia, Egypt, Singapore, India, Malaysia and Qatar. At this time, discussions are taking place with venues for as far ahead as 2012. The future looks good ! To cope with the heavy demands of this major 2008 global tour and beyond, additional new talents will be added to the experienced Waterski World Cup Committee this year. Congratulations to our new World Cup Team members : Larry Giesler - Argentina Emmanuel Lion - France Dimos Alexopoulos - Greece