IT’S A CLEAN SWEEP FOR WORLD CUP ATHLETES ON EVE OF KOREA WORLD CUP STOP THIS COMING WEEKEND Clementine Lucine FRA takes EA Slalom Gold Medal Athletes from 20 Countries competed at the Europe Africa Waterski Championships (EA) last weekend at Thorpe Park in London, England. Organised by British Waterski & Wakeboard it is egarded as one of the toughest events of all due to the extremely high standard of the region’s athletes. Winning an EA Medal is a major achievement. Every Gold Medal for both Men and Women was won by a World Cup athlete !  This will add even more to the challenge facing these busy athletes as they now take their flights to ChunCheon City in South Korea for the 30th World Cup Stop and the last of the 2010 season. The Jump and Shortboard / Trick athletes...

NEXT WORLD CUP STOP ONE OF THE MAJOR EVENTS IN THE FIRST WORLD LEISURE GAMES World Cup chosen for World Leisure Games 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...

EXTRAORDINARY PROGRESS FOLLOWING WORLD CUP IMPACT One of the great privileges flowing from involvement in our Waterski & Wakeboard World Cup series is recognising that it can make an important and very positive impact on entire communities. Inspired by seeing our top World Cup athletes in action, lives can change in a very positive way. Here is a great example that caught the headlines today. Malaysia hosted our World Cup for the first time at Putrajaya’s Watersports Complex in November 2008 – less than two years ago. The sport was almost unknown at that time. There were very few Malaysian Skiers or Riders. Last weekend, Putrajaya hosted a Round of the Malaysian Waterski & Wakeboard Championships.  A total of 83 athletes took part and half of these were from Malaysia. Putrajaya...

WORLD CUP STAR CLEMENTINE LUCINE DOES IT YET AGAIN Clementine Lucine scores 9100 points We are almost losing count of the number of Pending World Shortboard Records set by the very talented Clementine Lucine FRA.  At the Sergio Zanardi Open staged at the famous Italian waterski site in Recetto north of Milan, Clementine clocked up a total of 9100 points. She becomes only the second woman ever to break the 9000 mark – just 20 points ahead of the Record set by Natalia Berdnikova BLR. Three Eventer does it one more time Clementine’s Pending World Record will now be reviewed and hopefully all will be correct to enable that new 9100 points score to stand.  Congratulations to our World Cup Star – Clementine Lucine.

OUTSTANDING WATERSKI JUMP ATHLETE LEAVES IMPRESSIVE LIST OF ACHIEVEMENTS Sebastien DiPasqua hangs up his Jump skis Switzerland’s Sebastien DiPasqua has certainly blazed a trail of success during his outstanding career on the water. As one of our most respected World Cup athletes, he has decided to hang up his Jump skis and focus now on a new career. Recent injuries and thoughts of the future made the decision a natural one for him. Having studied Physical Training at the University of Dijon, he is well prepared for the next chapter in his distinguished life and we all wish him every success. Sebastien excelled in the Jump event. Having broken the Swiss National Jump Record fourteen times, he also broke the European Jump Record twice, was ranked No. 1 in Europe and No. 4 in the World....

CHRIS PARRISH HAD AN EXTRAORDINARY WEEKEND ! The Ski Ranch Tournament in Covington, Louisiana, USA, carved its name into Waterski history books yesterday – and so did Chris “The Tower” Parrish. Chris Parrish in action In the qualifying round, World Cup Star Chris Parrish did the impossible by equalling his existing World Slalom Record, not once, but twice in one day ! This has never been achieved before. Then in the Finals, he entered totally new territory by pushing the current World Record all the way to 2 buoys on the incredibly short 9.75m line. Remember that it is 11.5m from each buoy to the ski pole in the boat. In other words, somehow he was able to get around two buoys with a reach of 1.5m to make up for the line reduction. As they say in the USA, AWESOME...

WORLD CUP STARS TAKE TOP MEDALS AT ROBIN LAKE It was yet another thrilling day for our sport at the 2010 Masters at Callaway Gardens, Georgia, USA on this Memorial Day weekend. In temperatures which at times reached 100Fh / 35C and a perfect head wind for the Jump Finals, our World Cup Stars really did dominate the weekend. In Slalom, the enormous talents of Regina Jaquess USA and Will Asher GBR  earned both scores on the 10.75m line / 39 off, with Regina scoring 0.5 buoys and Will 5 buoys. In swirly water conditions, both were also 1.5 buoys ahead of their nearest competitors. Congratulations to our great World Cup Stars who we will see later this season when our 2010 Series kicks off. In Tricks / Shortboard, it was Whitney McClintock CAN with 8340 points and Herman Beliakou BLR 6810...

KYLE EADE IS RECOVERING BUT NEEDS OUR HELP ONLINE AUCTION LAUNCHED SO ALL CAN PARTICIPATE Scot Ellis & Kiwi at their Fluid Ski & Sports training centre All sports have their risks – and ours is one of the safest. Freak accidents do occur and we rarely even hear of them. However, World Cup Star and outstanding Professional Waterskier Kyle Eade NZL was not so lucky when he crashed during Jump practice just before the Moomba Masters three months ago. We have just received news of a special ONLINE AUCTION for all who would like to help with the enormous financial challenges facing Kyle as he fights for a full recovery from his Hospital bed. Check out the huge range of great products on the Auction site. For this and an update on Kiwi’s  situation, here are the details and...

PUTRAJAYA TAKES A REST AS WATERSKI WORLD CUP HOST Packed Grandstand enjoys June Fladborg's performance MALAYSIA NOW LOOKS TOWARDS A WAKEBOARD WORLD CUP With our 2010 World Cup season kicking off in late August this year, discussions are continuing with exciting new Stop venues for this year’s calendar and details will be released as soon as the contracts have been completed. With 29 World Cup Stops already successfully completed, we will celebrate the 30th Stop in the very near future. One of the most exotic World Cup venues on our schedule was Putrajaya – near Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. The impact created there by the World Cup on the development of our sport has been quite extraordinary. Much of this is due to the foresight and dedication of the Putrajaya Corporation and...

STAR MONDAY INTERVIEW – MANDY NIGHTINGALE USA Mandy Nightingale in the World Cup spotlight Born in Oklahoma, USA, and on the water since the age of three, World Cup Mandy Nightingale is a total athlete with many other talents. She took her BA Degree in Communications and her Masters in School Counseling. Some years ago, she also had an opportunity to become a professional Basket Ball player as her performances caught the attention of several pro coaches. While many now see her as the ultimate Tricker / Shortboarder, she is a very talented three eventer. The highlights include a five-time US Open Trick Champion, two-time US masters Tricks Champion, World Champion in Tricks in both 2003 and 2005 – and she set a World Tricks Record of 8740 points in 2006.  Mandy has taken World Cup...