CONGRATULATIONS TO KARINA NOWLAN The IWSF Tournament Council has approved World Cup star Karina Nowlan’s performance at Diablo Shores USA as an official tie of the Ladies World Slalom Record Karina with the World Cup stars in Dubna Russia Karina Nowlan AUS showed at Junior level that she had all the stuff of champions. Her World Cup performances have shown clearly that she is one to watch very closely in the years ahead. Here you can see her enjoying the Finalists MasterCraft spectator boat pass opportunity at the World Cup Stop in Dubna Russia last July – with the most talented Ladies World Cup Slalom stars of the 2008 season. Karina’s score this Summer of 1 buoy on the very short 10.25m line tied with that of Kristi Overton‘s World Record which was set at Okeeheelee...

MAJOR SURPRISES AT LAST WORLD CUP STOP OF 2008 IN DOHA The venue for this last Waterski and Wakeboard World Cup Stop of the 2008 season was a man-made saltwater canal at the exclusive Doha Diplomatic Club in Qatar. Clear blue skies and a comfortable 29C air temperature made it perfect for this final World Cup Stop of the season. Doha Qatar in the Arabian Gulf has a skyline which says it all. Breathtaking skyscrapers seem to appear over night – and each tries to outdo the other for grandeur. The nearby Aspire Dome houses 30 sports arenas and is the largest of its kind in the world. Claire Lise Welter FRA sensation The hectic World Cup global tour of 2008 included Dubna Russia, Hacienda Bay Egypt, Marina Bay Singapore, Putrajaya Malaysia and finally the Diplomatic Club in Doha Qatar. Included...

Pro Men – World Cup 2008 Prelims Heat 1 (top 2 advance to semi-finals) 1 Harley Clifford        AUS 13 70.77 2 Jeff Weatherall         NZL 4 62.99 3 Chad Sharpe             CAN 5 58.01 4 Michael Timmers      NED 12 49.47 Heat 2 (top 2 advance to semi-finals) 1 Andrew Adkison       USA 3 58.22 2 Dan Nott                  GBR 6 47.34 3 Giulliano Molli            ITA 11 43.58 4 Quentin Deleafortrie   BEL 14 16.89 Heat 3 (top 2 advance to semi-finals) 1 Dean Smith              AUS 7 60.67 2 Nick Davies             GBR 2 48.56 3 Marc Rossiter          GBR 15 45.13 4 Jarrod Askew           AUS 10 42.99 Heat 4 (top 2 advance to semi-finals) 1 Phillip Soven            USA...

The Waterski and Wakeboard World Cup series is now celebrating its 26th Stop. The Doha Stop was one of the very first when this World Cup Series began. This time, it is the last Stop of the 2008 season. Finishing in perfect weather with just a slight tail breeze in the Slalom / Shortboard / Wakeboard courses has added a little extra challenge to all the Skiers and Riders. This made today, Semi-Finals day, a really fascinating one with all kinds of surprises from 09.00hrs this morning. It is now 3.45pm on Friday as we begin this report. Here is an update after Shortboard / Tricks. Watch out for the Wakeboard details later as they will continue till sunset tonight. In Ladies Tricks, the star of the show today was Maria Camila Linares. She scored a new Personal Best of 8060 points. Ageliki Andriopoulou...

Following the highly successful World Cup Stop in Putrajaya, Malaysia, last weekend, the worlds top professional Waterski and Wakeboard athletes are now heading for Doha on the sun-drenched coast of Qatar. The final Stop of the 2008 World Cup season will take place this Friday and Saturday, November 14th and 15th,  at the famous Diplomatic Club against the dramatic backdrop of palm trees, gleaming Skyscrapers, Hotels and the paved Corniche which circles the bay on the Gulf. It will be the 26th Stop of this global series of the International Water Ski Federation (IWSF). Diplomatic Club Doha Doha hosted the Asian Games in 2006 in the very impressive Aspire Dome complex which is close to the World Cup competition site. It houses over 30 arenas for a wide variety of sports with some of the most...