ELECTORATE RETURNS DUBNA’S WORLD CUP MAYOR FOR ANOTHER FULL TERM Ever since our first World Cup Stop in 2004 in Dubna in Russia, Mayor Valery Prokh has made a major impact  on all concerned. His initial courageous decision to be amongst the very first to host a World Cup Stop showed the way for many others to follow. Most of all, his level of commitment to ensure that each year the Dubna Stop attracted large numbers of spectators and enthralled all with the attention to detail in the presentation itself, left a lasting and positive impression with all those involved in the World Cup programme. Dubna is now a very familiar name to both Skiers and Waterski fans around the world as a result. Mayor Prokh makes special presentation to World Cup Star Clementine Lucine FRA It looks like the...

Immediately after the Waterski World Cup Russia Stop,  our short TV News edit was distributed by Satellite with the help of EBU to 300 million viewers around the World.  Then, our 26 minute edited WORLD CUP TV show was completed in the ProActive Studios in Bristol, England, within four days of that champagne soaked Prize Giving Ceremony in Dubna. This was distributed to an additional 200 million viewers. That is a tight schedule !  Here you can see Des Burke-Kennedy (IWSF) and Andy Grierson (ProActive) completing the voice-over and final edit selection. With such a large global distribution programme, verifying the exact TV broadcast times is not an easy task. At this stage, we can confirm the SKYSPORTS Satellite TV World Cup schedule times for Western Europe and they are as follows. Don’t...

If you were lucky enough to be at the Dubna World Cup Stop in Russia, you would have seen it for yourself !  World Cup Champion Nicolas LeForestier is tough. Within 10 days of major surgery – biceps ligaments demolished – he arrived at Dubna with his Shortboard. As this discipline is one of the most popular in Russia, the 30,000 spectators expected action. That is almost unfair pressure. Can you believe it – with his raw stitches strapped to his body with two Jump Slings, he almost managed to land a Flip in front of the cheering spectators ! Well done Nic for trying. Right now our World Cup Shortboard star is coaching in Ireland and we hope he is back in our World Cup series very soon.

This was the fifth consecutive World Cup Stop in Dubna in Russia and the 22nd in the series launched by the International Water Ski Federation (IWSF) in 2004. The next Stops this season will be in Egypt, Singapore, India, Malaysia and Qatar. MasterCraft will again supply all the competition boats and technical support. The World’s highest ranked athletes in Slalom, Shortboard and Jump were hosted by the rapidly expanding City of Dubna. Over 30,000 spectators packed the river-side stadium for the thrilling Finals in warm, breezy and sunny conditions. They were welcomed by Mayor Valeri Prokh of Dubna, IWSF President Kuno Ritschard and Alexandre Gornostaev, President of the Russian Waterski Federation. In the Ladies Slalom event, catching many by surprise, it was the youngest of all on...

The first Stop of the 2008 Waterski & Wakeboard World Cup series kicks off at Noon on this coming Friday, July 25th. The Finals will start at Noon on Saturday, July 26th with the Official Closing Ceremony scheduled for 16.30hrs that day. Having successfully completed 21 World Cup Stops to date, the 2008 season contains the most exotic line-up of venues to date. These will include Dubna in Russia this weekend, followed by Egypt, Singapore, India, Malaysia and Qatar. The Dubna Stop is strictly for the highest ranked Waterski athletes on the International Water Ski Federation (IWSF) charts. The defending Dubna Champions in both Jump and Shortboard are all now confirmed for entry and are in transit at this time. This year will also see the very welcome return of Slalom once again to this quality...

Any Waterski World Cup competitor who has ever performed at the Dubna, Russia Stop, has returned with one dominating memory – and that is the huge number of enthusiastic spectators in the purpose built Volga River arena. To experience 30,000 cheering Russian fans is something very, very special indeed. Actually qualifying for the World Cup in either Waterski or Wakeboard is the hardest part. Unless the Skiers or Riders are close to the top of their game, entry is just not possible. The result is that there is always a very large waiting list. This is managed on an hour-to-hour basis by Bob Corson, IWSF TC Chairman, based in New Jersey, USA. The reason for this is that injuries and travel problems can occur at any time. One drops out – and another then gets a chance if they can...