Just last night, we launched the Video Clips of our Palm Hills Development Wakeboard World Cup Stop last weekend in Egypt here in our GALLERY. We will now do this for ALL World Cup Stops. The Dubna Russia Waterski World Cup Stop Videos have also been uploaded. Now you can share in all the World Cup fun – even if you can’t actually make it to one of these great events in person. World Cup Riders at Palm Hills Development in Egypt These great World Cup Video clips are also automatically now uploaded to YouTube so that the World Cup is not to be the World’s best kept secret ! Within just 12 hours of the Egypt Wakeboard upload, we have had 2,148 Views of the Mens Finals alone. Help to spread the word by passing the URL of our World Cup Website here to all your friends. You can...

Leaving the Pyramids and Sphinx behind in Cairo and its 25 million residents, this Wakeboard World Cup Stop took place on the turquoise blue waters of the eastern Mediterranean Sea at Hacienda Bay.  By any standards, this Palm Hills project is a huge development and is certain to change the entire landscape in the coming years. Luxury Villas and Apartments will overlook the golden beaches. With the swimming pools and refreshment areas already complete, this was the perfect World Cup backdrop. World Cup Riders visit the Pyramids With unusual weather patterns now almost commonplace globally, the beach area location for the event developed rough water in the early part of the Preliminary Round. It was at this point that a decision was made to bring the Wakeboard Riders into the man-made Palm...

Dallas in safe hands Within minutes of receiving the worrying news of the eye infection of Dallas Friday, in transit from the USA, the Palm Hills Developments team and Stryxsports were on the case in Cairo.  They already have a designated escort waiting for her at the Hotel and she will be taken immediately to an International Eye Hospital to make sure all is OK.  Very many thanks to our friends in Egypt for being so helpful and so quick to respond. Every effort has been made to ensure the full success of this first Wakeboard World Cup Stop at Hacienda Bay on Friday and Saturday. Watch this space for all the details.

Dallas Friday Drama We have just received word from Darla Friday, mother of our great World Cup Wakeboard Star, Dallas Friday, that some drama almost prevented her from boarding her Plane to join us at our World Cup Stop today in Egypt. Last Friday in Milwaukee, USA, Dallas picked up an eye infection. By yesterday morning, Monday, her eye was swollen shut. However, as a total athlete, she did not let this prevent her from boarding her Plane and is expected to land at Cairo Airport at 14.25hrs today, Tuesday. All will be done to help as best possible when she arrives. Hats off to Dallas – and we wish her and all the Riders a wonderful Palm Hills Developments World Cup Stop here in Egypt.

Flights carrying Wakeboard World Cup Riders are now arriving in Cairo, Egypt,  from the USA, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Great Britain, Korea, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, China and of course Egypt. In total, 26 of the World’s top IWSF ranked Wakeboard stars have been invited to compete in this Stop of the Waterski and Wakeboard World Cup series. This will be the 23rd such Stop in this global series and following the success of the July Waterski Stop in Dubna, Russia, it will continue on to Singapore, Malaysia and Qatar. Egypt give warm welcome to Riders The World Cup Riders will transfer from Cairo, via an excursion to the Pyramids, to the Hacienda Bay Palm Hills Developments in the Alexandria area. This spectacular Mediterranean beach side location will host the first...

Where did the stories come from ? While the No. 1 Rider in the World today, Dallas Friday, has fully recovered from an injury earlier this year, gossip suggested that she might not attend next week’s Palm Hills Developments Wakeboard World Cup Stop at Hacienda Bay in Egypt. Today, her mother confirmed for us that Dallas is in fact in peak form and is riding very well at the moment. Having already taken the Masters and Malibu titles this year – plus the Wakeboard World Cup title in Singapore and the World Cup season title last year, this ex-gymnast is going to be as tough as ever to beat in Egypt. Watch these pages for all the action, great photos and a full report.

Having successfully completed the first Waterski Stop of the 2008 Waterski & Wakeboard World Cup series in Dubna, Russia last week, the event now moves on to the first 2008 Wakeboard Stop ever staged in Egypt. Sponsored by Palm Hills Developments (PHD) on the sun drenched beaches of Hacienda Bay near Alexandria in the north coast area, this Stop will have a cash prize purse of US$80,000. To add to the atmosphere of the event, all 18 male Riders and 8 female Riders will be escorted on a private visit to the Pyramids on the way to the competition site itself. This will present a first class photo opportunity. The Wakeboard Council of the International Water Ski Federation (IWSF) has confirmed  that the top ranked Riders from the following countries will participate : New Zealand, Australia,...