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YouTube NOW FEATURES 27 WORLD CUP VIDEOS

des — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:42:48 +0000

WATERSKI AND WAKEBOARD WORLD CUP ACTION FROM AROUND THE WORLD

Here you can see one of the many great moments captured during our 2008 World Cup season – and there are 26 more on this YouTube URL : http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=IWSFworldCUP&view=videos For really great Waterski and Wakeboard action, these are some of the most memorable combats of the past year.

World Cup Putrajaya Slalom Final

Watch out for lots more World Cup Video clips this year and feel free to pass on the details to all your World Cup friends.

WORLD CUP BOOSTS TOURISM IN PUTRAJAYA

des — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:53:28 +0000

NEW STRAITS TIMES SUNDAY HEADLINE

At a time when many cities around the world are concerned about falling Tourist numbers, Putrajaya City in Malaysia has reported a record 2.6 million in 2008 according to Sunday last’s New Straits Times. The good news is that our World Cup series played a vital part in this success.

Tan Sri Samudin Osman

Tan Sri Samudin Osman is the President of Putrajaya Corporation. He played a major role in bringing the first World Cup Stop to be staged in Malaysia to the City of Putrajaya in 2008. This beautiful part of Malaysia is a short commute from Kuala Lumpur. Where Waterski and watersports facilities are concerned, this is one of the most spectacular locations today. Plans to return again with the World Cup to Putrajaya this year will be announced shortly when the 2009 World Cup Calendar is published here on our Website.

Pullman Hotel at Putrajaya Watersports Centre

Tan Sri Samudin Osman and his colleagues in Putrajaya have done enormous work in bringing a whole series of spectactlar world class events to this area – and hence the impressive tourism achievements. The programme for 2009, in addition to another World Cup Stop, will include the Putrajaya Extreme Games, the F.3000 Boat Race, the International Dragon Boat Festival and the Premier Cup International Horse Show. Our World Cup team is delighted to have played a part in helping Putrajaya to show the world what it has to offer. As the TV show of each World Cup Stop is distributed to over 500 million viewers around the world, more and more will see for themselves the excitement of a Putrajaya Waterski experience.

CHRIS FINISHES 2008 WITH RECORD INTACT

des — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:47:34 +0000

TWO SLALOM GREATS

Parrish and LaPoint - Two Slalom Towers

Chris Parrish USA has to be happy with his 2008 Slalom season. Not only has he kept his World Slalom Record intact for another year, but he also had a first class World Cup season. Our hope for 2009 is that Chris will be able to attend all the World Cup Slalom Stops as his missing the Dubna Russia World Cup Stop this year may well have prevented him from taking the World Cup season title. However, don’t underestimate the ability of Jodi Fisher GBR to make it FOUR season World Cup titles in succession. Watch out for the new WORLD CUP 2009 calendar due out shortly – and all the signs are that it will be yet another great World Cup Slalom season. Interestingly, the most watched World Cup Video Clip of 2008 was the Dubna World Cup Slalom Finals. Here is another opportunity to hear directly from Chris during our World Cup Stop in Putrajaya Malaysia and his thoughts on that long-john wet suit which we saw in the MasterCraft Pro Tour some months ago.

WATCH PUTRAJAYA ON SKYSPORTS TV

des — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:59:36 +0000

SKYSPORTS ANNOUNCE PUTRAJAYA VIEWING DATES

Here are the TV viewing times for all our World Cup fans in Western Europe. This TV Special is distributed to over 200 million viewers. It is non-stop action for the full 26 minutes – so turn off your Mobile, get a cup of coffee ready and enjoy all the thrills of Putrajaya Malaysia, the 25th World Cup Stop in the series. When you see this, you will want to book a vacation to Putrajaya – just 20 minutes from Kuala Lumpur, and if we are invited to return with our World Cup again in 2009, you could make that your time to be there !

World Cup Stars

03/12/08 22.00-23.00 Sky Sports 3 04/12/08 08.00-09.00 Sky Sports 2 04/12/08 12.00-13.00 Sky Sports 3 04/12/08 15.00-16.00 Sky Sports 3 07/12/08 06.00-07.00 Sky Sports 2 07/12/08 12.00-13.00 Sky Sports Xtra

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW WITH FREDDY

des — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:38:47 +0000

Listen to World Cup star Freddy Krueger USA telling us all about his new pending WORLD JUMP RECORD and some other interesting insights …… just click on our new featured Video clip right here.

PUTRAJAYA WINS FOR USA FRANCE AND GREECE

des — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:32:50 +0000

Putrajaya Malaysia is a totally new city located 15 minutes from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLI). Designed from scratch as the administrative capital of Malaysia and within a high technology zone, the planners wisely also created a perfect man-made Water Sports Centre. For the 25th Waterski and Wakeboard World Cup Stop in the series, the exceptional on-site facilities guaranteed that this would be one of the greatest of all World Cup Stops to date. A packed Grandstand, four storey air-conditioned all-glass control tower with high speed Broadband, multiple boat jetties, tented village, visitors golf carts, an on-site 50m swimming pool and gymnasium – plus high quality Slalom, Shortboard and Jump Courses, all combined to create a once-in-a-lifetime experience for the World Cup competitors from 14 countries. The athletes and officials were accommodated in the exotic lakeside Pullman Putrajaya Hotel overlooking the Maybank Jump Ramp.

Freddy Krueger takes the title

This 25th World Cup Stop in Putrajaya was the last in the 2008 series for the Waterski Jump athletes. The World Cup Slalom and Shortboard athletes will travel on to the Diplomatic Club in Doha Qatar for their Finals next weekend. In 33C temperatures, the battle for places in the World Cup finals was one of the toughest this season. With just four places available for the Ladies and six for the Men, disappointments were inevitable – as were some great surprises. MasterCarft again supplied all the World Cup competition boats and support services. In the Slalom Preliminary Rounds, Malaysia’s Philippa Yoong was first off and the audience gave her a rousing welcome. Although she did not make it to the Finals, she has a bright future. Danyelle Bennett USA, Kyle Eade NZL and Billy Susi USA, also just missed a Finals place by a score of one buoy or less. In Shortboard, Alex Lauretano USA needed just 100 extra points to qualify. Canada’s Ryan Dodd also fell short by 620 points. In Jump, Anais Amade FRA and Damien Sharman GBR were just a shade short of qualifying. The Sunday Putrajaya World Cup Finals programme really had something for all. Hot Air Balloon rides, Water Demonstrations, Magicians, Cabaret Singers, Stilt Walkers, Remote Control Boats and Planes and a large tented village, attracted almost 8,000 spectators to the event. All the major TV Networks and Newspapers were represented. Prime time TV News coverage was excellent.

Putrajaya site

Following Malaysia’s National Anthem at Noon, the World Cup Slalom Final began with the Ladies. The big surprise here was the 21 year old Claire Lise Welter FRA who scored 1 buoy on the short 11.25m line. This put her ahead of the very experienced Sarah Green GBR by a half buoy. The World Overall Record Holder, Clementine Lucine FRA, was yet again in unbeatable form. Her score of 1.5 buoys on the same 11.25m line was enough to take the title away from Welter, making it a French 1 and 2 in Putrajaya, with Green in third place. In the Mens event, the line-up was mouth watering ! All eyes were on Chris Parrish USA, the World Record holder, Jodi Fisher GBR, the 2007 World Cup season winner and also the series leader this year, and Thomas Degasperi ITA, the current World Champion. Degasperi was not on form and the final battle was between Chris Parrish and the two British skiers, Jodi Fisher and Glen Campbell. Campbell has just recovered from injury. His 3 buoys on the 11.25m line gave him third place plus a welcome return to the World Cup podium. Jodi Fisher was outscored in the Preliminary Round by Chris Parrish. This was repeated in the Finals giving Parrish the Putrajaya title with a score of 2 buoys on the 10.75m line – just a half buoy ahead of Fisher. Ladies Shortboard provided some real surprises. Clementine Lucine FRA set a pending World Record of 8840 points two weeks ago but scored just 5670 here – enough for fourth place. In 2006, Mandy Nightingale set a World Record of 8740 points but on this occasion had to settle for third place with 6610 points. The eventual battle was between 24 year old Maria Camila Linares COL and the youngest of all, 18 year old Marion Aynaud FRA. To an ovation from the packed lakeside Grandstand, it was Aynaud’s time for victory on the World Cup stage with a score of 7310 points. This past World Junior Champion is now a World Cup star ! The Mens event was loaded with drama. World Record holder Nicolas LeForestier FRA caused a sensation by actually making it to the Finals. A very serious arm injury last July should have ruled him out for the rest of 2008. In the Putrajaya Preliminaries, he then pulled a groin muscle. Somehow surviving both injuries, he scored 10,570 to take the silver medal position in this 25th World Cup Stop – and a great ovation from the enthusiastic Malaysian audience. The 19 year old 2006 World Junior Champion and 2008 World University Champion, Herman Beliakou BLR, almost caught him with a solid score of 9390 points, enough for third place. However, it was Jimmy Siemers USA who dominated today. This 2003 and 2005 World Trick Champion, returned to form in Putrajaya and even Nicolas LeForestier could not match his 10,680 performance. This was one of the most outstanding Shortboard / Tricks events of the World Cup series to date.

Putrajaya Winners

At 16.00hrs, it was time for the Ladies Jump Finals. A stiff hot tail breeze created some challenging water conditions in the exposed entry part of the course. This favoured the more experienced athletes although all the scores were very close. While June Fladborg DEN was a hot favorite, she broke a tailor-made ski one week ago and the replacement unsettled her performance. Her 44.1m distance earned third place. It was the two Greeks who dominated in Putrajaya. World Jump Champion Ageliki Andriopoulou battled a head cold and some bruising but was unbeatable yet again with a distance of 45.6m. Marie Vympranietsova just gets better and better – having quit smoking – and earned a very well deserved second place with a distance of 44.9m. As the sky began to darken and the 33C temperatures caused the Men to really feel the heat in those bulky Jump Suits and Helmets, all expected a classic duel between Jason Seels GBR, Ryan Dodd CAN, Freddy Krueger USA and Jaret Llewellyn CAN. None of Malaysia’s spectators was disappointed by what followed. The hot tail breeze had increased. Experience was essential to cope. In the end, It was a Dodd, Llewellyn, Krueger duel with less than 2m difference in the scores. Krueger set the pace with a best of 60.9m. Dodd followed with 60.0m – close but not enough. That left Jaret Llewellyn with eleven World Records already in his war chest, to take on the challenge. His scores built from jump to jump but 59.0m was all he could extract from the Maybank Jump Ramp in the heat on this occasion. Freddy Krueger set a new pending World Jump Record two weeks ago and can now add the Putrajaya World Cup Jump title to his list. ‘ A wonderful end to a wonderful World Cup Stop.

Chris Howarth and Hanifah Yoong

For the first time, the new World Cup Webcast programme was launched to the public. Using a multi camera arrangement and the most advanced software available, the presentation included multiple screens, instant slow motion replays, timetables, scoreboards, prerecorded interviews and advertisements. This will be expanded in the 2009 World Cup series. The Putrajaya World Cup Stop Webcast will be archived in the coming days for viewing by the worldwide audience. Details will be available on www.waterskiandwakeboardworldcup.com The President of Perbadanan Putrajaya, Tan Sri Samsudin Bin Osman, thanked the International Water Ski Federation for selecting Putrajaya as a venue for this World Cup Stop and confirmed that Putrajaya looks forward to hosting more international events in the future.

FOR THE WINNERS DETAILS – SEE THE RESULTS SECTION HERE ON OUR WEB SITE

PUTRAJAYA WORLD CUP – DAY 1 COMPLETE

des — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 11:32:24 +0000

The action really began here on Putrajaya Lake at 08.00hrs this morning. Visiting TV Camera crews, journalists and photographers crowded the Grandstand area from early morning. At 09.00 thr Hot Air Baloons took off with spectator rides and at 11.00hrs sharp, we kicked off with Slalom – followed by Shortbaord and Jump. It was Prelims all day. Mens Jump Prelims were pushed forward to Sunday at 08.00hrs due to failing light. With 33C and a good turnout of families of all ages, the atmosphere was one of fun till dark.

Putrajaya Lake

Our World Cup Webcast Studio was set up on Friday night and in spite of a brief power cut, really did work well throughout. As it was the first World Cup Webcast ever, we already have a list of further developments prepared to make it even better in 2009. We hope you had the time to tune in an enjoy the spectacle. ‘ And now for some scores / provisional. With FOUR places available in the Ladies events and SIX in the Mens, the competition was tough. Nobody had an easy ride. Slalom Ladies

Clementine Lucine FRA – 5 x 12m
Sarah Green AUS – 4 x 12m
Claire Lise Welter FRA – 3.4 x 12m
Anais Amade FRA – 3 x 12m

Slalom Men

Chris Parrish USA – 1 x 10.75m
Jodi Fisher GBR – 5.5 x 11.25m
Jean Baptists Faisy – 3.5 x 11.25m
Thomas Degasperi ITA – 1 x 11.25
Javier Julio ARG – 5 x 12m
Glen Campbell GBR – 5 x 12m

Shortboard Ladies

Clementine Lucine FRA – 8120
Mandy Nightingale USA – 7620
Marion Aynaud FRA – 7520
Maria Camila Linares – 6990

Shortboard Men

Aliaksei Zharnasek BLR – 10,720
Jimmy Siemers USA – 10,710
Olivier Fortamps BEL – 10,090
Herman Beliakou BLR – 10,090
Oleg Deviatovski BLR – 9,990
Nicolas LeForestier FRA – 9620

Jump Ladies

June Fladborg – 48.7m
Ageliki Andriopoulou – 47.5m
Marie Vympranietsova – 47.5m
Nancy Chardin FRA – 45.4m

WE WILL BE BACK ON AIR AT 08.00hrs WITH MEN’S JUMP PRELIMINARIES + FINALS

WEBCAST GLASS TOWER IN PUTRAJAYA MALAYSIA

des — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:56:23 +0000

Webcast Glass Tower

Here is the Timetable for our Putrajaya World Cup Stop tomorrow and Sunday

PLEASE NOTE THE TIME DIFFERENCES : We are GMT + 8hrs / EST + 13hrs

DETAILS OF THE FREE /LIVE LINK WILL BE POSTED HERE SHORTLY

SATURDAY 10.45 WORLD CUP Intro 11.00 Slalom 13.30 Shortboard 16.00 Jump SUNDAY 11.45 WORLD CUP Intro 11.55 Malaysia National Anthem 12.00 Slalom 14.15 Intro to guests of honour 14.30 Shortboard 16.00 Jump 17.30 World Cup Prize Presentation

PHILIPPA WILD CARD MALAYSIA FOR PUTRAJAYA WORLD CUP STOP

des — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:15:02 +0000

IWSF ACCEPTS PHILLIPA YOONG’S ENTRY AS MALAYSIA’S WILD CARD IN WORLD CUP Malaysia’s triple national record holder for Waterski and Jakarta S.E.A.Games gold medallist, Phillipa Yoong, has been given a wild card entry in this weekend’s first ever Waterski World Cup in Malaysia to be held in Putrajaya. She will join the other 8 world class skiers in the Women Slalom event. The nomination made by the Malaysian Water Ski Federation (MWSF) has been accepted by the International Water Ski Federation (IWSF) which promotes the annual Waterski & Wakeboard World Cup in famous cities around the world.

Philippa Yoong

The President of IWSF, Kuno Ritschard said, “It is only appropriate for IWSF to accept Phillipa as Malaysia’s entry as she is one of Asia’s top Slalom and Jump skiers. She may not be ranked amongst the top skiers in the world but her efforts in the Putrajaya Waterski World Cup will be essential in hastening the development efforts by the Malaysian Water Ski Federation. We welcome her to Putrajaya’s World Cup entry list in the Women Slalom event.” Phillipa explained that initially she didn’t feel she should take part as all the invited entries in the World Cup are at least the top 20 ranked skiers of the world and many of them are in the top ten. But after skiing with the early arrivals in the Putrajaya Water Sports Complex in the last two days some of the top ranked skiers she befriended egged her on to accept the nomination. Phillipa said, “The other skiers are hugely talented – skiing with them will be a great honour and it’ll be a shame for me to give up this amazing opportunity to participate in front of my home crowd, and be in the presence of such world class talent. I’ve been inspired to continue training and i hope the event will also inspire more growth of the sport in Malaysia.” Phillipa Yoong had stopped waterskiing competitively 8 years ago as she concentrated in developing her career and family life. She resumed training one month ago and has been instrumental in developing young Malaysian water skiers as MWSF’s National Coach in conjunction with the inaugural Putrajaya Waterski World Cup. The weekend’s programme starts with Practice at 11am on Friday 7^th November, the Preliminary Rounds on Saturday from 11am and culminating with the Finals starting at 12 noon on Sunday 9^th November. Plenty of fun for the whole family are in store for the weekend. Side events include Formula Future demo, Hot air balloon rides, free banana boat rides, horse riding and exhibitions and remote control planes and boats displays. Admission for all who can make it to the Putrajaya Waterski World Cup is FREE. For all who want to enjoy our FREE LIVE Webcast, just log in here on Friday for all the details : www.waterskiandwakeboardworldcup.com END

FREDDY KRUEGER CARRIES NEW WORLD RECORD TO PUTRAJAYA WORLD CUP STOP

des — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:01:02 +0000

THIS IS AN AWESOME ACHIEVEMENT ! SEE TODAY’S VIDEO CLIP RIGHT HERE FOR THE REAL THING ! Many would have thought this impossible not too long ago.

Freddy Krueger USA stuns the world with an extraordinary performance

For sheer consistency on the Jump Ramp, one man now stands almost alone in that arena of exceptional Jump performances. As he is now heading for our last World Cup Stop for our Jumpers of 2008 and is also in the lead in that particular challenge, he will bring with him to Putrajaya his new pending WORLD JUMP RECORD OF 75.3m Make sure you watch our FREE WEBCAST this weekend and for the link, just check out our Home Page right here. PLEASE ALSO PASS THE DETAILS ALONG TO ALL OUR WATERSKI FANS AS WE WANT TO SHARE THIS EXPERIENCE WITH THE ENTIRE WORLD !