The people of Jilin City, China, lying at latitude 44 degrees north were more familiar with snow skiing until 10 of the world's top ranked pro-jump skiers demonstrated their skills on the Song Hua river which runs "S" shaped through the centre of the city.

As part of Jilin's Summer Tourism Festival a Pro-jump competition was organised by the Jilin City Government and the Chinese Water Ski Association on Saturday & Sunday 29^th and 30^th June 2002.

Local tourism officials estimated between 100,000 and 150,000 spectators lined the banks of the river on each day.

While training was curtailed as a result of windy conditions the weather improved significantly for the competition proper.

Results based on best score over 3 jumps on each day were:

Men

1. Freddie Krueger USA 59.8m
2. Curtis Sheers AUS 58.3m
3. Mark Lane USA 57.6m
4. Kyle Eade NZ 55.0m
5. Z.W. Chen CHN 44.2m
6. Z.H. Zheng CHN 41.8m

Women

1. Emma Sheers AUS 48.4m
2. Elena Milakova RUS 47.2m
3. Olga Kashitsina RUS 46.9m
4. Angeliki Andriopoulou GRE 46.6m
5. Lori Krueger USA 45.6m
6. June Fladborg DEN 45.3m

Skiers from the Chinese Water Ski Association performed an excellent ski show including paragliding and pyramids to entertain the spectators on both days.