11Sep02 2002 Pan Am Championships itinerary form now available
Please sumbit yor travel plans to the Pan Am organizers with this form (Word format - right click to save)

11Sep02 2002 World Junior Championships itinerary form now available
Please sumbit yor travel plans to the World Juniors organizers with this form

10Sep02 2002 World Cable Championships results

2002 World Cable Championships Men's Overall

  1. Aleksei ZERNOSEK BLR
  2. Andreas PAPE GER
  3. Miroslav HRIBIK SVK

2002 World Cable Championships Women's Overall

  1. Irina TOURETS BLR
  2. Julia MEIER-GROMYKO BLR
  3. Olga PAVLOVA BLR

2002 World Cable Championships Men's Slalom

  1. Alexander GRAW GER
  2. Alois KRENN AUT
  3. Simon HERRMANN GER

2002 World Cable Championships Women's Slalom

  1. ADAMS Lisa GBR
  2. Nadine WICH GER
  3. Bronislava MACHOVA SVK

2002 World Cable Championships Men's Tricks

  1. Aleksei ZERNOSEK BLR
  2. Vichaslau DURNOV BLR
  3. Yuri RIKTER BLR

2002 World Cable Championships Women's Tricks

  1. Olga PAVLOVA BLR
  2. Julia MEIER-GROMYKO BLR
  3. Irina TOURETS BLR

2002 World Cable Championships Men's Jump

  1. Thomas BAUER GER
  2. Manfred HINTRINGER AUT
  3. Daniel RESL CZE

2002 World Cable Championships Women's Jump

  1. Irina TOURETS BLR
  2. Julia MEIER-GROMYKO BLR
  3. Olga PAVLOVA BLR

02Sep02 Report by President Kuno Ritschard on the Recent IOC Executive Board Meeting

28Aug02 2002 World Barefoot Championships

2002 World Barefoot Championships Men's Overall

  1. David SMALL GBR
  2. Keith ST.ONGE USA
  3. Patrick WEHNER FRA

2002 World Barefoot Championships Women's Overall

  1. Nadine DE VILLIERS RSA
  2. Rachel GEORGE USA
  3. Gizella HALASZ AUS

2002 World Barefoot Championships Men's Tricks

  1. Patrick WEHNER FRA
  2. Keith ST.ONGE USA
  3. David SMALL GBR

2002 World Barefoot Championships Women's Tricks

  1. Nadine DE VILLIERS RSA
  2. Rachel GEORGE USA
  3. Gizella HALASZ AUS

2002 World Barefoot Championships Men's Slalom

  1. Keith ST.ONGE USA
  2. Jason LEE USA
  3. Ron SCARPA USA

2002 World Barefoot Championships Women's Slalom

  1. Nadine DE VILLIERS RSA
  2. Rachel GEORGE USA
  3. Gizella HALASZ AUS

2002 World Barefoot Championships Men's Jump

  1. David SMALL GBR
  2. Massimiliano COLOSIO ITA
  3. Brett NEW AUS

2002 World Barefoot Championships Women's Jump

  1. Nadine DE VILLIERS RSA
  2. Rachel GEORGE USA
  3. Kirsten GRØNVIK NOR
Complete Results Here
More Coverage and pictures here at barefootcentral.com

27Aug02 World Barefoot Championships conclude in Austria

The organizers overcame the effects of the disasterous flooding that has ravaged the region and with the help of the Austrian Army were able to get the site ready.

27Aug02 World Barefoot Team Championships

  1. USA
  2. South Africa
  3. Australia

27Aug02 Freddy Krueger USA is back on top of the Elite Jump rankings.

Men and Women Slalom and Jump have been updated with the latest tournaments.
See them here.

27Aug02 Pro Events in Europe see Mapple, Milakova, and Ellis win

The Danish Open event saw excellent competition with Scot Ellis USA, Jesper Cassoe DEN, and Curtis Sheers AUS finishing 1-2-3 for the men and Elena Milakova RUS, June Fladborg DEN, and Jakalyn Hunter GBR topping the women's list.
Complete results here

Meanwhile in England at the Princes Pro Am, Andy Mapple GBR came out ahead of Glenn Campbell GBR and Steve Cockeram NZE while tieing his own World Record.

25Aug02 World University Team Championships

  1. USA
  2. Australia
  3. Austria

25Aug02 Regina Jaquess USA and Jimmy Siemers USA are World University Jump and Overall Champions

2002 World University Championships Men's Overall

  1. Jimmy Siemers USA
  2. George Hatzis GRE
  3. Dane Puxty AUS

2002 World University Championships Women's Overall

  1. Regina Jaquess USA
  2. Tarah Benzel USA
  3. Marie Toms GBR

2002 World University Championships Men's Jump


Photo by Dave Clark
  1. Jimmy Siemers USA
  2. George Hatzis GRE
  3. Dane Puxty AUS

2002 World University Championships Women's Jump


Toms, Botero, Jaquess
Photo by Dave Clark
  1. Regina Jaquess USA
  2. Marie Toms GBR
  3. Maria Luisa Botero COL

25Aug02 Andy Mapple GBR equals his World Record at Princes Pro Am in London

Watch the video (1.3MB Windows Media Player)

25Aug02 Regina Jaquess USA and Marcus Brown USA are World University Slalom Champions

2002 World University Championships Men's Slalom


Siemers, Brown, Wing
Photo by Dave Clark
  1. Marcus Brown USA
  2. Jimmy Siemers USA
  3. Joel Wing AUS

2002 World University Championships Women's Slalom


Photo by Dave Clark
  1. Regina Jaquess USA
  2. Josefin Edebeck SWE
  3. Marie Toms GBR

24Aug02 World University Championships trick champions are Jimmy Seimers USA and Regina Jaquess USA

2002 World University Championships Men's Tricks


Photo by Dave Clark
  1. Jimmy Siemers USA
  2. Joey Blakley USA
  3. Jorge Renosto ARG

2002 World University Championships Women's Tricks


Photo by Dave Clark
  1. Regina Jaquess USA
  2. Laura Lammi FIN
  3. Tarah Benzel USA

24Aug02 "Banana" George Blair Supports IWSF Hall of Fame

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Headline News

24Aug02 Regina Jaquess makes a clean sweep of the preliminaries at the World University Tournament finishing first in each discipline.

Men jump is now underway - scores and reports are being posted to the ncwsa site at this link.
Pan Am Championships Official Entry Forms and Information
(Note: In Microsoft Word Format)
Bulletin 2
Intent to Enter Form
Entry Form
Accreditation Form
Skier Information Form
(right click and Save As to download or open directly if you have Word)

23Aug02 Impressive Opening Ceremonies officially start the World University Championships in China


Thousands of ballons are released to celebrate the opening.

Pictures from the opening Ceremony

22Aug02 Regina Jaquess USA and Eric Malinverni SUI are first in slalom after the preliminary round at the World University Championships

Complete Report on the NCWSA news site

22Aug02 World Wakeboard Championships dates announced

20Aug02 Regina Jaquess moves to #1 in the Tricks Elite Ranking after her win at the US Open

A complete ranking update has been made after the US Open and is available here

20Aug02 World University Tournament ready to start in China

The preprations are complete and the Chinese public is showing intense interest in the event. The entire competition will be taped, and there will be four solid hours of live broadcast on Chinese National Television during the last two days including the finals.

Photo courtesy of Dave Clark

Picture Gallery

18Aug02 World Wakeboard Championships in Rio de Janerio official website is available

16Aug02 Records Close Up


The above picture is an enlaged, merged picture of two jumpers from the official measurement system at the recent Malibu Open.
In the foreground is Jesper Cassoe DEN jumping a new European Record of 70.7 m just 0.2m short of the then World Record of 70.9 m.
Behind him is Freddy Krueger USA jumping just a bit further at 71.0 m to set a new World Record.

15Aug02 IWSF Tournament Council approves jump records set at the Malibu Open

Freddy Krueger

World Record Holder Freddy Krueger USA at 71.0 m
Elena Milakova

World Record Holder Elena Milakova RUS at 56.6 m
Emma Sheers

Emma Sheers AUS broke the World Record with with a jump of 55.3m only to have Elena Milakova come out as the next skier and break it again

15Aug02 IWSF Environmental Handbook is now available

 Thanks to Pan Am President Vern Oberg for the rework

13Aug02 ProAm Slalom Tournament at Princes announces prize money of $15,000 USD

This tournament qualifies for the IWSF Elite Ranking List and is scheduled to be held August 24-25 at Princes Ski Club outside London.

08Aug02 Final Traditional World Ranking List Released


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2002 All Data (900K)

08Aug02 Final Traditional World Ranking List Released


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2002 Final Slalom Ranking
2002 Final Tricks Ranking
2002 Final Jump Ranking
2002 Qualified Tournaments

06Aug02 IWSF University World Water Ski Championships Bulletin III Now Available on Tournament Website. If You Haven't Done So Already, Fax Your Entries To The Chinese Water Ski Federation.


IWSF University World Water Ski Championships Web Site

29Jul02 Latin American Championships Final Results

28Jul02 Latin American Championships in progress at Acuaski in Mexico - Preliminary Results

24Jul02 IWSF World University Water Ski Championships, Bulletin II, has just been released and is now available on the WUC website.

23Jul02 New Elite Rankings after the Malibu Open

21Jul02 Three New Pending Jump World Records reported from the Malibu Open

Emma Sheers AUS 55.3 m
Elena Milakova RUS 56.6 m
Freddy Krueger USA 71.0 m
Check out the results on the tournament web site

15Jul02 IWSF World Wakeboard Championships Announcement

13Jul02 IWSF University World Championship Formal Entries Due By July 15, 2002

Just a reminder that the formal team registration forms are due at the Chinese Federation by July 15th. These are the forms sent to all Federations with Bulletin I.
If you didn't receive the forms, follow the instructions in Bulletin I on the UWC website and fax your information to China.

11Jul02 World Junior Championships Releases Bulletin 1 & 2

Bulletin 1
Bulletin 2
Bulletin 2 (pdf)

08Jul02 New Elite Tricks Ranking List released after the French Masters

Minor revisions to other events based on full official results

07Jul02 Ben Favret USA reportedly ties World Record of 1@9.75m at SkiScape Summer Record

07Jul02 New Elite Ranking List released after the French Masters

Chris Parrish USA overtakes Andy Mapple GBR for the #1 Slalom Ranking

05Jul02 Officials appointed for the 2002 World Junior Championships

Officials appointments were announced by IWSF President Kuno Ritschard

Chief Judge: LION Emmanuel - FRA

Assistant Chief Judge: Sherm Schraft USA

Homologator: KOLMAN Zdenek - CZE

Chief Scorer: Andrea Plough USA
Assistant Scorer: COLLINS Audrey - GBR

Judges:
Edgardo Martin ARG
Larry Downes USA
Jorge Font MEX
DE LAAT Harry - NED
ODELL Barry - GBR
RAUCHENWALD Michael - AUT
Zusi Briant AUS
Bruce Cockburn AUS
Jenny Williams NZE

Alt.judges: Simon Seigret COL
Richelle Matli USA

Chief Driver:
Waldie Priekulis AUS

Drivers:
ZANARDI Sergio - ITA
Ralph Armstrong USA

Alternate: Ernesto Revilla ARG

04Jul02 Elite Rankings Update for Men and Women Jump

Jaret Llewellyn CAN and Elena Milakova RUS remain on top.

03Jul02 Full report on Jilin Pro Jump with pictures

02Jul02 Freddie Krueger USA and Emma Sheers AUS win Jilin Pro Jump before a huge crowd of over 100,000 spectators

Curtis Sheers AUS and Elena Milakova RUS placed second

01Jul02 2002 World Barefoot Championships Bulletin #2

 Intention to Enter Form
Entry Form #1
Entry Form #2
Entry Form #3

30Jun02 2002 Cableski Rulebook is now available

2002 World Cable Championships Web Site (English)

26Jun02 Preliminary Traditional World Ranking List Overall Released


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23Jun02 Special Congress to be held Nice on September 21

The congress will vote to adopt the new statutes
Reference Documents previously sent:
  1. Agenda
  2. Appointment of Delegates
  3. Elections
  4. New IWSF Structure Chart
  5. Hotel Reservations
  6. Vice-President Job Description

The annual meeting of the Tournament Council will take place Friday, September 20 in conjunction with the Congress.

22Jun02 Preliminary Traditional World Ranking List Released


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2002 Preliminary Slalom Ranking
2002 Preliminary Tricks Ranking
2002 Preliminary Jump Ranking
2002 Qualified Tournaments
All data 900K
Overall available shortly
Please note:

  1. There is a 30 day correction period starting today
  2. When finalized, this list will be used for the individual selections for the World Junior Championships in Chile
Please refer questions to Bob Corson, IWSF Ranking List Chairman by using this mail link

20Jun02Donor pledges funds for IWSF display in the American Water Ski Association Hall of Fame

15Jun02 World Junior Championships Training Reservation Information

This is to notify all IWSF Federations that reservations for training time at the official lake will be accepted up until October 30, 2002 at which time reservations will be closed.
Contact:
CHILEAN WATER SKI FEDERATION, FAX: 56-2-6458178
E-MAIL: fedeesqui@sanpablosa.cl

07Jun02 French Masters Cash Prize Tournament Information now Available

 This tournament is being held July 6-7 and qualifies for the elite ranking list

30May02 Updated Elite Rankings now available

28May02 Milakova's Ski Fly Records confirmed as official

The record performances were confirmed by Chief Judge Donna Switzer USA and Homologator Gene Davis USA

See Expired News Headlines here