27May02 Urgent Notice to Federations regarding 2002 Wakeboard World Championships

26May02 Milakova does it again with a reported 69.4 m (228ft) jump

(Waiting for official confirmation)
Report Courtesy of SkiFly.com

Elena Milakova

25May02 Women's World Ski Fly Record reported from Masters at Callaway Gardens

Elena Milakova RUS reportedly has jumped 67.5m (221ft) for a new Ski Fly World Record.

22May02 New 2002 IWSF Calendar Released


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11May02 Officials appointed for the World University Championships

Chief Judge: Thomas Ludwig GER
Assistant Chief Judge: Xue Yin CHN
Chief Calculator: Mary Franke USA

Judges:
Dr. Jack Horton USA
Leon Larson USA
D'Elia Vincenzo ITA
Chevalier Alain FRA
Wood Riitta GBR

Calculator:
Jacquemard Lisette FRA

Chief Driver: Larry Cox USA
Drivers: Alexandris George GRE
Ralph Armstrong USA

Homologator: Dave Clark USA

08May02 Jaret Llewellyn jumps into the Elite #1 position by outjumping Freddy Krueger at Charleston

The other Number 1 spots are unchanged and still owned by Andy Mapple and Kristi Overton-Johnson although it is clear that this will be a competitive season. Check out the new Elite Rankings on its own page.

06May02 2003 Successful World Championships Test Tournament held at Swiss Ski School

27Apr02 Correction Notice for World University Championships

Attention All Federations. There were errors on the World University Championships Student Certification Forms that were mailed to the Federations. The Corrected Form can be printed out or downloaded Here

26Apr02 2002 World Barefoot Championships Bulletin Number 1 now available

Bulletin 1 as a Word document

25Apr02 EAME Cairo Coaching Seminar a Big Success

24Apr02 IWSF starts eNewsletter - Issue #1 is now available

10Apr02 IWSF Press Release - New Dates for the 2002 Barefoot World Championships

02Apr02 Chinese Water Ski Federation announces the 2002 China Open

The $30,000 cash prize tournament for men and women jump will be held in Jilin City, Jilin Province, China.
Entry Details Top 25 of IWSF Ranking eligible (deadline Apr. 15) - more ...

30Mar02 Final Traditional World Ranking List Released


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2001 Final Slalom Ranking
2001 Final Tricks Ranking
2001 Final Jump Ranking
2001 Final Ski Fly Ranking
2001 Qualified Tournaments
All data 940K
2001 Final Overall Ranking


29Mar02 Current IWSF Elite Skier Rankings

28Mar02 IWSF Elite Skier Ranking List details released by IWSF TC

26Mar02 IWSF Tournament Council adopts Elite Skier Ranking System

26Mar02 Graziano Tognala retires as IWSF Executive Director

26Mar02 IWSF Disabled Rules now available

21Mar02 World Junior Championships Releases Bulletin 2

Bulletin 2
Bulletin 2 (pdf)

15Mar02 Cable World Championships to be hosted by the German Federation

Bulletin No. 1

12Mar02 Moomba Masters complete in Australia

See the results here

09Mar02 Junior Moomba complete in Australia

Click on the Tournament Scorebooks link on the left to see the results

07Mar02 IWSF Wakeboard Council makes 2002 Rules available

06Mar02 The 2002 World University Championships web site is now available

06Mar02 IWSF European Coaches Seminar to be held in Cairo April 19-21

28Feb02 Toni and Bruce Neville announce their retirement from competition skiing


26Feb02 Updated Preliminary World Ranking List Released


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2001 Preliminary Slalom Ranking
2001 Preliminary Tricks Ranking
2001 Preliminary Jump Ranking
All known errors have been addressed.
Overall will be updated shortly.

24Feb02 Preliminary World Ranking List data updated

The data now includes all corrections submitted so far.
All data 970K

22Feb02 Revised Preliminary Overall World Ranking List Released


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2001 Preliminary Overall Ranking
A problem was found in that skiers having both junior rules overall scores and open rules overall scores caused some junior scores not to be included in the list.

19Feb02 Preliminary Overall World Ranking List Released


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2001 Preliminary Overall Ranking
All known problems are resolved and reflected in the Overall calculation. The other lists will be revised to incorporate the changes as well before final publication at the end of the 30 day correction period.

14Feb02 Press Release - 2003 Disabled Waterski World Championships to be held in the USA

11Feb02 Preliminary World Ranking List Released


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2001 Preliminary Slalom Ranking
2001 Preliminary Tricks Ranking
2001 Preliminary Jump Ranking
2001 Preliminary Ski Fly Ranking
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Overall Results available shortly

28Jan02 Junior/Senior World Barefoot Complete results

Reports from the competition by Brian Heeney

2001 Senior Team World Barefoot Champions

  1. Australia
  2. USA
  3. New Zealand

2001 Junior Team World Barefoot Champions

  1. USA
  2. South Africa
  3. Australia

2001 Senior Men World Barefoot Jump Champions

  1. GROEN Fred NZE
  2. OAKES Gary NZE
  3. WARK Warren AUS

2001 Senior Women World Barefoot Jump Champions

  1. HALASZ Gizella AUS
  2. EGGERT Andrea USA
  3. MORSE Sherri USA

2001 Senior Men World Barefoot Slalom Champions

  1. FARRELL William USA
  2. STEKELENBURG John AUS
  3. GROEN Fred NZE

2001 Senior Women World Barefoot Slalom Champions

  1. MORSE Sherri USA
  2. HALASZ Gizella AUS
  3. LEGAC Corinne FRA

2001 Senior Men World Barefoot Tricks Champions

  1. FARRELL William USA
  2. STEKELENBURG John AUS
  3. SALBER Michael USA

2001 Senior Women World Barefoot Tricks Champions

  1. HALASZ Gizella AUS
  2. EGGERT Andrea USA
  3. MORSE Sherri USA

2001 Senior Men World Barefoot Overall Champions

  1. FARRELL William USA
  2. STEKELENBURG John AUS
  3. GROEN Fred NZE

2001 Senior Women World Barefoot Overall Champions

  1. HALASZ Gizella AUS
  2. EGGERT Andrea USA
  3. MORSE Sherri USA

2001 Junior Men World Barefoot Jump Champions

  1. CARUSO Michael USA
  2. MAHAN Colt USA
  3. HOWES Calvin RSA

2001 Junior Women World Barefoot Jump Champions

  1. SHEWMAKER Ashley USA
  2. HEATHER Niki AUS
  3. REED Tammy NZE

2001 Junior Men World Barefoot Slalom Champions

  1. CARUSO Michael USA
  2. DE VILLIERS Andre RSA
  3. PYE Brandon USA

2001 Junior Women World Barefoot Slalom Champions

  1. WRIGHT Nerissa AUS
  2. SHEWMAKER Ashley USA
  3. HEATHER Niki AUS

2001 Junior Men World Barefoot Tricks Champions

  1. DE VILLIERS Andre RSA
  2. CARUSO Michael USA
  3. FORGE Nathan AUS

2001 Junior Women World Barefoot Tricks Champions

  1. SHEWMAKER Ashley USA
  2. HEATHER Niki AUS
  3. REED Tammy NZE

2001 Junior Men World Barefoot Overall Champions

  1. CARUSO Michael USA
  2. DE VILLIERS Andre RSA
  3. PYE Brandon USA

2001 Junior Women World Barefoot Overall Champions

  1. SHEWMAKER Ashley USA
  2. REED Tammy NZE
  3. HEATHER Niki AUS

22Jan02 Franz Kuhn AUT elected as the new EAME Region President

22Jan02 Junior/Senior World Barefoot Championships now in progress in New Zealand


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31Dec01 2002 Tournament Rulebook now available


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06Dec01 Argentine Federation Wakeboard Event scheduled for December 14-16

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02Dec01 Greece Declares Unfair Treatment by IOC

29Nov01 World Champion Andy Mapple under consideration for BBC Sports Personality of the year

Nominate Andy Mapple for BBC Award
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) annually conducts an on-line poll to determine the United Kingdom's sports personality of the year. After winning his sixth Men's world slalom title, wrapping up his ninth pro tour season title in 12 years and claiming his ninth career U.S. Open Men's slalom title, Great Britain's Andy Mapple is certainly deserving of consideration of this award.
To nominate Mapple for the award, go to:
Click here to go to the BBC site and fill in the form to nominate Andy

25Nov01 America's Challenge Final Scorebook

24Nov01 America's Challenge results so far

Special Report by Vern Oberg, Preident, Pan Am Region

23Nov01 America's Challenge in progress in Santiago Chile

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Clint Baikie CAN skis in windy conditions (Click to enlarge)

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Marianna Ramirez MEX
The America's Challenge pits Junior, 17-21, and Veteran Teams from the USA, Canada, and Latin America against each other.
So far, only Round 1 slalom has been completed.
Leaders so far:
Junior Men:
J.D.McClintock CAN
Junior Women:
Regine Jaquess USA
17-21 Men:
Jimmy Siemers USA
17-21 Women:
Marianna Ramirez MEX
Veteran Men:
Joel McClintock CAN
Veteran Women:
Cyndi Benzel USA
Round 1 Slalom Results

14Nov01 Moomba Masters Schedule detailed

Junior Moomba Masters - March 6-7
Moomba Masters - March 8-12
Preregistartion closes December 1
The event for 2002 returns to its traditional home on the North Bank of the Yarra River and again for 2002 it will be known as the Moomba Masters.
Contact Tournament Director Russell Morris

10Nov01 IWSF Press Release - The 2002 University World Championships will be held in Tianjin, China from August 21 - 25, 2002

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