Although the Women's distances wern't as close to the World record mark, the top three skiers were only separated by 0.4m. Home town favorite Toni Neville (AUS) hit the mark at 40.8 m (134 ft) to lead World Record Holder Sherri Slone (USA) and rising Australian star Emma Sheers (AUS).
Skiers from 8 nations and 4 continents participated in the IWSF World CUP 96, a new concept promoted by the IWSF, a world wide tour of Men and Women Jump events eventually leading to an IWSF World Cup Champion, the first professional championship ever sponsored by the International Water Ski Federation, the sport's world governing body.
The jumps were all measured by video with great success according to Ron Fergusson, the official IWSF appointed World Cup judge.
The entire 2 hour final will be shown live on Australian television, Saturday afternoon.
The final results will be posted here immedately after the tournament.
WORLD CUP ELIMINATIONS - 1996 ROUND 1 POS NAME Country J1 J2 J3 BEST 1. Toni Neville AUS 38.6 39.6 40.8 40.8 2. Sherri Sloan USA 40.6 pass pass 40.6 3. Emma Sheers AUS 37.0 39.9 40.4 40.4 4. Leander Currie NZL 33.9 37.3 36.8 37.3 5. April Coble USA 35.6 37.0 33.2 37.0 6. Lynda Davidson USA 34.9 36.2 pass 36.2 7. Fiona Nairn NZL 33.0 36.2 35.4 36.2 8. Marina Mosti ITA 34.1 fall 35.9 35.9 9. Sarah Gatty-Saunt GBR 31.0 30.8 32.5 32.5 10. Melissa Sleep AUS 30.2 32.5 31.1 32.5 WORLD CUP ELIMINATIONS - 1996 Updated 09:21 AM ROUND 1 POS NAME Country J1 J2 J3 BEST 1. Jaret Llewellyn CAN PASS 57.9 64.2 64.2 2. Andrea Allessi ITA 59.7 63.1 46.3 63.1 3. Bruce Neville AUS 46.4 57.2 62.2 62.2 4. Jim Clunie CAN 60.3 61.0 61.1 61.1 5. Kreg Llewellyn CAN 53.6 59.2 48.4 59.2 6. Carl Roberge USA PASS 57.7 58.1 58.1 7. Micheal Heath USA 57.8 56.5 52.7 57.8 8. Curtis Sheers AUS 52.3 55.8 54.3 55.8 9. Grant Barnett AUS 51.7 53.1 55.3 55.3 10. John Levingston AUS 51.9 54.2 44.4 54.2 11. Kyle Eade NZL 44.5 52.0 51.3 52.0 12. Will Dann USA 50.2 51.1 49.7 51.1 13. Park Jun Ho KOR 47.4 50.4 FELL 50.4 14. David Cortous AUS 49.0 49.8 41.4 49.8 15. Patrice Martin FRA 47.8 47.7 42.9 47.8 16. Ryan Green AUS 37.7 38.3 47.7 47.7 17. Murray Pigdon AUS 47.5 41.4 46.6 47.5 18. Jarrod Watson NZL PASS 43.2 47.1 47.1 19. Jason Stone AUS 44.8 46.1 46.6 46.6 20. Jay Puxty AUS 44.0 45.1 46.4 46.4 21. Patrick McCormick AUS PASS 43.1 PASS 43.1 22. Dane Puxty AUS PASS 40.6 42.7 42.7 23. Tim Jobe AUS 42.5 41.6 39.1 42.5 24. Brad Priekulis AUS 42.3 FALL 0.0 42.3 25. Ross Brain AUS 40.6 41.1 41.5 41.5 26. Ryan Vardy AUS 40.2 FELL 41.0 41.0