18Dec00 IWSF wishes you Season's Greetings

14Dec00 IOC says "No new Sports in Athens"

14Dec00 IWSF Tournament Council Ratifies Toni Neville's and Emma Sheers' Women's Ski Fly Record of 66.6m (218 ft) from the America's Cup Tournament

07Dec00 IWSF Press Release - Wakeboard Council Chairman Colin Hart's comments

05Dec00 IWSF Press Release - 2001 Wakeboard World Championships to be held in Sun City, South Africa

05Dec00 IWSF Press Release - Tige' Boats signs three year Wakeboard World Championships Sponsorship Agreement

27Nov00 Jimmy Siemers USA jump and overall records approved by the IWSF Tournament Council

The new World Jump Record is 70.9m (233 ft).
The new World Overall Record is 2717.12 points

27Nov00 Preliminary Details of World Cup 2001 are on www.iwsfworldcup.com

17Nov00 IWSF and Hellenic Water Ski Federation work together on AThens bid
Left to Right: Greek Minister of Sport George Floridis, Greek Athlete Angeliki Andriopolou, IWSF Secretary General Graziano Tognala, Technical Director of Hellenic Waterski Federation George Arachovitis



Left to Right: Greek Minister of Sport George Floridis and IWSF Secretary General Graziano Tognala

16Nov00 IWSF World Titled Events and Multi-Sport Games

16Nov00 IWSF Opening Bids for Events

03Nov00 IWSF Press Release - EB Minutes Correction

02Nov00 Message to all National Federations - Team Uniforms

01Nov00 Executive Board Minutes from the Annual Meeting are now available

30Oct00 European Cable Wakeboard Tour Report by Chairman Hans Otte

 30Oct00 European Cable Wakeboard Tour Overall Results

24Oct00 1st Beijing Open a huge success

Results reported by Ron Fergusson, Chief Judge

Beijing Open Men Jump

  1. Scot Ellis USA 63.2m
  2. Mark Lane USA 62.8m
  3. Kyle Eade NZE 61.5m

Beijing Open Women Jump

  1. Emma Sheers AUS 51.6m
  2. Angeliki Andriopouliu GRE 48.2m
  3. Elena Milakova RUS 47.9m

22Oct00 Jimmy Siemers USA sets pending Overall and Jump records at Tri-Lakes (LA, USA)

Siemers jumped 70.9 m (233 ft) for a new pending jump record and in the same round recorded 1.5@11.25m in slalom and 10330 points in tricks for an overall score of 2717.12 (corrected)

21Oct00 IWSF Press Release - IWSF University Commission

18Oct00 Patrice Martin FRA sets pending World Overall Record of 2680.35 points at McCormick's in Florida.

Patrice slalomed 2.5@10.75, tricked 10,800 (after video review), and jumped 63.5 m (208 ft).

13Oct00 IWSF Press Release - Olympic Update

09Oct00 Pan Am Championships completed despite challenging weather conditions

2000 Pan Am Championships Elite Men

Place Slalom Trick Jump Overall
1 Wade Cox

Drew Ross
 Jaret Llewellyn
 Jaret Llewellyn
 Jaret Llewellyn
2 Clint Baikie
 Freddie Krueger
 Clint Baikie
3 Jorge Suarez
 Sergio Font
 Clint Baikie
 Freddie Krueger

2000 Pan Am Championships Elite Women

Place Slalom Trick Jump Overall
1 Karen Truelove
 Brandi Hunt
 Rhoni Barton
 Karen Truelove
2 Rhoni Barton
 Rhoni Barton
 Karen Truelove
 Brandi Hunt
3 Mariana Ramirez
Karen Truelove
 Maria-Luisa Botero COL
 Rhoni Barton

2000 Pan Am Championships Elite Team

Place Country
1 USA
2 Canada
3 Colombia

2000 Pan Am Championships Junior Men

Place Slalom Trick Jump Overall
1 Matthew Curmi
 Matthew Curmi
 Ryan Dodd
 Ryan Dodd
2 Thomas Moore
 Ryan Dodd
 Thomas Moore
 Matthew Curmi
3 Filipe Miranda CHI
 Aaron Rathy
 Matthew Curmi
 Filipe Miranda CHI

2000 Pan Am Championships Junior Women

Place Slalom Trick Jump Overall
1 Regina Jaquess
 Regina Jaquess
 Regina Jaquess
 Regina Jaquess
2 Tarah Benzel
 Tarah Benzel
 Tarah Benzel
 Tarah Benzel
3 Breanne Wagner
 Maria-Camila Linares
 Breanne Wagner
 Danyelle Bennett

2000 Pan Am Championships Junior Team

Place Country
1 USA
2 Canada
3 Colombia

2000 Pan Am Championships 17-21 Men

Place Slalom Trick Jump Overall
1 Joey Blakely
 Jimmy Seimers
 Jimmy Seimers
 Jimmy Seimers
2 Rodrigo Miranda CHI
 Joey Blakely
 Jim Townsend
 Rodrigo Miranda
3 Anthony Boswell
 Rodrigo Miranda
 Joey Blakely
 Joey Blakely

2000 Pan Am Championships 17-21 Women

Place Slalom Trick Jump Overall
1 Brandi Hunt
 Brandi Hunt
 Brandi Hunt
 Brandi Hunt
2 Mariana Ramirez
Margrita Delgado
 Valerie Guilliland
 Natalia Hernandez
3 Lyndsey Horton
 Natalia Hernandez
 Lyndsey Horton
 Lyndsey Horton

2000 Pan Am Championships 17-21 Team

Place Country
1 USA
2 Canada
3 Colombia

2000 Pan Am Championships Veteran Men

Place Slalom Trick Jump Overall
1 Darren Janzig
 Darren Janzig
 Mark Stevens
 Dick Horwood
2 Bruce Dodd
 Edguardo Martin ARG
 Tom Hinman
 Mark Stevens
3 Dick Horwood
 Dick Horwood
 Mike Meek
 Darren Janzig

2000 Pan Am Championships Veteran Women

Place Slalom Trick Jump Overall
1 Cyndi Benzel
 Cyndi Benzel
 Heather Mielzynski
 Heather Mielzynski
2 Sylyia Seaton-Dunlap GUA
 Heather Mielzynski
3 Heather Mielzynski

2000 Pan Am Championships Veteran Team

Place Country
1 Canada
2 USA
3 Mexico

03Oct00 Colin Hart GBR elected chairman of IWSF World Wakeboard Council

The following members of the WWC met at the recent World Championships in Montpelier, FRA for their annual meeting:

21Sep00 IWSF Press Release - Wakeboard World Championships

21Sep00 Minutes from the Tournament Council Meeting in Agrinio released

17Sep00 World Wakeboard Championships Results

World Wakeboard Championships Team

  1. Australia
  2. Switzerland
  3. USA

World Wakeboard Championships Junior Women

  1. Samantha KNOTT SIN
  2. Justine CHARRIERE SUI
  3. Harley HENSON AUS

World Wakeboard Championships Boys

  1. Dome NARITA JAP
  2. John HENSON AUS
  3. Jack WAYNE GBR

World Wakeboard Championships Open Women

  1. Mero NARITA JAP
  2. Marie BOTVED-STUDD DEN
  3. Jo ROBERTSONE AUS

World Wakeboard Championships Masters Men

  1. Andy MEYENBERG SUI
  2. Dave BRISCOE USA
  3. Nicolas CHEVALLEY SUI

World Wakeboard Championships Junior Men

  1. Morgan KRAUSE RSA
  2. Ben HITCH GBR
  3. Kent JAMES GBR

World Wakeboard Championships Open Men

  1. Cobe MIKACICH USA
  2. Wayne MAWER AUS
  3. Matt DANCE AUS

Details at the event site

15Sep00 World Wakeboard Championships start in Montpellier

15Sep00 2001 Cable Wakeboard Championships awarded to Germany

11Sep00 World Junior Championships completed in Agrinio Greece

World Junior Championships Team

  1. USA
  2. FRA
  3. CAN

World Junior Championships Boys Overall

  1. CURMI MATHEW USA
  2. DODD RYAN CAN
  3. MALAQUIN JOFFREY FRA

World Junior Championships Girls Overall

  1. JAQUESS REGINA USA
  2. BOWEN KELLY AUS
  3. BENZEL TARAH USA

World Junior Championships Boys Slalom

  1. ALLAIS CARLO ITA
  2. BEZUIDENHOUT SEAN RSA
  3. LIAKOS IOANNIS GRE

World Junior Championships Girls Slalom

  1. JAQUESS REGINA USA
  2. BENNETT DANYELLE USA
  3. BENZEL TARAH USA

World Junior Championships Boys Tricks

Note: correction
  1. MALAQUIN JOFFREY FRA
  2. DODD RYAN CAN
  3. SUMNER CHRISTOPHER GBR

World Junior Championships Girls Tricks

  1. BENZEL TARAH USA
  2. SADRANT CELINE FRA
  3. TODD JOY USA

World Junior Championships Boys Jump

  1. DODD RYAN CAN
  2. CURMI MATHEW USA
  3. MURALTER STAFAN AUT

World Junior Championships Girls Jump

  1. JAQUESS REGINA USA
  2. NIEBUHR TATIANA UAE
  3. ZETTINIG LUISA AUT

Girls Slalom Final Round Results
Girls Tricks Final Round Results
Girls Jump Final Round Results
Boys Slalom Final Round Results
Boys Tricks Final Round Results
Boys Jump Final Round Results

09Sept00 Regina Jaquess USA leads slalom, tricks and jump going into all three finals of the 2000 Tournament World Junior Championships tomorrow.

Girls Slalom Preliminary Round Results
Girls Tricks Preliminary Round Results
Girls Jump Preliminary Round Results
Boys Slalom Preliminary Round Results
Boys Tricks Preliminary Round Results
Boys Jump Preliminary Round Results

08Sept00 IWSF Executive Board Meeting held in Greece - Press Release




08Sept00 IWSF Tournament Council Meeting held in Greece - Report by Bob Corson



Gill Hill GBR, Stefan Rauchenwald AUT, Paul Fong SIN, Alain Amade FRA, Chairman Bob Corson USA, Peter Person CAN, Ron Fergusson AUS, Jeffry Armstrong USA, Bruce Douglas NZE, Scot Ellis USA

08Sept00 2000 Tournament World Junior Championships pictures from the event




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07Sept00 2000 Tournament World Junior Championships from Lake Stratos in Agrinio, Greece. Official web site


06Sept00 2000 Wakeboard World Championships Officials List


05Sept00 Date change for the 1st Beijing International Water Ski Tournament


04Sept00 2000 Wakeboard World Championships Press Release


04Sept00 2000 Wakeboard World Championships Application Extension until 9th September 2000 Technical Clarifications


04Sept00 2000 Wakeboard World Championships Technical Information Press Release


04Sept00 Two pending world records set at the World Cable Championships, Britta Grebe-Llewellyn AUT in Jump with 40.6m and Lisa Adams GBR in slalom with 1.00@10.25m


World Cable Championships Open Mens slalom

  1. Alois Krenn AUT
  2. Alexander Graw GER
  3. Marc-Andre Meier GER

World Cable Championships Open Ladies slalom

  1. Lisa Adams GBR
  2. Irina Turets BLR
  3. Julia Meier-Gromyko BLR

World Cable Championships Open Mens tricks

  1. Alexei Zernossek BLR
  2. Jouri Rykter BLR
  3. Maksim Semavine BLR

World Cable Championships Open Ladies tricks

  1. Julia Meier-Gromyko BLR
  2. Irina Turets BLR
  3. Tatjana Avdonina BLR

World Cable Championships Open Mens jump

  1. Manfred Hintringer AUT
  2. Daniel Resl CZE
  3. Jochen Luers GER

World Cable Championships Open Ladies jump

  1. Britta Grebe-Llewellyn AUT
  2. Julia Meier-Gromyko BLR
  3. Olga Pavlova BLR

World Cable Championships Open Mens overall

  1. Alexei Zernossek BLR
  2. Andreas Pape GER
  3. Michael Mader GER

World Cable Championships Open Ladies overall

  1. Julia Meier-Gromyko BLR
  2. Irina Turets BLR
  3. Olga Pavlova BLR

Full Final Results

03Sept00 World Cable report by Vern Oberg.


02Sept00 Events 2/3 September 2000

British Masters.

World Cableski Championships 2000

Saturdays Results

30Aug00 Important message for all IWSF member federations.



29Aug00 2000 World Barefoot Championships Results

World Barefoot Championships Open Mens overall

  1. Ron Scarpa USA
  2. Keith St Onge USA
  3. Lane "Dawg" Bowers USA

World Barefoot Championships Open Ladies overall

  1. Nadine De Villiers RSA
  2. Rachel George USA
  3. Gizella Halasz AUS

World Barefoot Championships Open Mens slalom

  1. Jason Lee USA 19.1
  2. Jon Kretchman USA 18.5
  3. Ron Scarpa USA 17.8

World Barefoot Championships Open Ladies slalom

  1. Nadine De Villiers RSA 14.5
  2. Rachel George USA 13.2
  3. Desmene Fielding AUS 12.7

World Barefoot Championships Open Mens tricks

  1. Ron Scarpa USA 6140
  2. Lane "Dawg" Bowers USA 5740
  3. Brett Sands AUS 5520

World Barefoot Championships Open Ladies tricks

  1. Nadine De Villiers RSA 2420
  2. Rachel George USA 2110
  3. Katie Begell USA 1660

World Barefoot Championships Open Mens jump

  1. Ron Scarpa USA 25.5m
  2. Lane "Dawg" Bowers USA 25.4m
  3. Massimiliano Colosio ITA 25.1m

World Barefoot Championships Open Ladies jump

  1. Nadine De Villiers RSA 18.8m
  2. Elisa Valerio ITA 13.2m
  3. Rachel George USA 12.7m

28Aug00 The European Cableski Championships 2000 in Langenfeld Germany.

Despite the bad wheater, fantastic results were skied at the finals of the European Cableski Championships 2000 in Langenfeld Germany.
The favourite in the Mens Tricks, Aliaksei Zernosek BLR, won with a score of 10,020 Points. This is the first time that the 10,000 points barrier has been broken in Cableski. Not effected by the rain, Lisa Adams GBR skied a new world record in Womens Slalom with 3 buoys at the 10.75 meter rope.

Slalom full Results
Tricks full Results
Jump full Results
Overall full Results
Team full Results

27Aug00 The Italian Masters, Andy Mapple GBR and Kristi Overton Johnson USA win in the slalom finals.
Toni Neville AUS jumps 49.8m to win the ladies final.

27Aug00 The 2000 World Barefoot Waterski Championships from Fergus Falls, Minnesota.

Up to date reports on the event web site.

26Aug00 The Italian Masters, Andy Mapple GBR and Kristi Overton Johnson USA lead going into the slalom finals

23Aug00 IWSF Press Release - Athens - International Media show intense interest in the Olympic bid of the IWSF and the Greek Water Ski Federation


IWSF Secretary General Graziano Tognala (2nd from left) and Depy Papadimitriou, Greek Federation President (3rd from left) meet the press
The assembeled International Media at the joint IWSF/Greek Federation press conference

23Aug00 IWSF Press Release - Technical Information for the 2000 Wakeboard World Championships

21Aug00 An important message for all Wakeboard Riders from Jean-Claude Durousseaud, Chairman World Wakeboard Council - IWSF

19Aug00 Wakeboard World Championships Message to Federations and Riders

19Aug00 Entry Deadline of World Wakeboard Championships extended to Sept. 9

18Aug00 US Nationals Current Scorebook from USAWaterski

17Aug00 US Nationals Stories and Results on WorldSport.com

17Aug00 European (EAME) Under 21 Results now available from Recetto, Italy

14Aug00 European Cable Tour Finals in Havirov

08Aug00 Final Results and pictures from Moscow and the European Championships

Check this link for all results


EAME Championships Women Jump

  1. LLEWELLYN Britta Grebe AUT
  2. ANDRIOPOULOU Angeliki GRE
  3. MOSTI Marina ITA


EAME Championships Men Jump

  1. DUVERGER Christopher FRA
  2. VOUK Markus AUT
  3. SEELS Jason GBR

The winning team, the first ever from Belarus


Pictured are Olga Pavlova, Irina Tourets, Aleksei Zernosek, Oleg Deviatovski and Natalia Berdnikova.

07Aug00 Jaret Llewellyn CAN sets new World Overall record at Western Canadian Championships

His scores in round 1 were
Jump 66.8 Meters
Slalom - 3 at 11.25 meters
Trick - 10740
The overall score for these performances is 2676.98, less than a point higher than Patrice Martin's record of 2676.19.

07Aug00 European Championships Overall Winners

EAME Championships Women Overall

  1. AMADE Anais FRA
  2. MOSTI Marina ITA
  3. GATTY SAUNT Sarah GBR

EAME Championships Men Overall

  1. DEVIATOVSKI Oleg BLR
  2. ASHER Thomas GBR
  3. BUZZOTTA Patrizio ITA

06Aug00 European Championships Results are available on a daily basis here

 Check this link for results from all major tournaments world-wide

06Aug00 European Championships winners

EAME Championships Team Overall

  1. Belarus
  2. France
  3. Italy


EAME Championships Women Slalom

  1. JAMIN Geraldine FRA
  2. GATTY SAUNT Sarah GBR
  3. REINSTALLER Irene ITA


EAME Championships Women Figures

  1. SAVIN Frederique FRA
  2. BASINSKAYA Marina BLR
  3. MOSTI Marina ITA


EAME Championships Men Slalom

  1. CAMPBELL Glenn GBR
  2. ASHER William GBR
  3. MARTIN Patrice FRA

EAME Championships Men Figures

  1. LE FORESTIER Nicolas FRA
  2. ZERNOSEK Aleksei BLR
  3. DEVIATOVSKI Oleg BLR

04Aug00 European Championships Results are available on a daily basis here

 Check this link for results from all major tournaments world-wide

Opening Ceremony in Moscow for the 2000 European (EAME) Championships


Dignitaries of the 2000 European Championships
From left to right:
Kuno Ritschard, President of the IWSF Region EAME
Lev Kofman, Chairman of the Moscow Sport Committee
Pavel Rozhkov, Minister of Sport of Russia
Victor Volokovh, Vice-Presiedent Russian Water Ski Federation
Harry de Laat, Chief Judge
Alexey Elchinov, Director of Olympic Rowing Channel

02Aug00 World Wakeboard Championships web site is now available

02Aug00 European Wakeboard tour information web site

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