It has been an extraordinary Friday and Saturday here in Mandurah, Western Australia. Following a very impressive Press Conference with live TV cover and a wonderful Opening Ceremony featuring the Traditional Owners, athletes from 21 countries battled for Finals places. The Riders still have a phase to complete tomorrow morning, Sunday. For the Jumpers is was a different matter !

A tropical cyclone hit the coast north of Perth on Friday. This impacted the Waterski Jump conditions. The courage of eight women was tested but they impressed all with some truly gutsy performances. Jacinta Carroll AUS continued her winning ways with 48.8m to come out on top. Next came Natallia Berdnikava BLR 46.6m, Jutta Menistrina FIN 46.1m, and June Fladborg Asher DEN 46.6. As the top four, they now go to the Sunday Finals.

With the 43rd Waterski & Wakeboard World Cup Stop scheduled for this weekend in the beautiful Indian Ocean City of Mandurah in Western Australia, approaching weather systems are causing some concerns. Only once in it’s successful history has the International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation (IWWF) had to alter it’s World Cup programme. That was in Changshu China almost ten years ago ! The weekend Action Sports Games activities will also include FMX, BMX, Scooter and Skate.

With thunderstorms and rain forecasted for this coming Saturday and Sunday, one option being considered is to bring forward part of the World Cup schedule to Friday, March 13th. Temperatures are set to drop from 33C to 25C. An announcement is expected shortly. The Official Opening Ceremony is scheduled for 18.30hrs onsite on Friday. This will be attended by Hon Dr Kim Hames, MLA, Deputy Premier and Minister for Health and Tourism, the City of Mandurah Mayor Marina Vergone and many other dignatories.

Waterski and Wakeboard athletes from 21 countries will take part, including Argentina, Australia, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, France, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, Thailand and USA. Following their gold medal successes in last weekend’s Moomba Masters in Melbourne, the entry will include Freddy Krueger USA, Jacinta Carroll AUS and Harley Clifford AUS. Krueger and Carroll took the Waterski Jump titles in Melbourne and Clifford the Wakeboard title. All will push hard to make it two major successes in a row, weather permitting. As it happens, all three will also defend their 2014 Mandurah World Cup titles this weekend. Raimi Merritt USA will also take part as the Mandurah Wakeboard 2014 defending champion.

Mastercraft have provided the competition boats and support services for all 42 World Cup Stops to date and will do so once again this weekend.

The provisional World Cup timetable still stands till further notice :

FRIDAY

07.00 – 14.30  Official Practice

SATURDAY

09.15 – 13.45  Semi-Finals Men & Women Jump

13.45 – 16.15  Quarter-Finals Men Wakeboard

16.15 – 17.45  LCQ Wakeboard Women

18.00 – 18.30  Show Ski WA Display

SUNDAY

08.30 – 10.30  LCQ Wakeboard Men

10.30 – 11.20  Final Women Jump

11.30 – 12.30  Final Men Jump

12.30 – 14.30  Semi-Finals Wakeboard Men

14.30 – 15.30  Finals Wakeboard Women

15.30 – 16.30  Finals Wakeboard Men

17.00 – 17.30  Award Presentations

#MandurahWorldCup

#ActionSportsGames

Live scores will be available throughout at : http://www.iwwfed-ea.org/classic/competitions/2014

Website : WaterskiandWakeboardWorldCup.com

Website : www.IWWFED.com

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/IWWFED?ref=hl

This is just a sample of the quality field of Waterski Jumpers  heading for Australia.

Many will first take on the challenge of the Moomba Masters in Melbourne

and then head straight for the first WORLD CUP STOP of 2015

in the beautiful City of Mandurah in Western Australia

#MandurahWorldCup

#ActionSportsGames

WATCH OUT FOR PHOTOS AND REPORTS RIGHT HERE

This is just a sample of the quality field of Wakeboard Stars heading right now for Australia.

Many will first take on the challenge of the Moomba Masters in Melbourne

and then head straight for the first WORLD CUP STOP of 2015

in the beautiful City of Mandurah in Western Australia

#MandurahWorldCup

#ActionSportsGames

WATCH OUT FOR PHOTOS AND REPORTS RIGHT HERE

#ActionSportsGames

At this time, our very best  World Cup RIDERS and WATERSKI JUMPERS are packing their bags for the journey to the beautiful City of Mandurah ! Some will also compete in Melbourne’s Moomba Masters on the previous weekend. ‘Located right on the pristine shores of the Indian Ocean and a short drive south of Perth in Western Australia, our athletes will share the water with the local Dolphins and Pelicans and they may even drop by to watch the action. Last year, Dolphins came right in to share in the competition area !

The #MandurahWorldCup and #ActionSportsGames Timetable is a hectic one. Somehow, we must also squeeze in a major Press Conference near Perth. Last year, this was covered in Prime Time TV and hopefully this will again ensure that the 100,000 plus spectators will return to share in the fun. The Channel 7 Crab Fest will also boost the numbers on site over the holiday weekend.

FRIDAY MARCH 13th

07.00 – 14.30 – Practice – JUMP & WAKEBOARD

SATURDAY MARCH 14th

08.00 – 09.15 – Semi-Finals – WOMEN JUMP

09.15 – 11.15 – Semi-Finals – WOMEN WAKEBOARD

11.15 – 13.45 – Semi-Finals – MEN JUMP

13.45 – 16.15 – Quarter Finals – MEN WAKEBOARD

16.15 – 17.45 – LCQ – WOMEN WAKEBOARD

18.00 – 18.30 – SHOW SKI WA

SUNDAY MARCH 15th

08.30 – 10.30 – LCQ – MEN WAKEBOARD

10.30 – 11.20 – Jump Finals – WOMEN JUMP

11.30 – 12.30 – Jump Finals – MEN JUMP

12.30 – 14.30 – Semi-Finals – MEN WAKEBOARD

14.30 – 15.30 – Finals – WOMEN WAKEBOARD

15.30 – 15.30 – Finals – MEN WAKEBOARD

16.00 – 16.30 – Double-Up Comopetition

17.00hrs – AWARD CEREMONY – JUMP – WAKEBOARD – BMX – SKATE

Looks like a USA v Australia showdown at the first 2015 World Cup Stop!      

The success of the annual Action Sports Games in Mandurah Western Australia has attracted huge global TV audiences since the arrival of the World Cup Series there three years ago. With 986 hours of global Airtime achieved last year in 88 countries for the edited World Cup TV show, Mandurah will once again present the best Waterski Jumpers and Wakeboarders to over 100,000 spectators on site on March 14/15. This might just push the TV Airtime to over 1,000 hours for the first time ever?

This year, there will be three action packed zones at this pristine Mandurah site just south of Perth on the shores of the Indian Ocean. These will cover Wakeboard and Waterski in the Watersport zone, plus special zones for FMX and Skate/BMX.

World Waterski Jump Champions Freddy Krueger (USA) and Jacinta Carroll (AUS) will join World Wakeboard Champions Harley Clifford (AUS) and Raimi Merritt (USA) at this 43rd World Cup Stop of the Series. This has all the appearance of being a spectacular Australia v USA battle for World Cup honors.

Freddy Krueger will certainly be stretched all the way by Canada’s Ryan Dodd and Russia’s Igor Morozov. Since 1999, Krueger has broken the World Jump Record an extraordinary nine times. So far, he has proven to be almost unbeatable.  World Jump Champion Jacinta Carroll will have the advantage of the huge home crowd on her side. However, Natallia Berdnikava BLR has broken the World Jump Record three times since 2011 alone. She will desperately want to get her 2015 World Cup season off to a flying start. Finland’s Jutta Lammi is the dark horse this year and both Carroll and Berdnikava will definitely be on their guard!

Wakeboard superstar Harley Clifford, much like Freddy Krueger, is also almost unbeatable. As both World Cup and World Wakeboard Champion, he will want to retain his coveted Mandurah title. The threats are most likely to come from Japan’s Shota Tezuka and fellow Australian Tony Iacconi. All have trained hard in preparation for this showdown. Raimi Merritt (USA) has already won nine World Cup titles to date, going back to her first in 2008 in Egypt. She has to be the Mandurah hot favorite right now. However, Australia’s Bec Gange took the 2013 World Cup title here and will be loaded with confidence. Watch out also for Carro Djupsjo (SWE) and Nicola Butler (USA) who have that extra star quality.

For #MandurahWorldCup & #ActionSportsGames updates throughout, check out the following :

Websites :
WaterskiandWakeboardWorldCup.com

http://actionsportsgames.com.au/
www.IWWFED.com

Facebook :
www.facebook.com/IWWFED?fref=ts
www.facebook.com/groups/23150062671/?fref=ts
www.facebook.com/actionsportsgames1?fref=ts

PLEASE NOTE : LANGKAWI MALAYSIA MOVED TO 2016

With WORLD CUP number 43 just a few weeks away in the beautiful City of Mandurah in Western Australia #MandurahWorldCup and #ActionSportsGames, this is the start of a very exciting adventure which is heading our way this year. Who knows, we may even reach the magical 50 Stops mark very soon and that will be a really historical “first” for our sport as far as global events are concerned.

Here are the confirmed #WORLDCUP Stops as of February 10th 2015 – and we may even see more as we move ahead !

It is also great this year to see the fantastic mix of events – Wakeboard, Slalom, Shortboard, Jump, Cable Slalom, Cable Tricks and Cable Jump, and Cable Wakeboard.

Watch out for some interesting action Photo Albums on our Facebook Page :

https://www.facebook.com/IWWFED?fref=ts

The final line-up of IWWF Jumpers will be confirmed in the coming days and don’t forget to check in here for all the updates.

However, we do know who made it all the way to the WORLD CUP Podium last year at #MandurahWorldCup & #ActionSportsGames and it looks like all will return once again to defend their coveted titles. The beautiful City of Mandurah on the Indian Ocean shores of Western Australia is a stunning location. Many of our extreme athletes will be coming from colder climates and all our fans will be watching the performances very closely to see who is going to rise to the top this time around. Last year’s WORLD CUP Podium included World Record holder Freddy Krueger USA, Germany’s National Record Holder Bojan Schipner and Russia’s National Record Holder Igor Morozov. There may well be some upsets this year and with hot sunshine of at least 25C and hopefully a nice head breeze, it will not be easy to capture that gold medal during the Finals on March 15th.

 All the focus will be on Australia right from the start this year – and we are almost there !

Last year’s champions will put up an enormous fight to retain their titles – what a special event this is going to be !

Here is the big question – can WORLD CUP Wakeboard Champions Harley Clifford AUS, Cory Teunissen  AUS and Tony Iacconi AUS make it yet another Australian clean sweep this year ?

Incorporating the 43^rd WORLD CUP Stop of the series, Action Sports Games will bring our very best Skiers and Riders back to Western Australia’s magnificent Indian Ocean waters at Mandurah for the fourth time on March 14/15.

Watch out for all the updates – and don’t forget the hashtags 

#MandurahWorkdCup

#ActionSportsGames

Another great #WORLDCUP season is about to begin. It is hard to believe that a total of 42 World Cup Stops have already been completed. What a fantastic adventure this has been with so many outstanding performances by our Skiers and Riders in so many exotic and exciting locations.  With our first 2015 #WORLDCUP Stop scheduled for March 14/15, #MandurahWorldCup will lead the way. Watch out for all the updates on this soon.

NOW IT IS TIME FOR OUR ATHLETES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE COMPLETED THEIR OFFICIAL REGISTRATION

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