SKYSPORTS ANNOUNCE PUTRAJAYA VIEWING DATES Here are the TV viewing times for all our World Cup fans in Western Europe. This TV Special is distributed to over 200 million viewers. It is non-stop action for the full 26 minutes – so turn off your Mobile, get a cup of coffee ready and enjoy all the thrills of Putrajaya Malaysia, the 25th World Cup Stop in the series. When you see this, you will want to book a vacation to Putrajaya – just 20 minutes from Kuala Lumpur, and if we are invited to return with our World Cup again in 2009, you could make that your time to be there ! World Cup Stars 03/12/08            22.00-23.00     Sky Sports 3 04/12/08            08.00-09.00     Sky Sports 2 04/12/08            12.00-13.00    ...

CONGRATULATIONS TO KARINA NOWLAN The IWSF Tournament Council has approved World Cup star Karina Nowlan’s performance at Diablo Shores USA as an official tie of the Ladies World Slalom Record Karina with the World Cup stars in Dubna Russia Karina Nowlan AUS showed at Junior level that she had all the stuff of champions. Her World Cup performances have shown clearly that she is one to watch very closely in the years ahead. Here you can see her enjoying the Finalists MasterCraft spectator boat pass opportunity at the World Cup Stop in Dubna Russia last July – with the most talented Ladies World Cup Slalom stars of the 2008 season. Karina’s score this Summer of 1 buoy on the very short 10.25m line tied with that of Kristi Overton‘s World Record which was set at...

We all know that the YouTube audience is enormous and growing. Some weird topics attract huge numbers of viewers. One Video clip uploaded in 2006 has so far attracted 8,490,350 fans. The subject was – World Record For Wearing The Most T-Shirts.  More serious items sometimes attract less than 100. All take some time to reach the higher numbers. We thought that you might like to see where some Waterski Video clips rank on the viewers scale. Over the past few weeks, we have uploaded clips from our current World Cup series and they are already building up some interesting numbers. We will monitor those over the coming months to see what happens. Freddy and Ageliki Here is a random list of events and the numbers who watched the YouTube Video clips : Freddy Krueger USA –...

FRANCE GREECE GREAT BRITAIN AND USA PROVIDE SEASON OVERALL WINNERS DECLARED TODAY FOR WATERSKI AND WAKEBOARD WORLD CUP SERIES 2008 world cup logo It has been another challenging and exciting 2008 season for the Waterski and Wakeboard World Cup Skiers and Riders. Having celebrated the 26th successful World Cup Stop and final of the 2008 series in Doha, Qatar, last weekend,  the International Water Ski Federation (IWSF) released the overall season points scores today.  MasterCraft have been the official competition boat suppliers at all 26 Stops to date. Rising to the top in this World Cup series was the ultimate competitors test. On a journey which included Dubna in Russia, Hacienda Bay in Egypt, Marina Bay in Singapore, Putrajaya Lake in Malaysia and Doha in Qatar, this tested...

Listen to World Cup star Freddy Krueger USA telling us all about his new pending WORLD JUMP RECORD and some other interesting insights …… just click on our new featured Video clip right here.

Here is a great chance to hear from two of our greatest World Cup Stars – who also happen to be the two current WORLD JUMP CHAMPIONS. We shot an interview with both Freddy Krueger USA and Ageliki Andriopoulou GRE a few days ago at our World Cup Stop in Putrajaya Malaysia. NOW YOU CAN HEAR IT FOR YOURSELF AND ALSO ENJOY SOME OF OUR WORLD CUP JUMP HIGHLIGHTS AT THE SAME TIME. Just click on the Home Page Video Screen right here ….. World Cup Jump stars - Freddy Krueger USA and Ageliki Andriopou GRE

MAJOR SURPRISES AT LAST WORLD CUP STOP OF 2008 IN DOHA The venue for this last Waterski and Wakeboard World Cup Stop of the 2008 season was a man-made saltwater canal at the exclusive Doha Diplomatic Club in Qatar. Clear blue skies and a comfortable 29C air temperature made it perfect for this final World Cup Stop of the season. Doha Qatar in the Arabian Gulf has a skyline which says it all. Breathtaking skyscrapers seem to appear over night – and each tries to outdo the other for grandeur. The nearby Aspire Dome houses 30 sports arenas and is the largest of its kind in the world. Claire Lise Welter FRA sensation The hectic World Cup global tour of 2008 included Dubna Russia, Hacienda Bay Egypt, Marina Bay Singapore, Putrajaya Malaysia and finally the Diplomatic Club in Doha...

Pro Men – World Cup 2008 Prelims Heat 1 (top 2 advance to semi-finals) 1 Harley Clifford        AUS 13 70.77 2 Jeff Weatherall         NZL 4 62.99 3 Chad Sharpe             CAN 5 58.01 4 Michael Timmers      NED 12 49.47 Heat 2 (top 2 advance to semi-finals) 1 Andrew Adkison       USA 3 58.22 2 Dan Nott                  GBR 6 47.34 3 Giulliano Molli            ITA 11 43.58 4 Quentin Deleafortrie   BEL 14 16.89 Heat 3 (top 2 advance to semi-finals) 1 Dean Smith              AUS 7 60.67 2 Nick Davies             GBR 2 48.56 3 Marc Rossiter          GBR 15 45.13 4 Jarrod Askew           AUS 10 42.99 Heat 4 (top 2 advance to semi-finals) 1 Phillip Soven           ...

The Waterski and Wakeboard World Cup series is now celebrating its 26th Stop. The Doha Stop was one of the very first when this World Cup Series began. This time, it is the last Stop of the 2008 season. Finishing in perfect weather with just a slight tail breeze in the Slalom / Shortboard / Wakeboard courses has added a little extra challenge to all the Skiers and Riders. This made today, Semi-Finals day, a really fascinating one with all kinds of surprises from 09.00hrs this morning. It is now 3.45pm on Friday as we begin this report. Here is an update after Shortboard / Tricks. Watch out for the Wakeboard details later as they will continue till sunset tonight. In Ladies Tricks, the star of the show today was Maria Camila Linares. She scored a new Personal Best of 8060 points. Ageliki...

DOHA QATAR  TIMETABLE  FOR LAST 2008 STOP OF WATERSKI  AND WAKEBOARD  WORLD CUP SERIES Apologies to all our World Cup fans as we will not have a Webcast this weekend. Access to an onsite  Broadband connection is the major challenge at some locations ! Competitors from 15 countries used the practice time available today in Doha Qatar to prepare for the Friday and Saturday final Waterski and Wakeboard World Cup Stop of the season. In perfect weather 28C conditions under clear blue Gulf skies, the competition MasterCraft boat was launched at 09.00hrs and practice continued till 17.00hrs as the sun set behind the spectacular and every changing Doha skyline. Spectacular Qatar Skyline Those athletes on the warm emerald green Diplomatic Club Canal World Cup site today included Chris...