81 athletes from 29 countries competed in the water ski programme, which recently concluded at The World Games 2009, hosted by the city of Kaohiung, Taiwan. This included 25 barefoot skiers, 26 tournament skiers and 30 wakeboard riders.
A huge effort was undertaken by the Kaohsiung Organizing Committee and the Kaohsiung Municipality to convert the scenic […]
3rd August - Calgary, Canada
To comply with the IOC and OCA regional structure the IWSF Executive Board has made the decision assign all Middle Eastern Countries (except Israel) to the AA region from the region EAME.
The Asian Australasian (AA) Confederation will now be known as the Asia, Australasia and Oceania (AAO) Confederation
3rd July 2009 - Singapore
Asia Australasia Confederation President, Paul Fong, and IWSF Vice- President, Max Kirwan, made a presentation on Waterskiing & Wakeboarding during the Olympic Council of Asia’s (OCA) General Assembly in Singapore to promote our sport to the OCA and Asian National Olympic Committee’s […]
The AA Confederation are pleased to announce that a new Men’s Asian Jump
record was set by Min Ji-Hoon (Korea) of 55.2 metres at the 49th Moomba
Masters, Yarra River, Melbourne, Victoria on March 6th, 2009.
The previous record of 54.9m was set by Eum Yoon Young also of Korea in New
Zealand in 2000. Congratulations to Min Ji-Hoon
Tue, 24th Mar 09
Following the hugely successful inaugural IWSF Putrajaya World Cup held last November in Putrajaya’s spankingly modern Water Sports Complex in Precinct 6 Putrajaya, the Malaysian Water Ski Federation (MWSF) has launched the 2009 Malaysian Water Ski & Wakeboard Championship to be held over four rounds at Putrajaya and the Mines resort in […]
Asian Australasian Confederation President, Paul Fong, and IWSF President, Kuno Ritschard, made a presentation on Cable Waterskiing & Wakeboarding during the Olympic Council of Asia’s (OCA) 1st Sports Congress in Kuwait. 315 papers were submitted for presentation during the congress based on various themes including sports science, the role of of women in sports and […]
Held over the period 4-9th March, 2009 the 49th Moomba Masters on the Yarra River in downtown Melbourne was a resounding success. Competitors from Chile, Argentina, USA, Canada, Denmark, France, Mexico, BLR, Japan, Korea, New Zealand and Australia competed for the A$130K in prize money, with some outstanding performances. The results are on the web site www.moombamasters.com.au
200,000 […]
Korea has changed the name of it’s association to the Korea Waterski & Wakeboard Association (KWWA) during its Annual General Meeting held on 29th January 2009. Mr. Lee Jong-Hwi was re-elected its President for for another 4 years.
30th January 2009 - IWSF President, Kuno Ritschard, and AA Confederation President, Paul Fong, visit Indonesia National Olympic Committee to campaign the inclusion of Water Skiing and Wakeboarding into the 2011 South East Asian Games to be held in Indonesia
Mr. Indra Kartasasmita – Vice President of the National Olympic Committee of Indonesia, Mr. Danny Boestami […]
Incheon Asian Games OC Meets IWSF (From Left to Right):-
Mr. Kim Jong Yull (Central Delegate, KWSA), Mr. Chang Sun-Chul(Vice-President, KWSA), Mr. Kim Young-Chul(Head Vice-President, KWSA), Mr. Lee Jong-Hwi (President, KWSA), Mr Ahn Sang-Soo (Mayor, Incheon City), Mr Kuno Ritschard (President, IWSF), Mr. Paul Fong (President, Asian Australasian Confederation), Mr. Lee Young-Dae (President, Incheon Water Ski Association), Mr. Sung Nark-Sin(Director, KWSA)
Photo 2 IWSF Meets KOC […]