Headline News Jan 1, 2001 to July 7, 2001

Nicolas Le Forestier

07Jul01 Nicolas Le Forestier FRA sets pending World Trick record of 12220 points at the French Masters in Lacanau

Elena Milakova

02Jul01 Elena Milakova RUS jump and overall World Records at the McCormick International in Sefner, FL are approved by the Tournament Council

Elena posted a 53.3 m (175 ft) jump for the record along with 7320 points in tricks and 2@12.0m for an overall performance of 2683.00 points in the 2nd round. (note typo correction)

13Jun01 CableWakeboard World Championships Bulletin No. 2

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31May01 World Barefoot Championships Information Bulletin

29May01 Emma Sheers AUS ties her own World Ski Fly Record at the Masters

The record of 66.6m (219ft) was set by Emma and Toni Neville AUS last year at the America's Cup

29May01 IWSF Press Release - 2001 World Championships announcement by IWSF President Andres Botero

21May01 IWSF Press Release - 2001 World Cup cancellation announced

21May01 Patrice Martin FRA sets new World Overall Record of 2741.75 points at Travers' Sunset Cup

Patrice slalomed 4@10.75m, tricked 11550 points, and jumped 62.5m (205) in the first round. The record was declared official by the Chief Judge and the homologator after a full on site review.

14May01 IWSF Press Release - 2001 World Cup still not finalized

11May01 IWSF Press Release Barefoot World Championships Update



Traditional World Championships site in Barcelona

11May01 IWSF Press Release World Championships information


Chief Officials appointed by IWSF

04May01 IWSF Press Release Barefoot World Championships awarded to New Zealand

03May01 Video of Elena Milakova's pending record jump - 1.6MB

03May01 IWSF Tournament Council announces change of policy on trick timing

The IWSF TC has reviewed its policy statement in Rule 15.12 that required the use of Video Trick Timing for L and R tournaments for 2001. The TC has changed this policy so that video trick timing is only required in R tournaments for 2001 and L and R for 2002. This change was requested in order to give more time to organizers and homologators to get the requried technology in place.

02May01 Elena Milakova RUS sets pending jump and overall World Records at the McCormick International in Sefner, FL

Elena posted a 53.3 m (175 ft) jump for the record along with 7320 points in tricks and 2@12.0m for an overall performance of 2683.00 points in the 2nd round.

16Apr01 Latin American Championships a huge success

Sunny Brazil hosts top Latin American skiers in nine divisions.

Marcos Figueiredo (Bra) winner of the Men Seniors 1 Division

Open Division Results

Open Men Slalom

  1. JAVIER JULIO ARG
  2. ARTURO NELSON MEX
  3. MARCOS FIGUEIREDO BRA

Open Women Slalom

  1. MARIANA RAMIREZ MEX
  2. MARIA LUISA BOTERO COL
  3. VERONICA VINUALES ARG

Open Men Tricks

  1. JORGE IGNACIO RENOSTO ARG
  2. JAVIER JULIO ARG
  3. ADAN BOTANA ARG

Open Women Tricks

  1. LORENA BOTANA ARG
  2. MARIANA RAMIREZ MEX
  3. MARGARITA DELGADO COL

Open Men Jump

  1. FRANCISCO MIRANDA CHI
  2. JAVIER JULIO ARG
  3. MARTIN LOPEZ ARG

Open Women Jump

  1. MARIA LUISA BOTERO COL
All Results Excel Spreadsheet

05Apr01 IWSF Environmental Handbook now on-line

03Apr01 World Cable Wakeboard Championships Bulletin #1

02Apr01 2001 Racing Rules now available

30Mar01 Official IWSF 2001 World Calendar is now available

29Mar01 2001 World Wakeboard Championships unveils its official web site


25Mar01 World Disabled Championships won by Great Britain

The tournament was hampered by bad weather. The jump finals had to be cancelled due to wind.

World Disabled Team Placement

  1. Great Britain
  2. USA
  3. Australia

Feature story courtesy of PlanetWaterSki.com

Preliminary results courtesy of USAWaterski

24Mar01 Nadine de Villiers, World Barefoot Champion, receives Presidential Award


Nadine de Villiers receiving the South African Presidential Sport Award during a State Banquet last night. She was one of six top sporting persons in South Africa to receive that medal from the President (Mr Mbeki) and the Minister of Sport (Mr Balfour).

18Mar01 Final World Ranking List is published

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09Mar01 Akita World Games Information is now available

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09Mar01 Latin American Championships to be held in Brazil April 12-15

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18Feb01 Preliminary World Ranking List reissued with corrections

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10Feb01 IWSF Cableski Rules Released by Juergen Pitz, Chairman World Cableski Council


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04Feb01 Preliminary Ski Fly World Ranking Released

Ski Flying

01Feb01 Preliminary World Ranking List is now available

This starts the 30 day period for acceptance of corrections. All information should be emailed to Bob Corson, Ranking List Chairman

Note: Reissued to include Canadian Results

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28Jan01 Final IWSF Tournament Rulebook Released

24Jan01 Important Notice - World Cup Stops in Chile and Peru have been cancelled

Organizers were unable to meet the deadline for the purse guarantee.

15Jan01 1999 World Championships Video Announcement

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