24th April 2006 McCormick Record Great start to the season by Freddy Krueger, straight in with a 70m + jump to secure top placing with 71.1m (233ft) second and third went to Kyle Eade 63.7m and Sebastien Dipasqua 62.2m. Mens slalom saw Drew Ross set the best score of 2.00 @ 10.25m from Chris Parish 1.50 @ 10.25 and Aaron Larkin with 6.00 @ 10.75m In ladies jump we had June Fladborg with 49.4m (162ft) and in slalom Karen Truelove with 5.00 @ 11.25m There was also an impressive overall display by Whitney McClintock with 1.00 @ 11.25m, 6870 points and 40.8m Click here for all the results and scores. 22nd April 2006 2006 Waterski World Cup - Bay of Doha, Qatar Jimmy Siemers progressed from the final to the two skier super final with a score of 8700 points along with with Richard Abelson. Jimmy held on to win the event by 200 points from Richard. The ladied top 3 were only separated by 200 points with Clementine Lucine finishing on top from Rhoni Barton and Mandy Nightingale. Click on the logo to visit the web site for all the results and scores. 22nd April 2006 Today sees the remainder of the elite skiers over at McCormick ski school for the 3 event two round competition. This includes Chris Parrish, Freddy Krueger and June Fladborg. We will get you the results as soon as they are available. 21st April 2006 World Cup first day completed from Doha, Qatar with the conditions creating an upset. World number one in the mens trick event, Nicolas Le Forestier, failed to make the final. Aliaksei Zharnasek leads the list with 9360 points from Russell Gay with 8760. In the ladies event Mandy Nightingale is in the lead on 7630 points from Michale Briant with 7560 and Clementine Lucine with 7550 Click on the logo to visit the web site. 17th April 2006 Complete list, IWSF World Cup Entries for Doha Qatar. Click here. 16th April 2006 This is the final week before the start of the Fantasywaterski tournament season. Starters need to be on the dock by the 19th April. There is still time to sign up for you squad of skiers. Special offer on at the moment: They are giving away FWS teams for just $5. For the month of April, get a shot at $5,000 in prizes and $100 coupon off a week at Travers Ski School just for signing up!!!! Click on the logo to visit the web site. 15th April 2006 Heading for Doha over the weekend of April 20th - 22nd for the trick event only are World Champion Mandy Nightingale (USA), the World Overall Record Holder Clementine Lucine (FRA), Australian sensation Michale Briant, Greek World Jump Champion Ageliki Andriopoulou and that great "overaller" from the USA, Rhoni Barton. Nightingale has held the number one Elite ranking spot every year since 2003. However, the new kids on the block could rock the boat this year. Watch out for those youngsters Michale Briant (AUS), Danyelle Bennett (USA) and Whitney McClintock (CAN). Both Briant and Bennett will be there with the big guns in Qatar for the first Stop of the 2006 World Cup. Andriopoulou is also on a roll in shooting up from 9th Rank last year to 5th at this point. Her Gold Medal in Jump in the World Championships will no doubt give the confidence a great boost. The Men tricks line-up for the World Cup is also sensational. In the latest IWSF Rankings, nine of the top 10 athletes in the world will compete. Leading the way will be the current World Record holder, Nicolas Le Forestier (FRA). His domination of the Rankings in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 may well continue. Watch out also for Belarus Shortboarder Aliaksei Zharnasek who has moved from number five slot to number three in the past year. His time spent training with Jack Travers in Florida is paying off. The other hot contenders are USA athletes Russell Gay and Jimmy Siemers. Although a little accident prone, Siemers is a natural talent and has made huge IWSF Ranking progress with his move from 11th to 4th in just one year. Click on the logo to visit the web site. 10th April 2006 2006 Backyard Invitational from Sunset Lakes. Click here for the full set of results. 10th April 2006 Unofficial results at the 2006 Backyard Invitational from Sunset Lakes show $3000 going to Angeliki Andriopoulou with an amazing 54.9m (180 ft) What a distance to start the season with! Second place to June Fladborg with 51.2m (168 ft) from Jakalyn Hunter on 50.3m (165 ft) We will get the full set of results posted as soon as they are available. 8th April 2006 Clash of the Titans is now confirmed with The WaterSki Pro Slalom Shootout at the end of this month May 31 and June 1 at Lake Hancock, Winter Garden. Boat Company vs. Boat Company. Champion vs. champion. Man vs. nature. All that drama and more will be packed into the Shootout. We tried to imagine the coolest slalom battle we - and you - could hope to see and then we set it up. The result is a three-event tournament, but with each event all about slalom. Click on the logo for the complete event details. 7th April 2006 This weekends the cash is available at Jacks for the girls in the jump event with the Backyard Invitational. 6th April 2006 The first Stop of the 2006 Waterski & Wakeboard World Cup series kicks off in Doha on April 21/22. Qatar, on the shores of the Persian Gulf, is one of the wealthiest countries in the world. It will again be the centre of global attention in December when it also hosts the 15th Asian Games and has allocated US$2.8 billion to bring the general facilities up to Olympic Games standard. This will all create a perfect backdrop for the Waterski & Wakeboard World Cup.