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archived news from June 1999


27th June 2000 Next event up on the IWSF World Cup is The French Masters from Lacanau on 1 - 2 July. This is the bulletin issued by IWSF.

Cable World Championships

27th June 2000 The International Qualifying Event in Amberg saw further records fall in Jesper Cassoe from Denmark with 66.4m, 30 cm beyond the current European jump record of Steffen Wild. full results

26th June 2000 The Mastercraft British Tour from Castle, 65.0m for Jason Seels and a new British trick record with a score of 9490 points. full results

26th June 2000 The US Open saw another round winner in Jamie Beauchesne scoring 3@10.25 just beating Wade Cox with 1@10.25. Andy Mapple (5@10.75) managed 3rd spot.
Kristi Overton walked the ladies final with 2@10.75 leaving Natalie Hamrick in 2nd only managing 4.5@11.25.
The mens jump final didnt see any further jumps, but Freddy Krueger lead the pack on 68.4m in front of Jaret Llewellyn (66.9m) and Scot Ellis (65.6m)
$ 25 000 went to Toni Neville in the ladies jump final with 52.8m, a new pending world record. Both Emma Sheers (52.5m) and Britta Llewellyn (52.4m) put in jumps worthy of the money for 2nd and 3rd.

You can see the full results on the US Open web site or have a look at the Ski Fly message board, interesting comments.


US Open

24th June 2000 The Mastercraft British Tour from Castle is graces with the longest jump ever in the UK and the new pending trick record from Jason Seels.

24th June 2000 With all that money available the US Open has everybody skiing to order. Scot Ellis flys very close to Jarets record with 70.1m (230ft), with Jaret having none of it and pulling off a 69.5m (228ft) himself.

Kristi Overton tops the ladies with 2 @ 10.75m and Chris Parish with 2 @ 10.25 leads Andy Mapple and Wade Cox on 1 @ 10.25m. All this and Sundays final still to come.


23rd June 2000 3 big events this weekend, the first is the big money US Open from Sacramento, the second is the 3rd stop of the Mastercraft British Tour from Castle and the Third is the Bavarian International from Germany.

20th June 2000 Detroit brings an end to the US Pro Tour for 3 weeks while we are graced with the IWSF World Cup for 4 Stops.
Sacramento sees the first with the US Open next week end on the 24th - 25th June.
Then its into Europe for the French Master July 1st - 2nd at Lacanau, the venue for Jarets current jump record.
An extra stop during the week in Italy at Recatto on July 4th - 5th and then the Play Station Austrian Masters at Lendorf on 8th - 9th of July.


19th June 2000 US Pro Tour from Detroit witnessed another change in the jump event with Scot Ellis taking the final with 64.9m (213 ft) ahead of Freddy Kruegers 64.2m (211 ft).
The slalom final was a close thing with Andy Mapple, Wade Cox and Jamie Beauchesne all scoring 3 @ 10.75. Mapple held his nerve to win the run off scoring 2 @ 10.75 to increase his tour points lead to 112 over Chris Parrish.
Kristi Overton Johnson was top of the ladies with 3 @ 11m Click to see all the details

18th June 2000 Top class skiing from the best of the brits. The second round of the Mastercraft British Tour from Gosfield Lake saw Jason Seels jump 64.1m and wonder boy Will Asher get 2@10.75m Click for results

15th June 2000 Again we have action on both sides of the Atlantic with the Pro Waterski Tour from Detroit and the Mastercraft British Tour from Gosfield Lakes in Essex UK.
Those of you in the UK, make sure you get along to Gosfield early on Saturday as they have 2 rounds of slalom planned. Come and watch the British skiers on the 10.75m line!!


13th June 2000 Cory Pickos has had his new world record confirmed by IWSF. 11 920 set at the Mother's Day tournament in Mulberry Florida is the new world trick record.

12th June 2000 Water Ski World goes from strength to strength. Just a quick note to say thanks to all our visitors, during April the site hit the 1500 visitors per month mark. Our stats for May show that we are now receiving over 2000 visitors per month, thanks again.

11th June 2000 US Pro Tour Final results just in. A return to form for Ryan Fitts putting in a winning 67.1m (220ft) ahead of Freddy Krueger with 65.5m (215ft).
Mapple stamping his mark again 4 @ 10.75 (39 off) in front of the Hartford crowd with Jamie Beauchesne and Chris Parrish both on 2.5 @ 10.75.
Emma Sheers almost takes the double with a second place slalom score of 3.25 @ 11m (38 off) behind Kristi Overton with 4.5 and her winning jump of 48.8m (160ft) just 2 ft more than Toni Neville.
Click to see all the details


10th June 2000 The Mastercraft British Tour from Tallington Lakes shows that you dont need to go to the States to see slalom skiing on the 10.75m line and jumps over 60m Click for results

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Pro Water Ski Tour

6th June 2000 This weekend sees action on both side of the Atlantic with the US Pro Tour stop at Hartford and now the suns in the UK, The MasterCraft British Tour.

This year the MasterCraft British Tour has 4 stops, this weekend it starts off at Tallington Lakes. The other site are at Gosfield Lake, Castle and John Battleday Water Ski at Reading.

This tour will see the return of the top British skiers including US Masters overall Champion Sarah Gatty-Saunt, 4th place overall at the World Championships Jason Seels and our top slalom skiers Jodi Fisher, Glen Campbell and Matt Southam.


5th June 2000 US Pro Water Ski Tour in Oklahoma City. Low scoring by the regulars allows Jimmy Siemers to lift the jump title with 60m (197 ft), Freddy and Curtis followed with a few feet less.
Slalom saw a return to the top for Carl Roberge scoring 3 buoys on the 10.75m line (39'off). Mapple did enough to retain his tour lead with half a buoy less. Full results and write up on the Pro Tour site.


4th June 2000 We are currently developing PlanetWaterski on your Internet Phone. This is the latest technology to hit the mobile phone world. We are looking for people to assist us in this development. If you have an Internet phone (WAP enabled) and would be willing to assist us in viewing our site email us.

3rd June 2000 US Pro Water Ski Tour in Oklahoma City. Sundays finalists so far include the youngster Jimmy Siemers leading the mens jump with 61.7m (202 ft) followed by Jaret with 61.1m (200ft) and the remainder of the regulars with jumps all under 200ft.
Ben Favret is top of the slalom qualifiers with 3 @ 10.75m, close behind are Britians Andy Mapple with 2.5 @ 10.75 and Kris LaPoint 2 @ 10.75.


3rd June 2000 Rooye Plas Masters 2000 12 & 13 August. Rooye Plas Masters is getting bigger every year and a lot of skiers have already made a reservation. This year they will also have wakeboarding on the program.
Rooye Plas is the place to break your personal records, great conditions, RC Homologation and the chance to win cash. full details


2nd June 2000 Design Suite anounce the British Masters web site now on line.

2nd June 2000 Barefootcentral.com issue The Deepwater Challenge. Visit their site to see if you are up to it!!

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