The British Water Ski squad continued to impress at the French Masters held in Lacanau near Bordeaux, with many podium places and Jason Seels taking the jump title. Sarah Gatty Saunt continued her fine form in slalom this season running the 11 metre pass for the second weekend in succession to qualify in 2nd place for the Sunday women's slalom final. Up against home skier Geraldine Jamin and American Nathalie Hamrick, Gatty Saunt scored 3.50 buoys on the 11.25m line to finish in 3rd place in the final behind Jamin's 4.50 buoys. Hamrick was the only finalist to complete the 11 metre pass in the final posting 1.50 buoys at 10.75m to take the title. Will Asher also continued his impressive record of running the 10.75m pass in competition to qualify in 2nd place for the men's slalom final behind Canadian Drew Ross. After compatriot Glenn Campbell had set a mark of 3.50 buoys at 10.75m Asher again rounded all 6 buoys on the same rope length to set Canadian Ross a total of 2.00 buoys on the next rope length of 10.25m. Ross equalled this to force a run off that put both skiers back on the water at 10.75m, a tough rope length to run straight from the start dock. Asher rounded 4.5 buoys falling just after the 5th buoy which meant the Canadian could ski more conservatively later in the pass to just get back to the wake to score the full 5 buoys to take the title. Campbell's score was enough to place him in 3rd to ensure two British skiers were on the podium. Asher had a great tournament also recording a new personal best in the first round of jump of 62.5 metres and also in tricks of 7,000 points. This put him just ahead of another British skier, Damien Sharman who had already posted a personal best in the overall category in the first round of the event. The only bad news of the weekend was the injury of team hopeful Tanya Niebuhr who damaged her knee ligaments in a hard jump landing. Her previous score of 45.8m had already qualified her for the final where she had been looking forward to renewing her rivalry with compatriot Jacky Hunter, the two have been contesting the British Record which Hunter currently holds at 50.7m. Hunter's 48.7m in the final pushed Marina Mosti (ITA) and June Fladborg (DEN) all the way in a tightly contested womens's jump final which Fladborg edged with 49.1m ahead of Mosti's 49.0m with Hunter in third. In men's jump Switzerland's Sebastian Di Pasqua set the early pace with a jump of 66.7m in a consistent set. In his three jump set Seels left his best to the last picking up plenty of speed into the ramp to gain plenty of lift to post a distance of 67.3m. It was then left to Australia's Ryan Green, who had posted a new personal best of 66.4m in the 1st round to better this but Green could not replicate his Saturday form. Last on the water was Jesper Cassoe who again left it to the last for his best but this was behind Seel's with 66.1m to give the 26 year old Briton the win.