NZ Bridge to Bridge Results

The full results from the weekend’s 2007 Rollos Hamilton Bridge to Bridge are now available at the New Zealand Water Ski Racing Association web site or directly here.

Racing Council Casts Votes on Belgium Worlds Bid

America’s Dusty Schulz spent a number of days with Mike Waterman, Vera van den Bossche and others in Belgium last week, inspecting the proposed sites for the 2009 World Water Ski Racing Championships.

NZ Bridge to Bridge Water Ski Classic – 27/28 Oct

Rolloâ€™s Marine Yamaha Outboards Bridge to Bridge Water Ski Classic (www.nz.skirace.net) â€“ the premier water ski event in the country will be held on the 27th and 28th of October. (Weekend after Labour Weekend).

Mike Berry San Francisco Bay Ski Race – 27 Oct

The 2007 Mike Berry San Francisco Bay Ski Race will take place on 27th October and the proceeds will go to Benefit Contra Costa Hospice in memory of Mike Berry.

Dusty Schulz to Inspect Proposed Worlds Sites

At the IWSF World Congress held on Thursday 30 August 2007 in Linz, Austria, the IWSF had received a bid from Belgium for the 2009 World Racing Championships.

2007 Worlds DVD Footage Online

The Worlds DVD has now been well circulated throughout the world but I know that many people still haven’t seen it. Below is a 5 minute extract from this superb production.

Handle Position – another DC tip

Danny Cropper of DC Waterskis writes; your front and back handle position is one of the things that can make it easier or harder to have good skiing technique.

Barrie Beehag Results

Congratulations to Hellrazor on winning another Barrie Beehag in a record time of 23:23.15. with skiers Chris Gelle and Jason Walmsley. It was great to see the crowds on the banks of the river at Deep Creek and along the river enjoying the racing and so many families out enjoying the sport of water ski [...]

H2O Graphics – Ski Racing Artwork

Most people know of the superb ski racing designs of Australia’ Howie Hook. Howie has launched his new h2ographics website where you can read more about his services to skirace and boat race teams around the world.

Torquay GB National Photos

Brad Cannings has provided this link www.photocornwall.co.ukÂ for some great shots taken by PhotoCornwallÂ at the Torquay British national recently.

Grafton Bridge to Bridge Results & New Records

The results from the 2007 Grafton Bridge to Bridge are now available at www.skiracingnsw.com.au where you can see that a collection of records were broken this year.

2007 Worlds DVD Success

Last week I had my first glimpse of the 2007 Worlds DVD. If you haven’t seen it yet, I recommend you take a look.

Notice from Maha Race Skis

Longboard Ski Failure – Written by Bob Maher

Barrie Beehag Ski Race – this weekend on the Murray River

The Victorian Water Ski Racing Fraternity will be turning its attention to the Murray River on Saturday 13th October for the 2007 Barrie Beehag Ski Race.