Chris Gelle’s Bunny Hop

Australia’s Chris Gelle hopped off the Murray at 120mph behind Hellbent whilst on his way to winning the 2008 Mildura 100 outright with Jason Walmsley.

Job Vacancy – British Water Ski Operations Manager

British Water Ski – the governing body of water skiing in Britain, has a new vacancy for the role of OPERATIONS MANAGER.

32nd Catalina – looking back at 1980

Ted Hoffman has just sent me the line up for the 1980 Catalina with yours truly listed as a Junior Boy. The British Water Ski Federation sent an official team to the 32nd Catalina Water Ski Race which was made up of:

Kurt Schoen’s Bunny Hop

America’s Kurt Schoen pulls off a bunny just before Easter at the Parker race this year.

Corbin Heinbuch’s Bunny Hop

Corbin Heinbuch pulling off a bunny hop amongst a gaggle of boats at the 2005 US Nationals/Open. Scott Atkinson of USAWS (USA Waterski) and editor of “The Waterskier” magazine captured the moment.

Stefano Gregorio’s Bunny Hop

Italy’s Stefano Gregorio perms a bunny hop in the early 90′s.

Todd Haig’s Bunny Hops

America’s Todd Haig pulled this bunny out of the hat at the 2006 US Open in San Diego and Daren Van Ryte was captured the action.

Mike Avila & Sam Moss’s Bunny Hops

America’s Mike Avila performs a superb bunny hop on a fun ski a few years ago. Incredibly, it was even after he hurt his arm.

Carlo Cassa’s Bunny Hops

Carlo Cassa on his way to winning the 1998 Catalina Race.

Chris Stout’s Bunny Hop

Aussie Chris Stout pulls his bunny out of the hat and an MPC crew member captures it at the Hawkesbuty 120 race.

HelmetCam by Jeff Barrus & Friends

Great new movie action of Jeff Barrus (from his helmet & boat) as he gets a little workout before Catalina.

Tim Lisens’ Bunny Hop

Tim Lisens of Belgium performs his bunny hop on a canal in 2004. Kevin Malot captured the action.

Darren Kirkland’s Bunny Hop

Darren Kirkland’s Bunny Hop at the Lyme Regis National in 2001. Captured in action by Keith Slater.

Hellbent team wins the The Edge Hotel/Motel Mildura 100

The Hellbent team with driver Mark Cranny, observer Damien Matthews and skiers Jason Walmsley and Chris Gelle have taken out the Mildura 100 in a record time of 31:30.

Michael FÃ¶rstel’s Bunny Hop

11 year old Michael FÃ¶rstel of Austria performs his bunny hop at last national race in Marbach on the Donau. He also went on to win the race.

Belgium Waterski Racing Calendar 2008

Vera Van den Bossche has published the Belgian Water Ski Racing (KBWSF) calendar for 2008.

Mildura 100 – Race Numbers are now available

Boat numbers are now available from the Mildura site for those teams who have entered the Mildura 100, so please check them out. Visit the Mildura site

Stinga in S80 Baker’s Blitz – on-board video

Superb on-board video footage of Stinga in action on the Murray River in the 2008 Southern 80 Baker’s Blitz. The movie was published stinga70 on YouTube. Driver: Gregory Houston Observer: Shane Helson Skiers: Daniel Campbell & Grant Patterson

British Water Ski & EAME Racing Calendar

Mike Waterman has released the combined British Water Ski and EAME Water Racing Calendar for 2008.

Parker shots by ocphotographics.com

Peter Procter, Mallory Nordblad and Marshall Cole enjoyed overall wins at the Parker Marathons on 8 & 9 March. Full results are at www.nwsra.net

Marc Avella’s Bunny Hop

After Wayne Mawer’s bunny hop shot was published, Kirsten Frost of Nature Photography captured a long bunny hop by Spanish Junior skier Marc Avella.

Mildura 100 – entry received notification

The Mildura & District Ski Club -the organisers of the Mildura 100 – have made available on their website – the entries for the 2008 Mildura 100. Due to the short turn around from when entries closed and when the race – NO notification of entries or Race Number allocations will be sent to team [...]

Peter Eagle

Peter Eagle’s funeral took place on 14 March 2008 at Caringbah Baptist Church. You can post a message at the bottom of this page. Daily Telegraph Report here