Roger Lincoln has published the following video of Round 3 Men’s at Antwerp.

Round 3 Juniors (Antwerp) Video by Roger Lincoln.

Belgium’s Stevie has published this video of Men’s F1 & F2 at Genk.

Here are all the Genk Round 2 videos on one page.

Here are all the Gent Round 1 videos on one page.

It’s now 11pm and a day of sensational round 2 of world championship racing is behind us. The racing today was exciting in every category and if you have kept up with the Twitter updates, you’ll no doubt agree.

MUST WATCH ! – Roger Lincoln caught one of the most incredible world championship races ever on video at round 2 of the Men’s 16th Worlds at Genk today. Watch the phenomenal race between Wayne Mawer and Todd Haig towards the end and listen to what both of these outstanding skiers had to say after the race.

Roger Lincoln was at Genk to capture the action of round 2 of the 16th World Water Ski Racing Championships on Tuesday 21 July. This video is of the Juniors

Roger Lincoln was at Genk to capture the action of round 2 of the 16th World Water Ski Racing Championships on Tuesday 21 July. This video is Women’s F1 & F2

Roger Lincoln caught the world’s best Women F1 & F2 water ski racers in video action at Gent which hosted round 1 of the 16th World Water Ski Racing Championships.

Roger Lincoln caught the world’s best Junior water ski racers in video action at Gent which hosted round 1 of the 16th World Water Ski Racing Championships.

Belgium’s moviemaker Stevie captured F1 & F2 Mens at Gent on Sunday in the 4 minute movie.

Someone going by the name of Barflybaja on YouTube has posted these 6 videos of the Men’s F1 & F2 at Gent on Sunday. If anyone knows who Barflybaja is, please let me know so we can give them the credit for making the video.

The videos are set to play in high definition. If your internet connection is not very fast and you encounter pauses in the video, either click the HD button on the video you are playing, or let the video play once then the 2nd time you play it, there shouldn’t be any pauses.

Brixham GB National Video that took place yesterday posted by Dan Ellis.

Stevie has produced a new video from the F1&2 racing at Kruibeke, Belgium on the weekend. Aussie Chris Stout won the race comfortably, skiing with Robbie Wright and Rob Manchett. 

Chris Stout was caught on video pulling a neat little bunny at last year’s Southern 80 on the Murray River in Australia.

You can now access 43 of the water ski racing videos that people all around the world have shared with us.

Louis Newbury-Smith uploaded 14 minutes of video footage of the 1st ever world championships which took place in 1979. This a superb look back at water ski racing history – 34 years before the forthcoming 2013 World Championships in Tenerife.

The 2009 Fitzroy Ironman takes place on 8 June from Cairns, QLD, Australia. Grant from Cairns has published version 2 of the 2008 Ironman.

Here’s another video compilation to help promote the forthcoming 2009 World Water Ski Racing Championships in Belgium.

Yesterday after the 3rd round of the British Nationals at Allhallows, British Team Captain, Wayne Harvey, announced the National Team for the 2009 World Water Ski Racing Championships.

Neville Fry of Cairns, Australia shares this piece of archived footage of the 1990 Cairns to Green Island Ski Race.

Jeff Barrus of Goldfinger Racing Productions has once again produced an outstanding piece of water ski racing footage in this 4 minute reel of movie action captured during a recent US F2 race.

Neville Fry has just shared this great piece of movie action with us. It’s footage from the 1993 and 1995 Green Island Water Ski Race with Wayne Mawer skiing behind Ray Hall and Peter Sharp’s ‘Legless’. Neville said; “Legless and Gotta Be Crazy were the main stepping stone for Wayne’s real taste of success in the unlimited classes.”

Below is a short aerial video from the popular annual Clifton Challenge water ski race in South Africa – 22 March in Cape Town.

Neville Fry captured the proud moment for the members of the 2009 Australian National Water Ski Racing Team and Wayne Mawer has shared it with us.

Helmet cam of Nico Bertels taking the new GTS Bernico for a 150km spin down the canal. Also photos of the GTS

More Cairns action from Grant. This time he’s released the NQOSSA Cairns to Port Douglas promo, with special thanks to Charlie.

More great movie footage from North Queensland. This time it’s the 2007 Green Island Race. Learn more about the NQOSSA at www.nqossa.com.au

Nads vs. Nads Racing from Jeff Barrus on Vimeo.

Check out the video footage of The 2008 Green Island Water Ski Race. Courtesy of North Queensland Offshore Ski Association – To enter the 2009 event visit www.nqossa.com.au for details.

Check out this great piece of movie action from Cairns, Australia. This is ski racing like nowhere else in the world. Ski, Swim & Run. Is that Wayne Mawer running up the hill on Fitzroy?

Mark Cranny from Team Hell has won the Southern 80 4 times already. Can he do it again in 2009?

Wim Lamot has issued the final 2009 World Water Ski Racing Championships Promo movie.

Jeff Barrus has published a snippet of footage of the 2008 Catalina DVD which is scheduled for release on 15 Feb.

Who’s voice was on the video and when?

Ski Racing Australia wishes to advise that DVD orders are now being taken for each River Race Classic for the 2008/09 season.

Kelly at Force Boats in Australia has just published a bunch of Aussie news below. Plus check out the movie at the bottom of this page.

Check out the 5 minute movie of the recent US Open at San Diego

Were you at Royal Victoria Docks, London in 1985 for the British Nationals? If so, you might like to watch the 11 videos that Louis Newbury-Smith has shared with us online. Including Darren Kirkland’s strip-o-gram.

Louis Newbury-Smith is still at it and building the video collection at The Old Skool Water Ski Racing Museum. You need to be on Facebook to watch them so if you’re not there yet, head over and join now at www.facebook.com

The Old Skool Water Ski Racing Museum

Ski racing’s moviemaker Jeff Barrus has just released a promo video for the forthcoming 2008 Catalina DVD which you can watch below.

The 60th Annual Catalina Ski Race 2008 DVD Promo from Jeff Barrus on Vimeo.

Jeff writes …

The 60th was another amazing year for the Catalina Ski Race. It felt like a four day event this year. The Long Beach Sea Festival introduced the Powerfest Weekend Thursday Night Thunder Party on Pine St. All ages could come get up close with high performance water craft, see an extreme wakeboarding show, have a live band, and more…..Then Friday Special Needs Kids day at Marine Stadium hit record numbers for another year in a row. Saturday’s Water Ski Race brought 26 international competitors over for the challenge. Sundays Offshore Race hit speed of over 160 MPH. Then some crazies raced to Catalina and back on PWC’s Long Beach is the place to be for extreme water sports in July. Special thanks to Camino Real Chevrolet and GT Performance Marine for all their support.

22 July

I spent my time on Catalina race day directing and commentating with a TV cameraman and pilot in a chopper so I was unable to take my own footage to post online. But the footage we took from the air will I’m sure be amazing.

Loius Newbury-Smith brings 1990 European Water Ski Racing Chamoionships which were held off the island of Jersey.

Louis Newbury-Smith brings us the 1982 & 1983 Sydney Bridge to Bridge Water Ski Race video online.

Louis Newbury-Smith has provided us with more archive footage of some of the world’s best ski racing. This time it’s the 1983 World Championships in Australia. Of course it was Danny Bertels (Belgium) and Liz Hobbs MBE (Great Britain) who won the worlds that year. Something they both did in the 1981 Worlds too.

Louis Newbury-Smith has done it again and made the 1980 Sydney Bridge to Bridge available for the world to watch.

Louis Newbury-Smith has added even more superb video footage from years gone by with the latest being the 1990 European Water Ski racing Championships in Jersey.

See plenty of much younger faces and some great racing from the last century.

Click the image below to go direct to the video on facebook. If you don’t have a Facebook account, sign up now for free at www.facebook.com and don’t get left behind.

Louis Newbury-Smith has published almost 40 mins of video footage of the 1985 Worlds on www.facebook.com . He has also published the 1980 Sydney Bridge and more old videos of ski racing. To see all the videos that Louis has posted, go here. Set up a free Facebook account in order to access the videos if you don’t already have one.

You’ll find me here

Long Beach Boat & Ski Club Commodore Ken Vaughan dropped me a mail yesterday to say that Dan Stiel has uploaded a great selection of vintage Catalina Water Ski Race videos to YouTube. This is a great look back to pre-2000 Catalina and I’ve included 4 x 1983 movies below. For more, simply click here to all that Dan has uploaded. Also see “Related Videos” on the right side of each video page for many more.

Congratulations go to Tommy Klarenbeek of the Netherland’s and his wife Jannette who were married on 08/08/08.

Chris Davidson of Performance Boats magazine interviewed Randy Davis & Ross Wilson of Nordic Boats, Lake Havasu City, USA.

www.nordicboatsusa.com

Chris Davidson of Performance Boats magazine interviewed Randy Davis of Nordic Boats, Lake Havasu City, USA. As many people reading this will know, Randy is Todd Haig’s driver, with Dennis Hall in the observer’s seat.

www.nordicboatsusa.com

Watch some video of the European canal race at Geel last weekend. Chris Stout won Men’s F1 race (Darren Kirkland was 1st European skier) and Kim Lumley won Women’s F1 at the 3rd round of the 2008 European Water Ski Racing Cup in Geel, Belgium on 3 August.

One of Britain’s great Women’s ski racers in history is Rachel Casson. At the 1991 Worlds in Darwin Australia, as she was about to win one of the Women’s rounds, she took a horrendous fall at 170kph.

Neville Fry of Cairns, Australia has provided some footage from his video of the Water Ski Record that the Cairns And District Power Boat & Ski Club set back in 1986.

Jeff Barrus came across 18 minutes of video footage that someone took whilst perched on top of Catalina island last weekend.

Updated 23 July: Sue Fleming has provided the final results from the European Championships with penalties and warnings clearly shown.

Todd Haig has just notched up his 8th Catalina win and Kim Lumley also adds another to her string of wins bringing the total to 6, as both of them put in superb performances on some tough ocean water this morning.

Peter Proctor set the pace at the start of the race with Todd Haig just a ski line behind. As they approached the island, Haig powered ahead and Randy Davis got the beautiful Nordic round the Catalina turn just ahead of Mike Avila’s Warpath towing Peter Proctor.

The two teams put up a spectacular race back to Long Beach with Haig’s & Proctor’s crews waving to their skiers as they race with just a few ski line length between them at any one time. But it was Haig who won his 8th Catalina and Proctor took a very close 2nd position, repeating their last year’s positions. Wayne Mawer took 3rd position.

Kim Lumley won the Women’s. Katelin Wendt was 2nd and Ann Proctor 3rd.

I haven’t received the results but keep checking www.catalinaskirace.net

I want to thank Jeff Barrus for arranging my ride in a chopper and a true professional team who were Johnny the pilot and Jamie the cameraman. The footage we took along with footage from another chopper, plane, boat-cams, skier-cams and beach camera will make for the best Catalina DVD ever.

Todd Haig after his 8th Catalina win from Robbie Llewellyn on Vimeo.

Kim Lumley after her 6th Catalina win from Robbie Llewellyn on Vimeo.

If you can pick up the following Californian TV channels, the footage we took will be shown today on:
Channel 2 : 3pm
Channel 7 : 5 & 6pm
Channel 5 : 10pm news
Channel 4 : Don’t know time
Channel 11 : 10pm
Times shown are local Los Angeles times

Unofficial TURN & FINISH positions (uncorrected) are shown below.

Official results here

Official results here

You can see all of Roger Lincoln’s European Water Ski Racing Championship videos here

He did a superb job of capturing the action throughout the week.

Roger Lincoln captured the following video footage of Round 1 of the Men’s F1 & F2 European Water Ski Racing Championships this week, along with interviews with Wayne Mawer and Chris Stout:

I caught up with former two time Catalina winner Carlo Cassa of Italy about the big event and here’s the video:

Roger Lincoln caught up with Britain’s Thomas Smith before race day and publish the following interview of video:

Roger Lincoln captured the following footage (2 videos) of the European Championships opening ceremony on the weekend:

Barry Frame has been a driving force behind the organisation of the 2007 European Water Ski Racing Championships. I caught up with Barry on the 4th of July and the video of our chat is below:

Roger Lincoln interviewed Kim Lumley before the opening of the 2007 European Water Ski Racing Championships. The video is published here:

Roger Lincoln interviewed Darren Kirkland before the opening of the 2007 European Water Ski Racing Championships. The video is published here:

Roger Lincoln interviewed Wayne Mawer on Friday, just as he arrived to take part in the European Water Ski Racing Championships. The video is published here:

The 2008 European Water Ski Racing Championships are about to take place in the same format as in previous years, which is virtually identical to the World Championships. Most people arrive in Ramsgate GB on 4 July in readiness for the opening ceremony on Saturday and the first of four rounds of racing over the course of a week kicking off on Sunday.

After almost 3000 plays of the Racing video in less than 24 hrs, I’ve also now published a 10 minute ‘interviews & presentations’ video from the Diamond Race where 2005 World Champions Todd Haig and Kim Lumley secured well deserved wins. It was an incredible race with a record number of competitors taking part (around 90). My sincere thanks to Vera and Stefan for their help. Many thanks to Wim Lamot for the photos below.

On Monday I returned from the first round of the 2008 European Cup in Vienna where Austria hosted a superb event and over 60 teams teams from Europe, USA and Australia enjoyed a tremendous day’s racing on the River Danube in glorious 31’c sunshine.

BBC Weather in Ramsgate

The image below is of a live web cam at the port of Ramsgate. Click here or the image to enlarge.

Jeff Barrus and the NADS water ski racing team bring us up close and personal in one of their recent races at Pittsburg on video.

Stacky has published another great Stinga movie on YouTube.

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

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

Roger Lincoln has forwarded a link for a video of the 2005 worlds

If you would like to get involved with Roger Lincoln in making movies at the British water ski races this year, email him at roger@linc69.orangehome.co.uk. Both sponsorship and technical involvement is welcome.

Thanks to Roger Lincoln

Hover mouse over movie and click FULL to view the full screen version

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.

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.

Order your DVD here

To watch the Catalina live on the Internet, go to the following web site:

The 59th Annual Catalina Water Ski Race will be broadcast LIVE on the Internet for the first time in history!

NOTE: As soon as the URL for the live feed is available, it will be published on www.skirace.net

To pre-order your copy of this month’s Catalina Movie, click on the image below and download the order form.

Ren Hanami is busy writing articles about Catalina competitors for inclusion in the forthcoming blockbuster jumboscreen movie.

You need to order the official 2007 Worlds DVD through your country’s Team Captain or Manager.

The order form for the inaugural Hawkesbury 120 DVD is here

Download the order form here

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