In the Juniors it will be Steph Griffith (jump) and a strong group of riders in Wakeboard with Tony Iacconi,Cory and Brad Teunissen and Parker Siegele.

Nautique will provide live web coverage of the prestigious Masters Water Ski & Wakeboard Tournament via www.masterswaterski.com

This event is held at beautiful Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia (just outside Atlanta) over Memorial Day weekend, May 24-26.

New for this year, Apple iPhone/iPad users will be able to view the live webcast of the world’s most anticipated watersports event. View all of the live action including interviews with key industry representatives, wakesurfing exhibition with the all-new Nautique Surf System, head-to-head exhibition with slalom’s up and coming junior skiers presented by O’Brien and much more. The 54th Masters live webcast will begin Friday morning at 8:00 am EST with the 21st Junior Masters.

Additionally, Nautique will provide periodic live event coverage of the tournament via its Twitter and Facebook accounts (@NautiqueBoats). Follow Nautique to catch all of the latest updates during the 54th Masters weekend.

With tournament legend Emma Sheers at the helm, Oz Ski offers a world class waterski facility with perfect 12 month of the year skiing on the beautiful Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.

“Our goal is to introduce thousands of new participants a year, to the sport of waterskiing and to develop Australia’s next World Champions,” Emma said.

Contact Oz Ski on 0401 324 499 or visit the website at www.ozskiresort.com for more details.

Just click onto www.masterswaterski.com during the event to watch it all unfold.

New for this year, Apple iPhone/iPad users will be able to view the live webcast of the world’s most anticipated watersports event. View all of the live action including interviews with key industry representatives, wakesurfing exhibition with the all-new Nautique Surf System, head-to-head exhibition with slalom’s up and coming junior skiers presented by O’Brien and much more. The 54^th Masters live webcast will begin Friday morning at 8:00 am EST with the 21^st Junior Masters.

Additionally, Nautique will provide periodic live event coverage of the tournament via its Twitter and Facebook accounts (@NautiqueBoats). Follow Nautique to catch all of the latest updates during the 54^th Masters weekend.

“The Masters is the greatest tournament to experience and we are excited to offer more people around the world the ability to watch the live action from their phone or tablet,” stated Nautique’s President/CEO Bill Yeargin. “In addition, we will be showcasing wakesurfing with the patent pending Nautique Surf System behind the industry’s most innovative product, the Super Air Nautique G23,” added Yeargin.

An invitation to compete in the Masters is universally considered an acknowledgement of achievement for reaching the pinnacle in a given watersports discipline – only the world’s most elite athletes compete at the Masters. To view the 2013 criteria please visit the Masters website. This tournament is sanctioned by IWWF/USA Water Ski and WWA. To watch all of 54^th Masters action live, visit www.masterswaterski.com.

Spectators packed the entire purpose-built waterski lake in the Jakabaring sports Complex to view the Jump. In the Women’s event, a cross wind made it challenging for the less experienced.

Finland’s Jutta Lammi landed an impressive 47.0m early on to take the lead. Australia’s super star Jacinta Carroll quickly responded with a distance of 48.9m. This just left Florida based Marion Mathieu FRA, one of the most consistent Jumpers today. Her distance 47.4m however was only enough for second place and gold today went to twenty-year-old Jacinta Carroll.

The Men’s Jump event was the last of the day. Conditions on the water had improved steadily. Britain’s Damien Sharman scored a distance of 60.5m as the first of six Finalists to compete. Only the last two competitors could actually better this. Germany’s Bojan Schipner, in his very first World Cup Final, scored 59.7m to reach second best at that moment. The World Record Holder and World Champion, Freddy Krueger USA, then entered the arena to huge applause. His reputation of being almost unbeatable had already reached Indonesia!

When he landed a winning score of 64.1m and waved to the huge crowd, it was a perfect ending to one of the most enjoyable World Cup Stops to date.

In Women’s Trick, weather intervened. The otherwise excellent 33C / 96Fh conditions suddenly turned to a brief Tropical storm at a point where World Record Holder Clementine Lucine FRA had the lead with 8840 points. Just as the seventeen-year-old sensation, Erika Lang from Arizona USA, was about to enter the water, we all dived for cover. The storm passed but Lang was certainly knocked off her stride and never really settled when she finally got to compete. Sadly, she missed a Podium place this time but Lucine was thrilled to be back in winning form once again. Iris Cambray FRA and Alex Lauretano USA took second and third places.

In Men’s Trick three athletes scored over the rare 10,000 point mark. Herman Beliakou BLR actually beat the current World Record Holder Aliaksei Zharnasek from the same country at the recent Mandurah World Cup Stop. Zharnasek got his revenge today with one of the best performances we have seen for some time. His score of 11,270 points was one thousand ahead of Beliakou on this occasion. Adam Sedlmajer CZE took third with another superb run of 10,140 points.

In Wakeboard, now under consideration for the 2020 Olympic Games, the two biggest international stars wowed the thousands of spectators once again. Australia’s Harley Clifford has a global fan base, and added thousands more here in Indonesia. He has already taken two major titles this year – gold medal at Melbourne’s Moomba Masters and gold medal again at the World Cup Stop in Mandurah Western Australia. While Japan’s Shota Tezuka dominated the field with a score of 81.02, as the last into the arena, Clifford responded with a perfect 93.33. That is domination at it’s best. Andrew Adkison USA took third place.

Secondly, Raimi Merrit USA, was on a mission. As the current Wakeboard World and World Cup Champion, she suffered a recent defeat to Australia’s Bec Gange at the previous World Cup Stop. However, aided by a new training regimen, today she was flawless and her score of 70.24 was enough to beat both Gange and Nicola Butler GBR who also joined her on the Palembang Podium.

At the formal Closing Ceremony on site, following a spectacular display of traditional dancing and music, as the fireworks show concluded, the Governor of South Sumatra, Alex Noerdin, declared that he would like to see the World Cup series return for many years to come. The athletes from twenty-five countries and World Cup team certainly welcomed this as the site was constructed for the Southeast Asian Games and the facilities are Olympic class. Palembang may now well be viewed as Indonesia’s watersports centre.

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As Malibu says …

“No question, the “T” stands for tournament, but even if you only compete against yourself, the Response TXi will be your best training aid.

Built on the new T Cut Diamond hull, the TXi disciplines the wakes at speeds and line lengths from beginner to pro levels.

World Champions like Will Asher and Thomas Degasperi, as well as World Record Holders Regina Jaquess and June Fladborg, train with the Response TXi.

The Malibu TXi is also the perfect boat for those who love to free ski and is as at home at the Malibu Open as your family’s next day on the lake.”

Specs:

Length: 6.28m/20’6″ feet

Width: 2.37m

Weight: 1315kg

Seating Capacity: 8 persons

Tow Weight: 1855Kg

Fuel Capacity: 152 litres

Standard HP: 330HP

Max HP: 400HP

The Darwin Ski Club

Extra Familiarization 

Next year the National Championships will include an extra week of familiarization which will commence from Monday 7th of April to Sunday 13th with the Official Familiarization being on Monday 14th Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th. Why not come up a week early do some sight seeing and have a few sets, a great way to see & explore the top end whilst getting that extra training.

Victoria Secures Major Sponsor 

The Victorian Committee are pleased to announce a partnership with Rentco who have allocated two 21 seater buses to be used throughout the duration of the National Championships to ferry skiers and families to and from the ski site at Berry Springs. The buses will be based at the Free Spirit Holiday Park and will travel to the ski site taking the ease out of travelling each day to the site.

EASTER SCHOOL HOLIDAY DATES 2014 

Queensland: 4th April – 22nd April

New South Wales: 12th April – 28th April

Victoria: 4th April – 22nd April

South Australia: 12th April – 28th April

Tasmania: 18th April – 4th May

Western Australia: 12th April – 28th April

Northern Territory: 6th April – 14th April

Why Not Plan a Holiday around your Darwin Trip! 

With so much to see and do around Darwin why not enjoy the experience and spend an extra few days sightseeing by combining some extra organised training sets the week prior to familiarisation with a trip to Litchfield National Park which is just down the road! Truly an amazing experience and one not to be missed.

In the Top End experience unique places such as Kakadu National Park, Litchfield National Park and Arnhem land with the opportunity for overnight stays in remote “exclusive” wilderness cultural camps such as Kakadu Cultural Camp and Tiwi Islands.

Join an Aussie Adventure and experience the outback’s best sights and highlights plus, venture off the beaten track and actively explore the true great outdoors. Darwin and the surrounding areas provide the ideal opportunity for you to combine the experience of skiing and competing at Australia’s hidden secret, the pristine dual man made lakes at Lakes Resort, Berry Springs, with a multitude of amazing cultural and wilderness landscapes.

Don’t miss this opportunity!

The Conquer comes in sizes 64.5/66/67.5 and is an innovative “all-carbon” ski designed to eliminate tip bite forever.

The Conquer features:

- High dimensional stability
- Incredible resin to carbon ratio
- Consistent flex, rocker and weight due to no air pockets
- Up to 50% stronger than compression molded skis
- Parallet forward profile
- Coreless torsion geometry
- Sweet spot layup
- 48 degree bevels
- Extended pivot point
- A 7 degree sidewall
- Rounded Tail Bevels
- Semi Square Tail

Prices:
$1249.95 Blank
$1599.95 with Sector bindings
$1699.95 with Prodigy bindings

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Built to pull the world’s greatest skiers, the 197’s legend has remained unmatched for over 45 years: Coveted super-flat competition wakes. Visceral holeshots. Incredibly straight paths and pinpoint precision.

FEATURES

ZERO OFF CONTROL: Pre-set the Zero Off control for unwavering pulls and arrow-straight paths with every pass.

FLAT HULL WITH TRACKING FINS: The EVO hull that revolutionized the sport with super soft wakes and precise turns.

COMMAND CENTER: Luxuriously upholstered and ergonomically designed for accuracy, ease of use, and unmatched visibility. All systems are at the ready within the billeted instrumentation panel.

STERN STORAGE: Open wide and say accessible. Convenient rear storage swallows skis, vests, ropes and more.

MARINE LAIR: Zoom with a view. Ruthlessly responsive, supremely engineered. You can also add the optional mini tower, speakers, lights, and swiveling ski racks.

SPECS

Length of Boat: 19′ 8″ / 5.99M

Width Amidship: 2.31 M

Boat Weight: 1,497 KG

Fuel Capacity: 109 L

Total Weight Capacity: 7 people / 493 KG

Draft:  0.56 M

Storage: .045 M3

Volume 15 Issue 5 has slalom champ and 2013 Moomba Masters winner Whitney McClintock on the cover. Inside you will find the full story on what went down at this year’s event, including the inside story on the amazing comebacks by Andy Mapply and Emma Sheers, the Chris Parrish’s equal course record, the heroics of Freddy Krueger off the jump ramp, and of course the outstanding performances by the Aussies led by jump winner Jacinta Carroll.

The issue also has a very useful instructional by Joel Wing, telling you how to handle the wakes with precision and maintain direction at all times. We also go some tips from our health and fitness expert on eating the right food, and the budding wakeboarders out there can learn an indy tantrum.

We’ve got a profile on young tournament record breaker Bailey Christie (he has gone on to dominate at the Nationals since the mag was sent to print, and even picked up the Waterski Mag “Performance of the Nationals” award.

We catch up with the “Freestylers”, a kneeboard crew from SA who are pushing the sport in their own unique direction.

Plus, there’s a big Ski Race section with all the action from big events including the Southern 80 and National Titles.

Australia’s Jacinta Carroll, Joel Wing, Michale Briant and Josh Briant will be taking on some of the world’s best jump and trick skiers at the event.

Some of the big name competitors include jump legends Freddy Krueger and Scot Ellis, who will no doubt continue their epic on-water battle.

The Webcast and World Cup Website have been optimised for your mobile device, so you can even check out the action from your phone before you event get out of bed!

Check the timetable (below), then click here to view the action:

Saturday May 4 (Australian time) 

5.00 Trick : Women Preliminaries

6.15 Trick : Men Preliminaries

8.30  Jump : Women Preliminaries

9.30  Jump : Men Preliminaries

11.30  Wakeboard : Women Semi-Finals

12.45  Wakeboard : Men Quarter-Finals

15.00  Close

Sunday May 5 (Australian time) 

5.00  Wakeboard :  Men Last Chance Qualifier

6.15  Wakeboard :  Women Last Chance Qualifier

7.15  Wakeboard : Men Semi-Finals

8.45  Trick : Women Finals

9.15  Trick : Men Finals

10.00  Wakeboard : Women Finals

10.45  Wakeboard : Wakeboard Finals

11.45  Jump : Women Finals

12.30  Jump : Men Finals

13.00  End

13.30  Medal Ceremony

16.30  Farewell Banquet