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I’ll be watching from New Zealand , big fan of the trick event . Hopefully they are using eye trick ?

I’m a Huge Louis duplan Fribourg fan , I’ve been following him on the overall tour for the last couple of years . French jump and trick national record holder .

Congrats Joel , what an amazing skier and such a great event . Great work world waterskiers . Love the world overall tour

Whitney won women’s slalom in a run off against Allie Hannah just jumped 57.2m which is a course record by more than 3m World water skiers site has all the info and links

Enjoy the overall tour , really good viewing .

As a skier and a ski dad I think overall is the best of the “4 “ events . Most skiers find as they grow that they are better suited to one or two of the events however I believe all should start out as overall skiers .

Tour is in Austria this weekend , really cool concept . Enjoy the idea of making overall a seperate event . So much talent in this event at the moment the Joel Poland v Dorian Llewellyn battle is great to watch and having red bull putting $$$$ in Is step forward for waterskiing .

3@ 10.25 is a Very high cut to make the final at the French open , is this the highest cut to a final of 8 in history ??

Moomba has very good prize money this year 200k AUD ( 150k USD ) , this includes wakeboard however each event in tournament skiing has around 17k USD . Moomba is paying an even amount across all slalom , trick ,jump and night jump also even money between men and women . Because of this Mens slalom has less money than most events on the pro tour so yes some slalom skiers stateside once they see Nate , Tgas and Freddy entered probably feel it’s not cost effective to make the trip . For jumper who is competing for night jump money as well or a strong overall skier like Joel Poland this could be a very lucrative event . Moomba is more than a waterski tournament, it is about the “event” and show casing our sport to the pubic our sport desperately needs it to continue . So I congratulate the skiers that are making the effort to be there .

I agree it will most likely be the highest cut in worlds history but I’d be surprised if it’s 2@10.25 I’ll go with 6 @ 10.75 (39) someone will take a huge hit on 6 and make it out gates but fall to be last in ….. Podium Nate , Fred , Adam

Canada are my pick to defend the teams title they won in 19 . The US are always strong but lack strong 3 event skiers particularly if Regina only slaloming .

Curtis Williams is the best waterski announcer resident in the US . Most of the former and current pro skiers listed in this thread offer great expert analysis but are not the best play by play announcers .

Proud dad moment . Curtis works so hard for waterskiing and has been a driving force behind SDSU becoming the best non scholarship waterski school in United States . He's a world class judge, NZ national team member who's grown up in the sport so has a great knowledge which helps his commentary .

Congratulations to Kirk on an excellent article . The easiest way to improve any organisation is to have open dialogue and a fully engaged membership. Everyone quoted in your article is working hard for the sport we all love . However A couple of the points In this article are not factual and in the interest of balance I'd like to comment . Kuno does not arrive on site in a limousine , nor does he travel first class at skiers expense . I think the whole IWWF living the high life while all the atheletes suffer is exaggerated Maybe his travel expenses per year were $70000 ? , I know for a fact he bounces from country to country working for the sport which amounts to a lot of hours of air travel , maybe this is excessive and should be addressed , probably he doesn't need to travel as much attend as many meetings however The elected officials of iwwf give their time freely and I am sure that kuno's 12 years at the head of our sport would of come at a huge personal cost in lost earnings , and time away from his family . I currently represent Oceania on the world tournament council and the athletes have a strong voice , including a vote , tournament council members give their time freely and pay for their own drinks . I am frustrated at time at the way we get bogged down on small details and how often we change rules , I'd rather see more time put into positive change , however all members of the TC are working hard for the sport . All sport is generally run by the "grey hair brigade " and from the outside it looks like they don't have the athletes best interest at heart , waterskiing is not alone in this . The main reason these guys are in charge is the athletes are too busy being atheletes the parents of the athletes are too busy working to pay for the sport , so it's left to the retirees with the means to carry out the job . Maybe younger more energetic people would do a better job but how many seriously have the time while raising a family or starting a business . Real change comes from within , get involved people , join your club or regional waterski committee , run an event , stand for the IWWF . Glen Williams