@Horton , but most in this forum at least watch the Worlds.
You do not care about USA athletes competing internationally, and world and Pan Am tournaments being held in the USA? Do you feel that competitive kid skiers mostly get motivated by skiing with dad and mom, not by trying to get to the National teams and represent USA in international tournaments?
I know you care about all the above, so I am struggling to see where you are coming from in this thread.
For USA Waterski to fulfill its mission of organizing ans governing the sport of competitive waterskiing, it needs to be affiliated to USOC and IWWF.
@Jody_Seal , I do not know who in IWWF you asked the question to, but Federations affiliated to the IWWF need to be recognized by the respective country OC.
You cannot deny how tightly related IWWF is to the IOC: