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1 hour ago, Drago said:

Getting weirder by the day: the Chief Judge can ban an announcer?

Yep. 

On 5/9/2023 at 3:39 PM, Jody_Seal said:

The US Masters is a professionally run towed water sports event. every one involved in the production and site personnel ( judges, drivers, secondary personal on down to the safety personnel) are paid or  employed by callaway and Nautique Boats. this might be hard for many of you but Mr Lightfoot has been the announcer for the masters a number years ago. bottom line he did not do a good job and was not and has not been asked to come back. the video production crew at the masters do a very hard job and imop have a very successful track record for the Masters.

Nope, never announced the Masters. Had an offer to do it in early 2010 but it was recinded 2 weeks later. My point of contact told me that the Chief Judge had some beef with me and asked me, by way of courtesy, if I was willing to recommend someone else in place of me. I recommended Tyler Boyd to announce alongside Tadd Schreiber. Tadd hung up the mic several years while Tyler continues to work the Masters to this day.

I'll be there in my typical capacity.

Here's some thoughts from a few of the skiers that were interviewed after the award presentations - the latest TWBC Podcast Episode:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4GjZ0xBdfNRSqJKIYFUpqW?si=PkFPVfN7Q4OopW4cizn8CQ

https://www.waterskibroadcasting.com/podcast/online-with-russell-gay-part1/

In this special two-part episode we talk to a world-class tricking athlete who has redefined the discipline both on and off the water. Listen to Part 1 as Russell Gay recalls his beginnings in the sport and his experiences with some of the world’s elite trickers in the halcyon days of tournament waterskiing.

The TWBC Podcast is available on popular podcast platforms such as Spotify, Apple, Google, Stitcher, Amazon Music and iHeart

https://www.waterskibroadcasting.com/podcast/online-with-blaze-grubbs/

Blaze Grubbs has been tearing up the overall scene in the junior ranks for the last few seasons and he took some time to talk with us for this episode. He details his 2021 season, his adventures in the world of aviation and what he hopes to achieve in the upcoming season.

The TWBC Podcast is available on popular podcast platforms such as Spotify, Apple, Google, Stitcher, Amazon Music and iHeart

https://www.waterskibroadcasting.com/podcast/online-with-emma-sheers-habermann/

One of the truly great female skiers of her generation will soon be inducted into the Australian Waterski Hall-of-Fame in the form of 4-time world champion Emma Sheers Habermann She took some time out from coaching at her ski school in Queensland, Australia to talk to us at the TWBC Podcast about her illustrious career and some topical discussion items.

The TWBC Podcast is available on popular podcast platforms such as Spotify, Apple, Google, Stitcher, Amazon Music and iHeart.

https://www.waterskibroadcasting.com/podcast/online-with-john-horton/

John Horton, the creator and webmaster of the most popular website dedicated to the sport of waterskiing, took some time to talk to us for this episode. He outlined some of the challenges involved in maintaining Ball of Spray and expressed his candid views on the future of tournament waterskiing.

The TWBC Podcast is available on popular podcast platforms such as Spotify, Apple, Google, Stitcher, Amazon Music and iHeart.

https://www.waterskibroadcasting.com/podcast/online-with-david-akers/

In an extended length episode we talk to David Akers, a recently-retired NFL Placekicker who spent the majority of his 16-season career with the Philadelphia Eagles. Having hung up his cleats he now is an active tournament slalomer and took some time in this podcast to detail his experiences in his new sport and also offered up his candid opinions on the direction of tournament waterskiing from the political and exposure standpoints.

The TWBC Podcast is available on popular podcast platforms such as Spotify, Apple, Google, Stitcher, Amazon Music and iHeart.

https://www.waterskibroadcasting.com/podcast/online-with-whitney-mcclintock-rini/

From winning the toughest round of pro women's Slalom skiing to taking one of the most brutal falls the sport has ever seen, Whitney McClintock Rini has done that and then some during the course of the 2021 season. The TWBC Podcast discusses those and other subjects on this episode.

The TWBC Podcast is also available on popular podcast platforms such as Spotify, Apple, Google, Stitcher, Amazon Music and iHeart.

https://www.waterskibroadcasting.com/podcast/2021-season-wrap-with-tony-vince-and-alice-part-4-of-4/

In this special series Tony Lightfoot, Vincent Stadlbaur and Alice Bagnoli of TWBC discuss the season that was 2021. You’ll hear about the setup’s, what it took to pull off the webcasts for each event and much more besides.

Part 4 - The home stretch with the IWWF Open World's, MasterCraft Pro and Miami Pro all covered in the final episode of the series.

The TWBC Podcast is also available on popular podcast platforms such as Spotify, Apple, Google, Stitcher, Amazon Music and iHeart.

https://www.waterskibroadcasting.com/podcast/2021-season-wrap-with-tony-vince-and-alice-part-3-of-4/

In this special series Tony Lightfoot, Vincent Stadlbaur and Alice Bagnoli of TWBC discuss the season that was 2021. You’ll hear about the setup’s, what it took to pull off the webcasts for each event and much more besides. New Episodes appear each Friday.

Part 3 – A huge moment for TWBC: producing two webcasts from separate locations on the same weekend. We talk about the Syndicate Hilltop Pro as well as the IWWF U-17 and U-21 Worlds and round off this episode with the Malibu Open.

The TWBC Podcast is also available on popular podcast platforms such as Spotify, Apple, Google, Stitcher, Amazon Music and iHeart.

https://www.waterskibroadcasting.com/podcast/2021-season-wrap-with-tony-vince-and-alice-part-2-of-4/

In this special series Tony Lightfoot, Vincent Stadlbaur and Alice Bagnoli of TWBC discuss the season that was 2021. You’ll hear about the setup’s, what it took to pull off the webcasts for each event and much more besides. New Episodes appear each Friday.

Part 2 – The team travels to Italy for the single pro event outside the U.S. – the San Gervasio Pro Slalom. The Goode U.S. Nationals and Morilee U.S. Open of Waterskiing is also talked about in this episode.

The TWBC Podcast is also available on popular podcast platforms such as Spotify, Apple, Google, Stitcher, Amazon Music and iHeart.

2021 Season Wrap – with Tony, Vince and Alice (Part 1 of 4)

https://www.waterskibroadcasting.com/podcast/2021-season-wrap-with-tony-vince-and-alice-part-1-of-4/

In this special series Tony Lightfoot, Vincent Stadlbaur and Alice Bagnoli of TWBC discuss the season that was 2021. You’ll hear about the setup’s, what it took to pull off the webcasts for each event and much more besides. Each part will be released on Friday.

Part 1 – We take a look back at the first few events that kicked off the season – the Swiss Pro Slalom, Lake 38 Pro Slalom and the King of Darkness.

The TWBC Podcast is also available on popular podcast platforms such as Spotify, Apple, Google, Stitcher, Amazon Music and iHeart.

Hey,guys. A bunch more episodes have been released, featuring some of the most interesting folks in tournament waterskiing.

You can find them on all the major podcast platforms, as well as waterskibroadcasting.com.

Tony Lightfoot

Apologies for the internet outage right at the end. Here is the action during that outage:

After a somewhat long hiatus from publishing new episodes, the TWBC Podcast is back with fresh episodes - featuring face-to-face interviews with some of world's top water ski athletes.

The start to a brand-new pro season is less than a week away with the Swiss Pro Slalom so we will publish at least one episode per day right up until the start on Sunday.

You can them out at:

https://www.waterskibroadcasting.com/twbc-podcast/

and also on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Episode 3 - Skier Questions: Part 2

http://www.waterskibroadcasting.com/podcast/30-ep3

Available on Apple and Spotify Podcasts

Continuing on a similar theme to the previous podcast but with just one question this time:

What item/items are left on your bucket list

Robert Pigozzi- 2:11

Jacinta Carroll - 2:54

Benjamin Stadlbaur - 3:37

Karen Truelove - 4:20

Adam Sedlmajer - 5:12

Freddie Winter - 5:35

Igor Morozov - 6:33

Freddy Krueger - 7:58

Joel Howley - 8:29

Chris Parrish - 8:49

Thibaut Dailland - 9:14

Ryan Dodd - 9:36

Elizabeth Monatavon - 12:48

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Episode #2 - Skier Questions: Part 1

http://www.waterskibroadcasting.com/podcast/29-ep2

Available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts

Using out-of-the-ordinary questions to take a deep dive into the mind of a top-level pro water ski athlete. This is the first part of many.

Questions asked in this episode and the athletes whose responses appear here:

Would you rather be: the Best Player on Bad Team or a Bad Player on Good Team?

Dane Mechler - 2:24

Will Asher - 2:51

Stephen Neveu - 3:26

Regina Jaquess - 3:46

Jaimee Bull - 3:58

Thibaut Dailland - 4:16

What is Something that you like that most don't?

Freddy Krueger - 5:44

Jacinta Carroll - 6:01

Regina Jaquess - 6:25

Joel Howley - 7:58

Elizabeth Montavon - 8:23

Karen Truelove - 8:50

Manon Costard - 9:46

What is the Cheesiest movie moment or line you can remember?

Karen Truelove - 11:31

Freddie Winter - 12:17

Corey Vaughan - 13:27

Freddy Krueger - 14:05

Robert Pigozzi - 14:35

Chris Parrish - 15:02

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Speaking of less-than-perfect 32'off (or 13m) passes - here's a doosy from Karen Truelove at the recent MasterCraft Pro...