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30th April 2001 McCormick International Record tournament in Seffner, Florida saw a gathering of many of the worlds top skiers. This resulted in some quality performances, a pending world jump record from Elena Milakova leaping 53.3m (175ft) Patrice Martin tricking 11,850 points and Sebastian De Pasquale blitzing the European jump record with 66.4m (218ft). Click for report. 21st April 2001 MasterCraft and CWB are coming together again this year to provide their famous Pro Tour Wakeboard Clinic for 2001. These companies have joined forces for years to give the consumer first hand experience on the latest CWB wakeboards and the MasterCraft X-Star. Click for details. 9th April 2001 US Pro Tour. Emma Sheers dominates womens waterskiing with the double at Fort Lauderdale 63.7m (209ft) in the ski flying and 4.5@11m in slalom. Natalie Hamrick maintains her current form with 3.5@11m ahead of Jill Knutson who won a run off with Kristi Overton Johnson for 3rd place both scoring 3@11m. Click for all results. 8th April 2001 US Pro Tour. Mens slalom final saw no change at the top with Andy Mapple being the only skier to run the 10.75m line to score 1.5@10.25 (41 off) to take his second tour win this year. There was a close battle for the second spot with Jamie Beauchesne scoring 4@10.75 just 1 buoy in front of Chris Parish. In the ski flying event British skier Jason Seels secures himself his second position two of the tour with a best jump of 81.4m (267ft) behind Jaret Llewellyn with 86.9m (285ft). Kyle Eade was the only other skier to break 80m in third with 80.2m (263ft) 7th April 2001 US Pro Tour. All 10 finalists into the slalom final are seperated by 2 bouys on the 10.75m line. The standard is that high that even Doug Ross scoring 2@10.75m didnt make the final. Jamie Beauchesne, Jodi Fisher, Terry Winter, Andy Mapple and Chris Parrish all qualify for the final in top spot scoring 3@10.75m. Natalie Hamrick leads the women with 3@11m followed by Jill Knutson and Kristi Overton Johnson. Freddy Krueger and Scot Ellis are back on form with 265ft (80.8m) and 264ft (80.5m) Leading jaret Llewellyn in the ski flying. 5th April 2001 This week end Fort Lauderdale hosts the second stop of the US Pro Tour. Historically Fort Lauderdale has been the venue for some of the current pro tour records in recent years, in particular Freddy Kruegers jump of 286 feet last year and Andy Mapples 3 @ 41 off the year before. If you are intending to go, visit the pro tour web site for ticket discount. 4th April 2001 Ski World Benoni host the South African Ski World Slalom Classic, Muntwa Open Championships and SA Championships over the week end of the 27th 28th April 2001 Event info and entry form. 2nd April 2001 US Pro Tour from Orlando. Better conditions for the final day saw Jaret Llewellyn maintain his first round lead with a jump of 265 feet well in front of second place Jason Seels with 252 feet. Any one of the other finalists could have taken 2nd place with only a few feet separating the top 7. Bruce Neville was in third spot with 251 feet. Emma Sheers took her first pro tour title in over 12 months to beat Karen Truelove into 2nd place with 2000 tour champion Kristi Overton Johnson having to settle for 3rd. The mens slalom final proved the most exciting of the day with Andy Mapple and Drew Ross both scoring 3@10.75m to force a run off ahead of Jamie Beauchesne in 3rd. Despite the pressure Mapple held on to score yet another tour title. All the scores. 1st April 2001 US Pro Tour from Orlando. $100,000 is up for grabs for the first ski flyer to pass 322 ft. Strong wind kept the scores down with Kyle Eade and Jaret Llewellyn leading the finalists both with 250 ft ahead of Jason Seels with 247 ft in third place. Mens slalom is split into heats with Andy Mapple and Drew Ross both clear leaders in their respective groups going into the final. Womens slalom saw Kristi Overton Johnson just scrape her way into the final after a run off for the final 5th place to join Karen Truelove, Natalie Hamrick, Geraldine Jamin and Emma Sheers. 30th March 2001 US Pro Tour from Orlando. Heavy rain in Orlando for the first round in slalom as the usual top skiers advance to Saturdays semi finals. 28th March 2001 Next up this week end is the first stop of the US Pro Tour from Orlando. Slalom, wakeboarding and ski flying. Reports all week end. Many of you have been asking for information on the world tournament championships in Spain. I can confirm that the event will take place as published. There has been very little information published so far by the organisers, by the middle of next week we will have some pages dedicated to providing info for skiers and spectators going to the event. 25th March 2001 The 2001 World Disabled Water Ski Championships. British skiers achieve 5 Golds in Slalom to help them to the Team Gold. Click for report. 25th March 2001 Michael Kjellander spoke to us this week to let us know that he has now officially retired from the world tournament circuit. As a tribute to this great skier and in recognition of his 30 years competing at the top level we thought we would let you know of his plans to continue coaching back in Sweden. Click for report. 24th March 2001 The 2001 World Disabled Water Ski Championships. The Trick final sees more records fall and the British team maintain their lead. Click for report. 23rd March 2001 The 2001 World Disabled Water Ski Championships. The British team maintain their overall lead after the tricks event. Click for report. 22nd March 2001 Sad news today as Jim Cara ends the outstanding service he has brought to waterskiing in the form of skifly.com. 22nd March 2001 The 2001 World Disabled Water Ski Championships. The UK team lead USA after the first round of slalom where records fall. Click for report. 22nd March 2001 The 2001 World Disabled Water Ski Championships get under way today at the busy Melton Reservoir in Melbourne, Australia. There are 9 classifications this year so we will have loads of results for you. Look back during the week end for reports on the action. 17th March 2001 Jaret Llewellyn took home the first prize in the Melton Ski Fly World Championships with a distance of 84.1 metres (276 feet) ahead of Scott Ellis with 81.8 metres (268 feet) Click for the full report  17th March 2001 High winds and general bad weather have caused the first day at the Melton Ski Fly World Championships to be cancelled. It looks like they are going to try and run it all on Sunday. Up dates later on. 13th March 2001 Ski Flyers move down the road for this weekends 2001 Melton Ski Fly World Championships at the Melton Reservoir. Lots of entertainmet for the spectators as the worlds top flyer attempt to break 300ft. 12th March 2001 The Melbourne Masters, Finals day. There was a problem with the trick scoring at Melbourne, hence no score for Nicholas Le Forestier or Jimmy Seimers. Were being told that its 10,510 for Nic and 10,200 for Jimmy which puts them both ahead of Jaret who scored 10,160.  12th March 2001 The Melbourne Masters, Finals day. 65.1m (214ft) from Jaret Llewellyn gives him the mens jump title in fromt of Scot Ellis and Curtis Sheers equal second with 63.6m. Emma Sheers holds on to her lead with 50.1m in the ladies jump. 3@11m is enough for 1st Place for Sarah Gatty-Saunt on the tidal Yarra pushing out home skiers Emma Sheers and Jodie Skipper in ladies slalom. The Final pressure is too much for one Brit as Jodie Fisher is pushed down the order. Andy Mapple holds his nerve to score 4@10.75m leaving Jason Paredes and Peter Chase to fill second and third. All the scores. 11th March 2001 The Melbourne Masters, Semi final day. Andy Mapple misses the gates at 10.75 but still finishes top to take last slot in the slalom final ahead of Jodi Fisher who scored 3@11m. Sarah Gatty Saunt from GBR scored 3@11m to push out home skier Emma Sheers in the ladies slalom with Rhoni Barton keeping 3rd place. Nicolas Le Forestier maintains his grip on world tricks heading off Jimmy Seimers scoring 10790. In the jump event scores were up on yesterday with 8 skiers passing 60m. Top place in the semi final goes to Freddy Krueger with 64.2m (211ft) with Scot Ellis 63.8m (209ft) and Jason Seels 62.3m (204ft) in second and third. All the scores. 10th March 2001 The Melbourne Masters. First round of the womens slalom saw Emma Sheers leading ahead of Sarah Gatty-Saunt and Jodie Skipper. Jaret Llewellyn takes the mens overall which was very close between Tom Asher from the UK and Ryan Green from Austrailia. 9th March 2001 The Melbourne Masters (Moomba) is under way today with the first round of slalom seeing Brits Andy Mapple and Jodi Fisher leading both on 2.5 @ 10.75. Steve Cockeram in 3rd place. Ryan Green heads the jump list with 63.0m ahead of Jaret and Freddy Krueger. More reports during the weekend. 3rd March 2001 Due to the cancellation of Ozski, we have extended the closing date for the virtual slalom league. We will accept entries up to 9am on Saturday 10th March. So all those of you who sent in entries this afternoon, they will be accepted ok. 1st March 2001 Right, here we go. The start of the serious season with Momba next week end from Melbourne. Most of the top tournament skiers will be there. We will keep you updated with the action over the weekend. |
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