Patricio Font landed a wake-nine-back in training in Chile this week—an exceptionally rare trick worth 850 points—captured during an informal session he summed up simply: “NINE at camp with the boys”.
Font is part of a stacked winter training group in Chile alongside Joel Poland, Edoardo Marenzi, Tim Wild, Tristan Duplan-Fribourg, and reigning world champion Matías Gonzalez, with former Masters champion Martin Labra also on hand during his injury comeback. Quietly dubbed “trick camp,” the sessions are already hinting at meaningful progression—and a sharper competitive edge—heading into the season ahead.
Premiered at the USA-WSWS Awards Banquet on Jan 31, 2026. This is a new award created last year to help push the sport and recognize top performances. It could be a world record, clutch competition moment, or just a trick you landed out on the lake one day. Flyman Skis put up $500 for the winner and the pot was doubled for a split decision.
Congrats to Connor Poggetto with the longest seated adaptive jump of all time for a World Record of 94 feet at the IWWF Adaptive Worlds.
Ethan Shulda is sharing this year’s title with Connor. Ethan landed the world’s first mobe rewind. This is a one-ski wrapped, full twisting back flip with a rewind to backwards landing.
For a grand finale at the USA-WSWS Awards Banquet, this video played to the audience of 225 at Camp Margaritaville in Auburndale, FL on Jan. 31, 2026. The crowd (who were helping judge the clips with their response) was electric.
Much love to all the athletes who pushed the sport ahead and found a new level.
Epic Finish to the WWS Overall Tour — The Travers Cup Did Not Disappoint! The final stop of the 2025 World Water Skiers Overall Tour brought incredible skiing across the board — men and women going all-out for the win, shaking up the Travers Cup podium and final Tour standings for 2025!
Congrats to all the athletes who left everything on the water — true overall champions in every sense.
Follow along with Rob as he travels across Europe and Africa with the team in pursuit of tournament victories, epic sessions, and plenty of good times along the way 🌍🏆
Some people spend their lives trying to fit in. Glen Plake has spent his trying to stand out, and more importantly, to stand true.
You know him before you meet him. The mohawk. The grin that could melt permafrost. The voice that sounds like gravel dragging across courage. He’s the face on a thousand posters, the silhouette on every snow-dusted dream. But what The Edge of Normal reminds us is that behind the legend is a man who still measures his worth by how close he gets to the edge, not of danger, but of authenticity.
Plake was skiing punk before skiing even knew what punk was. While the world was chasing medals, he was chasing meaning. He slept in parking lots, lived out of vans, broke skis, and maybe a few rules, all in pursuit of something deeper, that rare alchemy of gravity, flow, and freedom that happens only when you stop trying to be who you’re “supposed” to be.
“I’ve never been normal,” he says, his laugh echoing across his lake. “And I think that’s my greatest strength.”
In a culture obsessed with polish and performance, Glen’s gift is imperfection. He still wrenches on his own boats and engines. Still sharpens his own edges. Still throws himself into every turn like it might be his last. He lives what most of us only pretend to, a life driven by things with consequences. That’s the heart of this Soul of Skiing story. Not just frozen or liquid spray. It’s about living loud enough to feel it, raw enough to remember it, and brave enough to keep doing it even when the world tells you to tone it down.
Because skiing, whether on snow or on water, has always been a mirror. And when Glen Plake looks into it, he sees something most of us have forgotten: that life’s not about being fearless. It’s about being yourself in the face of fear.
He’s proof that rebellion can be graceful, that consequence can be beautiful, and that maybe, just maybe, the edge of normal is exactly where we’re supposed to stand.
This final 2025 episode of Soul of Skiing from FlowPoint TV and Syndicate, is for those who still believe in the soul behind the turn.
This isn’t your typical waterski tournament — it’s Collegiate Nationals. The energy is wild, the crowd is loud, and every skier is out there for their team. Go behind the scenes of the most exciting event in waterskiing and see why college nationals might just be the best weekend of the year.
If you’re new to this channel, welcome to the show. Wanted this video to capture the rollercoaster between serious and hilarious, where the weekend feels long and then it’s over in an instant. For a more… comprehensive video, maybe check out @FlowpointTV.
Fluid where legends are made! Another tight race to the top, and the tightest cut in history to make it to the finals. 16-minute action-packed recap at the Fluid Cup, of the world best men and women overall skiers in the world!
Watch the world’s best water skiers face off in a battle of skill, resilience, and determination. Every storyline, every stop, every moment has built up to this – who will claim the top spot on the podium at the 3rd Stop of the 2025 season?
Follow the rapidly changing new era of professional waterskiing as it goes through rises, falls, and everything in between in this adrenaline fueled series.
Welcome to the second stop of the 2025 World Water Skiers Overall Tour — the WWS Austria Cup in Linz, Austria, September 6–7. The world’s best water skiers battled across Slalom, Trick, and Jump, carrying the momentum from Canada into another weekend of spectacular performances.
With crucial Tour Points on the line, every pass, flip, and jump brought us closer to deciding the 2025 WWS Overall Tour Champions. Next up: Orlando, Florida, October 11–12, for Stop #3 of the Tour.
Enjoy the action — and be inspired by these incredible athletes!
In the heart of Minnesota’s lake country, the days stretch long and the water holds the kind of stillness that can quiet a restless mind. Bemidji isn’t just a dot on the map—it’s a reminder of how lake life was meant to be lived. Here, water skiing wasn’t a sport you scheduled; it was simply part of the rhythm. Boards and skis stacked in the boathouse, meals shared on sun-bleached docks, kids tumbling into the lake until the fireflies came out.
For Episode 6 of FlowPointTV’s “Soul of Skiing”, we wanted to get back to those roots. To trade the precision of tournament buoys for the wide-open canvas of a big lake. We found ourselves surrounded by family, old friends, and the kind of conversations that flow easier after a long day in the sun. The air smelled like pine and charcoal, the evenings hummed with cicadas, and every ski set ended not with scores, but with stories.
Because in the end, this is the soul of skiing—not a finish line or a podium, but a feeling. Lake life, like skiing itself, is a gift of connection—between people, place, and the present moment. It’s the rush of cold water on a summer morning, the laughter that echoes off the shore, and the quiet satisfaction of knowing you’re part of something bigger than yourself. And in Bemidji, you don’t just remember why you fell in love with the sport; you feel it in every turn, every shared laugh, every ripple trailing out into a glassy horizon.
This is a story of a Life well lived.
Independent perspectives on tournament water skiing
