IWWF Trick Committee Moves Toward Major Scoring Overhaul The IWWF is contemplating the first major scoring overhaul in more than 20 years—raising values for high difficulty flips and signaling a new era for trick skiing.
Seven 41s: Travers Grand Prix Shatters the Ceiling History was made at the 2025 Travers Grand Prix, with record-breaking runs and season titles for Freddie Winter and Jaimee Bull.
Charlie Ross Makes History: Two 41-Offs, Two Tournaments, One Day First shattering Will Asher’s 22-year-old collegiate record, then dueling Nate Smith to the wire at the MasterCraft Pro — Charlie Ross made history this past weekend.
The Home Stretch: What’s Left to Play for in the 2025 Water Ski Season With four marquee events left on the calendar, season titles on the Pro Tour and Overall Tour still hang in the balance.
Tributes Flow for Jean-François Rapp, Mentor Behind the Duplan-Fribourg Dynasty A French champion turned coach, Jean-François Rapp shaped generations of skiers—most recently guiding the Duplan-Fribourg brothers to the top of the world stage.
IWWF Awards Towboat Contract to Malibu in Long-Rumored Industry Shakeup Once thought to be scaling back its involvement in tournament skiing, Malibu Boats is now poised to tow the world’s biggest events—ending Nautique’s decade-long reign.
Watch: Champions Collide in Austria | World Water Skiers Welcome to the second stop of the 2025 World Water Skiers Overall Tour — the WWS Austria Cup.
Crumbling Concrete, Pristine Waters: Pro Tour Lands in Georgia’s Forgotten Ski Mecca In Stalin’s backyard, water skiing rises again. The Pro Tour hits Poti, Georgia — a forgotten Soviet hub where overgrown ruins surround the picturesque Golden Lake.
Andy Mapple’s Record Still Untouched as Youth Rule World Championships Nearly a quarter century after his last title — also here in Recetto — the sport’s ultimate prizes still belong to the young.
The Highest-Scoring Worlds in History? Recetto Delivers Water Skiing’s Next Level For six days in northern Italy, water skiing seemed determined to burst out of its own history.
The Unsolvable Puzzle of Joel Poland at the World Championships It’s hard to reconcile the two Joels — the unstoppable force who has redefined overall skiing, and the athlete undone by the same mistakes at the same tournament.
Jump Fest in Recetto: Worlds Opens With Wave of Personal Bests Brandon Schipper’s 220-foot leap headlined a wave of PBs in Recetto, setting the stage for one of the most explosive jump events in Worlds history.