World Overall Record Holder: Record set twice during the 2023 season 1st record with 2664.16 points (1.00@58/10.25 - 11680 points - 69.8m) set on September 2nd, during the Florida Cup. 2nd record with 2670.62 points (2.00@58/10.25 - 11680 points - 69.3m) set on September 16th during the Malibu Open

2023 IWWF SKIERS & RIDERS OF THE YEAR IWWF Council Female Nominee Male Nominee Barefoot: Ashleigh Stebbeings Keenan Derry Cable Phoenix Baumgardt Aviv Levy Cable Wake: Julia Rick Oliver Orban Disabled: Samantha-Jane Longmore Connor Poggetto Racing: Nellie McMillan Carter Robertson Showski: Grace Petzold Peter Hegarty Waterski: Erika Lang Joel Poland World Records Set: Holds all 3 but none set in current year. World Championships Performance 1st Overall 2nd Jump 1st Slalom 1st Tricks World Ranking List Placement 1st overall 1st Tricks 1st slalom 1st jump. Number of Tournaments Skied in the Past Year: 4 Number of International Tournaments Skied in the Past Year: 1 Confederation Ranking: 1st overall 1st Tricks 1st Slalom 1st Tricks National Ranking: 1st Overall 1st Tricks 1st Slalom 1st Jump

3 Times & Current IWWF World Seated Cable Wakeboard Champion 6 Times & Current IWWF European Seated Cable Wakeboard Champion Athlete Representative of the IWWF Cable Wakeboard Council

Gold Medal 2022 IWWF World Wakeboard Championships Gold Medal 2022 IWWF PAN AM Wakeboard Championships Silver Medal World Games 2022 Gold Medal 2022 South American Games

jump competition she entered in 2019, setting a new World Women’s Cableski Jump Record of 50.8 metres. She won the women’s cableski jump at the 2018 IWWF World Cup stop in Shanghai and is also a very good overall cableskier.

Patricio Font , a 17 year old full-time student, won trick titles at the Nautique Junior Moomba Masters, US Masters and IWWF World Open Waterski Championships in 2019. He was youngest Mexican to win a gold medal at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. Font broke the world junior trick record 7 times in 2019, most recently shattering the 12,000 point barrier. In December, Patricio was named as the men’s NextGen winner, the prize awarded to the best athlete under-20, at the at the inaugural Panam Sports Awards.

IWWF Ranking List End of October: – NUMBER 1 in Slalom (3.0 @ 10.25) (4 @10.25, 2 @ 10.25 m) – NUMBER 1 in Overall (3062.76) (4 @ 10.25 m, 8420 points, 51.4 m) – IWWF Weekly Ranking List – NUMBER 1 in Slalom on the most recent (4 Dec 2018) weekly rankings list (3.0 @ 10.25 m) – NUMBER 1 in Overall on the most recent (4 Dec 2018) weekly rankings list (3076.4) 2018 Records and Performance Highlights – IWWF World Slalom Record & USA Water Ski (AWSA) National Slalom Record: 4 @ 10.25 July 2018 Winter Garden, FL This performance eclipses Regina’s IWWF World Record of 3.5 @ 10.25 m set in November, 2016. She has held the World Slalom Record since 2009 having advanced that record a total of seven times over nine years. During 2018 Regina has run slalom passes into 10.25 m during IWWF sanctioned events over 30 times, more than any other female skier. She has performed in this fashion at a myriad number of sites and behind a multitude of drivers. Regina is the most dominant slalom skier in the World. She is an Overall skier who can jump in excess of 180’, trick 8,900 points while consistently running into the 10.25 line length. She has a Doctor of Pharmacy degree and runs her own business (Emerald Coast Compounding Pharmacy) in which she devotes over 40 hours per week. Regina is an AWSA Senior/Pan American Judge in all three events and officiates at many tournaments, including elite events. She is a true Water Ski Ambassador working with juniors throughout the year and serving as mentor to many. US Masters Slalom Course Record 1 @ 10.25, May, 2018 Pine Mountain, Georgia Regina is the only female slalom skier in history to run a complete 10.75 pass at Robin Lake during the US Masters. Regina established a new US Masters slalom record of 1 @ 10.25 during the preliminary round. IWWF Pan American Championship Tournament Records (Santiago, Chile), November, 2018 – Slalom (2 @ 10.25) IWWF PAN AM CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD – Jump (177’) IWWF PAN AM CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD – Overall IWWF PAN AM CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD

Confederation Rankings: World: 1st Overall Open Mens IWWF Europe & Africa: 1st Overall Open Mens 2018 Tournament Bests: 13,800 – Tricks 20.0 – Slalom 29.7m – Jump Tournaments skied this season: 4 National tournaments, and 1 International. 2018 Achievements: Men’s International U.S National Champion. Open Men’s World Champion in Slalom, Jump, and Overall. Set pending trick records of 12,950, 13,250, 13,350, and 13,800. Broke the World Trick Record at 13,350 (Current Record). Won his first ever World Slalom title, now earning him a spot as one of the now five Men (Other four being Brett Wing, Mike Seipel, Ron Scarpa, and Keith St. Onge) to have won an IWWF Open Barefoot Worlds

TOURNAMENT 2017 Water Skier of the Year – Female Neilly Ross – CAN Current Elite ranking: 1st Current IWWF ranking: 2st World Open Championships: 1st in 2017 2nd place at the 2016 World Junior Championships held in 2017 with a score of 10050 points. 1st place at the 2017 Moomba Masters whit a score of 10050 points. 1st place at the 2017 Nautique Masters whit a score of 10350 points. 1st place at the 2017 World Open Championships with a score of 10220 points. Neilly Ross had the distinction of winning all of the Elite Women Trick Tournaments of 2017 culminating with the 2017 World Championships crown. She won both the Moomba Masters and the Masters. She had a total of nine first places in 2017 and all score above 10000 points.

2017 Water Skier of the Year – Male Ryan Dodd – CAN 1st place at the 2017 Nautique Masters whit a distance of 74.1m 1st place at the 2017 Vladimir Filin Memorial whit a distance of 75.4m 1st place at the 2017 Canadian Open Masters whit a distance of 68.7m 1st place at the 2017 Strokes Pro Am whit a distance of 71.9m 1st place at the 2017 World Open Champ. whit a distance of 68.4m Along the way, he set a new World Record of 77.4 m at the Space Coast tournament in July Current Elite ranking: 1st Current IWWF ranking: 1st World Open Championships: 1st in 2017 Ryan Dodd had a breakout year in 2017. He won every single Elite Tournament jump event except for an early season 2nd place at Moomba. His wins include the Masters, the Vladimir Filin Memorial, the Ray Stokes Pro Am, the Canadian Open and finally the World Championships. He also placed 1st in every other tournament entered in 2017. Ryan also acts as the Pan American skier representative on the Athletes Advisory Council to the IWWF Tournament Council as well as being involved in tournament promotion and organization.

TOURNAMENT 2016 Water Skier of the Year – Female Jacinta Carroll – AUS Born in September 1992, Australian athlete Jacinta Carroll is an impressive Overall three-event Waterskier. However, in the extreme sport of Waterski Jump, her performances have been extraordinary. With 30 consecutive wins to the end of 2016, she hit international headlines back in 2010 on taking the Jump Gold Medal at the US Masters in Callaway Gardens, a title she has now captured four times. Her Gold Medal titles also include the IWWF World Cup, IWWF World Championships, Moomba Masters, Malibu Open, US Open and many others. However, in 2011 when she broke the U21 World Jump Record with a distance of 54.8m, a whole new era of achievements began. In spite of an injury that same year, the best was yet to come. Coached by the late Ray Stokes from the age of eleven and sponsored by Nautique, her 2015 Open World Jump Record of 59.1m looked like it would stay intact for some time. This was not the case ! She has since pushed that World Jump Record to 60.3m, an extraordinary achievement. Currently taking her Masters in Physiotherapy at the University of Queensland, Jacinta Carroll’s award of 2016 IWWF Athlete of the Year is truly well deserved.

BAREFOOT 2016 Barefoot Water Skier of the Year – Male David Small – GBR Barefoot Skier David Small (GBR) had his first Barefoot lesson in chilly waters in Birmingham, England. Currently living in Winter Haven, Florida, his international reputation really began with his first Barefoot Overall title in 1999 at the Junior World Barefoot Championships in Texas. This was followed in 2002, 2004, 2010, 2012 and 2014 with Open Men’s World Championships Gold Medals. In 2016, he added yet another Overall World Barefoot Champion title to his already distinguished career. Currently holding World Records in both Jump and Tricks, he has now set no less than five pending 2016 Tricks records of 12,850, 13,150, 13,300, 13,300 and 14,050. Taking first place at the 2016 World Barefoot Championships in Tricks, Slalom and Overall, David Small’s consistency over the years has been quite phenomenal. This keen Skydiver and Motor Cyclist who owns the World Barefoot Centre in Winter Haven, Florida, now adds the title of 2016 IWWF Athlete of the Year to his very distinguished collection.

TOURNAMENT 2015 Water Skier of the Year – Female Regina Jaquess – USA Current world slalom record holder 3.25@10.25 2015 Overall World Champion 2015 World Slalom Champion World Ranking List – 1st Overall, 1st Slalom, 4th Tricks 1st place slalom at 2015 US Masters, 2015 US Open, 2015 California Pro Am, 2015 Malibu Open, 2015 Malibu Cup, 2015 Swiss Pro Slalom 2nd Place Jump 2015 Malibu Open, U2015 US Open Regina Jaquess (USA) in 2015 won nearly every major slalom tournament she entered and followed it up with strong reliable results in tricks and jump to rise to the top in overall, once again claiming the World Overall Championship.

TOURNAMENT 2015 Water Skier of the Year – Male Adam Sedlmajer – CZE 2015 Overall World Champion 2015 World Championships 2nd place in tricks; E&A Open Championships 2015- 1st place in Overall, 3d place in Slalom World Ranking list- 1st Open Men Overall Elite Ranking List men tricks 2015- 3rd Malibu Open: Jump 4th Adam Sedlmajer (CZE) is the strongest Overall skier in Europe and in the World. In 2015 he won both the World and E&A Overall titles and has risen to the top in Overall in both the World and E&A Ranking lists.

Athlete of the year – 2014 Cableski Alexander Vasko – Slovak Republic Alexander Vasko is only 20 years old and is one of the top Cableski skiers, but this year was extremely good for him. The climax of the year for him was the Cableski World Championships. In the preliminary round he broke the 9 year old Cableski World Jump record from Thomas Bauer (63.8m), with an incredible jump of 64.2 meter. This record set the pace for the jump finals and the skiers went for it with a thriller of the finals as a result. Still Alexander proved he is the best jumper this year winning the World title in addition of his new World Record. But Alexander is not only a great jumper, he is just a very good overall skier. At the Cableski Worlds in addition to the gold medal in jumping, he also took silver in tricks and bronze in overall. On the Cableski Ranking List he is first in jump and overall and places fourth in tricks and fifth in slalom. In addition to the World Championships, Alexander placed second in jump at the First Cableski World Cup in Shanghai – China, with only Nikita Papakul being able to beat Alexander. At the grand prix of cable in Asten, Austria Alexander ended first in jump, and second in tricks, behind a topper like Ilya Labkovic, and in slalom, after the almost unbeatable Nadav Ativ, just once again a proof of his great shape this year and his skills as a great overall skier. World Champion Jump New World record with 64.2 m First E&A Ranking List jump First World Ranking List jump Open Men Slovak tricks, jump and overall Champion (slalom second)

2013 Set new World Record Slalom #1 IWWF Ranking Overall #1 IWWF Ranking Slalom 2013 World Championships Women Overall 1 2013 World Championships Women Slalom 1 2013 World Championships Women Jump 4 2013 World Championships Women Tricks 5 2013 Masters Women Slalom 1 2013 Masters Women Jump 4 2013 Malibu Open Women Slalom 1 2013 Malibu Open Women Jump 4 2013 LA Night Jam V Women Jump 3 2013 Diablo Shores Pro Am Women Slalom 1 2013 Atlanta ProAm Women Slalom 1

2013 World Champion 2013 Tied World Slalom record 2013 Set new Slalom World Record #1 IWWF Ranking Slalom #1 Elite Ranking 2013 Moomba Masters Men Slalom 8 2013 Atlanta ProAm Men Slalom 1 2013 Malibu Open Men Slalom 1 2013 Masters Men Slalom 2 2013 Mastercraft Pro Shootout Men Slalom 1 2013 Diablo Shores Pro Am Men Slalom 1 2013 Sunset Lakes Fall Classic Men Slalom 1 2013 Orlando Extreme Watersports Festival Men Slalom 1

2010 was an incredible year for Regina Jaquess. She set three new World Records, one in overall and two in slalom. Overall – 2945.85 points – slalom 4@10.75m, tricks 7920, jump 53.6m Slalom 1 1/4@10.25 Slalom 1 1/2@10.25 Regina won slalom at three major Elite Tournamnts 2010 Masters Women Slalom 2010 Alizee Cup Women Slalom 2010 Diablo Shores Pro Am Women Regina was on top of the Rankings #1 Elite Slalom #5 Elite Jump #1 Ranking List Slalom #8 Ranking List Tricks #5 Ranking List Jump #1 Ranking List Overall

In an incredible 2010 season Dave set the current World Jump and Trick records at: 29.9m 12,150 pts 2010 World Championships 1st Overall 1st Jump 2nd Tricks 3rd Slalom World Ranking 1st Overall 1st Jump 2nd Trick 3rd Slalom Confederation Ranking 1st Overall 1st Trick 2nd Slalom 1st Jump Confederation Records Tricks, 12,150 and Jump 29.9m. New Personal Bests 12,150 Tricks 29.8 Jump

Whitney had the unique accomplishment of being the World Champion in both the U21 Championships and the Open World Championships in Overall, Slalom, and Tricks. Her list of tournament podium placements is unparalleled in recent times: 2009 World Champion Women Overall 2009 World Champion Women Slalom 2009 World Champion Women Tricks 2009 World U21 Champion Women Overall 2009 World U21 Champion Women Slalom 2009 World U21 Champion Women Tricks 2009 World U21 Championships Women Jump Silver Medal 2009 Masters Champion Women Tricks 2009 Masters Women Slalom 3rd Place 2009 Malibu Pro Ski Tour Abbotsford Women Slalom Champion

St. Onge is once again proving he is the most dominant international force in Barefoot Waterskiing. He turned in another unbelievable performance in 2009, repeating as the World Overall Champion in New Zealand. He once again reset the world trick record, this time at an amazing 11,250 and he retains a stranglehold on the world record in Wake Slalom. St. Onge also turned in an incredible performance at the World Games in Taiwan helping bring the U.S. team to victory, as well as winning the individual Gold Overall medal on the international stage. 2008 World Championships held in 2009 – 1st Overall, 1st Slalom. 1st Tricks, 3rd Jump World Games 2009 – 1st Overall, 1st Slalom. 1st Tricks, 4th Jump World Ranking – not finalised, but anticipated: 1st Overall, 1st Slalom, 1st Trick, 3rd Jump World Records Currently holds the World Slalom (20.6) and Trick (11,250) records Confederation Ranking: 1st Overall, 1st Trick, 1st Slalom, 1st Jump New Personal Bests: 12,650 Tricks, 25.7 Jump (25.8 was back in 1998) New Skills Learned: The best new skill that he has learned this year, is the ability to combine the most difficult barefoot tricks into a 15 second routine at standards that the world has never witnessed. Contributions to the sport Keith travels the world teaching and promoting the sport, yes It Is his business, but he does it with a great personal touch. He is regarded as the best in the world by an over whelming majority of his peers. He has sponsored many tournaments, clinics around the world and is the premier sponsor of the 2010 World Championships.

Clementine Lucine FRA had a dream year. She had more Elite podium finishes than any other skier in the world covering all three events. She placed 2nd in World Cup Slalom and Tricks and 3rd in the World Cup jump. She ended the season with a #1 Elite Ranking in Tricks, #3 Elite Ranking in Tricks and #4 Elite in Jump. Combining all of these event strengths, she established a new World Overall Record.

Three Pending World Records Four Gold Medals 2006 World Overall Champion! Keith won his first ever World Overall Title this season. At the tournament he placed First in EVERY round of Slalom and Every round of Tricks earning himself Gold medals in those events while becoming the Overall World Champion. He broke the World Trick Record EVERY round. A feat that has NEVER been done. Earlier in the Year Keith set the World Slalom Record at 20.6 points. A record that had stood longer than any other in barefoot Water Skiing (12 Years). Keith’s 2006 Resume for Athletic Achievement goes unchallenged.

Regina showed her talents by being the World Overall Champion, two World Championships in a row, so far. 2005 World Overall Champion 2005 World Slalom Champion US Open Slalom Champion SkyView Open Slalom Champion Mastercraft Pro Championships Tricks 2nd place The 46th Masters Tricks 2nd place US Open Tricks 2nd place Mastercraft Pro Championships Jump 3rd place #1 2005 Elite Slalom Ranking #4 2005 Elite Trick Ranking #7 2005 Elite Jump Ranking 2005 Under 21 World Overall Champion 2005 Under 21 World Jump Champion 2005 Under 21 World Slalom Champion

t was a year of firsts for trick specialist Nicolas Leforestier. 2005 World Tricks Champion 2005 World Cup Champion New World Record 12,400 points at the Boesch Open Tricks Vallee De Joux, in Switzerland The 46th Masters Trick Champion World Cup Dubna 2005 Trick Champion World Cup Enniskillen Trick Champion French Masters Trick Champion #1 2005 Elite Trick Ranking

2004 Female Skier of the Year 2004 World Cup Jump Champion #1 2004 Elite Slalom Ranking #1 2004 Elite Jump Ranking Holden Cross 8 Moomba Masters Women Jump Champion Chevrolet 45th Masters Women Jump Champion Malibu Open Women Jump Champion French Masters Women Jump Champion World Cup Dubna Women Jump Champion Chevrolet 45th Masters Women Slalom Champion Malibu Open Women Slalom Champion Skyview Cash Prize Women Slalom Champion French Masters Women Slalom Champion MasterCraft Pro Tour Women Slalom Champion 2004 World Cup Slalom Silver Medal IWSF World Ranking #1 Jump IWSF World Ranking #2 Slalom

2004 Male Skier of the Year 2004 World Cup Tricks Silver Medal 2004 World Cup Jump Silver Medal Pan Am Championships Men Jump Champion Malibu Open Men Jump Champion Pan Am Championships Men Tricks Champion Holden Cross 8 Moomba Masters Men Jump Silver Medal World Cup Dubna Men Jump Silver Medal MasterCraft Pro Tour Men Jump Bronze Medal World Cup Dubna Men Tricks Bronze Medal World Cup Changshu Men Tricks Bronze Medal World Cup Doha Men Tricks Silver Medal IWSF World Ranking #6 Tricks IWSF World Ranking #3 Jump IWSF World Ranking #2 Overall

Emma Sheers AUS 2003 World Champion Slalom 2003 World Champion Jump #1 Elite Ranking Slalom #1 Elite Ranking Jump Winner Moomba Masters Slalom Winner Chevy Trucks 44th Masters Slalom Winner Moomba Masters Jump Winner 2003 Malibu Open Jump Winner 2003 US Open Jump Winner 2003 Danish Open Jump Competed in 11 Elite Events and placed 1st in 8, 2nd in 2 and 3rd in 1 World Tournament Record in Slalom

Christophe, a multiple plegics MP3 sit skier, had a tremendous season. He scored at least two buoys at 49kph on the outer, regulation course, just a few buoys less than the world record at that speed, in five EuroTour stops, 3 EAME open tournaments and the World Championships. In tricks, he exceeded the world record more than once (all reduced on video review) as well as setting an EAME jump record of 20.2 meters. In the final EuroTour standings, he placed first in overall and second in tricks and jump. The culmination of his season was his superb overall victory in the largest and most hotly contested division at the World Championships in Florida where he also placed first in slalom, second in tricks and fifth in jump. That was on the water. On land, he served as Tournament Director at two of the six EuroTour stops, homologated 4 competitions, passed his J1 (Senior Judge) exam – the highest rating, designed new slalom skis for the disabled and conducted training camps for the Belgian, German and French ski teams.

Elena Milakova receives her IWSF Athlete of the Year plaque and ring from IWSF President Kuno Ritschard near her home in Switzerland.

Jaret Llewellyn recieves his award plaque from IWSF President Kuno Ritschard at the Australand Moomba Masters.