Good Luck to the British Cable Wakeboard Team

The Cable Wakeboard European Championships will be held from October 17th to 19th at the new Sukay Park Rixen Cableway in Bursa, Turkey.

The team who are sponsored by Black & White, Relentless Energy, and UK Sport will be leaving on Tuesday and we wish them the best of luck

Freddie Carter, Simon Chapell, Sophie Cordery, Lewis Cornwall, Nick Davies, Connor Jones, Sarah Kingdom, Christian Koester, Josh Rose, Ellie Taylor, James Young, and Tor Young

The Championships will be live on the EAME Cablewakeboard Website throughout the weekend so don’t forget to watch

Livefeed on cablewakeboard.net

Lascelles Memorial Grant

To all British Waterski Members

Did you read your magazine this month?

The deadline of 31st October for the Lascelles Memorial Grant applications is approaching

Purpose of the Fund:
To assist highly promising young athletes from any recognized sporting division of British Water Ski to win medals at European and World Championships.

Outline Criteria – Are You?
• Under 18 as of 1st January 2009.
• An active competitor and licence holder in a recognized sports division of British Water Ski.
• Active in a division that has EAME (European) and World Championships.
• On the way up – and by that we mean improving and nearing the top of your age category.
• Talented and committed.
• A British Citizen.

International Cable Wakeboard Judging Seminar

The 1st International Cable Wakeboard Seminar was held at JBSKI - Thorpe last weekend and we are pleased to announce that we have the following newly qualified judges

3 International Level 2 Judges

2 National Level 1 Judges

4 National Level 2 Judges

Well done to all of the participants and many thanks to Tibor Althans and George Newell both International Level 1 Judges/Instructors for making the weekend so much fun!

Qualified judges make a difference to our sport whether they are setting up a small club competition, judging at the National Championships or better still judging at an International Competition.

If you are interested in becoming a judge or you are a rider who would like to know more about how you are judged then join the next seminar which will be held in the Spring of 2009.

Just email for more details

Here are some pics from the weekend’s seminar

Int Judging Seminar JBSki Oct 2008

Ride for Peace - Photos

If you haven’t already seen them yet

the Ride for Peace 2008 photos from around the globe

are starting to appear on the facebook group

You can check them out here

If you are not on facebook you can always see some of the picasa albums instead

Croatia Cable Krk

UK - JBSki

Well done to everyone who supported the events

If you would like to help the cause then maybe you might like to buy

a pair of the limited edition Ride for Peace Addict Boardies

Or maybe a copy of the new feature documentary

The Day after Peace

BBC

Have your say - Peace One Day