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INTERESTING KITEBOARDING OLYMPIC NEWSFLASH TODAY !

Posted on May 7, 2012

IS AN OLYMPICS DECISION ON THE HORIZON ? If this News Flash below is true, it could be good for our WAKEBOARD 2020 VISION project to bring Cable Wakeboard to the 2020 Olympic Games. “May 6 – Windsurfing has been controversially axed from the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and replaced by kiteboarding, the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) has announced at its mid-year meeting in Stresa, Italy “ This …

FEDERATION MEETING APPOINTS SELECTORS FOR SEASON 2012

Posted on February 27, 2012

FEDERATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS COME OUT IN FORCE ! Sunday last was not a day of rest and relaxation for our Federation Committee Members ! We had just about a full house at the Carlton Airport Hotel in Dublin with our team travelling from Belfast, Cork and Dublin for a busy day. Present were Des Burke-Kennedy, Eileen Galvin, Brid Ferry, Robin Skelton, Andy McQuiggan, Barry Galvin, Daryl Higgins, Paurig O’Regan and …

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MAJOR SOCIAL MEDIA IMPACT ON OUR WEBSITE

Posted on February 20, 2012

HUGE INCREASE IN UNIQUE VISITORS THIS PAST WEEKEND As our regular Website visitors will have seen recently, each of our regular NEWS items now has a set of Social Media buttons below the text. A simple CLICK on these sends that NEWS item of your choice straight to your own FaceBook page, Twitter, etc. In other words, this helps us to spread the details very quickly – via a simple …

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SCECIAL WATERSKI & WAKEBOARD WORLD CUP CHANNEL

Posted on October 21, 2011

NOW YOU TOO CAN ENJOY EVERY WORLD CUP STOP AT HOME ! Just a few weeks ago, we completed our 32nd consecutive WORLD CUP STOP. Some of us describe these as 32 miracles ! While bringing the World’s very best Skiers and Riders to major downtown venues across the globe, we have also managed to contribute over $3,000,000 in Prize money to our athletes, distribute our exclusive …

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YES I CAN HOUR WEDNESDAY – BEHIND THE SCENES EMMA’S CHALLENGE AT OUR IASC CLUB

Posted on October 18, 2011

ALL EYES WILL BE ON TV STAR EMMA DOYLE AS SHE TAKES ON HER DISABLED CHALLENGE ON SETANTA SPORTS FOUR PART TV DOCUMENTARY TO BE AIRED ON FOUR MONDAYS STARTING NOVEMBER 7th AT 21.00hrs Have you heard about the YES I CAN HOUR planned for tomorrow, Wednesday, October 19th ? It is designed to bring together TV, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter for a very good …

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CABLE WAKEBOARD MAKES BIG IMPRESSION IN BELGRADE

Posted on September 4, 2011

EUROPEN CABLE WAKEBOARD 2011 CHAMPIONSHIPS ATTRACT RECORD TWENTY ONE COUNTRIES TO BELGRADE The rapid growth of Cable Wakeboard was clear for all to see at the weekend at the 13th European Cable Wakeboard Championships. Hopefully we will see this facility soon here at home and the signs are looking good. An estimated six new Cable Parks are opening each month at the moment and 51 countries already …

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