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INTERESTING KITEBOARDING OLYMPIC NEWSFLASH TODAY !

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 …

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‘COULD BE AN OSCAR WINNER – WORLD CUP MEN’S WAKEBOARD FINALS

IS THIS THE BEST WORLD CUP WAKEBOARD FINALS VIDEO OF ALL TIME ?    See every Mandurah Finals Rider performance right here including David O’Caoimh’s entire run : http://youtu.be/OD3oh3SLSjQ

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IRISH FEATURES IN BRITISH WATERSKI & WAKEBOARD MAGAZINE

DAVID COATES AND DES BURKE-KENNEDY CONTRIBUTE TO THE APRIL MAGAZINE PAGES The April / May edition of WATERSKI & WAKEBOARD has just been released and a total of FOUR pages were actually contributed by Irish Wakeboard Team Coach David Coates (DC) and our Federation President, Des Burke-Kennedy. As this is the official Magazine of the British Federation (BWSW) and also their special Moomba Masters issue, it is good to see …

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MAJOR SOCIAL MEDIA IMPACT ON OUR WEBSITE

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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FINAL NIGHT CELEBRATING FOUR MEDALS IN SOUTH AFRICA

IRISH TEAM RESULTS ADD ANOTHER MEDAL TO OUR RIDERS GOLD+SILVER+BRONZE AT EUROPE AFRICA WAKEBOARD CHAMPIONSHIPS  At the last EA Championships staged in Fagersta, Sweden, our Team Ireland Riders scored one Silver, one Bronze and our Team came in 9th place. Things have greatly improved …….   At the Awards Ceremony tonight the individual athletes were presented with their medals and then the Team placings were announced. Team Ireland won the …

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TONIGHT’S GOLD SILVER AND BRONZE REPORT FROM SOUTH AFRICA

CONGRATULATIONS TO TEAM IRELAND AT THE EUROPE AFRICA WAKEBOARD CHAMPIONSHIPS It was a cliff hanger right down to the end this afternoon in South Africa. Our thoughts go back to those cold Winter practice sessions on the water here at home when our dedicated Riders refused to let low temperatures spoil their preparations. Team Captain David Coates worked hard at bonding the Irish Wakeboard team together and this can make …

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