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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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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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HOW DO WATERSKI & WAKEBOARD RANKINGS WORK ?

DID YOU CHECK & REPORT YOUR SCORES DURING THE YEAR ? PROVISIONAL RANKINGS 2011 SEASON RELEASED Have you had a chance to check our RANKING TABLES here on site – see Tab above ? They are fun to read and also give all keen Skiers and Riders a target to beat in the coming 2012 season. However, if you do not play your part in the process, then your scores …

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OUR TEAM RIDER PAUL JOHNSTON’S REPORT FROM FLORIDA

IRISH TEAM RIDER PAUL JOHNSTON MAKING GREAT PROGRESS IN THE USA     While most of our Irish Wakeboard Team are putting in long hours on the water at Xtreme-Gene in Spain in preparation for the Europe Africa Wakeboard Championships next month, Paul Johnston headed to Florida to try his best to recover from his 2011 shoulder injury. We have just received this update from Paul and it certainly looks …

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OUR FEDERATION AGM – JUST THREE WEEKS TO GO !

YOU ARE INVITED TO OUR NOVEMBER 6th 2011 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING     Our Annual General Meeting is a bit unusual. It is not just the obligatory gathering to go through the usual routines. It really is that one big opportunity for us all to share our hopes for the coming years, award our Record Breakers, applaud our excellent international Waterski and Wakeboard achievements, agree our 2012 Calendar, consider our …

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GREAT CONDITIONS UNDER BLACK SKIES FOR FIRST DAY OF NATIONALS

RED ARROWS SET THE SCENE AS SLALOM PRELIMS KICK OFF     The air was warm, the water was flat and the skies were very dark !  For those with cameras, it was a case of bring on the flood lights. For our Skiers, it was a good first day with plenty of excellent performances. Jamie Pallas had just flown in from Florida for our National Waterski Championships and Stuart …

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