With the Open European Championships just hours away from taking place in Recetto, Italy the TWBC Podcast took the opportunity to speak to an athlete who has had to endure more than his fair share of challenges to even make it to this and other venues this season. This episode features current World Games Men’s …
Nighttime Pro Waterski Jumping makes a welcome return to South Louisiana with LA Night Jam presented by Tides Medical on June 18 and organizer Jay Bennett talked about that and other pertinent topics in the realm of tournament waterskiing in this episode of the TWBC Podcast
The search for the next site of the Waterski Open World Championships, the current state of the sport in the upcoming World Games and the recently imposed competition ban on athletes from Russia and Belarus are among the topics posed to the President of the IWWF Jose Antonio Perez Priego in this lively episode of …
At the start of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine the TWBC Podcast had the opportunity to talk with World Overall Championship medalist Danylo Filchenko about the situation on the ground in his native Dnipro. Several weeks have passed since then so an update to the crisis was due and, fortunately, we were able to …
In a welcome return towards normalcy in the tournament waterski world the Moomba Masters will take place on the Yarra River in Melbourne, Australia starting in the 2nd week of March. With that in mind the TWBC Podcast took the opportunity to talk to Tournament Water Ski Australia chairman Grant Barnett about this event, along …
Containing some explicit language this is Danylo Filchenko’s account of the Russian incursion into his native Ukraine from within his home city of Dnipro. This World Overall Championship bronze medalist is also not shy about offering his opinion on the aggressors in this invasion and those who implicitly or explicitly support them. Donations to help …
With Hanna Straltsova’s origins in the sport discussed in the first part of this episode the attention now shifts to what she has in mind for the immediate future with the upcoming 2022 season. Note: this episode was recorded before the U.S. Masters qualification criteria was released and under the assumption that she would need …
In a challenging 2021 season Hanna Straltsova was a beacon of consistency in winning the majority of the women’s jumping events – on her way to claiming the first ever Waterski ProTour Women’s Jump crown. She also took podium finishes in both the Cable and Tournament Worlds’ as well, so it was high time that …
