WORLD TITLED EVENTS IWWF WORLD TITLED EVENTS
What is the IWWF? The International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation (IWWF) is the world governing body for all towed water sports and has 90+ affiliated member Federations worldwide.
It was founded in Geneva, Switzerland in 1946 and is recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the sole authority governing all towed water sports.
The IWWF is also an affiliate member of Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations (ARISF), the Global Association of International Sports Federation (GAISF) and one of the seven founding sports of the World Games
The IWWF’s competitive and recreational towed water sport divisions include the following: 3-Event Waterskiing (Traditional Waterski), Wakeboard, Barefoot, Show Skiing, Cable Wakeboard, Cableski, Ski Racing, Disabled Skiing, Kneeboard and Wakesurf IWWF WORLD TITLED EVENTS What the IWWF Does? Promotes and develops towed water sports worldwide through National Federations. • Develops technical rules for all towed water sport disciplines. • Organizes educational and training programs for technical officials and coaches. • Provides resources for federations and athletes •. Technical officials’ development and education. • Represents federations and athletes as and when needed. • Manages towed water sport disciplines at Multi-Sport Games recognized by the IOC and its Regional Olympic Councils (World Games, Pan Am Games, Mediterranean Games, South East Asian Games, Asian Beach Games, South American Games, etc.). • Secures hosts for and manages IWWF World Titled events – total 11 events biennially. • Secures hosts for and manages IWWF World Cup stops – 49 stops held and a total of USD5.7 million in cash prizes disbursed to athletes since 2004. • Lobbies for inclusion in Regional Multi-Sport, Youth and Olympic Games. • Complies with the World Anti-Doping Code and supports clean sport and safe sport. • Seeks Sponsorships. IWWF WORLD TITLED EVENTS Concept & Disciplines
SLALOM
CABLE WAKEBOARD
• IWWF World Titled Events for each discipline are held every two years JUMP TRICK • The Host Country may select the discipline which best suits its country: Waterskiing (slalom, trick, jump), Wakeboard, Cable Wakeboard, Cable Ski, Disabled Ski, Ski Racing, Show Skiing, Ski Racing, Wakesurf • Event Organisers should submit an official bid, endorsed by the National Federation, to the IWWF for approval • The World's Best Athletes are entered by their National Federations to compete in these IWWF world-titled events WAKEBOARD BOAT IWWF WORLD TITLED EVENTS
WAKESURFING
BAREFOOT
SHOW SKIING DISABLED SKIING
CABLE SKIING SKI RACING IWWF WORLD TITLED EVENTS Disciplines - Waterskiing
Slalom, trick and jump are the three events of traditional waterskiing. The slalom event is performed on a single ski by an athlete attempting to negotiate his way around the outside of six buoys in a zigzag course without falling or missing a buoy in consecutive passes. In the trick event, athletes attempt to perform as many tricks as he or she can during two 20-second passes. Each trick has an assigned point value and the athlete who earns the most points wins the event. The object of the jumping event is for an athlete to jump as far as he can. There are no style points. Just pop off of the ramp and fly! IWWF WORLD TITLED EVENTS Disciplines – Cable Skiing
Cable skiing is waterskiing using an overhead cable, erected around the shoreline of a lake, to pull the athletes in an anti-clockwise direction The speed that the cable travels is the same as competition waterskiing using a boat with a maximum speed of 58 kph. There are three cable ski events: slalom, trick and jump IWWF WORLD TITLED EVENTS Disciplines – Barefoot
Although barefoot slalom, trick and jumping are very similar to traditional waterski events, the major difference is participants do not wear skis. In the slalom event, an athlete earns points for crossing the boat wakes as many times as possible. In tricks, an athlete attempts to perform as many tricks as he can during two 15-second passes. Each trick has a pre-assigned point value and an athlete may perform each trick only once. The athlete who earns the most points wins the event. In the jumping event, the ramp height is only 45.5 centimeters, but the boat speed is more than 60 kph, which is feet-burning fast! The athlete with the longest jump wins. IWWF WORLD TITLED EVENTS Disciplines – Disabled Skiing
Waterskiing has been adapted so that physically disabled athletes can also participate and compete. Competitions offer slalom, trick and jumping events for vision impaired individuals (blind or partially sighted), multiplegics (paraplegics and quadriplegics), leg amputees (above and below knee), arm amputees and athletes with both arm and leg disabilities using either regular or specially designed equipment. IWWF WORLD TITLED EVENTS Disciplines – Show Skiing
Show skiing combines components of all waterski disciplines. Waterski shows are an aquatic Broadway musical, featuring several waterski acts choreographed to music and built around a theme that tells a story. Unique to show skiing are ballet/swivel skiing, adagio doubles, freestyle jumping and human pyramids. IWWF WORLD TITLED EVENTS Disciplines – Ski Racing
Waterski racing uniquely combines motorsport with athletic ability into a team of three. There is one person who drives the boat, one who is a communicator between the skier and driver and then there is the skier. Each member plays an invaluable role when they are competing. Teams, compete against each other at the same time to do as many laps as possible in the race time. IWWF WORLD TITLED EVENTS Disciplines - Wakeboarding
Wakeboarding is a combination of waterskiing, snowboarding and surfing. Each rider is allowed 2 passes through the wakeboard course during which time they may perform any routine they choose. They will be judged on three subjective style categories: Execution, Intensity and Composition. Riders are encouraged to perform a smooth flowing routine with a wide variety of tricks . Each manoeuvre should be executed as cleanly and high off the water as possible. IWWF WORLD TITLED EVENTS Disciplines – Cable Wakeboarding
Riders are pulled by an overhead cable, very similar to a snow ski lift, but erected around the banks of a lake. Riders are also judged subjectively and can perform many of the same tricks and grabs, but have the added bonus of park features. Much like a skate park or snow park, features are structures built along the cable path that give riders other tools to expand the creativity of their runs. These features are virtually limitless and can be ramps to allow big air tricks, rails and boxes for grinding, transfer boxes, “A” frames, and even quarter pipes to wall ride. Along with features, air tricks such as flips are also performed. IWWF WORLD TITLED EVENTS Disciplines – Wakesurfing
The big difference between wakesurfing and other disciplines is an athlete only uses a tow rope to get started. Once out of the water, they drop the rope and ride freely using the wake of the tow boat, much like surfing on the ocean. In competition each rider shall be allowed two passes through the wakesurf course during which time they may perform any routine they choose. Riders will be judged on subjective style categories: Execution, Intensity, Difficulty and Variety Judging of the routine begins when the riders enter the course or drops the rope, whichever occurs later. IWWF WORLD TITLED EVENTS Disciplines – Kneeboarding
A popular alternative to three-event water skiing and wakeboarding is kneeboarding. Kneeboard athletes, riding on a board on their knees, compete in slalom, tricks and expression session events. In slalom, the six buoys are positioned the same as a traditional course. Tricks are performed in two 20-second passes and awarded technical and subjective points. A kneeboard expression session is similar to a wakeboard event, each pass is scored subjectively for style points. IWWF WORLD TITLED EVENTS Athletes & Countries IWWF WORLD TITLED EVENTS Media Strategy
Edited TV Broadcast – International Distribution Daily Highlights (upon special request)
Live Webcast & Daily Highlights (Open Waterski, Wakeboard & Cable Wakeboard only)
Social Media: Facebook – Instagram - YouTube
Global Press Releases IWWF WORLD TITLED EVENTS TV Broadcast
DISTRIBUTION BROADCASTER REACH (COUNTRIES / MILLION HOMES)
UK SKY SPORTS ACTION 4 COUNTRIES / 10+ MILLION HOME
PAN ASIA FOX ASIA 52 COUNTRIES / 90+ MILLION HOMES
PAN MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA DUBAI SPORTS 18 COUNTRIES / 25+ MILLION HOMES
SOUTH AFRICA & PAN AFRICA MNET / SUPERSPORT 18 COUNTRIES / 25+ MILLION HOMES
AUSTRALIA FOX SPORTS / FOXTEL 48 COUNTRIES / 8+ MILLION HOMES
PORTUGAL SPORT TV 1 COUNTRY / 8+ MILLION HOMES
USA / CANADA / MEXICO ELEVEN SPORTS 1 COUNTRY / 75+ MILLION HOMES
NETHERLANDS / SAN MARINO / MALTA / FOX SPORTS EUROPE 3 COUNTRIES / 6+ MILLION HOMES VATICAN CITY / GREECE / CYPRUS
SUB SAHARA AFRICA KWESE 19 COUNTRIES / 10+ MILLION HOMES
ISRAEL FOX SPORTS 1 COUNTRY / 6+ MILLION HOMES IWWF WORLD TITLED EVENTS TV Broadcast TOTAL PROJECTED EXPOSURE (EACH EPISODE) 22,744,000
TERRITORY TV CHANNEL HOME REACH
AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST 2,012,000
PAN MIDDLE EAST EDGESPORT (ABU DHABI TV) 2,000,000
SOUTH AFRICA EDGESPORT (DISCOVER DIGITAL) 12,000
ASIA PACIFIC 9,881,000
AUSTRALIA FOX SPORTS 2,400,000
AUSTRALIA EDGESPORT (FETCH TV) 400,000
INDIA EDGESPORT (TAJ TELEVISION LTD) 5,000,000
JAPAN DAZN N/A
MACAU EDGESPORT (TELEDIFUSAO DE MACAU) 550,000
MYANMAR EDGESPORT (SHWE THAN LWIN MEDIA 700,000
PACIFIC ISLANDS CO) 10,000
PHILIPPINES EDGESPORT (TELEKOM TELEVISION) 20,000
SINGAPORE EDGESPORT (ELITE SPORTS ENTMT) 800,000
SOLOMON ISLANDS STARHUB 1,000
VIETNAM EDGESPORT (TELEKOM TELEVISION) N/A IWWF WORLD TITLED EVENTS TV Broadcast TOTAL PROJECTED EXPOSURE (EACH EPISODE) 22,744,000 TERRITORY TV CHANNEL HOME REACH
EUROPE 10,851,000
AUSTRIA EDGESPORT (PROSIEBENSAT1 MEDIA INCLUDED IN GERMANY
BELGIUM AG) 44,000
BULGARIA EDGESPORT (DTV VLAANDEREN) 500,000
CYPRUS EDGESPORT (MTEL) 20,000
CZECH REPUBLIC & SLOVAKIA EDGESPORT (CABLENET) 106,000
GERMANY EDGESPORT (SKYLINK) 2,000,000
GREECE EDGESPORT (PROSIEBENSAT1 MEDIA 5,500,000
ISRAEL AG) 1,500,000
NETHERLANDS EDGESPORT (COSMOTE TV) 180,000
RUSSIA EDGESPORT (ONE) N/A
RUSSIA EDGESPORT (CANAL DIGITAL) N/A
SWITZERLAND NATIONAL SPORTS CHANNEL INCLUDED IN GERMANY
TURKEY TOCHKA OTRYVA 1,000,000
UK EDGESPORT (PROSIEBENSAT1 MEDIA 1,000
AG) IWWF WORLD TITLED EVENTS Online Presence & Social Media
• Website (desktop & mobile) https://iwwf.sport/
• Facebook https://www.facebook.com/IWWFED
• Instagram https://instagram.com/iwwfed
• Youtube
• Olympic Channel https://www.olympicchannel.com IWWF WORLD TITLED EVENTS
example IWWF WORLD TITLED EVENTS HOST CITY BENEFITS
Economic A large share of total economic impact can be attributed to participants’ spending, which includes expenditure on goods and services inside event venues (food and beverage, retail, and others) and outside venues (accommodation, food & beverage, retail, transport, entertainment, tours and other). Participants consists of foreign-based athletes taking part in an event, and the delegates accompanying them. The latter consists of coaches, managers, federation officials and, in some cases, relatives and friends of the athletes.
Sports Tourism Enhance the image of the City as a vibrant sport tourism destination internationally and nationally and to create a new youthful attraction and popular activity for tourists. Participants may also consider the City to be an overseas training facility. IWWF WORLD TITLED EVENTS HOST CITY BENEFITS
Employment The hosting of events requires a large number of support staff including event promoters, security, medical services and hospitality personnel. It should be noted that most of the jobs created tend to be temporary in nature, with minimal impact on the labour market.
Infrastructure Development International standards require the development of new venues, or significant redevelopment of existing venues, and other supporting infrastructure. Such development can be a significant driver of event-related economic impact. Infrastructure development can be a catalyst for, or part of, urban regeneration projects which have long-lasting legacy benefits. IWWF WORLD TITLED EVENTS HOST CITY BENEFITS
Event Hosting Experience The preparation for and hosting of major sports events requires specific skills. The continued development of these skills (and the Host City’s reputation in this regard) will likely improve the City’s chances of being awarded the rights to host other major sports events in the future.
Global Image International media exposure can convey a strong positive image of the host county. This exposure can help the host country reach businesses and investors across the globe, creating business opportunities and increasing the chance of attracting various investments into the economy, thereby creating jobs and contributing to economic growth IWWF WORLD TITLED EVENTS HOST CITY BENEFITS
Sports Development The profits from major sports events can lead to significant investments into the development of sport the host city
Health & Fitness Benefits There is a clear correlation between the visibility of a major sports event, in the form of live attendance or TV viewership, and participation in sporting activities. For individuals, the wider benefits of sports participation include increased well- being, happiness, health (both physical and mental) and educational attainment. Benefits to society can include reduced crime, community development and increased volunteering. https://iwwf.sport/
PLEASE CONTACT:
JOSE ANTONIO PEREZ PRIEGO – PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL WATERSKI & WAKEBOARD FEDERATION Email: [email protected]
PAUL FONG – EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL WATERSKI & WAKEBOARD FEDERATION Email: [email protected]