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