Podcast: The TWBC Podcast

With less than a handful of days before the start of the Waterski Pro Tour season we got the chance to speak to a trio of female competitors as they prepared for the Swiss Pro Slalom. Chelsea Mills, Beatrice Ianni and Alice Bagnoli each spoke of their successes last season and what the future holds… Read more

The Waterski Pro Tour is getting to set to kick off a brand new season on the first weekend in May with the Swiss Pro Slalom event. With that in mind we took the opportunity to talk with the man behind an event that is in its 8th edition – Clint Stadlbaur. Read more

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 Read more

Starting this season, and for the first time in 15 years, collegiate waterskiing in the United States has a new leader to guide it forward. We took the opportunity to talk with the newly-installed chairperson of the NCWSA Christy Kingsmill to discuss a bunch of pertinent topics, including recent international events. Read more

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. Read more

Fresh from his recent trip to the Moomba Masters in Melbourne, Australia Freddie Winter sat down with us at the TWBC Podcast to talk about the adventures at that event. He also summarized his 2021 season and outline his ambitions for the 2nd season on the WaterSki Pro Tour. Read more

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. Read more

A young talent in the high echelons of women’s slalom Ali Garcia is a hard worker not only on the water but also in the classroom. We find out more about her goals and exptectations for the upcoming season in this episode of the TWBC Podcast. Read more

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. Read more

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. Read more