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 […]

In this concluding part of our two-part episode with Russell Gay, this discussion turns to the equipment he produces for the tournament water ski world. This included a deep dive into the Optimized rope, which has been a boost for those athletes looking for a more forgiving line at the elite level.

In this special two-part episode we talk to a world-class tricking athlete who has redefined the discipline both on and off the water. Listen to Part 1 as Russell Gay recalls his beginnings in the sport and his experiences with some of the world’s elite trickers in the halcyon days of tournament waterskiing.

Blaze Grubbs has been tearing up the overall scene in the junior ranks for the last few seasons and he took some time to talk with us for this episode. He details his 2021 season, his adventures in the world of aviation and what he’s looking to achieve in the upcoming season.

One of the truly great female skiers of her generation will soon be inducted into the Australian Waterski Hall-of-Fame in the form of 4-time world champion Emma Sheers Habermann She took some time out from coaching at her ski school in Queensland, Australia to talk to us at the TWBC Podcast about her illustrious career […]

John Horton, the creator and webmaster of the most popular website dedicated to the sport of waterskiing, took some time to talk to us for this episode. He outlined some of the challenges involved in maintaining Ball of Spray and expressed his candid views on the future of tournament waterskiing.

In an extended length episode we talk to David Akers, a recently-retired NFL Placekicker who spent the majority of his 16-season career with the Philadelphia Eagles. Having hung up his cleats he now is an active tournament slalomer and took some time in this podcast to detail his experiences in his new sport and also […]

An interview that was a long time coming. After scheduling delays and one of the most brutal slalom falls in the history of the sport the TWBC Podcast finally caught up with multiple-time World Champion Whitney McClintock Rini. We talk at length over a range of subjects: being a member of the famed McClintock family, […]

In this special series Tony Lightfoot, Vincent Stadlbaur and Alice Bagnoli of TWBC discuss the season that was 2021. You’ll hear about the setup’s, what it took to pull off the webcasts for each event and much more besides. Part 4 – The home stretch with the IWWF Open World’s, MasterCraft Pro and Miami Pro […]