We are getting close to the 2024 IWWF World U17 Waterski Championships!!! We are very excited to host over 100 athletes from 20 nations here in Calgary and we want you to come too!
Check out the IWWF Weekly Ranking Lists to see the level of skiing from these U17 Athletes. The mens Trick event will be an amazing battle with several of the skiers capable of tricking over 12000 points!!! The top women trickers are over 8500 points! We are talking multiple flips and spins done in mere seconds people! In the Jump event, some of the guys are soaring over 53m (170+ feet!) and the women are flying over 45m (140+ feet!). Let's put that in perspective... picture laying a 10 story apartment building down on the ground and then jumping over it...lengthwise!!! WILD! In the Slalom event, we will see swerve specialists, both men and women, getting into 39' off / 10.75m and beyond!!! We hope to see many of you at the event enjoying the stiff competition!
Shuswap Ski & Board team athlete, Kate Pinsonneault, will be competing in Slalom, Jump and Overall! She has some tough competition with 100 Slalom Skiers, 69 Jumpers, 81 Trick Skiers at Worlds!! If you can't make it to the shoreline be sure to tune into the live stream and cheer her on!
Other Canadians competing in the event - Sofia Pelkey, Sebastian Hron, Enzo Kristian, Sophie Lahaie, Louis Cuilleret, Samson Clunie, Reuben Mednick, Easton Graves, Max Strilchuk - Good luck to all!!
TWBC will be here webcasting the event!!
Visit here for all the U17 IWWF event information.
Official Familiarization Schedule
The official practice runs on Monday July 29 to Wed. July 31. From 8am to 8pm. The Opening Ceremonies will be on site on Thursday, Aug 1 from 7pm to 8pm so come on out for the athlete parade of nations, on water demos and other programming.
The competition days are as follows:
Thursday, August 1
- 8am to 6pm Slalom Prelims (Men and Women)
Friday, August 2
- 8am to 3pm Jump Prelims (Men and Women)
- 3:30pm to 5:30pm Trick Prelims (Men and Women)
Saturday August 3
- 8am to 12pm Trick FINALS (Men)
- 1pm to 5pm Slalom FINALS (Men and Women)
Sunday, August 4
- 8am to 11:30am Trick FINALS (Women)
- 12pm to 4pm Jump FINALS (Men and Women)
- 4:30 to 5:30pm Awards Ceremony on site
- 7pm Closing Banquet and Team Award at Heritage Park.
If you would like to purchase a closing banquet ticket for dinner, please reach out to Suzanne Velcic at svelcic@gmail.com
