I live in beautiful Cape Town in South Africa but visit Europe (depending on COVID) three months a year in their summer to visit family and ski. I train in Toulouse with Vinny Soubiron, who has coached me when in Europe since 2012.
I started skiing in my teens and did three events. I was SA slalom champion at ages 25 and 26. Then moved to waterski racing `9SA Champ) and then Powerboat Racing (SA Champ in TU class) Then had three daughters, ran my own sports marketing company. I became President of Drag Racing in SA when I was a director of WesBank Raceway in Johannesburg (Gosforth Park) and did Drag Racing for a few years.
In 2009 I went back to competitive waterskiing, scoring 5 buoys at 16 metres in my first year back. I was selected to ski in the Europe and Africa champs in the Netherlands that year and won - 2 buoys at 14m (55kph). I have been waterskiing locally and internationally ever since, and won the E&A champs 10 times - now skiing in the 65+ category.
in 2020 we had no ranking competitions due to Covid, and my best score at our only competition this year - 2021 - is 3 buoys on 12m (now at 49 kph).
Jan Johnson RSA
Jan Johnson
I live in beautiful Cape Town in South Africa but visit Europe (depending on COVID) three months a year in their summer to visit family and ski. I ...