The all-new Ski Nautique, IWWF’s Official Waterski Towboat,  pulled the best waterskiers in the world to victory during the final day of competition at Callaway Gardens.

In the Women’s Trick division, current IWWF World Women’s Trick Champion Neilly Ross took home the win beating the rest of the stacked final. Neilly scored 9,550 points to earn the victory. After Neilly, Erika Lang (USA), Natallia Berdnikava (BLR), and Anna Gay (USA) rounded out the Final round respectively.

In the Pro Men Trick discipline, current IWWF World Men’s Trick Record Holder, Aliaksei Zharnasek (BLR), posted an incredible score of 11,870 to notch yet another win under his belt. 2017 IWWF World Under-21 Overall Champion Danylo Filchenko (UKR) came in second place with a score of 10,900 while Franck Desboyaux (USA) came in third place with 9,280 points.

Manon Costard (FRA) won the Pro Women’s Slalom division after defeating current IWWF World Women’s Slalom Champion & Record Holder Regina Jaquess (USA) in a run-off after they both ran exceptional 2 @ 10.75 m passes. Whitney McClintock took third place after running 1 @ 10.75 m.

 

In the Pro Men Slalom Finals, the crowd watched intently as current IWWF World Slalom Record Holder Nate Smith found himself on top of the podium for the 5th time at the 59th Masters. Nate skied an incredible 3 @ 10.25 m to take home another Masters title.

Current IWWF World Women’s Jump Champion & Record Holder Jacinta Carroll continued her reign with another win in the Pro Women’s Jump division. Jacinta blasted a 53.8m jump in the final to beat 2017 World Games Jump Champion Natallia Berdnikava (BLR) who posted a 48.3m jump. They were followed by Hanna Straltsova (BLR) and Lauren Morgan (USA) respectively.

During the Pro Men Jump division it was Freddy Krueger (USA) taking home the victory after jumping an incredible 70.4 metres in the final round. He was followed by current IWWF World Men’s Jump Champion & World Record Holder Ryan Dodd (CAN) with a 69.5 metre jump and 2017 IWWF World Under 21 Men’s Jump Champion Jack Critchley (GBR) placing third with a 64.3 metre jump.

The 59th Nautique Masters Tournament brought out the world’s best in waterskiing today all battling for spots in the Finals tomorrow.

There were six women vying for four spots in the Final round taking place tomorrow during the Pro Women’s Tricks semi-final there. The 3 top spots that earned their place in the final tomorrow were current IWWF World Women’s Trick Record Holder Anna Gay (USA) placing first with 10,100 points, 2017 World Games Women’s Trick Champion Natallia Berdnikava (BLR) placing second with 9,700 points and Erika Lang (USA) in third with 8,950 points.

In Pro Men’s Tricks current IWWF World Men’s Trick Record holder Aliaksei Zharnasek (BLR) scored 11,360 to take the top seed spot, followed by current IWWF World Men’s Trick Champion Adam Pickos (USA) with a score of 11,320, Franck Desboyaux (USA) with a score of 10,960 points and 2017 IWWF World Junior Men’s Overall Champion Danylo Filchenko (UKR) taking the last remaining spot in the final with 10,900 points

The Pro Women’s Slalom event saw current IWWF World Women’s Slalom Champion & Record Holder Regina Jaquess (USA) break the course record with 1@ 10.25 metres. She’ll be joined by Whitney McClintock (CAN), Manon Costard (FRA) and Brooke Baldwin (USA) in the Finals tomorrow.

In the Pro Men’s Slalom semi-final, the crowd witnessed former IWWF World Junior Slalom Champion Robert Pigozzi (DOM) take first place after running 2 @ 10.25 m followed by current IWWF World Men’s Slalom Record Holder Nate Smith with 5 @ 10.75 m, current IWWF World Men’s Slalom Champion Freddie Winter (GBR) came in third with 4.5 @ 10.75 m followed by Will Asher with 4 @ 10.75 m. We will see all four of them in tomorrow’s Final round.

Current IWWF World Women’s Jump Champion & Record Holder Jacinta Carroll continued her dominance winning the Pro Women’s Jump semi-final heat with a 55.9m jump and earning her spot into the finals tomorrow. She was followed by Hanna Straltsova (BLR) with a 52.3 jump along with athlete Natallia Berdnikava (BLR) who jumped 51.1m.

A huge 70.6m jump during the Men’s Jump semi-finals rounded out the day with current IWWF World Men’s Jump Champion & Record Holder Ryan Dodd (CAN) winning his heat. Freddy Krueger (USA) also advanced with a 67.6m jump and a second place finish on his last attempt. Also advancing into the Final round was 2017 IWWF World Under 21 Men’s Jump Champion Jack Critchley (GBR) with a 66m jump, and 2017 IWWF World Under-21 Men’s Slalom Champion Taylor Garcia (USA) with a 65.7m jump.

With the completion of the very competitive LCQ event at Sunset Lakes this past weekend, the stage is now set for this weekend’s 59th US Masters at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia, USA.

The waterski entry list this year includes every one of the current World Record holders: in Slalom, Nate Smith USA and Regina Jaquess USA (2017 IWWF World Open Women’s Slalom & Overall Champion), in Tricks, Aliaksei Zharnasek BLR and Anna Gay USA (just recently approved by the IWWF World Tournament Council), and 2017 IWWF World Open Men’s & Women’s Jump Champions, Ryan Dodd USA and Jacinta Carroll AUS.

Following the very successful Masters LCQ battle at Jack Travers Sunset Lakes over the weekend, the top places were taken by former IWWF World Junior Slalom Champion and current IWWF Junior World Slalom Record Holder, Robert Pigozzi DOM in slalom, 2017 IWWF World Over-21 Overall Champion Danylo Filchenko UKR in trick and Zack Worden USA in Jump.

2017 IWWF World Open Men’s Slalom Champion Freddie Winter GBR, 2017 IWWF World Open Men’s & Women’s Trick Champions Adam Pickos (USA) and Neilly Ross (CAN) will add to the field.

 

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