He has been a Moomba Masters Committee Member for 28 years and a Moomba Masters judge for 16 years. He was Chief Judge at the Asian Australasian Championships for 20 years and was inducted into both the Hall of Fame of Australia and also Asia Australasia.

Lucky also competed in 14 US Masters and held the Robin Lake Course Jump Record from 1985 to 1989. He was inducted into the AWSEF Hall of Fame in 2009. Running his own Ski School for over 20 years, he has also coached Collegiate Teams throughout the US.

In securing eleven major international titles in that 1990’s decade including breaking Australia’s National Slalom Record four times, her status as an international star is now part of the history of our sport.

In the World Championships Tory took home two medals in tricks: a bronze in 1987 and the coveted gold in 1993. He set World records in 1990 and 1991, with his record in 1990 making him the first skier to exceed 11,000 points. The year 1990 proved to be a high point in Tory’s career: a year in which he also won his first U.S. Masters and the Pan American Championships title while a member of the U.S. team. Also in
1990 Tory was honored by the United States Olympic Committee as water skiing’s male athlete of the year.

I am pleased to announce the induction into the International Hall of Fame of one of the finest trick skiers of the 1980s and 1990s: Tory Baggiano.

Susi skied in nine World Championships from 1983 to 1999, and, while she competed in all three events in the first four of these, she only entered her strongest event, slalom, in the last five. During that period Susi garnered four slalom medals-one silver and three bronzes-and was a significant contributor to Canada’s World Championship team victories in 1991, 1993 and 1999.

Susi has also had great success with her slalom in other major international tournaments with numerous victories at the U.S. Masters, U.S. Open and World Cup events. World records were set in 1990, 1993, 1994 and 1995, and a World tournament record in 1991. Fourteen years after it was set, Susi still holds the Canadian slalom record.

I am pleased to announce the induction into the International Hall of Fame of one of the world’s most successful Women’s slalom skiers and one of Canada’s most ardent ambassadors: Susi Graham.

But the Larsen twins—Britt Larsen-Kovak and Tawn Larsen-Hahn will probably remain unique in being inducted jointly as a single entry in the records of the Hall of Fame. The committee felt this was appropriate, not only because they are identical twins, but also because they so often used the same trick run with the winner of the event depending on who was a bit faster or more accurate or managed to avoid—Heaven forbid!—a fall. Indeed there are those who have uncharitably concluded that there was only one Larsen twin skiing, giving herself a second chance at a win or record by changing bathing suits in mid-event.

The Larsen twins competed in seven World Championships, and while neither won a medal in their first Worlds in London in 1987, one or the other won the title for the next six. Tawn won five trick event medals—four of them gold—and Britt won six—two of them gold. Their trick skiing also dominated the U.S. Masters during the same period, and Tawn held the World trick record from 1988 to 1999.

I am pleased to announce the induction into the International Hall of Fame of a matched pair of the dominant women’s trick skiers of the closing years of the twentieth century: Britt and Tawn Larsen

Bob skied in seven World Championships, from 1975 to 1987 and won eight medals, including a bronze medal in jumping in 1977 and a silver and a
bronze medal in slalom in the two years he didn’t win the event. He set the World slalom record five times from 1976 to 1984, and held or co-held
the record for slightly over ten years.

Bob was a five-time u.s. Open slalom champion and a five-time u.s. Masters slalom champion as well. Following his retirement from World Championship
competition, he concluded his career with continued success in slalom on the professional tours. Bob was inducted into the u.s. Hall of Fame in 2006.

I am pleased to announce the induction into the International Hall of Fame of one of the greatest slalom skiers of his time: Bob LaPoint.

In all, Patrice won 10 individual gold medals in the World Championships: the six in overall and four in tricks. In addition he earned two gold medals as a member of winning French teams. His total of individual medals was a remarkable 15 earned in the 10 World Championships in which he competed.

Between 1978 and 1996, Patrice set SlX World trick records. His record goes on to include 34 European Championships in tricks, slalom, overall and team, six World Games titles in tricks, slalom and overall, and 17 times ranked first in the World Ranking list in tricks and overall.

France has awarded Patrice the Prix de l’Esprit Sportif du siecle, Chevalier de l’Ordre du Merite National, and Chevalier de l’Ordre de la Legion d’Honneur.

I am pleased to announce the induction into the International Hall of Fame of one of the greatest overall skiers in the history of the sport: Patrice Martin.

Competing in seven World Championships between 1985 and 2001, Bruce garnered four medals, including bronzes in overall and jumping in 1989
and gold medals in jumping in 1991 and 1995. From 1995 to 1999, Bruce set three World jump records, holding the record for a full two years
from 1995 to 1997.

Among his other accomplishments he was three times U.s. Masters jump champion, and at the Moomba Masters he was five times overall and three
times jumping champion. In international competition he has recorded a total of 56 victories. Bruce has been honored by the International Water
Ski Federation with its Sportsman Award.

I am pleased to announce the induction into the International Hall of Fame of one of water skiing’s outstanding jumpers: Bruce Neville.

Just over four and a half decades ago, Max co-founded a tournament which has since become one of the most prestigious in the world and a pioneer in offering cash prizes-the Moomba Masters. He has been involved with that event in one capacity or another ever since.

After serving for a dozen years as President of the Australian Water Ski Association, Max moved up to President of his Region in 1978, continuing in that office for a quarter of a century until retiring in 2003. During that period the Region grew from one which was essentially Australia and New Zealand to encompass sixteen active federations today. Because of their importance to water skiing in Australia, Max played a major role in bringing barefooting and racing into the IWSF fraternity. His efforts on behalf of the sport in Australia earned Max the Order of Australia Medal.

Max has never been shy about promoting the virtues of water skiing as a sport and the merits of his Region within that sport.
In fact, he is almost certainly the only IWSF official who has literally blown his own horn on behalf of our sport.

I am pleased to announce the induction into the International Hall of Fame of the guiding organizational spirit for his third of the world of water skiing, Max Kirwan.

With that medal summary, most observers would assume that Helena was a slalom specialist only, but in her first six World appearances she skied in all three events. In fact, her first gold medal was earned in the Swedish Nationals at the age of twelve in the trick event. But after her gold in slalom in 1991, Helena concentrated her World efforts in that event, successfully defending her title in 1993, 1995 and 1997-an unprecedented feat.

Combining those World medals with eleven Professional Tour Championships and two U.S. Masters titles, one might think Helena’s slalom dominance had been unchallenged. Again the facts say otherwise. Two of her World victories came by narrow margins only after exciting runoffs of ties.

Helena has contributed significantly in the administrative side of water skiing as well. She served as chair of the International Water Ski Federation
Athletes Commission from 1996 to 2000, where she devoted herself to the efforts to introduce water skiing into the Olympics. For her athletic accomplishments and contributions to sport, Helena was inducted into the Swedish Sports Association in 2002.

I am pleased to announce the induction into the International Hall of Fame of the most dominant female slalom skier in the final decade of the twentieth century, Helena Kjellander.

Skiing for Canada in nine World Championships from 1979 to 1995, Judy was able to contribute to her country’s team score in every year. The highlight of her team contribution came in 1991 when Canada became the first team ever to defeat the U.S. in the World Championships.

In those nine Worlds Judy received a medal in overall five times. There were three bronze medals in 1987, 1991 and 1993; one silver medal in 1985; and she
capped her career with a gold medal in her final World Tournament in 1995. Along with her five overall medals were two event medals, both in Tricks: a
bronze in 1995 and a gold in 1985.

Not surprisingly Judy dominated Canadian skiing during her career with more than 30 national titles and 48 national records including the Canadian trick record which stands to this day. Tricks also served her well at the U.S. Masters where she won the overall in 1981.

Judy grew up in a water skiing family. Three of her brothers were competitive water skiers, and Joel McClintock was World Overall Champion in 1979. Judy and Joel remain the only siblings who have been World Overall Champions. Judy was inducted in the Canadian Water Ski Hall of Fame in 2004.

I am pleased to announce the induction into the International Hall of Fame of one of the world’s outstanding trick and overall skiers, Judy McClintock-Messer.

In the European championships, Sylvie won six gold medals in all disciplines, was overall champion in 1970, 1971 and 1973, and, in addition, captured four silver and seven bronze medals.

She participated in four World Championships as a member of the French team, culminating with her victory in the Slalom event at the 1973 World Tournament in Bogota. In addition to that gold medal, she won four silver and two bronze medals in World competition.

At the water skiing demonstration event in the 1972 Olympics in Kiel, Sylvie became the Olympic champion in jump and won the bronze medal in tricks.

After her retirement from competition, Sylvie married fellow French team member Jean Michel Jamin, and together they have built the famous water ski training center in Lacaneau. Her involvement with skiing has continued on an official level, serving for over a decade on the board of the French Water Ski Federation, working as a judge, and helping to organize the annual French Masters at Lacaneau.

The story of water skiing continues to be written in the Jamin-Maurial family, as their daughter won the 2002 edition of the French Masters.

It is my pleasure to announce the induction into the International Water Ski Hall of Fame of World and Olympic water ski champion Sylvie Maurial.

Ricky entered his first U.S. National tournament at the age of seven, and, although he performed better on his unicycle than on the water at that competition, he never looked back thereafter, skiing in the next twenty-three National Championships and winning a total of twenty-five National titles.

Ricky essentially invented the approach of turning a youthful specialization in trick skiing into a long-term career as an overall skier, a route subsequently followed by such stars as Carlos Suarez, Ana Maria Carrasco and Patrice Martin.

In international competition, Ricky was a member of the United States team for the World Championships six times. He won two World titles in the process, a gold medal in tricks in 1971 and another in jumping in 1973. Other medals in the World Championships include the silver in tricks in 1969 and the bronze in 1967 and 1973; the silver in slalom in 1973; and two silvers and one bronze in overall from 1971 to 1975.

At the water skiing demonstration for the 1972 Olympics, Ricky won gold medals in both tricks and jumping, an achievement that he regards as the highlight of his skiing career. Ricky continues his involvement in the sport by training skiers for competition.

It is my pleasure to announce the induction into the International Water Ski Hall of Fame of an innovator in tricks and a dominant overall skier, Ricky McCormick.

This was the culmination of a water skiing career in which Jeannette dominated the Women’s division in Europe for much of the 1960s and finally in 1967 took that supremacy to the World level. Between 1964 and 1968, Jeannette was European Slalom champion three times and Jump champion four times. She also set a new European Jump record in 1966 of 31.54 meters.

Jeannette was a member of the British Water Ski Team for three World Championships from 1963 to 1967 and, in addition to her 1967 medals, won a silver medal in Jumping in 1965.

It is my pleasure to announce the induction into the International Water Ski Hall of Fame of one of Europe’s strongest women skiers, Jeannette Stewart-Wood.

There are two World Tournament gold medals in Jumping and a silver medal in Tricks. There are numerous titles in the U.S. Masters and the U.S. Open. And Sammy was a consistent winner for a decade on the professional tour.

Sammy has also set six World Jumping records, and, except for a period of two months in 1992, he held that record constantly from July 1988 to the fall of 1995.

If the purpose of the Hall of Fame is to honor competitors, it would be hard to find a better example than Sammy Duvall. Tell him how many slalom buoys or trick points he needs, and he manages to get them. Tell him how far he has to jump to win an overall title, and that’s how far he will go, even if it takes a new record to do it.

It is my pleasure to announce the induction into the International Water Ski Hall of Fame of the dominant male skier of the 1980s and early 1990s, Sammy Duvall.

For seven years, Franz Kirsch was a member of the German National Tournament Water Ski Team. For another five years he was a member of the German National Barefoot Team, placing second
in the European Championships in 1977.

Franz has devoted more than a quarter of a century to water skiing administration, serving on the board of the German Water Ski Federation, publishing the German Water Ski Magazine, judging, homologating and organizing many national and international barefoot championships. He has been the chief judge of two World Barefoot Championships and has organized or co-organized two others. For ten years he was the Chairman of the IWSF Barefoot Countil and a member of the IWSF Executive Board.

It is my pleasure to announce the induction into the International Water Ski Hall of Fame of the principal organizational force behind the success of barefoot skiing as a competitive discipline, Franz Kirsch.

A strong slalom skier, Deena set or tied the World Slalom record five times between 1982 and 1990. And in jumping she set five records between 1982 and 1988. Her last jumping record of 46.6 meters was set in July 1988 and remained unbroken until 1996.

Her record in the U.S. Open, the U.S. Masters and tour events is equally impressive.

Since her retirement Deena has been active in raising a third generation of skiers in her family, cheering on her husband to his many slalom victories, and contributing her expertise to numerous volunteer committees.

It is my pleasure to announce the induction into the International Water Ski Hall of Fame of the dominant female skier of the 1980s and early 1990s, Deena Mapple.

Maria Victoria competed in the World Championships as a member of the Venezuelan team in 1971 and from 1975 to 1979 and became the first Woman to win gold medals in a single event in three consecutive World tournaments. She also set the first recognized Women’s World Record in tricks in 1975 and went on to set two additional records in 1977 and 1979. In her last World tournament in 1977, Maria Victoria was able to capture a silver medal in Women’s Overall.

Following her successful career as a competitive skier, Maria Victoria published a water ski magazine, Esqui Acuatico, to help promote the sport in South America.

I am pleased to announce the induction into the International Hall of Fame of Venezuela’s three-time World Champion trick skier, Maria Victoria Carrasco.

Ian competed in the tournament from 1962 to 1975, was a member of the organizing committee from 1965 to 1995, and served as the chairman of the organizing committee from 1976 to 1995. As a member of the World Water Ski Union Technical Committee for fifteen years from 1974 to 1989, Ian was able to put this experience to work in drafting the special rules for the Moomba which are for the most part still in place today.

I am pleased to announce the induction into the International Hall of Fame of an individual who contributed his technical and organizational skills to one of the world’s most prestigious tournaments for over three decades: Ian Faulkner.

In the European championships from 1959 to 1966, Renate accumulated 20 medals, including five gold medals in jumping, two in slalom, and three in overall.

I am pleased to announce the induction into the International Hall of Fame of the first European woman to win the World jumping title: Renate Hansluvka.

Prior to the 1991 World Championships Geoff was injured in a freak ski jumping accident at Sea World in Queensland which almost cost him his life and left him a paraplegic. The water skiing community around the world contributed funds to help Geoff regain some of the qualities of life. Geoff was awarded the honor of O.A.M. in 1990 for his services to his country in the sport of water skiing.

I am pleased to announce the induction into the International Hall of Fame of one of the world’s outstanding jumpers: Geoff Carrington.

Sylvie competed in in 8 world championships over 18 years (1959,1961,1963,1965,1967,1971,1975,1977), unsucessfully defending her title in Vichy in 1963, finishing 4th overall, and returning to take a silver medal in tricks in 1965 at Surfers Paradise. She competed in Europe, and was the European Women’s Overall champion three times between 1960 and 1975.

I am pleased to announce the induction into the International Hall of Fame of a woman who almost single-handedly put Luxembourg on the water skiing map: Sylvie Hulsemann.

As one of the most highly respected members of the Asian Australasian Region, he has also served eight times as Chief Judge of the Group III championships.

I am pleased to announce the induction into the International Hall of Fame of one of the sport’s most experienced Chief Judges: Neville May.

Skipping the 1973 World Championships, Carlos returned in 1975 to win the Men’s Overall title with a first place in tricks, and he repeated his championship performance in the trick event in 1977, slipping to second in the Overall race. His final World Championship was in 1979, where he placed second overall and second in tricks. Carlos is credited with the first trick record recognized by the World Water Ski Union, a score of 6260 points set at the 1975 World Championships, and he went on to set three more such records in subsequent years.

Following his success in the 1975 World Championships, Carlos used his dominance in tricks to become the 1976 overall champion at both the U.S. Masters and Moomba Masters. He retired from the sport in 1979 and has all but disappeared from view.

I am pleased to announce the induction of one of the water skiing’s foremost trick and overall skiers into the International Hall of Fame: Carlos Suarez.

Cindy’s victories in slalom and jumping at the 1983 World Championships in Sweden were the highlights of the tournament, coming, as they did, after a return from her second announced retirement.

Cindy is credited with five World Records in slalom between 1975 and 1982 and a World Record in jumping in 1982. She can count four overall titles at the U.S. Masters among her many trophies.

She and her husband Les, one of the world’s top boat drivers, remain active in the sport, and Cindy was inducted into the U.S. Hall of Fame in 1993.

I am pleased to announce the induction of one of water skiing’s strongest skiers into the International Hall of Fame: Cindy Todd.

Roby was particularly dominant in slalom in the European championships, where he won that event in more than half of the years between 1968 and 1976.

Following his retirement from competition in 1977, Roby has been active in the Italian Water Ski Federation, serving on technical and competition committees, as vice-president, and, for the last three years, as president of the Federation.

I am pleased to announce the induction of one of water skiing’s finest slalom skiers in to the International Hall of Fame: Roby Zucchi.

His four-year term as President was marked by significant expansion of the sport. During those four years the Olympic demonstration of water skiing was held at Keil, the first World Cup was organized in Tahiti, and the World Championships were held for the first time in South America.

Alan began his water skiing career as a competitor and was among the first to recognize the importance to the growth of the sport of improvement in judging, technical matters and administration. After more than fifteen years on the international scene, judging three World Championships and numerous Moomba Masters, Alan continued his service to water skiing in Australia until his untimely death in 1978.

I am pleased to announce the induction of one df the sport’s most important contributors to its technical side: Alan Clark.

Until his election as AWSA Executive Director, Bill was both an active competitor and a judge, serving as Chief Judge of the World Championships in 1957. He was instrumental in the organization of the Masters Tournaments at Callaway Gardens and the expansion of that tournament to include international water skiers. He was the Chief Judge of the Masters for ten years and the chief advisor for several years beyond that. By the 1970s Bill was heavily involved in the politics of international water skiing, and, during his term as Secretary-General of Group I, fought for greater disclosure and broader control within the Executive Board, a battle that ultimately led to the resignation of WWSU President J. J. Finsterwald in 1983.

Bill Clifford died in 1989, just a few months after his induction into the American Water Ski Hall of Fame.

I am pleased to announce the induction of one of the sport’s most effective and influential administrators: Bill Clifford.

Jumping was always Mike’s strongest event, which he demonstrated by setting three world records between 1980 and 1986. As the World record in jumping now approaches 65 meters, we recall that Mike was the first to jump 60 meters. Mike was the dominant skier in Europe for over a decade, winning the European Overall Championship eight times between 1976 and 1986.

Mike now operates a water ski school in Florida, where he trains future water skiing stars and continues to remain active in the sport.

I am pleased to announce the induction of one of the most successful skiers of the 1970s and 80s: Mike Hazelwood.

He served as the first President of Group I from 1961 to 1971. During this period he promoted the organisation of the first Group Championships in Mexico in 1966, developed Group By-Laws, enlisted new countries and held the first Group meetings and elections.

Bill continued to be active in the American Water Ski Assosiation as well, where he had served a term as President from 1959 to 1960 and attend nearly every AWSA Board meeting in one capacity or another for nearly 30 years. He was a Senior Judge in the AWSA and judged or scored many U. S. Nationals and other major tournaments including the Masters and the California International Cup.

Even after his decade on the WWSU Executive Board, Bill continued to contribute as he attended every World Championship from 1961 to 1985, assisting in tournament positions and performing the biannual audit of the WWSU records with Jean Muller.

I am pleased to announce the induction of the man primarly responsible for the organisation of Group I, William P. Barlow Sen.

By 1963 he was judging and was Chairman of the Group II Technical Committee, placing him on the WWSU Executive Board. In 1965 he was Chief Judge of the World Championships in Surfer’s Paradise, and from 1967 to 1971 he followed Andre Couteau as WWSU President. During that period he was heavily involved in the relations with the Olympics that led to our demonstration sport status in 1972.

Indeed his carrer in water skiing was so meteoric that he shot well beyond our sport alone and now he is member of the International Olympic Committee where we hope he continues to look favourably on the sport which nurtured him and to which he so greatly contributed.

I am pleased to announce the induction of one of water skiing’s most effective officials and most brilliant alumni. Franco Carraro.

Marina skied in three World Tournaments 1953, 1955, and 1957. In 1955 she placed second in overall, with a gold medal in tricks. In 1957, with the World Championships at the now-familiar Cypress Gardens, Marina won the overall, with gold medals in both tricks and slalom, becoming the first European woman to win the World Overall title.

Although skiing at Cypress Gardens, Marina continued to compete in Europe, winning four consecutive overall titles in the European Championships from 1953 to 1956 and at least five consecutive overall titles in Switzerland where she continued to compete successfully until 1960.

I am pleased to announce the induction of the finest female skier from Europe of the first decade of international competition and former World Overall titlest, Marina Doria.

Andre Coutau, of Switzerland, could rightly be called the father of international water skiing. He was one of the founders of the first world group, the International Water Ski Union, established at a meeting in Geneva in 1946, and he led the organization through the turmoil of the early days and into the stability that now characterizes the 40-nation federation that governs the international sport.

Coutau, then a young Swiss engineer, first observed water skiing at the Chicago Century of Progress in 1932, and he returned home with an inboard runabout and a pair of water skis, thus introducing the sport to central Europe.

His enthusiasm carried over into a desire to organize the sport nationally and internationally. He succeeded in both goals with the formation of the Swiss Water Ski Federation and the IWSU.

In the early 1950’s when several Western Hemisphere nations, including the U.S., split with the IWSU and formed the World Water Ski Federation, Coutau worked tirelessly to effect a settlement of the differences, finally succeeding in April of 1955 with the formation of the World Water Ski Union which he served as secretary-general and later as president. (The WWSU was renamed the International Water Ski Federation, effective in January 1988).

Coutau was in the forefront of the campaign to attain Olympic recognition for organized water skiing. His effort finally succeeded when the International Olympic Committee voted to recognize the WWSU at a meeting in Teheran in 1967 and admit water skiing as a non-participating sport. This action resulted in water skiing being in the Munich Games of 1972 as an exhibition sport.

Coutau served as a member of the world Technical Committee which promulgated the rules governing international competition and was its president for four terms. He was also secretary and president of Group II of the WWSU embracing Europe, Africa and the Near East.

Coutau died in March of 1984.

Willa’s lifestyle took a radical change when she was forced to water ski for the first time on Lake Oswego, Oregon at the tender age of fourteen. One turn about the lake and she vowed a love for the sport that would endure a lifetime.

She won the first tournament she entered, which happened to be the U.S. Nationals. Willa had never seen a jump or slalom course until the day before this tournament, but managed to walk away with two firsts and a second.

Three years later, Dick Pope, Sr., sent her to the first world tournament in Juan Les Pins, France, where she won her first of three world overall titles.

Willa’s forte was creativity, an ability that gave skiing its first back swan, backward jump, and 360 swivel turns.

She was a Prima Ballerina at Cypress Gardens for a decade and U.S. National Overall Champion eight times. Willa currently lends her creative talents to sculpting the American Water Ski Hall of Fame, as Chairperson of the Museum.

Water Skiing continues to be a daily activity for this dedicated skier, even though she retired from competition in 1959. Skimming over the water on one ski, under the tropic skies of Florida, will always be the best way to live for this champion of champions.

Alfredo Mendoza was the premier male water skier in the world during the early 1950s and he turned his tournament successes into a professional career as a skiing star at Florida’s Cypress Gardens.

Mendoza first learned to water ski at Lake Tequesquitengo southwest of Mexico City in 1949. His fascination with the sport, coupled with his viewing of a film of show skiing at Cypress Gardens, convinced him to change from his earlier ambition of becoming a bullfighter.

His name soon became well known throughout the world of tournament water skiing, especially for his skill as a jumper. Mendoza won the U.S. national jumping titles in Minocqua, Wisconsin in 1952, and in Long Beach, California in 1953. He became the national tricks champion in Laconia, New Hampshire in 1954, and won the jumping overall titles at the 1956 U.S. Nationals in La Porte, Indiana.

Mendoza captured the jumping and overall gold medals at the 1953 World Championships in Toronto, Canada. He repeated as jumping and overall champion at the world meet in Beirut, Lebanon two years later and added the slalom gold medal to his victory string.

His jumping wins were characterized by an unusual “crack-the-whip” approach to the ramp, now known as the double-wake cut. Mendoza introduced it in 1951 after he and his fellow Cypress Gardens skiers had used it successfully in practice. It enabled him to set records at the world tournaments and later became a standard for water ski jumpers of all ages.

Mendoza later retired from water ski competition, concentrating on show skiing, and then turned to ice-skating. He became a star of a traveling ice spectacular in the 1960s and 1970s.

At the time of his induction to the International Water Ski Hall of Fame in 1989, he resided in Clearwater, Florida.