About Waterski and Wakeboard Australia

Waterski & Wakeboard Australia (WAWA) is the Peak Body for water skiing in Australia. The WAWA has been structured as a sports discipline based organisation that reflects the operation of the sport within all States. The sports disciplines currently comprise the Divisions of Tournament, Barefoot, Disabled, Show Skiing and Wakeboard,Cable Wakeboard (interim). Knee Boarding is represented in some States but not as a separate Division within WAWA. Ski Racing Australia is a separate body but has close ties to the WAWA as we are both affiliated to the International Water Ski Federation.

The Federation services a projected 3500 registered competitive participants and approximately 1.3 million unregistered participants (statistical information obtained from the Sweeney report, state membership and boat registration sources).

The potential to develop the sport is constantly being addressed at both grass roots and high performance levels. Progress to date in the high performance area has placed Australia amongst the very top nations in all disciplines. In the last three years programs to increase entry level participation have been developed and implemented across Australia. Our world rankings reflect the effort being undertaken in junior and senior developments.

The strength of the sport internationally is also on the rise. We have been competing in the World Games since 1981 as well as the Pan American Games since 1995. The Sports profile is on the increase due to events such as the Moomba Masters, World Games and the World Cup.  Our continued relationship with Water Ski Racing Australia (SRA) also ensures that indirect ties with major events such as the Bridge to Bridge and the Australian Ski Racing Grand Prix are maintained. Cable wakeboard is currently a listed sport for possible inclusion in future Olympic Games.

With the exception of the Executive Officer and the Office Administrative Assistant in the National Office, all Directors, Administrators, Judges and Organisers are volunteers. The WAWA arranges Public Liability Insurance for affiliated water ski clubs, sanctioned sites, competitions and training. Membership also entitles members to Personal Accident Insurance for water ski related injuries and to travel insurance on international travel for water skiing events and training. We negotiate water safety, access and policy matters with maritime authorities on behalf of both WAWA members and recreational skiers

The WAWA continues to provide an umbrella administration that encompasses Junior, Senior, Masters, Female, Male, Indigenous and Disabled in all disciplines of the Sport.

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AUSTRALIAN ASH STEBBINGS WINS WORLDS!
Ash Stebbings is a class act. She lives and breathes barefooting and now should be considered the best of all time taking home her 5TH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP  as well as gold in Slalom and Tricks to add to her pile. Ash was never in doubt. He brilliance came through in the first round and from that......
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AUSTRALIAN KEENAN DERRY WINS WORLDS!
The first Australian Male to win the Worlds since Hall of Famer John Pennay in the 90s, Keenan came home strong to take out the world Championships. After the first two rounds where Keenan tricked and jumped below his best – it’s fair to say things were far from certain and the great Ben Groen......
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WAWA Hall of Fame Update
  The Board of Waterski and Wakeboard Australia wish to announce Grant Barnett is stepping down as head of the working committee for the WAWA Hall of Fame. Grant has worked tirelessly over 12 years and four induction ceremonies, to provide recognition for athletes and officials who have contributed so much to what our sport......
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It’s Arrived! We are very excited to announce the launch of our newly designed website. We wanted to make the new website faster, easier to navigate, more user-friendly and provide our members with the most accurate, up-to-date information. This is your website, so if you would like to see any additional information include on our......