Hall of Fame Wall

Noel was Chief Judge at National and World Championships, was a Moomba Masters Judge, Australian Team Manager and Australian Selector. He was Worlds Titles Trick Judge and key organizer and official at Moomba Masters. Noel introduced helmets and the white line on jump ramp for safety purposes.

Fred was NSW Water Ski Association President, Australian Team Manager and Official Driver at major events including Moomba Masters. Fred was a major ski designer, manufacturer and development of the Neo-rubber vest. He was a major promoter of Water Skiing in Australia.

Kim was World Women’s overall champion four times, seven individual Gold medals at Worlds and member of the IWWF Hall of Fame. She represented Australia eight times at World Championships and World Group 3 events and won multiple national titles trick slalom and jump. Kim was NSW Sportsperson of the year.

Karen won the title of World Overall Women’s Champion in 1985 and 1991. One of only five women to achieve this result. She was Australian Sportswomen of the Year in 1985 and recognized with an O.A.M. Karen represented Australia at World Championships from 1979 to 1991 earning two gold, three silver and two bronze medals. She was the winner of 5 Gold Oscars at National Titles and was a US Masters Overall Champion and US open Overall Champion. In 1997 Karen was inducted into the International Hall of Fame.

In 1983 Max received the Order of Australia Medal for his services to water skiing. He was the President of the Australian Water Ski Association for 9 years, the President of the AAO Region for 40 years and the Secretary General of the AAO Region for 4 years. Max is the longest serving member of IWWF and was the Vice President and an Executive Board Member for over 44 years. In 1989 Max was inducted into the Australian Sports Hall of Fame. Max was responsible for the twin lakes at Mulwala, was the Inaugural President of Mulwala Water Ski Club for 24 years and is a Life Member of the club.

Neville served as Chief Judge of the Moomba Masters for 39 years, starting in 1964. He was Chief Judge at the World Championships in 1977. Neville was Chief Judge 8 times at the Group 3 Championships in the Asian Australasian Region. In 1977 Neville was inducted into the International Hall of Fame.

Neil pioneered the introduction of wakeboarding into the AWSA in 1996. He established wakeboarding into the IWWF, forming the World Wakeboarding Council and is currently Chairman of the World Wakeboard Council. He is a past US National Ski Race Champion and Australian Champion and has represented Australia at the World Championships in Italy. Neil still holds the IWSF world record for successfully skiing the Adriatic from Yugoslavia to Italy in 1976. He was president of Wakeboard Australia for 9 years from 1996 to 2005. Neil was awarded with an IWWF 10 year service award from the World Wakeboard Council for his contribution to wakeboarding and introducing the sport globally to 82 Federations.

Bruce won Australia’s first individual gold medal at the World Championships. He represented Australia at the World Championships from 1969 to 1977 and was the Men’s World Trick Champion in 1969. In 1985 Bruce was inducted into the Australian Sports Hall of Fame and in 1996 he was inducted into the Golden Anniversary International Hall of Fame. He is an AWWF Board member and the Technical Director of Tournament Water Ski Australia.

Glen was the first man to jump beyond the magical 200 foot barrier, setting a new world record of 202 feet (61.57metres) in 1983. In 1981 Glen was awarded the Gold Oscar Award Australian National Titles which was a simultaneous honour for winning the gold medal in all three disciplines of slalom, trick and jump. He is the only male to this date ever to win this award. Glen represented Australia at 8 World Championships from 1973 to 1988, winning 4 silver and 2 bronze World Championship medals. He was Australian Jump Champion for 12 consecutive years from 1977 to 1988. In 1999 Glen was inducted into the Australian Sports Hall of Fame and in 2003 he was inducted into the International Hall of Fame.

Brett was the Men’s Overall Champion for the first three World Barefoot competitions in 1978, 1980 and 1982 collecting a total of 8 individual event gold medals. He was undefeated in the Group A and the Australian Barefoot competition in Overall from 1975 until his retirement in 1982. From 1978 to 1982, Brett set eleven world records in slalom, trick and jump as well as setting the world barefoot speed record of 152.8km/h in 1979. In 1987 Brett was inducted into the Australian Sports Hall of Fame and in 1996 he was inducted into the Gold Anniversary International Hall of Fame. Brett helped create the active international barefoot competition we have today.

Garry was the Australian Overall Barefoot Champion in 1969 and 1970 to 1972. He was the Australian Overall Veteran Champion in 1985. He has  been an international coach for countries including U.S.A, Canada, Italy and Sweden. He was the Australian team coach in 1985. Garry was introduced to the Royal family in Sydney in 1970 as part of the ‘Young Sport Program’

Col was Australian Team Member 1961 – 1967 and winner of four Australian Titles. He is also winner of Trick, Slalom and Jump at Moomba Masters 1962 and coach two World Championships. Col was ambassador for Tourism Gold Coast 1960.