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Check out pictures of the BC Summer Games here all pictures were taken by Rod Jones - thanks so much! The games were held at Albert Dyck Park in Abbotsford from July 18-21 and hosted by the Fraser Valley Waterski Club. As the only multisport discipline tournament that is held in the province for towed watersports, these games are truly special!

WSWBC Sproat Lake Camp 2024 was a huge hit with these young skiers. Coached by Chris Horwood, the skiers learned many new skills and loved being on the water. They have signed up to do it again next year. A huge Thank you to the Messer Family for hosting this event. It is the support from families like yours that keeps this sport alive. Pure happiness at Sproat Lake.

Jack Keshen competed provincially in Alberta and BC in the 1970's. During the recent WSWBC Camp at Tata Creek he brought out his old trick ski. Jack was happy to meet Jake Chambers the coach of the camp. Jack asked if Jake wanted to try it so Jake headed out on the water to test it out and reported that he "landed a perfect front flip on it, so heavy". Jake enjoyed sharing waterski stories with Jack. The trick ski bindings have been updated so the ski continues to be used by many generations of his family, in fact his grand-daughter Kaylee will ride the ski at BC Provincials this year.

Details on our events page. Discount for skiers U21 and younger! Hosted by the Kamloops Waterski Club @ Shumway Lake. Register here:

photo by @johnnyhayward_photo @BCWaterskiteam attended its first team camp at Winlock Waters in southern washington. The camp was graciously hosted by Kyle and Marina Obendorf and coached by the one and only Terry Goodman. With great water & coaching, the team made some signicant progress through the week. The camp was capped off by the 65th Annual Peace Arch 3 Event Record Tournament. Nearly all (or all?) team BC members PB'd in jump - some by 10+ feet! Awesome work by all and a big thanks to Kyle, Marina & Terry!

**Note a couple of updated click on schedule of events for the drop down of the dates. For more information contact jed@wswbc.org

Casey Richardson - May 23, 2024 / 4:00 am A young Pentictonite has once again qualified to compete at the Nautique Masters in Georgia this week, competing in the Junior Women’s Jump event. 17-year-old Kate Pinsonneault started out water skiing on Skaha Lake at a very young age and developed quite the talent for the sport. "My dad did it just recreationally and then I started doing a few camps when I was younger and then it just all started," she added. Pinsonneault has been on the Junior Canadian Waterski team for the past few years and is ranked number one in Canada. "It's definitely a lot of training because obviously I can't train at home so a lot of travel, a lot of training away from home. But it's amazing because the team, we're really close. We're all best friends," she said. She also keeps in shape while being a part of the Penticton Regional U18 female hockey team and weightlifting. On the International Waterski Wakeboard Federation U17 weekly ranking list, she is currently ranked 4th in the world for Jump. She said there's nothing quite like the thrill of the jump event, getting to reach speeds of around 70km/hour while taking on a five-foot ramp and soaring 127 feet. "It's just such an amazing feeling, feeling like flying through the air or running the new paths or learning a new trick," she said. Pinsonneault will be headed to the Masters on Robin Lake site, Callaway Gardens in Georgia, on May 24, for the second time, having qualified last year. This past weekend in Florida, she skied in a double tiebreaker and came up just short of qualifying for the slalom event. She trains in Florida at Matt Rini Waterski School with Cole Grant, and said trianing ahead of the maters weekend is going "really well." "I've been doing like two sets a day of jump," she said. "Just had a really good set so I'm excited now and feeling prepared." Pinsonneault will also head to the 2024 U17 IWWF World Waterski Championships in Calgary, Alta. from July 29 to Aug. 4. "I'm spending the summer in Florida to train for that just to be extra prepared and have consistently training." In addition to jumping, Pinsonneault competes as an overall skier, combining the scores from slalom, trick, and jump to make one score. At the Worlds, she will compete in all three events and look for a podium spot, as she is ranked fifth in the world in the overall division at this time. Pinsonneault said she hopes to first go to university for waterskiing on a scholarship, before becoming a pro and eventually winning a world title. She added that she's grateful for the community support, especially from her parents, who send her down to Florida to train whenever she needs. Pinsonneault jumps at Kamloops Waterski Club, which is the closest jump ramp to her home in Penticton and trains with the Waterski Wake Sports BC Association.

First Annual May Long McIvor icebreaker! Thanks for getting things rolling, Jake!! Love a good right foot forward girl gang, too #wswbc

For more information and registration contact jed@wswbc.org

WSWBC alumni Hunter Smith was recently named the 2023 WSWC Male Wakeboard Athlete of the year. Congrats Hunter, well done! photo by Johnny Hayward Photography

Some great conditions today at the first ever Allison Lake Waterski Camp! #bluesky #glass

Some great conditions are being had by our athletes with lots of progression!