International Water Ski Federation
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International Waterski and Wakeboard Federation (IWWF) is the international regulatory body promoting water skiing, wakeboarding and other water sports, setting the official rules of water skiing and official tournaments, coordinating the work of national federations. Before 2009 the IWWF had the name IWSF. It was renamed at the Congress 2009 in Calgary.
The IWSF was originally found in 1955. In 1967 the IWSF was regognized the first time by the International Olympic Comity in Thearan. At the Olympics in 1972 in Münich, Waterski was the first time Demonstration Sport and part of the Olympic Games. In 1998 IWSF managed it, that Wakeboard was officially regognized by the IOC.
The IWWF is also member of the General Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF).
President of the IWWF is Kuno Ritschard.
The IWWF has in the moment 84 Member Nations with tenthousends of skier, skater and wakeboarding members.
[edit] Order of Merit
The Order of Merit is awarded at the discretion of the Executive Board of the International Waterski and Wakeboard Federation (IWWF) to individuals who have made meaningful contributions to the sport of water skiing which do not fall within the guidelines for the Hall of Fame.
[edit] National federations
- Federación Mexicana de Esqui Acuatico [1]
- Federaçao Portuguesa de Ski Náutico [2]
- Australian Water Ski Association AWSF
- Costa Rica WaterSki Association [3]
- Chinese Taipei Water-Ski Assaciation [4]
- Federación Colombaina de Esqui Nautico [5]
- Turkish Underwater Sports Federation [6]
- Czech Waterski Federation [7]
- Waterski Federation of Belarus [8]
- Belgian Wakekeboard Association [9]
- Federation Francophone de ski nautique et de wakeboard [10]
- Federación Mexicana de Ski Acuático [11]
- Hungarian Waterski and Wakeboard Federation [12]
- Finnish Water Ski Sports [13]
- Victorian Water Ski Association [14]
- Fédération Québécoise de Ski Nautique [15]
- Polish Motorboat and Waterski Federation [16]
- Swedish Waterski Federation [17]
- Federació Catalana d'Esquí Nr'utic [18]
- French Wakeboard Association (Association Française de Wakeboard (AFW) AFW
- Slovak Water Ski Federation SVSPN
- Brazilian Water Ski Confederation CBEA
- Dutch Waterski Federation (Nederlandse Waterski Bond, NWB) NWB
- Norwegian Water Ski Federation [19]
- Queensland Tournament Waterski Association [20]
- French waterski federation (Fédération Française de Ski Nautique, FFSN) FFSN
- Brazilian Water Ski Confederation [21]
- Singapore Water Ski Federation [22]
- Norwegian Waterski Federation [23]
- Austrian Waterski Federation (Oesterreichischer Wasserskiverband, OEWSV) OEWSV
- Danish Water Ski Federation [24]
- Finnish Water Ski Sports [25]
- Water Ski Alberta [26]
- Japan Water Ski Association JWSA
- IWSF Region Europe, Africa and Middle East [27]
- Swiss Water Ski Federation [28]
- Korea Water Ski Association [29]
- National Collegiate Water Ski Association (USA, Div. of USAWS) NCWSA
- Italian Waterski Federation [30]
- Hong Kong Water Ski Association [31]
- United Arab Emirates Water Ski Federation [32]
- Austrian Water Ski Federation [33]
- South African Water Ski Federation [34]
- British Water Ski [35]
- Finnish Water Ski Sports [36]
- Water Ski and Wakeboard Canada / Ski Nautique Canada [37]
- USA Water Ski [38]
- German Waterski Federation DWSV
- Croatian Waterski Federation (Hrvatski Savez za skijanje na vodi) [39]
