International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation
The 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 founded in 1955. In 1967 the IWSF was recognized for the first time by the International Olympic Committee at its meeting in Tehran. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Münich, Waterski was an Olympic Demonstration Sport for the first time. In 1998 Wakeboarding was likewise officially recognized by the IOC.
The IWWF is also member of the General Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF).
The President of the IWWF is Kuno Ritschard.
The IWWF currently has 84 Member Nations.
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.
National federations
- Federación Mexicana de Esqui Acuatico [1]
- Federaçao Portuguesa de Ski Náutico [2]
- Australian Waterski and Wakeboard Federation AWWF
- 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]
- Polish Motorboat and Waterski Federation [15]
- Swedish Waterski Federation [16]
- Federació Catalana d'Esquí Nr'utic [17]
- 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 Waterski & Wakeboard Federation [18]
- Queensland Tournament Waterski Association [19]
- French waterski federation (Fédération Française de Ski Nautique, FFSN) FFSN
- Brazilian Water Ski Confederation [20]
- Singapore Water Ski Federation [21]
- Austrian Waterski Federation (Oesterreichischer Wasserskiverband, OEWSV) OEWSV
- Danish Water Ski Federation [22]
- Finnish Water Ski Sports [23]
- Japan Water Ski Association JWSA
- IWSF Region Europe, Africa and Middle East [24]
- Swiss Water Ski Federation [25]
- Korea Water Ski Association [26]
- National Collegiate Water Ski Association (USA, Div. of USAWS) NCWSA
- Italian Waterski Federation [27]
- Hong Kong Water Ski Association [28]
- United Arab Emirates Water Ski Federation [29]
- Austrian Water Ski Federation [30]
- South African Water Ski Federation [31]
- British Water Ski [32]
- Finnish Water Ski Sports [33]
- Water Ski and Wakeboard Canada / Ski Nautique et Planche Canada [34]
- USA Water Ski [35]
- German Waterski Federation DWSV
- Croatian Waterski Federation (Hrvatski Savez za skijanje na vodi) [36]
- Danish Water Ski [37]
