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World Waveski Championships
Past Champions

Competition waveski surfing originated in 1978 and the first World waveski championships (WT) was held in South Africa in 1984. It was intended to be a biennial event and in 1988 a World Cup (WC) competition was introduced every alternate year until 1996. Since then the world titles has been held yearly until 2005 where there has been a 2 year gap. The 16th world titles for waveski surfing was held in Durban, South Africa in July 2006 and the 2007 titles are destined for New Zealand in March.

Despite searching extensively, we have been unable to collate complete records for the past world champions. If your name is missing or you know of some further results, please email us at WSA so we can update our records.

World Cup and Titles statistics have also been collated on the country, individual and competition results we have to date.

World Cup and Titles Past Champions

Year	Event	Venue	Open	Veterans 50+ yrs 2007 55+yrs	Masters 40-49 yrs	Seniors 30-39 yrs	Juniors Under 20 yrs	Womens	New Age	Cadets 13-15 yrs	Grand Masters 55-60 yrs
1984	WT	Cape Town South Africa	John Christensen Australia
1986	WT	Diamond Head Hawaii	John Christensen Australia		John McLeod South Africa		Andrew Derrick Australia	Tracey Sassen South Africa
1988	WC	Yamba Australia	John Christensen NSW		Phil Avalon Australia	Kevin Marshall Australia	Rees Duncan Jr Australia	Karen Campbell Australia
1989	WT	Cornwall England	Rees Duncan Jr. Australia		Trevor Moffatt Australia	Ron Ackerman South Africa	Alistair McLeod South Africa	Tracey Sassen South Africa
1990	WC	Huntington Beach	Stewart Lawson Australia		Greg Bond USA	Roger Buck Australia	N Gowthorpe New Zealand	Natalee Furhmann Australia
1991	WT	Gold Coast Australia	Rees Duncan Jr Australia			Roger Buck Australia	Rees Duncan Jr Australia	Natalee Furhmann Australia
1992	WC	La Torche France	Craig Harbern South Africa		Paul Reading UK			Natalee Furhmann Australia
1993	WT	Nahoon Reef South Africa	John Christensen NSW		Willy Graser South Africa	Mike Fourie South Africa	A Voss South Africa	Lisa Ryan Australia
1994	WC	Gore Bay New Zealand	Neil Decker Australia		Kevin Marshall Australia		Michael Orsmond South Africa	Lisa Ryan Australia
1995	WT	Lacanau France	Michael Orsmond South Africa		Michael Johnston Australia	Francios Fondeviole France	Mathieu Babarit France	Lisa Ryan Australia
1996	WT	Durban South Africa	Munro Kendrick South Africa	John MacLeod South Africa	Kola Le Roux South Africa	Mark Packham South Africa	Malan Calitz South Africa	Lisa Ryan Australia		Ryan Griffiths South Africa
1997	WT	Gold Coast Australia	John Christensen Australia			Neil Decker Australia		Lisa Ryan Australia
1998		Cornwall England	Manu Gendron France				Jean Philippe Willaume France	Marie Gueguen France
1999	WT	Florianopolis Brazil	Nick Boon Australia			Sylvan Pladys France	Francios Lesuisse France	Caroline Angibaud France
2000	WT	Jeffrey's Bay South Africa	Nicki Castens South Africa	Willy Graser South Africa	Kola Le Roux South Africa	Nicki Castens South Africa	Shaun Holmes South Africa	Caroline Angibaud France
2001	WT	Bakio Spain	Darren Kearns Australia	Bruce Richards Australia	Louis Abando Spain	Dave Mitchell New Zealand	Gerry Buckley Australia	Caroline Angibaud France
2002	WT	Gold Coast Australia	Dave Dinning Australia	John Strybis Australia	Bruce Radnidge Australia	James Timperley Australia	Danny Hall Australia	Tracey Sassens South Africa	Matt Caldwell Australia	Shannon Radnidge Australia
2003	WT	Guadaloupe	Mathieu Babarit France	Kevin Marshall Australia	Carl Coombes UK	Darren Kearns Australia	Renan Leloutre France	Caroline Angibaud France	Dave Dinning Australia
2004	WT	Florianopolis Brazil	Neil Decker Australia	Ron Ackerman South Africa	Keiran Davies UK	Paul O'Donnell Australia	Chris Davois Guadaloupe	Caroline Angibaud France	Mathieu Babarit France	Bertus Visser South Africa
2006	WT	Durban South Africa	Mathieu Babarit France	Kola Le Roux South Africa	Neil Decker Australia	Grant Kendrick South Africa	Lionel Angibaud France	Caroline Angibaud France	Mathieu Babarit France	Max Echoff South Africa
2007	WT	Gisborne New Zealand	Rees Duncan Jnr Australia	Basil Repa Australia	Neil Decker Australia	Luke Herman Australia	Lionel Angibaud France	Caroline Angibaud France	Ben John Australia		Steven Gibbs New Zealand

World Cup and Titles Statistics

SUMMARY

Based on the world cup and world championship title results that we have to date:

Australia has won the most (51) world cup and championship titles for all divisions overall, with South Africa next with 27 titles and France next with 21 titles.
For the open division, Australia has won the most (14) titles, then South Aftrica with 4 titles and France with 3 titles.
For the open division, John Christensen from Australia has won the most open titles (5), with Mathieu Babaritz from France with 2 open, 2 new age and 1 junior title; Rees Duncan Jr from Australia with 3 open titles and one Junior title and Neil Decker from Australia with 2 open, 1 senior and 2 masters title.
For the women's division, Caroline Angibaud from France has won 7 womens world titles, Lisa Ryan has won 5 world titles and then Tracey Sassen from South Africa and Natalee Furhman from Australia with 3 titles.
Waveski surfers who have managed to win more than one division at one event include Rees Duncan Jr from Australia (Open and Juniors), Nicki Castens from South Africa (Open and Seniors), Mathieu Babarit from France (Open and New Age).

Country Results

Country	Open	Veterans	Masters	Seniors	New Age	Juniors	Cadets	Women	Grand Masters	TOTAL
Australia	14	4	7	8	3	5	1	9	0	51
France	3	0	0	2	2	6	0	8	0	21
Guadaloupe	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
New Zealand	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	3
South Africa	4	4	4	4	0	5	3	3	0	27
Spain	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
UK	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
USA	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
TOTAL	21	8	16	16	5	18	5	20	1

Induvidual Statistics

Name	Country	Division	Number of Titles	TOTAL
Caroline Angibaud	France	Womens	7	7
John Christensen	Australia	Open	5	5
Lisa Ryan	Australia	Womens	5	5
Mathieu Babarit	France	Open	2	5
		New age	2
		Juniors	1
Rees Duncan Jr	Australia	Open	3	5
Rees Duncan Jr	Australia	Juniors	2	5
Neil Decker	Australia	Open	2	5
		Seniors	1
		Masters	2
Kevin Marshall	Australia	Seniors	1	3
		Masters	1
		Veterans	1
Tracey Sassen	South Africa	Womens	3	3
Kola Le Roux	South Africa	Masters	2	3
Kola Le Roux	South Africa	Veterans	1	3
Dave Dinning	Australia	Open	1	2
Dave Dinning	Australia	New Age	1	2
Nicki Castens	South Africa	Open	1	2
Nicki Castens	South Africa	Seniors	1	2
Darren Kearns	South Africa	Open	1	2
Darren Kearns	South Africa	Seniors	1	2
Mike Orsmond	South Africa	Juniors	1	2
Mike Orsmond	South Africa	Open	1	2
Natalee Furhmann	Australia	Womens	3	3
Ron Ackerman	South Africa	Seniors	1	2
Ron Ackerman	South Africa	Veterans	1	2
Willy Grasser	South Africa	Masters	1	2
Willy Grasser	South Africa	Veterans	1	2
Roger Buck	Australia	Seniors	2	2
John McLeod	South Africa	Masters	1	2
John McLeod	South Africa	Veterans	1	2
Lionel Angibaud	France	Juniors	2	2
Manu Gendron	France	Open	1	1
Marie Gueguen	France	Womens	1	1
Manu Kendrick	South Africa	Open	1	1
Ryan Griffiths	South Africa	Cadets	1	1
Jean Philippe Willaume	France	Juniors	1	1
Mark Packham	South Africa	Seniors	1	1
A Voss	South Africa	Juniors	1	1
Mike Fourie	South Africa	Seniors	1	1
Paul Reading	UK	Masters	1	1
Stewart Lawson	Australia	Open	1	1
Craig Harbern	South Africa	Open	1	1
N Gowthorpe	New Zealand	Juniors	1	1
Greg Bond	USA	Masters	1	1
Andrew Derrick	Australia	Juniors	1	1
Alistair McLeod	South Africa	Juniors	1	1
Trevor Moffatt	Australia	Masters	1	1
Phil Avalon	Australia	Masters	1	1
Karen Campbell	Australia	Womens	1	1
Michael Johnston	Australia	Masters	1	1
Francios Fondeviole	France	Seniors	1	1
Malan Calitz	South Africa	Juniors	1	1
Nick Boon	Australia	Open	1	1
Sylvan Pladys	France	Seniors	1	1
Francios Lesuisse	France	Juniors	1	1
Shaun Holmes	South Africa	Juniors	1	1
Bruce Richards	Australia	Veterans	1	1
Louis Abando	Spain	Masters	1	1
Dave Mitchell	New Zealand	Seniors	1	1
Gerry Buckley	Australia	Juniors	1	1
John Strybis	Australia	Veterans	1	1
Bruce Radnidge	Australia	Masters	1	1
James Timperly	Australia	Seniors	1	1
Matt Caldwell	Australia	New Age	1	1
Danny Hall	Australia	Juniors	1	1
Shannon Radnidge	Australia	Cadets	1	1
Carl Coombes	UK	Masters	1	1
Renan Leloutre	France	Juniors	1	1
Keiran Davies	UK	Masters	1	1
Paul O'Donnell	Australia	Seniors	1	1
Christopher Dauvois	Guadaloupe	Juniors	1	1
Bertus Visser	South Africa	Cadets	1	1
Max Echoff	South Africa	Cadets	1	1
Grant Kendricks	South Africa	Seniors	1	1
Basil Repa	Australia	Veterans	1	1
Luke Herman	Australia	Seniors	1	1
Steve Gibbs	New Zealand	Grand Masters	1	1
Ben John	Australia	New Age	1	1

Competition Statistics

Waveski surfers who won more than one division at the same event

Name	Year	Divisions
Rees Duncan Jr	1991	Open	Juniors
Nicki Castens	2000	Open	Seniors
Mathieu Babarit	2006	Open	New Age

If there are any inaccuracies with the information on this page, please contact us at WSA.

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