The TWBC Podcast

Interviewing the winners of the women’s and men’s slalom competition at the 12th annual Swiss Pro Slalom.

Just minutes after the award presentations for the 4th Annual Swiss Pro Tricks we took the opportunity to get the reactions from the two champions of the event.

In this episode of the TWBC podcast we speak to a skier who had a real breakout season in 2025 on her way to claim in the titles of AWSA and NCWSA skier of the year.

The TWBC Podcast took some time out to talk with the IWWF President about the latest happenings surrounding the sport – including the campaign for the sport’s inclusion into the program for the 2032 Summer Olympic Games in Brisbane, Australia.

A legendary athlete for Australia in the world of tournament water skiing, Bruce Cockburn spared us a little bit of time away from his officiating duties to chat to us on this TWBC Podcast Episode.

So how does a boat company go from being seemingly ready to quit the tournament towboat game entirely less than three years ago to being named the IWWF’s choice to pull the tournament world’s for the next 6 seasons? These and other thought provoking questions were posed to Chris.Loomis, the Director of Sales and Dealer […]

We’ve less than two days to go before the junior world championships of 2026 we talk to Argentine water ski legend Javier Julio in this special episode of the TWBC Podcast.

With more opportunities in 2026 for overall tournament skiers to compete we talk about that and other topics in this final part of a two-part interview with 2023 World Overall Champ Louis Duplan-Fribourg. Note: this episode was recorded on January 25th 2026 and, as such, is offered in tribute to a much-revered figure in French […]

It’s March and the new professional water ski season is just around the corner – with the Moomba Masters kicking it off in spectacular fashion. This episode of the TWBC Podcast had the opportunity to have a chat with the chief announcer of the event Jarrod Faoro about the event, whom he will miss this […]

In this episode of the TWBC Podcast we talk with a current world-class overall tournament talent Louis Duplan-Fribourg about his performances last season as he readies himself for the busy, jam-packed season to come in 2026. This is the first of a two-part episode. Note: this episode was recorded on January 25th 2026 and, as […]

In this second part of this two-part episode of the TWBC Podcast we talk more about skiing in Italy and the European pro scene in general with Matteo Luzzeri.

In the episode of the TWBC Podcast we catch up with one of the most prominent figures in the sport in the middle of some off-season training in Thailand. Matteo Luzzeri is certainly not short on words and he has plenty on his plate with the new developments at Jolly Ski, the continuation of the […]

Attempting to return from an season-ending injury this past September while awaiting a new addition to the family (as of the time of this post) Corey Vaughn was gracious enough to spare some time to talk to us on the TWBC Podcast about those topics are many more besides.

The new season on the Waterski Pro Tour will kick into high gear within the next few weeks and, in this second of a two-part episode, we continue to discuss the tournaments that will form part of that series in detail with one of the top athletes in the sport.

The new season on the Waterski Pro Tour will kick into high gear within the next few weeks and, in this first of a two-part episode, we discuss the tournaments that will form part of that series in detail with one of the top athletes in the sport.

We continue with our new episodes for the new season with a conversation with the European and World U-21 Men’s Overall Champion Tim Wild from Germany. We spoke from his winter training trip in Santiago de Chile and found that he’s looking for even greater success beyond the 2026 season to come.

Continuing on our chat from the 1st part of this two-part episode Hannah Stopnicki talks about the latter part of the 2025 season and about her misadventures with the jump event.

In this first of a two-part episode we take a look back at the 2025 season with Hannah Stopnicki and take a deep dive into the highlights of that season for the IWWF U-21 World Women’s Trick Champion.

We toke the opportunity to touch base with Todd Risctorcelli – the newly-installed editor of The Waterskiier Magazine, a publication that has been a mainstay of the sport and about to celebrate its 75th year. Lots to unpack here in time for Christmas.

Continuing on with a light-hearted chat about the season that was in 2025 – with ULM Warhawk team skiers Nellie Allard, Damir Filaretov, Lucy Roberts and Eline Vang being joined by ULL Ragin’ Cajun Lara Butlin for this second of a two-part episode on the TWBC Podcast.

A light-hearted chat about the season that was in 2025 – with ULM Warhawk team skiers Nellie Allard, Damir Filaretov, Lucy Roberts and Eline Vang being joined by ULL Ragin’ Cajun Lara Butlin for this first of a two-part episode on the TWBC Podcast.

2025 was the introduction season for Carter Eaton – the only pro skier to hail from the last Frontier that is Alaska. In the episode he chronicles the past season and how he made a name for himself . Chevk out Carter’s YouTube channel that was mentioned in the episode: It’s Just Skiing. https://youtube.com/@cartereatonak

Marcus Brown has cut a indelible mark in the world of tournament waterskiing through his work with HO Syndicate and his Flowpoint Method. We delve into each with this conversation on the TWBC Podcast.

As the spray settles on a challenging 2025 season we spoke to Freddie Winter and had him reflect upon that in detail.

As the 2025 winds for most of the top athletes we took the opportunity to talk to Brooke Baldwin about a season that started really late for her.

As we continue to talk to the world’s top athletes about their respective season in 2025 we speak with Whitney Rini as she breaks down her past seaon and hints at what the future holds for her.

In this TWBC Podcast episode we have a conversation with one of Sweden’s rising stars Tim Tornquist as he recalls the highs – and the lows – of the 2025 Season from his perspective

As the 2025 Season winds down we asked Joel Poland to take some time out of his schedule to assess he achievements – with included a European Jump jump to win the World Jump title.

2025 was certainly a season to remember for Ali Garcia and, and in this episode of the TWBC Podcast, she describes her adventures which began in New Zealand and culminating with some eye-opening results towards the end.

By any credible metric it would be fair to say that Charlie Ross has had a stellar season for 2025. In this latest episode we talk about what went into a seaaon that yield event wins, a repeat world championship and two titanic battles with one the greats of our sport.

As we continue on with the season reviews from the sport’s top athletes at the tail end of 2025 we talk to Corey vaughn about the challenges he faced to match the stellar season he had in 2024. Note: this episode was recorded just before the Travers Grand Prix event. Unfortunately Coey picked up a […]

This episode of the TWBC Podcast takes a deep dive into the life and career of one of the drivers for this world championship, Scot Ellis. A lot of ground was covered, with plenty of sage advice offered to those starting out in the sport of tournament water skiing.

With the Open Worlds right on our doorstep we took the time to talk with home nation favorite Thomas DeGasperi on a range of topics – including the introduction of his ski design to the open market.

Hours before the start of the IWWF U-21 World’s in Calgary,Canada we took the opportunity to speak with the IWWF President Jose Antonio Perez Priego on a variety of topics concerning the major issues in the sport.

We spoke to Freddy Winter before the San Gervasio ProAm and discussed his current run of win so far this season among many other topics.

In this episode rwcorded in the Straits of Gibraltar the TWSC Podcast discusses the Water Ski Pro Tour stops that took place in Manaco and Morocco with Vincent Stadlbaur. Plenty of Behind the Scenes stuff revealed here – including immigration and course issues.

Recoded at BTR airport, the TWBC Podcast took the brief opportunity to talk to former World Overall Champion and newly-appointed Head Coach of the ULM Warhawk water ski team Martin Kolman.

Fresh off an emotionally-charged win at the recent Masters Tournament Freddie Winter talks about that and his road to recovery on this edition of the TWBC Podcast.

One of the drivers for 2025 Swiss Pro Slalom event, Scott Greenwood has built up a well-earned reputation as one of the sport’s top drivers. The TWBc Podcast spoke to him on the various aspects of his role in this edition.

Africa’s top slalomer Kamil Belmrah arrived early to prepare for the Swiss Pro Slalom and took some time to talk with us on this edition of the TWBC Podcast

With a new career as an airline pilot firmly in his hands we talk to World Record Holder Nate Smith about that and many other sujects in this edition of the TWBC Podcast

In preparation for the 2025 Swiss Pro Slalom we talk to Rob Hazelwood about his off-season, his training and many other topics on this edition of the TWBC Podcast

Fresh off a long-haul flight from Paragauy Mat Gonzalez spared a little time from his training set at Swiss to talk with us on this edition of the TWBC Podcast

In this episode of the TWBC Podcast we talk with former world champion Neilly Ross as she prepares for the 2025 Swiss Pro Tricks event and many others to come during the long, upcoming season. We also discuss her exposure of the sport through her social media channels.

With the 2025 Swiss Pro Tricks less than 24 hours away we take time to talk with tricking superstar Pato Font na d get his take on a number of topics in this edition of the TWBC Podcast.

We kick off with the first episode of a brand new TWBC Podcast season by talking to Japan’s Ryota Funo about the sport’s presence in the land of the Rising Sun. Among many things he talks about his origin in the sport from the collegiate ranks, the facilities available in that part of the world […]

A relatively quick conversation with another first time pro event winner with his victory in Miami Brando Caruso.

In a season that has garnered his first pro victories Rob Hazelwood talks about those wins and also answers some oddball questions as a fun ending to the episode.

With a win at the recent King of Darkness event Nate Smith has proved that he still has the goods to make an impact in slalom at the high echelon level. We talk about that, his carreer in aviation and have him answer ten oddball questions to wards the end.

The TWBC Podcast took some time to talk with an athlete who has had an interesting season to say the least: Thomas DeGasperi. He also took up the challenge towards the end of this episode with a barrage of ten questions whose answers proved to be quite revealing.