On The Rope - Podcast

In this episode we talk to one of the skiers from the only women's team to win the Sydney Bridge to Bridge outright and she is also the 1999 IWWF Open Women's World Champion Joanne Webb (previously Joanne Hamilton). We have 2017 World Champion, Chelsea Stevens, talking to Jo about her water ski racing journey and all things women in sport. 

With the first of the SRA events of 2022 The Ted Hurley Murray Darling 110, we take a look back at the history behind the name of this new event in the schedule, with an interview of the current owner of Ted Hurley's Recovery. With a recent refresh, how this came about.

Also Geoff Thomson Mildura Ski Club President runs through the Murray Darling 110 event expectations and conditions with information for competitors.

And a touch of information about the SRA Loyalty program that is being introduced to members of SRA. 

In episode #14 we hear on the ropes own World Champion Chelsea Stevens talk to 3x World Champion and CrossFit Games Athlete 'Ellen Jones'. Ellen is the first ever female 'World Champion' to win all 3 categories at the IWWF World Water Ski Racing Championships winning Junior Girls in 2015, Formula 2 Women's in 2017 and Open Women's in 2019. A beauty on the bank and a beast on the water! 

The Father & Son Duo of Gerry & Ben Gulley are 4x World Champions, Outright winners, deep thinkers and Businessmen. They are all these things and more. This podcast is one of the best to listen to the journey to absolute excellence in the sport of Waterski Racing. 

In episode #12 we are privileged to hear from the Master of Watersports, 3x IWWF Water Ski Racing World Champion and 2x Wakeboarding World Champion. The ultimate watersports athlete, there is nothing this man can not do on water. This is a must listen podcast to get inside the mind of what we would call the greatest of all time!

Our very own superstar Mick Kelly brings a new approach to the podcast as he interviews one of his own teams 'Sportspage Racing' interviewing Dean Johns, Aaron Martin and Ben Hackett together keeping the 'team' approach that this group of lads have used making them successful for years. Dominating the 8ltr for decades this team runs with the theory 'a team that plays together stays together'.

Episode #10 Tony Rowe - Not only one of the best outboard drivers in Australia but also went on to become a boat  builder when he started building his own boats with the 'Sonic Boat' brand here in Australia. 

Episode #9 we travel across the world to talk to USA's 2x World Champion Katelin Wendt and who better to have a chat than our very own interviewer and World Champion Chelsea Stevens. This is one not to miss as we hear the journey of 6 World Title attempts, 2 World Champion victories and 13 Catalina attempts. A female Athlete who has competed at an international level in our sport for 17 years competing in her first World Title in 2003.  

Mick Kelly takes time to interview Ben Petigrew a relationship embeded in the PsycoClowns dominance era of our recent Skiracing history!

If you think Lockdown is hard a listen to this it will inspire you, Mick Kelly - 'Its a Cracker"!

From Juniors through to the peak of the sport as a skier and then over time to administrator a well known name in the sport of water skiracing Dave Bishop puts Brett at the end of the rope for our latest episode