28/09/2026
Coolmunda Ski Fest reflections
15 weeks ago It was announced ski racing was coming back and excitement started building in QLD.
A dedicated team with over 150 years experience in lane racing, marathons and ski racing came together to start the planning for the Coolmunda Ski Fest with one vision to get ski racers back together.
Was it reasonable to ask could we all be ready with the new processes, protocols, safety equipment and documents to get permits in 90 days, we agreed we were going to give it a hot red go.
This past weekend was a return to the best style of water ski racing there is, a great location where the entire race could be seen, a township that supported and we returned the support by staying in all the surrounding accomodation and fuelling our boats and bodies.
A great partner in Lake Coolmunda Caravan park who put on a BBQ Saturday night where all competitors, families and ex ski racers joined for a relaxed time over the camp fires.
Getting to the racing, I want to say a huge thank you to those boat owners, drivers, observers, skiers, trailer drivers and support teams that turned up and raced 23 races over the weekend saw side by side racing all weekend with no incidents, no falls, plenty of extra laps and lots of excitement to be back doing what we love to do.
It was great to see new boats, skiers & crews attending for the 1st time and fantastic to see old racers helping the new racers
Yes its racing and yes we are super competitive and yes we need to work through the return to racing plan and did we do that, I would have to say yes so a huge thank you for the culture change everyone has.
Thank you to all the those who put Ski Racing Queensland back on the water and cannot wait to start the next one for later this year.
Let’s keep building to Go Racing.
Keep up to date at www.skiracingqueensland.com.au as we update with our dates and locations for 26/27.