British Water Ski & Wakeboard is a sport governing body and membership organisation funded by its members for the benefit of its members. Its main role is acting on behalf of the interests of water skiers and wakeboarders to develop and serve the sport - a non-profit making organisation with all of our income invested in developing and protecting water skiing across the UK from the grassroots level through to our top athletes. The organisation consists of a diverse network of circa 150 affiliated members clubs, cable sites, commercial pay and play ski centres and activity centres. The majority of our clubs are voluntary clubs (circa 85 clubs) and in a typical year the organisation has 10 to 11,000 members. Recognised by the UK government as a national governing body the association is in receipt of Exchequer and Lottery funding via Sport England and other funding streams which support its work in managing all aspects of the sport.