Tuesday, 7 March: Stars of the UIM-ABP Aquabike World Championship were amongst more than 450 guests from sport, commerce, the boating industry and media who gathered last weekend for the eighth Union International Motonautique (UIM) Word Champions Awards Giving Gala, staged at the iconic Sporting Monte-Carlo, Monaco and sponsored by China’s BUND Holding Group.

Picking up their prestigious UIM awards were SAS Racing duo Emma Nellie-Ortendahl and Stian Schjetlein – Ortendahl winning the Ski Ladies World Circuit and Slalom titles and topping the prestigious UIM-ABP World Rankings, Schjetlein for the Ski World Slalom title.

Yousef Al Abdulrazzaq received his UIM honour for winning Runabout GP1, Rok Florjancic receiving his for a fourth Freestyle title and Jeremy Perez for topping the Runabout GP1 world rankings.