Key Figures · Organiser

Biorn Tangeland

Appointed managing director of the IJSBA in a post dated January 2004, after its re-organisation, elected to its 2005 board for the association, and replaced as managing director in a post of August 2005.

1. The early years, in print, 1981 to 1993
2. The makers and their machines, 1985 to 2005 (this page's records)
3. Noise, safety and federal rules, 1996 to 2002
4. The rule book years, 2002 to 2018 (this page's records)
5. Three rule books, 2021 to 2026

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Organising the sport

2004 · Likely

An IJSBA post shown with the date 26 January 2004 announces that Biorn Tangeland had been appointed the association's Managing Director, effective immediately, following its re-organisation, and quotes the spokesperson for its Transitional Committee on the appointment. The same post says he joined the association in 1995 and had developed and directed its International Affiliate program since the program was created that year, and had managed the international rider and affiliate support program for the World Finals; that is the association's account in 2004. The text prints no 2004 of its own; the year is the date the page displays, and its nine years since 1995 agree with it.

Sources: IJSBA post Tangeland MD 2004

2004 · Confirmed

The association's release dated 29 September 2004 for the 23rd IJSBA World Finals, which it says IMG Action Sports produced for the first time that year, quotes Biorn Tangeland as managing director of the IJSBA on the partnership with IMG to produce the event.

Sources: IJSBA release 23rd World Finals 2004

2005 · Confirmed

The IJSBA's post of 29 April 2005 lists Biorn Tangeland among the directors elected to serve on its Board of Directors for 2005, representing the IJSBA, and quotes him in the same post as its Managing Director. An IJSBA post shown with the date 13 April 2005, on the first director elected to the new board, also quotes him as Managing Director of the IJSBA.

Sources: IJSBA post new board 2005; IJSBA post Bamdas elected 2005

2005 · Likely

An IJSBA post shown with the date 19 August 2005 announces a new Managing Director of the association, replacing the outgoing Biorn Tangeland, who it says would continue to consult on international issues and on the association's website and integrated technology. The text prints no 2005; the year is the date the page displays.

Sources: IJSBA post Frazier MD 2005

Elsewhere in the archive

• History chapter: The IJSBA and the World Finals
• Event: IJSBA World Finals
• Organisation: International Jet Sports Boating Association
• Era: The makers and their machines
• Era: The rule book years

What the archive has not read (1)

• No held document of his own time names him in the International Affiliate program before 2004, and none names a post of his after the consulting role announced in August 2005 (searched the archive's mirror and research cache for Tangeland, 2026-10-09). Two more IJSBA posts of April 2005, seen in copies saved during research, quote him as managing director and are not cited because they add nothing to the posts above.

Documents cited on this page

• IJSBA post Tangeland MD 2004 (web.archive.org): Biorn Tangeland Appointed Managing Director of IJSBA (IJSBA news post dated 26 January 2004, Wayback capture of 20 September 2020), International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2004-01-26; sanctioning body, high. The association's own announcement of its managing director's appointment, effective immediately and following the re-organisation, with a quote from the spokesperson for the IJSBA Transitional Committee and a paragraph saying the new managing director had developed and directed the International Affiliate program since it was created in 1995. High for the post. The text prints no year of its own: 2004 is the date the byline displays, and the paragraph's "since 1995" and "In nine years" agree with it. His own quote and list of aims are not used.
• IJSBA release 23rd World Finals 2004 (web.archive.org): World's finest Personal Watercraft racers heading to Lake Havasu For 23rd IJSBA Dos Equis World Finals (IJSBA release dated 29 September 2004, Wayback capture of 18 September 2020), International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2004-09-29; sanctioning body, high. The association's release for the 2004 World Finals, which it says were produced for the first time by IMG Action Sports. It quotes Biorn Tangeland as managing director of the IJSBA on the partnership with IMG. High for the post and the producer as the association states them. The praise in the quotes, the prize figures and the ticket prices are not used; the excerpt keeps the heading, dateline paragraph, producer paragraphs, the quote and the byline.
• IJSBA post new board 2005 (web.archive.org): New IJSBA Board of Directors Announced (IJSBA news post dated 29 April 2005, Wayback capture of 19 September 2020), International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2005-04-29; sanctioning body, high. The association's own list of the directors elected to serve on its board for 2005, each with the member group represented and a country, and its thanks by name and country to the ten members who had served on the transition committee. It quotes the managing director. High for whom the association names in each post. The year 2005 is printed in the text.
• IJSBA post Bamdas elected 2005 (web.archive.org): Dave Bamdas Elected to IJSBA Board of Directors (IJSBA news post dated 13 April 2005, Wayback capture of 22 September 2020), International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2005-04-13; sanctioning body, high. The association's own announcement that its associate member companies had elected a representative to its Board of Directors, naming him, his company and the date the new board takes office (22 April 2005). High for whom the association announced and for the year of the term. The page prints the date April 13th, 2005 in its byline line beside a second date, 16 December 2012, which the archive reads as the site's own record stamp and not as the posting date; the text itself places the term in 2005. The managing director's praise and the post's statement that this was a first for the association are not used. Site menus are omitted from the held copy.
• IJSBA post Frazier MD 2005 (web.archive.org): Scott Frazier Appointed New IJSBA Managing Director (IJSBA news post dated 19 August 2005, Wayback capture of 24 September 2020), International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2005-08-19; sanctioning body, high. The association's announcement of a new managing director, replacing the outgoing Biorn Tangeland, who would continue to consult on international issues and the website, and of Amy Green's appointment as interim racer representative until the 2006 elections. High for the posts it announces. The post's description of Amy Green's racing is not used. The text prints no 2005; the year is the date the byline displays. Passages outside the posts it announces are removed from the held copy.

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