Key Figures · Organiser

Blake Corning

Named by the IJSBA as its Head of Event Operations and Associate Competition Manager, and listed as Competition Manager and Lead Racer Director of its 2006 World Finals.

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Organising the sport

2006 · Likely

An IJSBA post shown with the date 26 February 2006 announces his appointment as Head of Event Operations and as Associate Competition Manager, one of two employees it says had been given administrative roles in the association. The text prints no year; 2006 is the date the page displays.

Sources: IJSBA post appointments 2006

2006 · Confirmed

The IJSBA's list of key staff for its 2006 World Finals, posted on 11 September 2006, names him under the heading Competition Manager and Lead Racer Director, as the page prints it.

Sources: IJSBA post 2006 Finals staff

Likely

The IJSBA's directory of sanctioned promoters, as captured in March 2002, prints his name under Tri-State Promotions, Region 3. It prints no post beside the name, so the archive reads it as the company's listed name only. Reading this listing's Blake Corning as the association's head of event operations of 2006 rests on the name and the association, which is the archive's inference.

Sources: IJSBA sanctioned promoters 2002

Confirmed

The IJSBA's post of 8 March 2017 says he had announced the dates of his 2017 Water X series in the association's Northwest Region, three weekends from April to August at Vance Creek Park, Elma, Washington, and calls him a race director. The post announces the series; no held document shows it run (searched the archive's mirror and the set 5 research cache, 2026-10-09).

Sources: IJSBA post Water X series 2017

Elsewhere in the archive

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

What the archive has not read (2)

• The documents read do not say when either 2006 post began or ended, and no held document names him in an IJSBA post between September 2006 and March 2017 (searched the archive's mirror and the set 5 research cache for Corning, 2026-10-09).
• The association's hall of fame roster lists the name Blake Corning among its 2014 inductees and gives no citation or post, so the archive does not tie the honour to the staff member of this record (read 2026-10-09).

Documents cited on this page

• IJSBA post 2006 Finals staff (web.archive.org): IJSBA announces key staff positions for 2006 quakysense World Finals (IJSBA news post dated 11 September 2006, Wayback capture of 22 September 2020), International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2006-09-11; sanctioning body, high. The association's own list of the key staff posts for its 2006 World Finals, each post printed above the people named in it: a competition manager, race directors, technical directors, scoring, registration, safety, Coast Guard compliance, production operations and an event executive director. High for whom the association names in each post. The page prints "Lead Racer Director" and "Jim Russel" as given. The text prints 2006 in its heading.
• IJSBA post appointments 2006 (web.archive.org): IJSBA Announces new Employee Appointments (IJSBA news post dated 26 February 2006, Wayback capture of 19 September 2020), International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2006-02-26; sanctioning body, high. The association's announcement that two employees had been given administrative posts, naming Blake Corning as Head of Event Operations and Associate Competition Manager. High for the posts it announces. Its praise of the appointee and the paragraph on the second appointee are not used (the second is not copied). The text prints no year; 2006 is the date the byline displays.
• IJSBA sanctioned promoters 2002 (web.archive.org): IJSBA directory of Sanctioned Promoters (ijsba.com page, Wayback capture of 11 March 2002), International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2002; sanctioning body, high. The association's directory of the promoters it sanctioned, each entry a company with a person's name under it, an address and a region. No post is printed beside any name, so it is high for the listing and does not by itself name anyone to an organising post. The held excerpt keeps three entries and drops every address, telephone number and email.
• IJSBA post Water X series 2017 (web.archive.org): Blake Corning's 2017 Water X Series Announced (IJSBA news post dated 8 March 2017, Wayback capture of 22 September 2020), International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2017-03-08; sanctioning body, high. The association's post announcing the dates and venue of a 2017 series in its Northwest Region, calling the person who announced them a race director and the series his. An announcement: it shows the series planned, not run. Its grading words about him are not used.

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