Key Figures · Organiser and racer

Veljko Sukalo

Listed as president of the Serbian jet ski and powerboat association in the UIM yearbooks of 2019 and 2025-26, and named by the IJSBA among the inductees of its hall of fame for 2016.

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 (this page's records)

1990200020102020

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Results

2008 · Likely

The IJSBA's complete results of the 2008 World Finals list Veljko Sukalo, with Serbia in the hometown column, sixth in Amateur Vets Runabout Open, with moto places of 10 and 3. Reading him as the association's president rests on the name and the country, and is the archive's inference.

Sources: 2008 World Finals results

Organising the sport

2019 and 2026 · Confirmed

The UIM Yearbook 2019, dated May 2019, and the UIM Yearbook 2025-26, dated June 2026, list "President: Veljko Sukalo" for the Jet Ski and Powerboat Association of Serbia among the UIM's national authorities. Neither says when the post began.

Sources: UIM yearbook 2019; UIM yearbook 2025-26

Likely

The IJSBA's 2002 rule book lists "Attn: Veljko Sukalo" under Yugoslavia for the Jet Ski Association of Yugoslavia (JSSJ) in its directory of international affiliates, a contact line that prints no post. The IJSBA's hall biography of 2016 says the Yugoslav association became the Jet Ski Association of Serbia; reading the contact as the Serbian association's president of the UIM yearbooks rests on the name and that account, and is the archive's inference.

Sources: 2002 rule book; IJSBA hall biography Sukalo 2016

2004 · Likely

The IJSBA's affiliates directory page captured on 11 April 2004 lists "Attn: Veljko Sukalo, Pres." under Serbia and Montenegro for the Jet Sports Boating Association of Serbia and Montenegro (JSSSCG). Reading him as the Serbian association's president of the UIM yearbooks rests on the name and the country, and is the archive's inference.

Sources: IJSBA affiliates directory 2004

Likely

The IJSBA's biography of him as a 2016 hall of fame inductee says, in the hall's words, that in the early 1990s he founded the first jet ski club in Yugoslavia, organised several national championships, worked with the Hungarian federation on international races, and set up a Balkans Jet Ski Federation with the Bulgarian association, Serbia hosting a Balkan Jet Ski Championship from 2011. The biography cites no document, and no held text confirms these events (searched the archive's mirror and the research cache for Sukalo and Balkan, 2026-10-09).

Sources: IJSBA hall biography Sukalo 2016

Recognition

Confirmed

The IJSBA's post of 12 August 2016 lists him, printed Valjeko “Suki” Sukalo, among the five people to be inducted into its hall of fame that year after write-in campaigns from the public, with the ceremony set for 8 October 2016.

Sources: IJSBA post hall of fame inductees 2016

Names as printed

Valjeko “Suki” Sukalo (IJSBA post hall of fame inductees 2016)

Elsewhere in the archive

• Organisation: International Jet Sports Boating Association
• Organisation: Union Internationale Motonautique
• Era: The makers and their machines
• Era: The rule book years
• Era: Three rule books, 2021 to 2026

What the archive has not read (2)

• The IJSBA's affiliates directory page of April 2004 lists him as Pres. of the Jet Sports Boating Association of Serbia and Montenegro. The IJSBA's rule books of 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014 print another name as President of the Jet Ski Association of Serbia. A later passage of the IJSBA's 2016 hall biography, not used here, calls him that association's president in 2014. The UIM yearbooks of 2019 and 2025-26 print him as president and the other person as secretary general of the Jet Ski and Powerboat Association of Serbia. No document of the Serbian association itself is held, and the record dates no presidency between 2004 and 2019 (searched the archive's mirror and research cache for Sukalo, 2026-10-09).
• The hall's roster page as the archive holds it, read in September 2026, lists inductees only to 2014, so the 2016 induction rests on the announcement of 12 August 2016 (read 2026-10-09).

Documents cited on this page

• UIM yearbook 2019 (uim.sport): UIM Yearbook 2019, published May 2019 (PDF text read from www.uim.sport, excerpt of the officers' lists), Union Internationale Motonautique, 2019-05; sanctioning body, high. The governing body's yearbook, whose publication line reads May 2019. The excerpt keeps its organigram, council, technical commission, Aquabike Committee (whose head it prints as President in the committee list and as Aquabike Chairman in the council list), medical and safety commission, International Board of Consultants, and the Estonian and Hungarian Jet Sports Federation entries in its list of national authorities with their officers. High for whom the UIM lists in each post. The excerpt also holds entries added for other records (the Serbia entry in the list of national authorities).
• 2008 World Finals results (web.archive.org): IJSBA World Finals 2008, complete results (PDF, Wayback capture), International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2008; sanctioning body, high. Every class of the 2008 World Finals with placings and moto results, as text extracted from the association's own PDF. The sheet prints no event title or year; both come from its address on the association's site.
• UIM yearbook 2025-26 (uim.sport): UIM Yearbook 2025-26, published June 2026 (PDF text read from www.uim.sport, excerpt of the officers' lists), Union Internationale Motonautique, 2026-06; sanctioning body, high. The governing body's yearbook, printed "UIM Yearbook 2025-26" and dated June 2026 in its publication line; the file is named Yearbook 2026. The excerpt keeps its organigram and council, technical and medical and safety commissions, Aquabike Committee, and the Estonian and Hungarian Jet Sports Federation entries with their officers. The Estonian entry prints no secretary general. (as UIM yearbook 2019 above)
• 2002 rule book (web.archive.org): IJSBA 2002 Official Competition Rule Book, International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2002; sanctioning body, high. The complete 2002 book in 25 sections, the oldest full IJSBA rule book held here, served from a Norwegian club's document server and captured by the Wayback Machine. Four numbered technical parts (Stock, Limited, Superstock, Modified), three divisions, the 500 and 200 unit homologation figures, and the United States class list.
• IJSBA hall biography Sukalo 2016 (web.archive.org): IJSBA Highlights 2016 Hall Of Fame Inductee: Veljko Sukalo (IJSBA news post dated July 21st, 2016, Wayback capture of 28 November 2020), International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2016-07-21; sanctioning body, medium. The association's biography of a 2016 hall of fame inductee, posted after public write-in campaigns. It tells his story in the hall's words and cites no document, so medium: it supports a likely claim worded as the hall's account and dates nothing. The held excerpt keeps only the paragraphs on the clubs, the national association, its championships and the Balkan federation; the paragraphs on his birth, travels, purchases, a death and its memorials, an honour given to another person, and his family are left out on purpose, and a memorial clause in a kept paragraph is replaced in place.
• IJSBA affiliates directory 2004 (web.archive.org): IJSBA International Affiliates (ijsba.com directory page, Wayback capture of 11 April 2004), International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2004-04-11; sanctioning body, high. The association's directory of its international affiliates as captured on 11 April 2004. The held excerpt keeps the Belgium entries (EJSBA, European Jet Sports Boating Association, and BJSBA, both "Attn: Yves Van Heers"), the New Zealand entry (NZJSBA, "Attn: Linda Mellor"), and the Portugal (FPJS, "Attn: Francisco Pita, Pres.") and Serbia and Montenegro (JSSSCG, "Attn: Veljko Sukalo, Pres.") entries. High for the listing. Most Attn lines name a contact and print no post; the Portugal and Serbia and Montenegro lines print one. Addresses, telephone, fax, web and email lines are removed.
• IJSBA post hall of fame inductees 2016 (web.archive.org): 2016 IJSBA Hall Of Fame Inductees Announced (IJSBA news post dated August 12th, 2016, Wayback capture of 22 September 2020), International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2016-08-12; sanctioning body, high. The association's announcement of the five people to be inducted into its hall of fame in 2016, as printed (one as Valjeko "Suki" Sukalo, line 17), after write-in campaigns from the public, with the ceremony set for 8 October 2016. High for the announcement. The hall's own roster page, as the archive holds it (ijsba-hall-of-fame-page), lists inductees only to 2014.

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“Veljko Sukalo”, BaddJet archive, https://baddjetarchive.com/key-figures/veljko-sukalo/

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