Aaliyah,18, is one of eight skiers who have earned the right to compete in the women’s tricks event.

She is also one of two Asian women, the other being Japan’s Saaya Hirosawa, who will compete in the jump event.

“Despite the many gaps in training over the past two years due to Covid-19, I feel that I am back on the right track and making progress again with consistent training.

“I believe I can ski at the top 10 level in the tricks category and in the overall category. It’s just that the Americans, South Americans and Europeans compete more each month, which is why they are ranked higher,” she said.

Aaliyah is looking forward to clinching a top five spot at the World Games and will definitely try her best to boost her rankings.

In order to get herself prepped and ready, she will depart  for Florida on June 9, where she will be based at the Pickos Waterski School and train under former world champion and world record holder Cory Pickos.

Accompanying Aaliyah will be her regular coach Larry Gisler who will fly from Santiago, Chile to join her in the US.

As a warm-up, she is also slated to compete in two tournaments in Lake Grew, Polk City (June 18-19) and West Palm Beach (June 25-26).

“For the two tournaments in Florida, I’m solely aiming to near or better my scores to get me back up on the rankings list,” she said.

Aaliyah will be mainly looking to improve on her tricks personal best of 7,680 set at the Asian Championships in 2019.

Last month, she bagged the Women’s Open overall gold medal at the Moomba Masters Championships in Melbourne.