WaterSki Magazine

After sitting out most of the 2008 season with a chronic ankle injury, pro slalom skier Chris Rossi rebounded strong this year by placing in the top three at six pro events. His worst finish was fourth...

Barefooters have always been known as…well, the crazy and extreme renegades of the water sports world. If you’re a hardcore footer, we don’t mean that to offend, but rather to give props to those willing to do just about anything behind a boat at top speeds...

After winning the Masters and World Water Ski Championships in a single season, what’s next on the list for a pro slalom skier? We decided to ask Will Asher, who cemented his place among slalom skiing’s elite with wins at the 2009 Masters and Worlds...

Call them crossovers or multisports, these seven boats from our 2009 Boat Buyers Guide excel as do-it-all watersports performers. Since they're designed to tow a variety of watersports, the boats on this list are perfect for families who not only love to water ski and wakeboard but wakesurf and tube as well...

As summer 2009 waned, Radar skiers Chris Rossi, Trent Finlayson, Aaron Larkin, Jason McClintock, Julien Beaufils, Whitney McClintock and Alex Lauretano assembled at Matt Rini's ski school in Clermont, Florida, to shoot the 2010 Radar Skis catalog with WaterSki magazine photographer Bill Doster...

WaterSki magazine photographer Bill Doster was on hand this morning as Geno Yauchler set the record for the most inverts in one hour on a Sky Ski (sit-down hydrofoil water ski) on Lake Eloise in Winter Haven, Florida...

At the SplashEye Rocketman Record at Fluid Ski & Sports in Central Florida, the seemingly impossible happened! As part of the record competition, the skiers were entitled to a 4th jump to see how far they could go on a single cut with some serious money on the line to break 170ft...

Filmed in an Oslo fjord, this water ski video features top Norwegian water skier Oystein Barhaughogda following the ferry from Norway to Denmark as part of a commercial for gulesider.no, a Norwegian search index tool company...

Check out Whitney McClintock's winning run at the World Water Ski Championships in Calgary, Canada.

WaterSki magazine gives you an inside look at the Malibu Pro Water Ski stop held at Albert Dyck Park in Abbotsford, British Columbia September 18-19. The top male and female professional slalom skiers, and high-flying men’s water ski jumpers competed for more than $50,000 and the pride of claiming the last event of the season in North America...

If you're an avid waterskier at the tournament level — or you aspire to be — and you want to practice behind the same ski boats used in competitions, your next ski boat is on this list. These four ski boats — the Malibu Response LXi, MasterCraft ProStar 197, Moomba Outback and Ski Nautique 196 — are all tournament-worthy models that excel for competitors looking for top performance in shortline slalom waterskiing, with the ability to pull all three events...

Although the prize money is nil, the World Water Ski Championships draws the deepest, most competitive fields in all three events. This year’s Worlds, held in Calgary, Canada, Aug. 3-9, proved to be the most innovative and exciting to date...

The Connelly F1 has been dominating the water ski tournament scene for years. It is known for its smooth and predictable performance. Moderately sharp forebody bevels work in conjunction with the large sweet spot to provide a smooth, non-critical turn...

Doug Camozzi of Nautique Sports first invited me to Providenciales (Provo) about two years ago, but the uncertainty of ocean skiing kept me away until this spring. One of eight inhabited islands among a total of 40 in the British territory of Turks and Caicos, Provo attracts water-sports enthusiasts from around the world...

Wake skiing is building a rapid following among not only crossover jump skiers and three-eventers, but also freestyle snow skiers cross training in the summer. Wake ski technology has evolved along with the athletes, and the level of riding both on the cable and behind the boat has seen a huge rise in the past few years...