WaterSki Magazine

It is safe to say 2009 was Zach Worden’s breakthrough season. The 18-year-old kicked off the year by recording the second-longest jump at the Moomba Masters then went on to a handful of top-six finishes at the Masters, Worlds and Pro Tour...

Nearly 50 wakeboarders, wakeskaters and wakeskiers competed in the Orlando Watersports Complex’s 7th-annual Slider Spectacular event on October 24. It was the first time wakeskiers were included in the obstacles-only event...

Looking for an endorsement of Radar's brand-new Strada slalom ski? Look no further than this video. On Oct. 28, Chris Rossi ran 6 @ 41 off while testing Radar's latest slalom project.

As the staff photographer at WaterSki magazine, Bill Doster probably shoots more waterskiing action than any other man alive. But WaterSki has only so many pages, so some of the thousands and thousands of photos Doster snaps each year inevitably slip off into the ether...

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...