WaterSki Magazine

Shopping for the right water ski boat propeller can turn into a technical nightmare. Fortunately, with the right guidance, it doesn’t have to be!

Learn what you can do to simulate the water ski slalom motions off the water and on dry land.

World-class coach and skier Seth Stisher (h2osmosis.com) shows you how to get the most out of your water ski coach. LISTEN and TRUST From a coach’s standpoint, it takes my heart out of the game when I know someone isn’t listening...

It's more common for Keith St. Onge to tell his students to relax than to bend their knees. The reason? Quite simply, there's no reason to ski if you're not going to enjoy the ride. Learn how to avoid overreacting when skimming across the water...

by Trent Finlayson After spending months away from the buoys, it's important to get your water ski equipment dialed for the upcoming water ski season. In case you're considering a new ride this spring, here are a few keys to help you efficiently evaluate and quickly adapt to a new water ski setup...

An efficient mode of water skiing dictates maximum speed while maintaining minimum line tension. Therefore, our unifying factor is our shared goal of skiing with the boat, as opposed to against it.

Here are seven tips to avoid injury from a water ski crash.

Trent Finlayson teaches you how a balanced existence on a longboard can improve your slalom skiing.

In the years Seth Stisher has spent coaching water skiers, he's discovered the easiest way to run the slalom course for the first time is to run it accidentally.

Seth Stisher gives you five easy ways to help your friends become better water skiers.

When your offside turn just isn’t cutting it, you usually try to tune the fin to get your water ski to finish the turn on that troublesome side of the slalom course. But when that doesn't work...

The ability of a water skier to move through the water efficiently can be one of the most crucial aspects of slalom skiing.

For the past few years, high-end skiers and coaches have been preaching that “you must have level shoulders when you approach the wakes.” Not necessarily true.

Ankle and knee injuries are part of a slalom skier’s life, a seemingly unavoidable reality ominously lurking somewhere in the foreseeable future.

The water ski off-season can be torturous, as weeks become months, with nothing but thinking about skiing to pass the time.