WaterSki Magazine

MasterCraft Boat Company, the world's leading luxury performance inboard boat manufacturer, and Ilmor Marine, a global leader in high performance powertrain engineering, have recently announced they will extend their exclusive partnership for an additional three years...

Get behind the wheel of MasterCraft’s 2013 wakeboard boats and ski boats with the 2013 MasterCraft Boat Guide. Explore all of MasterCraft’s 2013 models — including the X-2, X-25, X-30, X-35, X-45, X-55, Prostar 197, Prostar 214V, and the all-new X-Star — through detailed descriptions, dynamic video, and full-screen photo galleries...

Find the best ski boat or wakeboard boat for you with WATERSKI’s 2013 Boat Buyers Guide.

Part of the sport is dealing with adverse conditions and trying to figure out how to adapt in the short time that you’re on the water competing. It almost keeps things a little more exciting, because anything can happen, and it's fun to see which competitors have the focus and the never-surrender attitude when the conditions are less than ideal.

Check out some of the best water ski boats and water ski boat innovations to hit the water in 2012. 2012 Centurion Carbon Pro Gunsight Necessity spawns innovation. For years, it’s been common practice for many of the world’s top boat drivers to mark the bow gunwale with a piece of tape as a point of reference for lining up the slalom course...

Check out MasterCraft's line of 2012 ski boats and wakeboard boats in action.

2012 is going to be an excellent year for water ski boat buyers. With hull evolution to flatten wakes, technologically superior LCD displays, and luxurious bells and whistles, manufacturers are delivering a better boating, skiing, wakeboarding and wakesurfing experience...

After spending an entire day encased in a wooden box at Surf Expo in Orlando, the all-new MasterCraft X-Star was finally unveiled Friday morning in style as the MasterCraft team removed panel by panel in a procession through the expo hall...

Gone are the days when tournament-specific performance comes at the direct cost of comfort and styling. Now more than ever, the 2011 water ski boats feature spacious layouts, convertible seating and stylized attention to detail...

Every year, the American Water Ski Association (AWSA) evaluates a handful of ski boats to determine which models have what it takes to tow the upcoming tournament season. To be considered tournament-worthy, each boat must pass a series of 11 tests and subtests, focusing on factors like power and acceleration, drivability, handling and maneuverability, sound level, and engineering...

Go behind the scenes for an extended look at the 2011 MasterCraft X-55. And when you're done, read WATERSKI's 2011 MasterCraft X-55 review.

Go behind the scenes for an extended look at the 2011 MasterCraft X-35. And when you're done, read WATERSKI's 2011 MasterCraft X-35 review.

Go behind the scenes for an extended look at the 2011 MasterCraft X-25. And when you're done, read WATERSKI's 2011 MasterCraft X-25 review.

Go behind the scenes for an extended look at the 2011 MasterCraft X-14V. And when you're done, read WATERSKI's 2011 MasterCraft X-14V review.

Go behind the scenes for an extended look at the 2011 MasterCraft X-Star. And when you're done, read WATERSKI's 2011 MasterCraft X-Star review.