WaterSki Magazine

All of the world’s best slalom skiers keep their shoulders level and their head upright throughout the turn. Adopting this posture afords you optimum balance and the ability to maintain your speed, as opposed to falling clumsily into the turn...

Is there one perfect line to run through the slalom course, one turning radius that places the skier on the ultimate path of least resistance to the next buoy? After watching hours of snow-ski racing this winter, I am inclined to think there may be.

Check out this photo gallery of Chris Rossi's legendary moves, and read our commentary on how you can use his techniques to make your next set the best ever!

Sometimes it's easy to get wrapped up in the minutia of the sport and forget how lucky you are to be a water skier. Team Radar shares their memories of skiing for the first time and what the sport means to them now...

Team RadaR got together during dealer days to put on a one of a kind night contest unlike anything else. Instead of a traditional format, each person was given 5.5 minutes to see how big of a score they could put up. Watch this teaser vid to see some of the action that went down and see the full story HERE.

Team Radar took a trip down to our secret location in the Flahamas and shredded on Blue Lake!

The Water Ski community is rallying together! Join in! Skierpalooza has been formed by Radar Skis to bring cancer awareness to the front of our minds as we enjoy our favorite activity in the sunshine.

Scroll through all six WATERSKI covers from 2011, vote for your favorite and let us know in the comments below what you look for in a great cover shot.

Check out pictures from the 2011 Katy Ski Jam in Katy, Texas, on October 14-15. On the podium were Nate Smith, Chris Rossi and Thomas Degasperi for slalom, and Freddy Krueger, Tom Asher and Mark Lane for jump...

Over time, the intense pressure and strain from frequent ski sessions can wreak havoc on your back. Although some might think back pain is simply an unfortunate fact of life for a top-level competitive skier, more than a few people have learned methods for lessening – and even overcoming – this age-old nemesis...

Although a tournament might last all day, you’re actually only on the water for a short time during most events. How you spend the rest of the day is up to you. We spoke with five leading pros to find out what they do on the day of a big event and discovered a wide variety of different habits...

Let's take a look behind some of the athletes' thought processes as they prepare for the 52nd Masters Water Ski Tournament this upcoming weekend in Pine Mountain, Georgia. Mandy Nightingale really focuses on quality over quantity since her training time is limited...

Jamie Beauchesne // Photo: Bill Doster Today, competitive skiing is tougher than ever. Raw talent is no longer enough; you should fine-tune every aspect of your life to maximize potential. Just like you wouldn’t run a racecar with fuel from a 7-Eleven gas station, you shouldn’t put low-grade gas in your body’s natural engine either...

National, Junior Masters and Junior US Open champions Brooks and KC Wilson have signed with Radar Waterskis, unifying the brothers under one ski company and adding to Radar's already impressive tournament team, which includes Chris Rossi, Aaron Larkin, Whitney McClintock, Trent Finlayson, Matt Rini, Todd Johnson and Lauren Morgan...

The 2011 ski season begins here. Get a sneak peek at the March 2011 issue of WATERSKI, which hits subscriber mailboxes March 15 and newsstands March 25.