WaterSki Magazine

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

Trent Finlayson teaches you how to navigate the wakes like an expert. One of the first challenges every slalom skier will face is the daunting task of crossing the wakes. Done correctly, it looks and feels effortless; the wakes are barely a side note...

by Trent Finlayson Advancing to an effective one-handed water ski turn is one of the most exciting things to learn as a slalomer. The feeling of flowing through a turn – one hand on the handle, full speed, seamless, smooth – is incomparable to anything else in water sports...

by Trent Finlayson Falling while water skiing is an inevitable part of the learning process, but learning to avoid the big falls is possibly the most important lesson of all. Whether you’re putting it all on the line in pursuit of buoys, flips or distance off the ramp, we have compiled our best set of guidelines to help you remain injury-free and on the water...

By Trent Finlayson Preparing for the year’s biggest amateur water-ski event can be an overwhelming task. You need to spend as much time on the water as possible – this you’re aware of...

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...

Watch Radar Skis team skier Trent Finlayson ski his new pro model slalom ski, the 2011 Radar Vice.

Check out Radar Skis' 2011 water ski gear in action. See Radar team skiers Chris Rossi, Trent Finlayson, Whitney McClintock and Matt Rini skiing the 2011 Radar Strada slalom ski, 2011 Radar Vice slalom ski, 2011 Radar Lyric slalom ski and 2011 Radar Senate-C slalom ski.

Watch Thomas Degasperi, Chris Rossi, Trent Finlayson, Glen Campbell and more of the world's best water skiers carve butter set after butter set in the bonus section from the Edged In Water 2 water ski video.

Laying into a long, carving turn, throwing up a thick wall of water, is what draws water skiers to the lake day after day. So, if it's all about the turn, it's time to fill in the gaps. In this water ski how to, Trent Finlayson shares five secrets that will make your turns fast, consistent and, if nothing else, spectacular.

This month at Inside Edge, WATERSKI's exclusive new high-end water-ski website: Find the perfect ski; make the most of your water time; ski stronger, faster and longer; eat better to ski better; reach all your goals; and much more instruction from water skiing's top pros and coaches.

Central Florida, as most skiers know, is the epicenter of the professional water-ski world. An unusually cold (comparatively speaking, of course) and windy winter and early spring, however, left many local skiers uninspired and under-trained...

Watch the making of one of the most unique water skiing pictures we've seen in quite some time — Trent Finlayson's carve into the water-bound cypress trees of Clermont, Florida, which Bill Doster captured for the April 2010 issue of WATERSKI...

Trent Finlayson and Bill Doster give you the behind the scenes of capturing this soulful carve during the 2010 Radar Skis shoot.

WaterSki magazine contributor and Radar team skier Trent Finlayson lays out a game plan for the start of your season. How should you set up your ski for your first set of the season? How soon should you start skiing the course? Finlayson shares those answers and plenty more early season secrets.