WaterSki Magazine

Let's face it, there's no such thing as a good way to crash on a water ski. There are, however, ways to prevent injury and make sure you don't spend your season nursing a sprained ankle on the shore...

The skier who first used the words “yard sale” to describe a nasty crash couldn’t have been more descriptive. Pictures like these — when Tom Brantley got worked at last year’s Malibu Pro in Abbotsford, British Columbia — clearly illustrate that a good water pounding can leave your ski gear scattered over great distances.