Everyone who has ever thrown up a wall of water with a single ski has dreamed of sweeping around the buoys in a slalom course. But there’s a lot more to competitive slalom skiing than big spray and getting your shoulder close to the water!

Gymnastics behind a boat Twists. Spins. Even flips. Like a gymnast on the water, trick skiers combine cat-like agility with Herculean strength to perform as many different ticks as possible in two 20-second passes.

What goes up must come down. Looking at it from the shoreline, the ski ramp looks like a harmless, gentle incline. But approaching it on a pair of skis, it looks more like a wall. You swallow hard, because once you hit it…

Overall skiing is the combination of the three events, slalom, trick and jump.  Often compared to the decathlon in track/field athletics or the combined in snow skiing, overall waterskiing is a horse race that takes a special discipline and toll on skiing athletes.  Always a crowd favorite!