Water Sports Industry Association

The Water Sports Industry Association (WSIA) announced the hiring of Denny Salas as the new executive director effective August 1, 2014. Working formerly with the National Marine Manufacturer’s Association (NMMA), […]

This new dynamic, interactive website (www.usawaterskifoundation.org) symbolizes the new direction of the USA Water Ski Foundation (USA-WSF). It showcases the work which has been done over the past year to […]

You are invited to the 2014 Parasail Operators Symposium on November 6-8 in St. Petersburg, FL.

Erika Lang set two world records behind the Ski Nautique 200 in May, 2014, which have now been approved by the International Waterski and Wakeboard Federation (IWWF). Lang, at the age […]

The WSIA is sending our thoughts and prayers to a speedy recovery for wakeboarder Brad Smeele, who suffered a spinal injury while performing a ramp-to-ramp transfer on a cableway in […]

WATERSKI Magazine Editor, Todd Ristorcelli, suffered a major leg injury on the slopes in March this year at the conclusion of WSIA’s “Summit In The Snow” in Steamboat, Colorado. It […]

Congratulations to Regina Jaquess, for setting a pending women’s slalom world record of 3 1/4 buoys at 41 off behind the Malibu RESPONSE TXi in Cedar Ridge, Mississippi during the […]

Through three different videos you’ll meet Jake Owen, the Ader family and Justin Caskey as they tell their personal story of being a boater. Each story discovers how being on […]

Did you know that boating fatalities have decreased by -26% since 2011? Recreational Boating Statistics 2013, the 55th annual report, contains statistics on recreational boating accidents and state vessel registration. […]

Discover Watersports Day will take place at a lake near you on July 26, 2014. This is an incredible awareness-driven concept drawn up by legendary wakeboarders Shaun Murray and Zane […]

On May 2, 2014, Freddy Krueger set a pending world jump record of 250 feet [76.2m] at Lake Hancock in Winter Garden, Florida behind the new MasterCraft ProStar. If approved, […]

The WSIA 2014 Parasail Operators Symposium returns to the Magnuson Hotel and Marina Cove on November 6-8, 2014 in St. Petersburg, Florida.

If you’re planning on running an event, this resource is like The Bible. Developed with the guidance of Peter Rietz from Rietz Law Firm, this guide includes considerations for legal and […]

Please help us distribute this important video. Are you in danger of losing your waterway? Have irresponsible boaters caused a groundswell of support to ban watersports in your area? Are waterfront […]

The runabout category has struggled to bounce back post-recession, but the ski and high-performance market has performed well for the last couple of years. That’s according to Jack Ellis of […]

The WSIA is proud to present Saving Waterways, a video that shows the impact we can have in preserving the water sports we love.