USA Water Ski Foundation

2017 Michael Gerken Equipment Grant Winners

The Michael Gerken Equipment Grant was established in honor of Michael Gerken, a member of the Iowa State University water ski team. Its goal is to provide young student athletes of limited financial means the opportunity to purchase water ski equipment to continue to compete in water skiing in addition to their college studies.  More information […]

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1979 NCWSA National Champions - San Diego State University

TBT: 1st NCWSA Nationals in 1979

We got into our time machine and found an article on the very first NCWSA Nationals (1979). The following article was originally written and published in the 1980 December/January issue of The Water Skier! The Water Skier is the official magazine of USA Water Ski. The original article was imported word for word to be republished […]

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Dolphin Wetsuits Will Sponsor 2017 NCWSA Team Bib Bracket Contest

We announced our 2017 Bib Bracket Contest at the end of January. Several teams responded by sending us their bibs, but we still have many more bib pictures to collect! Email your bib photos! If you have a high quality photo of your ski team’s bib (either on the water or off), please email it […]

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Announcing Team News Tuesdays!

Today we are announcing a new way to get your team news out to the public as we are turning Tuesdays into Team News Tuesday! Team News Tuesday will allow all teams to share their updates with the entire NCWSA! We want to help increase the exposure for all of our NCWSA teams, and to help […]

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UCLA Water Ski Team

Alumni Spotlight: Mary Kenz

For this week’s #TBT and alumni spotlight, we are checking in with Mary Kenz from the UCLA Water Ski Team! Favorite Event: Jump Describe your ski team experience: As a transfer student at UCLA, I joined the water ski team because I was looking for way to get more involved. What I got out of the […]

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