John Cornish has skied at top speeds on waterways, skittering across the surface of the water with nothing to glide on but his bare feet. He once barefoot skied behind a drag boat with a ...

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A Sheboygan woman is making a name for herself in the world of water skiing — but without the skis. Shannon Heller, 24, who has been barefoot water skiing since she was 7 years old, has been named the ...

If anybody ever deserved the title of ‘Mr. Water Ski,’ it would be Palm Beach County resident Zenon Bilas. The 55-year-old, who works on his craft at Okeeheelee Park in West Palm Beach, not only ...

Water-skiing barefoot changed Karen Putz’s life — twice. The first time, the sport robbed the Naperville woman of her hearing. More than two decades later, returning to barefoot skiing altered her ...

Alma Center siblings Elaine and Cody Heller have hit the water nearly every day for the past 12 years, perfecting their barefoot water skiing techniques. And their countless hours of practice again ...

Stefan Lippelgoos, junior national barefoot water skiing champion from Vancouver. (Contributed photo) Vancouver’s Stefan Lippelgoos won three titles at the Barefoot Water Ski National Championships, ...

A 16-year-old has returned from competing for Britain in barefoot waterskiing at the European championships in France. Jasper Poulton-Stowe, from Ashton Keynes, in Wiltshire, and who trains at ...

TOWN OF GARDEN VALLEY — Barefoot water skiers from 12 countries will be vying for world championships at an event set to be held in rural Jackson County this week. The 2016 World Barefoot Water Ski ...

Her nickname may be “the old lady,” but Judy Myers is no ordinary senior citizen. At age 66, Myers is the nation’s oldest female competitive barefoot water-skier. “The first time you put your feet on ...

During its heyday in the 1950s and '60s, central Florida's original theme park—Cypress Gardens—was known as the "water-ski capital of the world." Four-tier human pyramids on skis and gravity-defying ...