USA Water Ski is a non-profit water skiing association headquartered in Polk County

Polk County, Florida

Polk County is located in central Florida between the Tampa Bay and Greater Orlando metropolitan areas. The county was established by the state government in 1861 on the eve of the American Civil War and named after former United States president James K. Polk. The county seat is Bartow and its...

, Florida

Florida

Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

 consisting of the following organizations:

• American Water Ski Association
• American Barefoot Club
• American Kneelboard Association
• National Collegiate Water Ski Association
• National Show Ski Association
• National Water Ski Racing Association
• American Wakeboard Association
• Waterways Education Committee

USA Water Ski's mission is 'to promote the growth and development of recreational water skiing, and organizing and governing the sport of competitive water skiing." In 2001 USA Water Ski was the largest water ski federation in the world.

See also

• International Water Ski Federation
  International Water Ski Federation
  International Waterski and Wakeboard Federation is the international regulatory body promoting water skiing, wakeboarding and other water sports, setting the official rules of water skiing and official tournaments, coordinating the work of national federations. Before 2009 the IWWF had the name IWSF...
  
  
• Water Skiing
  Water skiing
  thumb|right|A slalom skier making a turn on a slalom waterski.Waterskiing is a sport where an individual is pulled behind a boat or a cable ski installation on a body of water, skimming the surface.-History:...
  
  
• List of ski boat manufacturers

Source

• Elan and the Competition Ski Boat Industry