USA Water Ski & Wake Sports also known as USA Water Ski is a non-profit
water skiing
Water skiing (also waterskiing or water-skiing) is a surface water sport in which an individual is pulled behind a boat or a cable ski installation over a body of water, skimming the surface on two skis or one ski. The sport requires suffic ...
association headquartered in
Polk County Polk County is the name of twelve counties in the United States, all except two named after president of the United States James Knox Polk:
* Polk County, Arkansas
* Polk County, Florida
* Polk County, Georgia
* Polk County, Iowa
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Florida
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whose mission is 'to promote the growth and development of recreational water skiing, and organizing and governing the sport of competitive water skiing." T
USA Water Ski was founded in 1939 and replaced the American Water Ski Association. As of 2015, USA Water Ski was the largest water ski federation in the world with more than 600 clubs and 20,000 members.
In 2016, they announced plans for a new training facility, office complex and space for the industry's Hall of Fame and museum in
Auburndale, Florida
Auburndale is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. The population was 13,507 at the 2010 census. According to the U.S. Census estimates of 2019, the city had a population of 16,650. It is part of the Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida Metropo ...
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See also
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List of Water Skiing Hall of Fame Inductees USA Water Ski created a hall of fame in 1982. It is now part of the Water Ski Experience Hall of Fame and Museum in Polk City, Florida.
1980s
1982
* Willa Cook, DeLeon Springs, Florida,
* Ralph Samuelson, deceased,
* Dick Pope Sr., deceased, ...
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International Water Ski Federation
The International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation (IWWF) is the world governing body for all towed water sports. Founded in Geneva, Switzerland in 1946, it is recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the sole authority governing ...
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Water Ski Hall of Fame and Museum
The Water Ski Hall of Fame and Museum is the hall of fame, museum, and archive of the sport of water skiing. Founded in 1980 and currently located in Davenport, Florida, the organization is administered by the USA Water Ski Foundation.
History an ...
References
Water ski
Water skiing (also waterskiing or water-skiing) is a Surface water sports, surface water sport in which an individual is pulled behind a boat or a Cable skiing, cable ski installation over a body of water, skimming the surface on two skis or ...
Companies based in Polk County, Florida
Wakeboarding
Waterskiing
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