USA Water Ski Disabled Division

Water skiing has been adapted so that athletes with physically disabilities can participate and compete. Tournaments offer slalom, tricks and jumping events for individuals with vision impairments (blind or partially sighted), multiplegics (paraplegics and quadriplegics), leg amputees (above and below knee), arm amputees and athletes with both arm and leg disabilities.

Multiplegic athletes use a sit ski, which is larger than the ski of an able-bodied skier and includes a cage similar to that used in snow skiing. A narrower slalom course than that set out for able-bodied competitors is an option for those whose disability is greater such as quadriplegics and athletes with both arm and leg disabilities.*

*http://www.usawaterski.org/pages/divisions/WSDA/main.htm

                                                                                                               Steve jumping at the 1999 National Championships in Birmingham AL