For the second year in a row, we took our love of water skiing on the road with a visit to Lake City, Minnesota, and The Lake City Chamber of Commerce Water Ski Days to teach people to water ski!
This year, the 101st year of water skiing, we held a USA Water Ski & Wake Sports Get on the Water Event at Ohuta Beach on historic Lake Pepin once again. The very place where Ralph Samuelson water skied for the very first time on July 2, 1922.
More than 20 people from Lake City and Southern Minnesota learned how to water ski for free. Yup, we’re putting the water ski back in water ski days! Bringing the love of water skiing back where it all began!
Thanks to the generous support of The Adams Family from Center City, Minnesota, for lending us their boat, Betsy Gilman, Megan Adams, Kasie Larsen, and Mackenzy Koehn for instructing in the boat all day, and The Big Pine Lake Water Ski Team for donating gas. Massive thanks to Melissa Larsen for providing snacks and support on shore. And Glenn Sperry for his contagious enthusiasm!
We love Lake City and can’t wait to return next year!
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