WATER SKI COMPANY HISTORY

WATER SKI COMPANIES

I've put together this unique and comprehensive list of entities that manufactured water skis. I was the Product Development Director at Cypress Gardens Skis and knew many of the creators and managers of these water ski companies. - Don C. Thomson

Adolph Kiefer (Kiefer & Associates LLC, founded 1947
Ajax
Aluma Craft
AMF Voit
Argo (Jackson Heights, NY)
Apco Skis (Brooklyn, NY) Sea Glide
Aqua Sport (Cove Craft Mfg., Laconia, N.H., Larry Brown).
Atlas Skis (Stilley Plywood Co Inc., Conway, S.C.)
Bassett Skis ( Paul Bassett 714-630-7999 or Jame Presson, Greenbush, Mich.)
Bob Lew Skis (Bob Sligh & Lew Withey, Bob-Lew Water Ski Co.
Bob White Skis (Tampa, Florida) (see 5/17/16 E-mail)
Bruce Parker Skis by Apco (Bruce Parker & Charlie Tilger)
CarbonWerx *
Cascade Skis
Catalina Skis, Distributed by Outboard Mfg. Co. (OMC)
Challenger skis, 1970's
Chisnel Skis
Churchill Skis (Danny Churchill)
Classic Skis (Don Buffa) *
Composite Structures Corp. (EP)(Roger Teeter & Bill Featherstone)
Connelly Skis (Budd Co.), etc. *
Dave Craig trick skis, Miami, FL 1950's to 1960
Cypress Garden Skis & Great American Skis (Cypress Gardens, Inc., Bagley Co., Ero Ind., etc.)
D3 Skis *
Don Thomson Custom Hand-Made Skis *
Duvall Skis
KD Skis*
Kidder Skis*
Daclin Skis
Dixie Clipper Skis
Dolphin Aqua Skis (by Fred Waller)
Dura-Flex Skis
Duvall Water Skis
Endos Water Ski and Wakeboard Werx in Long Beach sold Reflex and other brands of skis.
Excel Skis
Flagg Skis
Flecky-Snyder Skis
Goode Skis *(Dave Goode and Bill Chisnell)
Great American (Cypress Gardens Trade Name)
Gull Skis (Bob Herman in Kalamazoo, MI)
Handley Skis, Lakeland, FL
Healthways Aquaflight Water Champ (1957), Los Angeles
Hexel Skis * (name now owned by HO Skis)
HO Skis*
Hop - Smith Mfg. Co., Newton, NC.
Hydro Flite Skis (Hedlund Mfg. Co. - Nokomis, Ill.)
Iconn (Power Carve).
Javelin combo pair (Sold By Outboard Motor Corp. (OMC)
J.C.Higgins Skis (Sears)(private labeled)
Jet Ski Manufacturing (Grand Rapids, MI)
Jobe Sports International (The Netherlands) *Jobesports.com (Jeff Jobe)
Joe Mueller Skis (Texas Toothpick &Tiny Texans)
Kalamazoo Ski Company Kalamazoo, Michigan (Tim Nederveld contribution)
Ka Huna Skis (In 2001 Hobie Alder hooked up with Nash skis to produce the “Hobie Kahuna” ski.
Kidder Skis
Kimball-Schmidt K-Glass Skis
K-2 Skis
La Point Skis
Lake Region Skis
Leonard’s Metals Co. (Aluminum skis, St. Charles, MO).
Lowell Skis
Lund Ski Company (C.A. Lund Co., Hastings, MN
Maherajah Skis* Bob Maher
Mapple Skis (Andy Mapple)
Mastercraft Skis
Medalist Cut & Jump (Medalist Co.)
Montgomery Ward Sea King (Turnabout 54 in. mahogany skis).
Murdock Ski
Northland Ski Mfg. Co. (LeCenter, MN) & (Laconia, NH), St.Paul, MN, owned by Christian A. Lund)
Nash Skis, Nash mfg.com, Hydroslide Skis, Texas Watercrafters (Charlie Nash)
O’Brien Skis (Coleman Co.), etc. *
Ohio Valley Skis
Quantum Skis, Oakland, FL *
Parkway Water Skis (Reseda, CA)
Penn Craft Spray King Skis
Rainbow Skis (Tom Murphy = 50%)
Rail Skis
Reflex (Ski Tech) http://reflexwaterskiusa.com/
Radar Skis *
Riviera Skis
Saucier Skis (Dave Saucier)
Steve Schnitzer skis, West Palm Beach, FL, 1980's
Sea Craft (Ted Williams endorsement)
Sea Glider
Sears (Sears name near tail)
Ski Craft (model HC-9 Bicentenial Model)
Ski King Skis
Ski Master (Texas Watercrafters, Division of Texas Recreation, Corp. Ski Master trade name expired in 2009
Ski Whizz
Smokers Skis, Smoker Lumber Co., New Paris, IN
Southern Skis
Sports Tech Skis
Stinger Skis (Denny Kidder)
Sundash slalom
Taperflex of America
Terry Skis (Sundancer Model)
Texas Recreation Corp.
Torque Skis (Blaze LeWark)
Tourney Skis (Joe Bridges)
Velmar Ski Co.
Velrob Skis (Velrob Manufacturing Co. Everett, Washington)
Vogue Skis
Voit Skis
Wade Werx Skis
Wally Burr Skis
Water Mocassin Skis
Wave King
Wellington Puritan Skis
Western Wood Skis (Ebonite Co.)
White Bear Ski Co.
Wiley Skis