The Water Skier Magazine’s Hit It Podcast

National Collegiate Water Ski Hall of Famer, Cale Burdick

Recently inducted into the National Collegiate Water Ski Association Hall of Fame, Cale Burdick shares his journey from his collegiate career at Purdue, including national titles, All-Star victories, and record-setting performances. He discusses the discipline and resilience shaped by Midwest skiing, balancing academics en route to becoming a pharmacist, and the life lessons learned through collegiate competition.

Next level kneeboarding with Ben Klein

Ben Klein joins the Hit It Podcast, bringing kneeboarding into the Virtual Studio.
 
We talk thrills, flips, and his 2025 Cornfest Championship. Ben talks about thrilling crowds, honing his technique, and the future of kneeboarding. 

Keeping positive with Ali Garcia

Fresh from her season best performance in the waters of San Gervasio, Ali Garcia joins the Hit It Podcast. Garcia and host Tyler Boyd discuss her second place finish, the thrill of the large crowd in San Gervasio and how the positivity of the ski community has helped her overcome her own doubts.

The multi-faceted Swerve Master-T

Swerve Master-T, Todd Ristorcelli, joins the Hit It podcast to talk his waterski career, fitness, his love of waterski journalism and the future.

Tricksters Jake Abelson and Erika Lang

Recordholders Jake Abelson and Erika Lang join Tyler Boyd in the virtual Hit It Podcast studios to discuss their record breaking runs, their individual paths to water ski stardom and what the future holds for both themselves and future trick competitors. 

The sensation show ski duo, Ty and Bailey Hyatt

Two of the most dynamic show skiers in the game, Ty and Bailey Hyatt, visit the Hit It Virtual Podcast this month.
They talk about how show skiing brought them together, their time with the fabled Cypress Gardens Water Ski Show, and what the future holds for both athletes. 

The Art of Water Ski Racing with Ty Cheshier

This week the Hit It Podcast chats with Ty Cheshier, one of the top water ski racers in the nation. One of the rarest disciplines, Ty shares how he got into the sport, the challenges of racing more than 80 miles per hour on open water, and what the future holds for water ski racing. 

The next championship chapter for the Eades

With his own successful 20 year professional waterskiing career behind him, Kyle Eade has plenty of time to focus on his students – including his sons, Jaeden and Damien. Both members of the US U17 Water Ski Team that took numerous medals in the 2024 IWWF World Under 17 Waterski Championships, they now look forward to college and beyond.

Life's a show -- Team USA member Kailey Koehler

Team USA member Kailey Koehler's water ski career has taken her far beyond the shores of Lake Como in Wisconsin. 
Just weeks before heading to Australia for the sixth IWWF World Show Ski Championships in Mulwala, Kailey discussed show skiing, barefooting, and where she wants to take the sport in the future. 

Karen Truelove -- a life on the water

One of the most dominant slalom skiers of all time, the two time U.S. Masters champion, three-time U.S. Open champion and four-time Moomba Masters champion talks about enduring in the sport, the need to continue adapting during a long career, and how her kids now motivate her on the water.