Both a top women’s trick skier as well as a top wakeboarder, Erika Lang joins the podcast to talk the pending 2023 season, what it takes to break world records and the high level competition in the women’s trick category.

Only 13 years old when he broke the men’s world slalom record – and only 14 when he won the Master’s for the first time – legendary water ski athlete Kris LaPoint isn’t done yet. From the science behind water skis to his desire to keep competing, if you are into slalom skiing, you don’t want to miss this episode.   

Jay Bennett, whose water ski and wakeboard school in Zachary, La., is one of the best known in the business, joins the Hit It! podcast to talk coaching, his time as an athlete, running a top-notch ski school and, of course, the return of the LA Night Jam.

For more information on Bennett Ski School, go to skibennetts.com

For more information on the LA Night Jam, go to lanightjam.com

And for all the latest information on water ski and wake sports, go to teamusa.org/USA-Water-Ski

Class of 2023 USA Waterski and Wake Sports Hall of Fame inductee Keith St. Onge joins the Hit It podcast to talk about his legendary career.

Having racked up 14 world championships and 19 U.S. national overall titles, Keith talks about his journey from the New Hampshire to Florida, lessons learned along the path of his career, and what it was like to win a gold medal as part of Team USA in the 2022 IWWF World Water Ski Show Tournament.

Tyler is joined by Jeff Surdej – a past chairman of the National Collegiate Water Ski Association – and Marcus Brown, the man so familiar to college water skiing that his likeness is on the logo. Together they discuss the culture of collegiate skiing, the current state of the sport, and offer a preview of next week’s Syndicate Waterskis 43rd Collegiate Water Ski National Championships.

Host Tyler Boyd catches up with The Water Skier magazine’s latest cover athlete - Lauren Morgan, who talks about her breakthrough summer starting with her huge win at the Nautique Masters. Even more impressive, Lauren lets us in on all that she is doing off the water as well.

The 80th GOODE Water Ski Nationals are being held Aug. 7-13 at Mystic Lakes in Maize, Kansas. The nation’s top water ski athletes will compete for national titles in slalom, tricks, jumping and overall in respective age divisions and two Open divisions during the seven-day event.

To view the live webcast, live scoring and daily recaps, visit www.waterskinationals.com.

In this episode we talk to Dawn Goode and Regina Jaquess about Goode’s sponsorship of the nationals, the brand, the way Goode has helped water skiing evolve and how they continue to carry on Dave’s legacy.

Friends, competitors and co-show directors of the 2022 USA Water Ski Show Team that will compete in Winter Haven, Florida, in the 2022 IWWF World Water Ski Show Tournament, Dave Rezin and Matt Heilman share a bond forged over water skiing. 

We'll talk show ski, the passion for the discipline in Wisconsin, and what it means to them to represent their nation on the world's biggest show ski stage.  

What does a legend do after a career ending injury?

Sammy Duvall takes us through his second act, the past, present and future of the sport, and the direction of professional skiing. 

From his breakthrough performance in 1981 at the age of 19 to his 2020-foot leap in the 90s, Sammy Duvall changed waterskiing - and its image - forever. Ranked No. 1 in the world from 1979 to 1994, Sammy Duvall remains one of the most notable names in water skiing.

In this two-part interview, Sammy talks about coming up through the ranks, learning from and competing against his peers in the sport, and his 1987 World Water Ski Championship performance in Thorpe Park, England.