#waterskidoubles

Doubling Down for Doubles Monday. Classic Cypress Gardens photography of some of the great skiers of the past... Photos shot from side window and back platform of the Miss Cover Girl IV photo boat. #waterskiing #showskiing #waterskidoubles #handledoubles #classicphotography #cypressgardens #loveblackandwhite #instafollow Showskilife #waterskilife #lifeonthewater (at Cypress Gardens, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxaPN1IhrkH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1nfx88899ls9y

The Southern Region Tournament featured an interesting mix of Doubles Performers, a Sister/Sister team, Malayna & Mazie Smith; a Brother/Sister team, Trina Sawaska-Sardegna & Joe Sawaska; a Father/Daughter team, Mali & Paul O'Connor; and a multi-generational team, the winning team, both having skied with the Aqua Riders of Holland Water Ski Team, Nick Lyman and Ella Walker. (Under the heading of you heard it here first, coming soon, "FLYDOUBLE" skis...) More photos on my Facebook page/albums... #waterskiing #showskiing #waterskidoubles #flymanskis #lifeonthewater #waterski100 (at MLK Park on Lake Silver) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfcsvWzujOW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

From the The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, June 18, 1950, Ann Williamson and Lois Jarvis skim across the water at "50 miles an hour..." #waterskiing #showskiing #cypressgardens #swamioftheswamp #waterskidoubles #waterskijumping #waterskilife #lifeonthewater #waterski100 (at Cypress Gardens, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CexXeubOyjq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

HAPPY BIRTHDAY today to University of Illinois Professor Jan Novakofski! (That's him on the right flying thru the air and on the left doing doubles with Sherry Wickstrom. Other double couple is myself with Judy Dershimer - left side jumper is Jerry Atkinson and I'm cutting under.) #waterskiing #showjumping #showskiing #doublesskiing #waterskidoubles lifeonthewater #waterski100 (at Cypress Gardens, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeuD23ouwAe/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

When Johnny Roberts first joined the Cypress Gardens Ski Team, before he took to the skies like a bird and became "The Jet," he had to learn some of the basic ski acts, one of which was doubles. When he was about to take off the dock with a girl on his shoulders they warned him, "DO NOT GET HER HAIR WET!" – So Johnny did what came natural to keep her head above the water... 😁😎 #waterskiing #showskiing #cypressgardens #waterskidoubles #handledoubles #showskilife #lifeonthewater #waterski100 (at Cypress Gardens, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZFJ3q3OZg6/?utm_medium=tumblr

I was show director the last summer I was a Min-Aqua Bat - yea, ended my "Bat" days when Uncle Sam offered me a job. Always thinking of ways to get more skiers on the water I doubled the number of skiers in the opening flags from 5 (spelling HELLO) to ten, with every other skier carrying a flag. Wouldn't it have been fun if I'd seen this photo back them? We could have run the flag act with 20 skiers! (Auto colorized - Photoshop 2022.) #water skiing #showskiing #flagact #easytolove #waterskidoubles #lifeonthewater #showskilife #waterski100 #cypressgardens (at Cypress Gardens, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWHUHN3rwIB/?utm_medium=tumblr

This guy was one hell of a slalom skier, mind you not the buoy kind, but put a girl on his shoulders and head out around the Cypress Gardens show circle and he could cut as hard and put up a spray with the best of them... Not once did he drop a girl – I know, I know – it was a lot more times than once. 😎 Yep, he was a champ of conventional doubles slalom! And yes, the same guy who introduced "strap doubles" which replaced the conventional doubles in the show. 🤷🏽‍♂️ #waterskiing #showskiing #waterskidoubles #slalomskiing #conventionaldoubles #handledoubles #showskilife #cypressgardens #lifeonthewater #waterski100 (at Cypress Gardens, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CU5ROzorm9D/?utm_medium=tumblr

Riding the crest of the wake, the Cypress Gardens skiers, as Dick Pope, Sr. called it, going "topside tandem." #waterskiing #showskiing #cypressgardens #waterskidoubles #handledoubles #showskilife #lifeonthewater #loveblackandwhite #waterski100 (at Cypress Gardens, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUtHDUCLKE0/?utm_medium=tumblr