I got my first turns in over the weekend at Killington in Vermont, where the Audi FIS Ski World Cup women’s GS and slalom race events were held in front of a record crowd of 27,000 over two days.

Water ski slalom, a sport invented by Americans, also has Olympic aspirations. It is a U.S. Olympic Committee Affiliate, which means it is waiting in line, hoping to advance in coming years to ...

Mark Brandt calls it a sickness. An unquenchable thirst that keeps the the 60-year-old coming back for more, year after year. That sickness is slalom water skiing and for him the medicine is ...