Members of the original Cypress Gardens Water Ski Team continue to WOW central Florida audiences, and work to pass on their water skiing skills to the next generation.
The Cypress Gardens Water Ski Team perform free ski shows throughout the year in Winter Haven.
Be sure to check out the Cypress Gardens Water Ski show at the newly remodeled Martin Luther King Jr Park, on Lake Silver, Winter Haven. The show is always held on the 3rd Saturday of every month with additional shows added throughout the season.
Did you visit Cypress Gardens when you were a kid? The Show-Ski Team was started by former water-skiers from Florida’s 1st Theme Park.
From the pyramid to one ski, to even barefoot, the Cypress Gardens Water Ski Team pulls out all the tricks on Lake Silver. A world famous show that started at the old Cypress Gardens theme park in 1943 and continues on in Winter Haven to this day.
The show is held on Lake Silver in Winter Haven. Go to Martin Luther King Jr Park, 275 S. Lake Silver Dr.
The show features an hour of performance with beginner and professional skiers, some young, and some young at heart!
If you’re attending the show, be sure to bring a blanket or lawn chairs for seating. Burgers, hot dogs, snacks, drinks, t-shirts and hats are available for sale.
All sales benefit the Cypress Gardens Water Ski Team.
The current Cypress Gardens Water Ski Show Schedule
May 18, 2024 at 4 pm
May 27, 2024 at 4 pm (Memorial Day Show)
June 15, 2024 at 4 pm
The Cypress Gardens Water Ski Team was started by former waterskiers from Cypress Gardens Theme Park who want to pass on their show skiing legacy to the next generation.
Before Walt Disney World and the rest of Central Florida’s sprawl of tourist destinations there was a family-owned theme park known as Cypress Gardens. Cypress Gardens’ founder, Dick Pope, filled the park’s landscape with gorgeous flowers, beautiful Southern Belles, and thrilling water ski show.
The first water ski show took place in 1943 and – until the theme park closed in 2009 – held the distinction of being the “longest running entertainment production in the world” just ahead of Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus.
During its 66 year run, millions upon millions of Florida visitors were thrilled by amazing barefooters, gravity-defying Rampmasters, lines of Aquamaids skimming effortlessly in precision across the water, and 4-tier human pyramids. The Cypress Gardens Water Ski Team broke over 50 World Records and became known around the globe as the “Water Ski Capital of the World.”
Led by Former Show Director, Mark Voisard, the Cypress Gardens Water Skiers decided they did not want the legacy of world-class show skiing to die with the closing of the theme park. So they formed a new team with two goals: to continue to WOW central Florida audiences, and to pass on their water skiing skills to the next generation.
The team works closely with the city of Winter Haven to perform shows at Martin Luther King Park on Lake Silver.
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