McKenzie’s Water Ski School

The lessons and boat pulls are quite expensive for what they are. We signed our 4 y/​o up for a water ski lesson. $ 35 gets your child about 3 minutes in the water and 1 minute of on-​deck instruction. This is fine for some basic exposure to the sport, but either it should cost less or $ 35 should include more. The same for the pulls. We did wakeboarding, which is $ ⁵⁰⁄₁₅ minutes. Yes, 15 minutes straight is exhausting, but $ 50 should include either more time (perhaps broken up) or 15 minutes should cost about half that. The instructors are nice, but some seem quite young and immature. I was thankful that my son ended up with one of the mature ones and not the teenage show-​off that ended up crashing into another boat. Overall, I was disappointed that my son only got exposure to water skiing in this rushed manner. I’ve seen other schools where kids are taught on land in some form first (at least to get them to get their balance).

Although not many options to ski unless you are a homeowner, this was a great experience. From the first booking over the phone to the amazing instructors and boat driver, amazing. Safety was very important and it showed. Watching my kids out in the water after a fall, I always felt confident Patrick (4^th generation Mckenzie) was going to protect them and he did. Christian was great in the water helping them get up on their wake boards. Jarrod, on the dock, was great giving the kids the instructions. Not cheap and cash only but worth every penny. Looking forward to our next visit!

Trevor & Anthony are great! Anthony have my guy a lessen and my boyfriend learned to got up from the start. So much fun! Quite spendy but worth it.

What a great family experience! This was the highlight of our trip, our kids are 13, 8 and 5 years old and just loved the speedboat ride! My husband and 2 of the kids got to jump in the middle of the lake and loved that part, our guides name was Tio and he was great, he was very friendly and made the boat trip comfortable. Worth every penny.