{"id":59690,"date":"2025-12-05T19:13:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T00:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=59690"},"modified":"2025-12-05T19:13:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T00:13:20","slug":"free-water-ski-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/12\/05\/free-water-ski-show\/","title":{"rendered":"FREE WATER SKI SHOW"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Great way to spend Sunday afternoon! Dec 7, 2 pm &#8211; 3 pm Lake Hollingsworth<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"596a55\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #596a55;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rsw_600h_300cg_true.webp?resize=600%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59693 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rsw_600h_300cg_true.webp?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rsw_600h_300cg_true.webp?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lakeland Water Ski Club was established in 1949 and is the LONGEST CONTINUOUSLY RUN SKI CLUB IN THE WORLD!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"85858c\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #85858c;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"511\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rsw_1240h_620cg_true.webp?resize=1024%2C511&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59691 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rsw_1240h_620cg_true.webp?resize=1024%2C511&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rsw_1240h_620cg_true.webp?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rsw_1240h_620cg_true.webp?resize=768%2C383&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rsw_1240h_620cg_true.webp?w=1240&amp;ssl=1 1240w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Lakeland Water Ski Club was formed in 1949 in Lakeland, Fla., by Bill Clifford, Glen Kirkpatrick and Matt Obinger. The three intercollegiate and national water ski competitors had recently graduated from Florida Southern College when they formed the club on Lake Hollingsworth. Clifford later became the first executive director of the American Water Ski Association when it was formed in 1952. \u00a0\u00a0Since its inception, the Lakeland Water Ski Club has been supportive of every facet of water skiing.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"b5b6b2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #b5b6b2;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"847\" height=\"589\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/download-9.webp?resize=847%2C589&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59692 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/download-9.webp?w=847&amp;ssl=1 847w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/download-9.webp?resize=300%2C209&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/download-9.webp?resize=768%2C534&amp;ssl=1 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great way to spend Sunday afternoon! 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