Beauchesne set a pending world slalom record of 2 buoys at 43 feet off on July 7 during the semifinals of the Malibu Open in Lacaneau, France. Beauchesne went on to win the Men's slalom title the following day, scoring 2 buoys at 41 feet off. If approved by the International Water Ski Federation's Technical Committee, Beauchesne's mark of 2 buoys at 43 feet off will eclipse the current record of 1-1/2 buoys at 43 feet off set by U.S. athlete Chris Parrish in 2005.

Jaquess won three medals during the 2007 Pan American Games, July 21-24, at Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Jaquess won the gold medal in women's jumping, the silver medal in women's slalom and the bronze medal in tricks. She leaped 143 feet to win the women's jumping gold medal by just two-tenths of a meter over Canada's Whitney McClintock; scored 2-1/2 buoys at 35 feet off to earn the silver medal in slalom; and she tallied 7,050 points to win the bronze medal in tricks. Jaquess, 23, has now won six medals in Pan American Games competition, the most among U.S. water ski athletes since the sport became part of the Pan American Games' program in 1995.

Jaquess and fellow U.S. Pan American Games Water Ski Team members Mandy Nightingale (Sapulpa, Okla.) and Cory Pickos (Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.) combined to win seven medals - one gold, three silver and three bronze medals - in respective events during the four-day event. Canada finished with a team-high nine medals. Austin Hair (Tega Cay, S.C.) and Jonathan Travers (Groveland, Fla.) were the other members of the U.S. Water Ski Team. Frank Harrison (Rancho Mirage, Calif.) and Mike Meek (Albany, Ohio) served as team leader and coach, respectively.

Nightingale, the two-time defending women's world tricks champion and current women's world tricks record holder, earned the silver medal in tricks and the bronze medal in jumping. She tallied 7,380 points in tricks and leaped 138 feet in jumping. Nightingale, competing in her first Pan American Games at age 27, also won the bronze medal in women's slalom, scoring 2 buoys at 35 feet off.

Pickos, 43, came into the Pan American Games as a two-time world tricks champion and 24-time world record holder. He tallied 10,650 points in his first appearance at the Pan American Games to win the silver medal in men's tricks.

USA Water Ski was formed in 1939 as a non-profit organization promoting water skiing in the United States. USA Water Ski is affiliated with the International Water Ski Federation (world governing body) and is recognized by the United States Olympic Committee and Pan-American Sports Organization as the national governing body of organized water skiing in the United States. With more than 30,000 members, USA Water Ski is the largest water ski federation in the world.