Water Skiing:
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Water skiing is a sport where an individual (or more than one individual) is pulled behind a motor boat on a body of water… more>> |
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| “Water skiing is a sport where an individual (or more than one individual) is pulled behind a motor boat on a body of water. The skiier usually wears one or more skis and the surface area of the ski keeps the person skimming on the surface of the water allowing the skiier to stand upright while holding the tow rope..” {read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_skiing } ——- “Water skiing began in 1922 when Ralph Samuelson strapped two boards to his feet and rigged a clothesline up to his boat on Lake Pepin in Lake City, Minnesota. The sport remained a little-known activity, with Samuelson as its daredevil pioneer for several years. Samuelson began taking his “stunts” on the road, performing shows from Detroit to Florida. Numerous claims began to surface as to who was the first water skier, but in 1966 the American Water Ski Association formally acknowledged him as the first on record. Samuelson has also been credited as the first ski racer, first to go over a jump ramp, first to slalom ski and the first put on a water ski show. The first woman to water ski has been credited to Katherine Lomerson of Union Lake, Michigan, who completed the feat in 1924.” {read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_skiing } |
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