Water Skiing Water skiing is a sport and recreational activity invented in Lake City, Minnesota in 1922 by Ralph Samuelson and is popular in many countries around the world where appropriate http://www.centipedia.com/articles/Water_skiing
Extractions: Water skiing is a sport and recreational activity invented in Lake City, Minnesota in by Ralph Samuelson and is popular in many countries around the world where appropriate conditions exist - an expanse of water unaffected by wave motion. Rivers lakes , and sheltered bays are all popular for water skiing. Standard water skis , originally made of wood but now usually constructed out of fibreglass -based composites , are of similar length to downhill snow skis but are somewhat wider. Instead of a rigid binding, they have rubber mouldings in which the feet are placed. Skiers are pulled along by a rope with a handle fitted at one end and attached to a powerboat at the other. Recreational skiers usually learn to ski with a ski on each foot , but as they improve usually progress to using a single ski, placing the other foot into another binding behind the main one. Beginners on two skis are usually pulled along at around 25-35 kilometres per hour, whereas more advanced social skiers travel at between 40 and 55 kilometres per hour - once confidence is gained it is actually easier to travel faster than at slower speeds because of the greater lift and stability. Some even go without skis at all in a feat called " barefoot skiing Within the confines of being pulled along by the boat, skiers can control their direction by
Water Skiing - Bunbury Visitor Centre of the old timber jetty and the risk of injury to water users from floating debris both Koombana Bay Ski Beaches have been temporarily closed to water skiing. Recreational boating http://www.visitbunbury.com.au/en/Activities/Water Skiing/default.htm
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