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Water skiing
Water Skiing is a sport were a person is typically pulled behind a boat or cable ski installation on a body of water. The sport requires the skier to be pulled at high speeds in order to maintain their position above the surface.
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inboard
Sports; Water skiing
A boat that has its engine inside the boat at the center of the hull. The propeller is underneath the boat.
jump ramp
Sports; Water skiing
This is an inclined ramp, usually made of wood, that has wax surfaced so skies will slide over it smoothly, that a skier uses to launch themselves when doing Jump Water Skiing.
jump skis
Sports; Water skiing
These are skis used in jump water skiing. Jump skis are wider and longer than regular skis.
jump water skiing
Sports; Water skiing
A competition where a skier goes over a jump ramp in order to try and go has high and far as they can. Distance is the goal in jump water skiing.
kite boarding
Sports; Water skiing
This is when a large kite rather than a boat is pulling a wake-border.
late
Sports; Water skiing
(1) When skiing a slalom course a water skier can get out of position or be "late" and this makes it difficult for them to successfully get by the next buoy. (2) When ski jumping a skier can be too ...
