Water skiing

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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port

Sports; Water skiing

A nautical term for the left-hand side of a boat.

pylon

Sports; Water skiing

This is a metal pole, usually in a pyramid shape, that is placed in the center of the boat (see also Transom Hitch) and to it a towrope will be attached. It of course needs to be high enough so the ...

racing

Sports; Water skiing

When skiers race against each other over a slalom or some other type of course.

rear toe plate

Sports; Water skiing

This is a place where a skier can place their rear foot. This plate is open, meaning that there is only a rubber shell over where the toes and front half of the skier's foot will go. There is nothing ...

rocker

Sports; Water skiing

The Rocker has to do with the shape of a ski or wakeboard. The Rocker refers to the curve on the bottom of ski and the greater the Rocker the tighter the turn. However, if a ski has excessive Rocker ...

rollers

Sports; Water skiing

Refers to swells in the water that are caused by a boat's wake, by wind or by some other source.

rope on neck

Sports; Water skiing

A trick where the skier will put the ski handle over their neck and put the arms out to the side showing that they no longer have the ski handle in their hands.