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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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Water skiing
lift
Sports; Water skiing
This will determine how high a ski jumper will go when they come off a ski ramp.
observer
Sports; Water skiing
A person who sits behind the driver of the boat facing the skier. Their job is to watch the skier and to relay any signals from the skier to the driver and to also signal to other boats if there is a ...
off
Sports; Water skiing
This refers to the slalom tow rope being shortened after the skier has made a successful pass.
off-side turn
Sports; Water skiing
When a water skier or wakeboarder makes a turn in the opposite direction from the foot they have in the forward position. So when a left foot forward skier makes a turn to the right or a right foot ...
on-side turn
Sports; Water skiing
When a water skier or wakeboarder makes a turn in the same direction of the foot they have in the forward position. So when a left foot forward skier makes a turn to the left or a right foot forward ...
