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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deepwater start

Sports; Water skiing

Refers to a water skier, wake-boarder, or bare-footer who are in deep water, holding on to the tow rope, and are pulled up to an upright position by the boat. The person in the water will yell a ...

dock start

Sports; Water skiing

A water skier, wake-boarder, or bare-footer will be sitting on a dock and will be pulled onto the surface of the water by the boat. Not an easy start as the boat needs to have enough speed to keep ...

downed skier

Sports; Water skiing

When a skier has fallen and is no longer holding on to the tow rope. Ski boats should have an observer in the boat, whose job is to hold up a flag to indicate a skier is in the water and warn other ...

early buoy

Sports; Water skiing

When a skier has taken a good line around the first slalom buoys and they have made a good beginning to their run down the slalom course.

edge

Sports; Water skiing

When a skier will put their ski or wake-board on its edge. The skier does this to use the force of the boat to either increase or decrease their speed.