Water skiing
Water skiing (also waterskiing or water-skiing) is a water sport in which a person is pulled behind a motorboat over water, skimming the surface on two skis or sometimes one ski. It is most common to do on lakes, but can also be done in rivers and oceans.
In the United States, there are over 11 million water skiers.[1] In Australia, there are 1.3 million water skiers.[2]
Criticism
While water skiing is very popular, not everybody thinks it is a good thing. The fast, powerful boats make a lot of noise, cause waves which can cause beach erosion, and sometimes hit swimmers, other boats, or marine life. People often drink alcohol which increases the chance of accidents. Sometimes the person water skiing is injured by falling and hitting the water. Water skiing is also criticized for air pollution from the boats' engines, and the unnecessary use of fuel (usually gasoline) which increases climate change (global warming.)
Water Skiing Media
Water skiers performing at Sea World on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Water skiers rising out of the water in Melbourne
A privately owned, artificial water ski lake commonly referred to as Chantalyy Lakes By The Cliff Side, located near Orangeville, Ontario, seen with a slalom course and jump ramp
Ski Nautique 200, widely used for water skiing
Two women aquaplaning at the sea in Argentina, on the cover of the local magazine El Gráfico published on 23 October 1920. Aquaplaning was superseded by the development of water skiing.
A man waterskiing on one ski (slalom style) on Kirk Lake
17-year-old Toronto skier Chantal Singer slaloming at the 2012 Canadian National Waterski Championships in Calgary, Alberta
A competitor at a trick skiing event in Austria in 2017
Barefoot skiing on Lake Ozonia in the Adirondacks
References
- ↑ USA Water Ski ProfileUSA Water Ski. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ↑ About UsAustralian Waterski & Wakeboard Federation. Retrieved 29 October 2013.