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Water skiers performing at Sea World on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Water skiing (also waterskiing or water-skiing) is a surface water sport in which an individual is pulled behind a boat or a cable ski installation over a body of water, skimming the surface on two skis or one ski.
A hydrofoil is towed water ski where the participant is seated on the ski. The ski consists of a seat tower and board, as well as a foil, which rides beneath the water’s surface, with front and rear wings. The participant straps into the hydrofoil ski and secures the safety straps on the seat tower and the foot bindings.
The American Water Ski Association (AWSA) was founded in 1939 to organize the first U.S. National Water Ski Championships. [1] Today, AWSA is one of the nine sport disciplines that comprise USA Water Ski and Wake Sports. As of 2015, USA Water Ski was the largest water ski federation in the world with more than 600 clubs and 20,000 members. [2]
Wakesurfing, a sport where the individual surfs on the wake created by a boat without holding onto the handle. Water skiing, a sport where an individual holds onto a rope and handle while being towed across the water while riding one or two water skis. White water rafting, rafting on various classes of river rapids; Windsurfing, is a wind ...
The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns water ski program is a co-ed collegiate water ski team that represents the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the National Collegiate Water Ski Association. It is one of the two most successful college programs in the sport's history, having won 10 national championships – in 1995, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2015 ...
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The International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation (IWWF) is the world governing body for all towed water sports.Founded in Geneva, Switzerland in 1946, it is recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the sole authority governing all towed water sports and has 91 affiliated member federations worldwide.
The brand was created in 1974 by former professional skier Jeff Jobe. Jobe skis were shipped all over the world. In 2008 Sport and Recreation Den Bol bought the trademark licenses from Jobe for all markets (except Australia and New Zealand), changed their name into Jobe Sports International and a new Jobe era started.
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