| You might be old but the sport is older. It's | | | | People did not have the movements early on in |
| been quite a while since people have been | | | | the 40's. The freedom was with the boat. The |
| having a go at it. | | | | free rope arena took off only after 1950's |
| | | | when the rope was given to the skier. Lesser |
| Ralph Samuelson of Lake City, Minnesota in | | | | expenses and better boats have given the |
| 1922 was the first recorded person to have | | | | sport a boost. |
| water skied. He was a master even when the | | | | |
| world was watching it, he tested the skies, | | | | Demography has played a major role for this |
| the flying boat, the jumps and the landings. | | | | sport, countries with warmer climate have |
| Nobody knew better than him. | | | | made the progress quickly than those from |
| | | | colder areas.. |
| By 1946, it had gained the much needed | | | | |
| publicity and now was the time to bring in | | | | Any one any where can be a pro at the game, |
| some rules and regulations, the need to | | | | if we just adhere to the rules and strict |
| organize the game. | | | | practice. |
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| 1946 saw the emergence of the World Water | | | | A thorough family sport, even the ones with |
| Skiing Union, being set up..In 1949 at | | | | water fear can have a blast by watching their |
| Juan-les-Pins, the first World Water Skiing | | | | loved ones strutting their stuff in water, |
| Championship was held, a total knock out | | | | what's more, an ideal sport for a vacation, |
| event. | | | | pumping up everything within and outside. |
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