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Water skiing can be an exhilarating sport. One needs to be an ace swimmer to participate in water skiing. You must first wear a safety jacket before you get into the water. It is always advisable to ski in familiar water stretch. If the skiers or instructors around can guide you in surrounding waters first, it will be very helpful. Water skiing is a fun filled activity. Everybody who skis or are beginning to ski tend to fall or crash into the water at some point. It is natural to have small falls. When you ski in the water at high speed, it is inevitable sometimes that you lose control, slip or fall into the water. Make sure you have all safety gear at hand in case there is an emergency. Water skiing has begun as a past time and it evolved into a serious pursuit and art. Today, water skiing is majorly divided into three types. These distinctions are based on various factors like age-group, patterns of skiing, and the speed. Slalom skiing, Trick skiing and Jump skiing. Slalom skiing requires both a skilled skier and a skilled boat rider. This type of skiing is wholly dependent on how the skier is able to zigzag behind the boat trying to get around the buoys. Everything depends on the way the skier can manipulate his speed quickly from fast to slow and again from slow to fast. The boat requires a speed of 36mph. The skier goes at speed that's almost double, 70mph sometime quickly diminishing it to 20mph.This sudden decrease in speed gives a great feeling and an adrenaline rush. All of this happens 6 times in less than 17 seconds. Slalom skiing can be a real attraction to people who like speed. Trick skiing originally required the skier to remove the ski and hold it over their head. But today it is a little different. The skiers who participate in trick skiing generally do toe tricks. They do this by holding the rope with one of their feet and gain balance on it using like a harness. Competitions are held and points are awarded based on the degree of difficulty at which the skier performs. Victory or loss in Trick skiing wholly depends on the number of jumps, flips and step-overs that they perform. Every skier is allowed a performance slot of only 20 seconds during which they are allowed to do two trick laps. Jump skiing, as the name suggests, involves the skier jumping from a height of 2 ½ to 5 ½ feet. The skier participating in jump skiing has to jump when the boat is at its maximum speed of 36mph. With a longer ramp and a faster boat higher jumps are possible. The world's record for the highest ski jumping is 200 feet earning this jump the name "ski flying". Today many skiers are nearing the 300 feet mark. There is also a free style jumping event that allows jumps from helicopters and great heights. It includes a bit of trick skiing, making a jump skier perform flips and other stunning tricks. Waterskiing is a thrilling and popular sport. You can learn about barefoot water skiing on author's site.
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