The first world championships began in 1949 and are held once in two years. The primary events at the water skiing meets are slalom, tricks and jumping.
In slalom, which is the one-ski event, the participant has to ski around buoys that have been laid around the course. Simple isnt it? So would it seem, but [...]

Water skiing is an extremely popular sport and recreation activity. It involves attaching a board to the feet and being pulled along the waters surface by a boat.
The skier, as the person performing the activity is known, holds onto the end of a rope, which is fastened to the boat. As the boat pulls the [...]

The concept of water skiing can be expanded to skiing over almost any surface. We could even say there have arisen several offshoots that have taken water ski as its core derivative.
Take for example skiing over a water body while being pulled forward by an aircraft, instead of a boat. The same principle of water [...]

Attached to a board and being pulled at high speed by a boat along water body might not be too appealing to many, but those who swear by the fun that water skiing brings on are several.
The added attraction is the possibility of being able to perform various tricks and stunts while being pulled by [...]

Water skiing has its flip side too. It is definitely not for the weak-hearted. If you cannot stomach water and getting wet, well stay away from even watching a skiing show on the TV. Also, those with spectacles have major trouble skiing.
Wearing contact lenses would mean the risk of losing them. Whereas, wearing spectacles means [...]

Show skiing involves a group of trained skiers who also have to be good athletes and acrobats to perform and put up a show in front of an audience, paying or otherwise. The pyramid is a popular performance in show skiing.
Human pyramids have been formed on land, on galloping horsebacks, on motorbikes and also by [...]