Water skiing

Water skiing

Water Skiing is a sport were a person is typically pulled behind a boat or cable ski installation on a body of water. The sport requires the skier to be pulled at high speeds in order to maintain their position above the surface.

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Water skiing

Bad gate

Sports; Water skiing

This refers to a bad start when doing a slalom run when a skier takes the wrong line through the gate.

Baulk

Sports; Water skiing

This is when a skier does not go on to a ramp in a jumping event.

Bananas

Sports; Water skiing

Bananas are types of skis. These skis are used for doing tricks and they are much shorter than regulation size skis and they have no directional fin on them.

Banking

Sports; Water skiing

This is a way of moving in the air after a jump has been performed. The skiers body is more horizontal than upright. The skies are extending out the left while still pointing in the direction on the ...

Barefoot

Sports; Water skiing

When a skier is using the bottom of their feet to move along the top of the water. They are skiing with out wearing any skis.

Beachie

Sports; Water skiing

This is a barefoot start from the beach.

Bevel

Sports; Water skiing

A term that describes that area of a ski that is between the side of the ski and the bottom of the ski. The rounder the Bevel the deeper the ski will sink or ride in the water and this will cause the ...