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Article: Wakes and wet suits.(water skiing)
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- Mississippi Magazine
- Article date:
- July 1, 2002
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With the smooth tug of a rope and a quick rush of air, the water skier is up. "After that," says one veteran Mississippi water skier, "it's like walking on water." The strange and novel sensations of water skiing lure 40 million Americans to lakes and reservoirs each year. How has this sport, unknown 80 years ago, attracted so many participants?
Cutting through a wake at 20-plus miles per hour, the spray in your face and the wind in your hair, it's easy to see why water skiers describe their sport using such terms as ecstasy and exhilaration. Sensational water ski shows like those staged daily at Cypress Gardens, Florida, water skiing competitions and trick ski ...