Water Skiing: The History of the Sport
Water skiing began in 1922 when eighteen-year-old Ralph Samuelson of Minnesota declared that if you could ski on snow, you could also ski on water. He first tested this theory at Lake Pepin in Lake City, Minnesota, towed by his brother Ben. The two brothers spent several days experimenting before July 2, 1922, when Ralph discovered that leaning back with […]
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