May 18th, 1980— this person casually jet skiing with St. Helens erupting behind themSubmitted by happyleads t3_11uafrq in OldSchoolCool
Nitroburner3000 t1_jcndmnd wrote
This person is waterskiing. He’s being towed behind a boat.
GonzoDeadHead t1_jcnfqn2 wrote
Well then where’s the jet smarty pants?
Nitroburner3000 t1_jcnn6ug wrote
Boeing
firefistus t1_jcodoez wrote
Then where are his skis? This man looks to me like he's wake boarding. Just 1 board, not 2 skis.
DCPlumber t1_jcpejih wrote
Correction. He is slalom skiing. This is in 1980. Wake boarding was invented in 1990.
DCPlumber t1_jcpepot wrote
But also possibly Skurfing.
kiddestructo t1_jcpf49g wrote
Single skis with 2 foot bindings are a thing.
Nitroburner3000 t1_jcpx90q wrote
Water skiing on a single ski is the only way I ever did it.
cookerg t1_jcsf6wl wrote
It's a slalom ski, with one foot behind the other. Much more nimble for zipping around buoys, because you can turn the ski using both legs. In this picture he is way outside the wake to the starboard side of the boat and is starting to cut back towards the centre.
BluestreakBTHR t1_jcog25e wrote
Why is it “water skiing” and not “wake skiing” then?
cookerg t1_jcsek4q wrote
He's not riding the wake. He is towed by a rope and has swung wide, way outside the wake.
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