年僅十八歲的青年Ralph Samuelson突發奇想,創造了由機動艇拖帶人在水上滑行。 他首次嘗試是在1922年6月28日。由他的弟弟在前面駕駛著船,滑水數碼之後,他落入水中,他的第一次嘗試失敗了。他第二次嘗試是用滑雪板,而用一輛由撒克遜卡車改裝的機動船舶拖他。 Water skiing began in 1922 when Ralph Samuelson came out with a crazy idea, which a motor ship carried him by strapping with two boards on his feet like skiing on lnand. His first attempt was on June 28, 1922. His brother drove a boat and dragged him skiing on the lake; however, he fell into the water after he skied few yards. His first attempt failed. On his second attempt, he used the snow ski boards while being towed behind a motor boat powered by a converted Saxon truck engine.
滑水運動最早發展於美國明尼蘇達州湖濱城。 Lake Pepin in Lake City, Minnesota ,America
一支完整的滑水競賽隊伍除了滑水員外,還有船長和觀察員。船長會將滑水員拖曳在船後,觀察員會觀察水流速度、滑水員的情形,並告訴船長來變化速度或方向。 A Water Ski Racing team consists of a boat driver, an observer and a skier. The driver will tow the skier behind a boat, the observer needs to tell the boat diriver by the observer’s understanding of varying speed as different water and skier’s conditions encountered, then the driver will do his adjustments according to observer’s study.
滑水運動是一項驚險、刺激、優美、充滿樂趣的水上體育娛樂活動。全世界的滑水愛好者在3千萬人 以上,滑水項目從第一屆世界運動會至今從未缺席過,2009年世運會已決定由高雄市主辦,滑水項目當然也是正式項目之ㄧ,屆時,台灣將有更多的人感受到滑 水運動所帶來的特有魅力,有更多的人將參與到滑水體育運動中心去。 Water skiing is a fantastic water sport, and now there are thirty millon water skiing lovers. Water skiing is never absent in the world games. Water ski in one of the offical world games in 2009 in Kaohsiung. Water ski will attract more Taiwanese to feel its magic, as well as to visit the water skiing center and join the races.