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Standing on water by going fast enough to insult gravity.
means A sport where a rider glides across water on skis while being towed behind a speeding boat.
from A straightforward 20th-century compound of 'water' plus 'skiing' — the sport itself was reportedly pioneered in the 1920s by enthusiasts who adapted snow skis for lake surfaces, towed by motorboats, and the name simply followed the invention: skiing, but on water instead of snow.
- minimum speed
- slower and you just sink politely
- origin
- invented 1922 with two planks and nerve
- barefoot version
- exists, and it hurts exactly how it sounds
- real enemy
- not falling, it is letting go of the rope