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water-ski

a type of ski used for planing or gliding over water
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Summary: Tourism Minister Michel Pharaon water skied in Sidon's new port waving the Lebanese flag as onlookers cheered with music by the Lebanese Scouts Association in the background.
We'll be displaying the latest wakeboards and water skis from many familiar water sports equipment brands.
They are currently contemplating the ideal location for a platform for others interested in learning to water ski. "We will start with the basics, like learning to swim with a life-jacket, for the complete amateurs.
Currently a member in the Egyptian Water Ski Federation's technical committee, El Shaarani has his eye on international competitions but realizes it will need discipline.
She was the top seed in the Girls 2 Jump Event at the 65th annual Goode Water Ski National Championships at Ski West Village in Arvin, Calif., near Bakersfield, and lived up to the seeding with a championship.
Christine Flippen, 63, has what she called a `smashin' great' time Thursday at Dexter Lake on a sitting water ski as part of a program for seniors.
"A man-made water ski complex in Wisconsin is comparable to other projects we've funded, such as airlines, cellular phone companies, sports centers, and legitimate gaming establishments.
Craig Cohoon, owner of Water Ski School located just outside of Royal Air Force Fairford, England, said the average person can learn the sport and that it's very safe.
On Pickwick Lake, you can water ski from Mississippi into Tennessee and Alabama and then back home, all in an afternoon.
With all the adaptive equipment available in the three years that we have run our program we have yet to say no to anyone who has wanted to water ski.
"Their show was as professional as any American water ski show," Khoury said.
According to the Water Ski Hall of Fame, and witnesses of the event, 17-year-old AG Hancock became the rst person ever to barefoot water ski in 1947.
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