…Patterson uses custom water skis to ride the big waves. The skis have design elements from both snow skis and surfboards. They have standard snow ski bindings.
“I use regular ski boots, so obviously if I do fall … I can’t really click out,” he explained. “It’s like wearing cement shoes.”
The skis are about 5 feet longs and wider than normal water skis. They also have a small find on the underside to help with tracking and turning, Patterson said.
He said that skiing big waves is definitely … More
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