Check out 2006 World’s Strongest Man, Phil Pfister, learn to barefoot water ski. He is 6’5″ 385lbs and this is his very first day. He has never even been up on a pair of water skis or a wakeboard. This is day 1 of 6 days!
A standard 225 HP Evinrude® ETEC® outboard powered ‘Illusion’ to a class win and second overall in the recent Twin Rivers water ski race run by the NZ Water Ski Race Association.Â
The Twin Rivers race, the second long river race of the NZWSRA season, is 55 kilometres in length and takes competitors down the Piako River, out into the Gulf of Thames, then up the Waihou River to finish at the Paeroa Bridge near the Paeroa Maritime Park.Â
Hamilton’s Brendan Macpherson drove ‘Illusion’, the 225 HP Evinrude-powered Cyclone to second place home with a time of 30 minutes and four seconds, a very credible two minutes and eleven seconds behind the winner, a 600+ HP twin-outboard boat called ‘Warlord’. Reaching speeds of 130 km/h during the race, ‘Illusion’ was … Details & Pictures
She didn’t walk on water, but it was an amazing feat nonetheless.
A BBC presenter braved strong winds and choppy waters to cross the English Channel on water skis, The Daily Mail reports.
Christine Bleakley, host of “The One Show,” pledged to undertake the challenge to raise money for the United Kingdom-based charity Sport Relief … Details
On the 7th Feb 2010 it was the first time in my 4o years of water skiing that I witnessed a brave man attempt the slalom course in wind lashed winds. He said he didn’t feel a thing. I salute you Armand.