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Water Skiing – The History Of The Sport

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Water skiing began in 1922 when eighteen-year-old Ralph Samuelson of Minnesota declared that if you could ski on snow you could ski on water. He first tested this theory on Lake Pepin in Lake City, Minnesota, towed by his brother Ben. The two brothers spent several days experimenting before July 2, 1922 when Ralph discovered that leaning back with the ski tips in the air lead to successful waterskiing. The first skis the brothers used were made form barrel staves, Read More

Graeme Obree – A Unique Cyclist

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Graeme Obree is one of the most unique cyclists. He has had a colourful cycling history which includes breaking the prestigious world hour record twice. Obree made his first attempt in Norway, 1993. At the time he was relatively unknown outside of Great Britain and few gave him any realistic chance of beating Francesco Moser’s world hour record of 51.151 KM which had stood since 1984. At the first attempt Obree failed missing the mark by nearly 1 KM. However Read More