When.com Web Search

  1. Ad

    related to: water skiing barefoot history documentary film free

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Barefoot skiing - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barefoot_skiing

    Barefoot skiing is water skiing behind a motorboat without the use of water skis, commonly referred to as "barefooting". Barefooting requires the skier to travel at higher speeds (30–45 mph/48–72 km/h) than conventional water skiing (20–35 miles per hour/32–56 km/h).

  3. Dick Pope Jr. - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Pope_Jr.

    Richard Downing Pope Jr. (December 12, 1930 – November 8, 2007), better known as Dick Pope Jr., was a World Champion water skier and an important business leader in Central Florida. [2] Pope was an important innovator in the sport of water skiing, including the development of barefoot skiing in 1947. [2]

  4. Stewart McDonald (water skier) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_McDonald_(water_skier)

    While racing cars, involvement in the early days of barefoot water skiing, and even black-tie parties [1] he earned the nickname of "Barefoot Stew" and a reputation for vigorously independent thinking [5] He was the biological father of biologist George M. Church at MacDill Air Force Base in 1954. [6]

  5. Mike Seipel - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_seipel

    Mike Seipel (born Mike Seipel) is a retired American competitive barefoot water skier. He was considered to be one of the greatest barefoot water skiers in the world. He was a member of the United States Barefoot Team and was a two-time overall world champion in 1984-85 [1] and 1986–87. Seipel didn't win any medals at his first Worlds, but he ...

  6. Don Thomson - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Thomson

    Don Cameron Thomson (born October 14, 1941) is an American water skier and a pioneer in the sport of barefoot skiing.He expanded early barefoot endurance records from 5 to over 30 minutes and introduced new maneuvers to the sport such as doubles barefooting, front to back and back to front turns, and participated in the development of the tumble turn with Terry Vance. [1]

  7. Barefoot water skier wants Richland riverfront reopened to ...

    www.aol.com/barefoot-water-skier-wants-richland...

    Keeney argues that the west channel is one of the few spots suited to barefoot water skiing in the Tri-Cities. The island itself shields the channel from boat wake and keeps the water placid.

  8. Dick Pope Sr. - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Pope_Sr.

    [citation needed] He also helped form the World Water Ski Federation, a rival organization to the International Water Ski Union. His son, Dick Pope Jr., was one of the first persons to successfully barefoot water ski, [9] and is a member of the Water Ski Hall of Fame. They are the only father–son pair in the Water Ski Hall of Fame.

  9. Ralph Samuelson - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Samuelson

    On July 8, 1925, Samuelson went on to perform the first ski jump on water. He fell flat in his first attempt, but soon greased the launch platform with lard and succeeded on the second try. Also that year, he became the first speed skier as he found himself racing across the water at 80 mph (130 km/h), pulled by a Curtiss flying boat that flew ...