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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).
A rule of thumb for barefoot water skiing speed in miles per hour is (M/10)+18=S, where M equals the skier's weight in pounds. In other words, a 175 lb (79 kg) person would have to divide 175/10, which is 17.5; then simply add 17.5+18 which equals 35.5 miles per hour (57.1 km/h). Another tool used in barefoot water skiing is the barefoot boom.
Year Place Gender Slalom Trick Jump Overall Team 1998 St. Leon-Rot, Germany Male Nir Shinuk, Israel Alexsei Zharnosek, Belarus Manfred Hintringer, Austria Michal Cerny,
Photographs and newsreels of Pope barefoot waterskiing at speeds in excess of 40 mph became an international sensation at the time. [6] The media attention was created by his father, Dick Pope Sr., to generate publicity for Cypress Gardens, but it also helped popularize water skiing worldwide. That same year, at age 17, Dick Pope Jr. won his ...
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 ...
Those involved in water sports such as swimming and water polo almost always participate barefoot due to the difficulty of swimming with footwear. Other common activities performed barefoot include yoga, pilates, hiking, running, driving, water skiing, touch rugby, soccer, beach volleyball, surfing, tubing, gymnastics, slacklining, and martial ...
Year Location Slalom Trick Jump Overall 1939 Jones Beach, New York Bruce Parker Bruce Parker Jack Schiess Bruce Parker Esther Yates Esther Yates
Keith is a two-time World Barefoot Champion, winning Overall titles in 2006 and 2008. Keith learned to barefoot water ski on Lake Umbagog in New Hampshire at the age of nine with instruction from Mike Seipel, a two-time World Barefoot Champion. [2] He entered his first barefoot tournament at age ten in the Eastern Region. [3]