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  2. Barefoot skiing - Wikipedia

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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).

  3. Google Maps - Wikipedia

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    Google Maps' location tracking is regarded by some as a threat to users' privacy, with Dylan Tweney of VentureBeat writing in August 2014 that "Google is probably logging your location, step by step, via Google Maps", and linked users to Google's location history map, which "lets you see the path you've traced for any given day that your ...

  4. George A. Blair - Wikipedia

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    George Alfred Blair (January 22, 1915 – October 17, 2013) was an American businessman, entrepreneur, and waterskier, known for his barefoot waterskiing and trademark yellow "banana"-like wetsuits. Biography

  5. International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation - Wikipedia

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    The International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation (IWWF) is the world governing body for all towed water sports.Founded in Geneva, Switzerland in 1946, it is recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the sole authority governing all towed water sports and has 91 affiliated member federations worldwide.

  6. Water skiing - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Meet the 'Dutch Forrest Gump' who's walking barefoot across ...

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    During the day, Nootenboom walks barefoot with a trolley cart nicknamed “Bubba,” a nod to a character in the 1994 film Forrest Gump starring Tom Hanks about a man who develops a cult following ...

  8. Nashville, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Nashville was originally called New Nashville; under the latter name, it was laid out in 1830. [6] The local post office was established as Nashville in 1831. [7] On June 28, 2020, Nashville was the site of a successful attempt at the world record for most pogo stick jumps with no hands.

  9. List of U.S. National Water Ski Championships champions

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    Wilmington, Illinois Chris Parrish Russell Gay Freddy Krueger Storm Selsor Rhoni Bischoff Danyelle Bennett Alex Lauretano Danyelle Bennett 2011 Wilmington, Illinois Chris Parrish Adam Pickos Freddy Krueger Tyler Lorenz April Coble-Eller Alex Lauretano Lauren Morgan Joy Todd-Strickland 2012 West Palm Beach, Florida Chris Parrish Adam Pickos