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She liked teaching the skating intricacies needed in hockey and felt like all of her skills from competitive figure skating and her time as a competitive water skier in college had come together.

From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2022

The old mark for a water skier being towed by a blimp or airship was nearly 5 miles.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2018

He’d been fit most of his life—he was an avid water skier and maintained a calisthenics routine that included push-ups, crunches and chair dips.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2016

A former Levittown resident, Hopkins said she was used to an active lifestyle, and was an avid snow skier and water skier before her surgeries.

From Washington Times • May 28, 2016

He coasted on downwinds, rode like a water skier on turbulent winds, and soared on light breezes.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George