June 28, 1922 - Water skiing came about “when eighteen-year-old Ralph Samuelson of
Minn., proposed the idea that if you could ski on snow, then you could ski on
water. Ralph first attempted water skiing on Lake Pepin in Lake City, Minn.,
towed by his brother Ben. The brothers experimented for several days until July
2, 1922 when Ralph discovered that leaning backwards with ski tips up lead to
successful water skiing.”1 Ralph Samuelson never patented any of his
water skiing equipment.2
1http://inventors.about.com/od/wstartinventions/a/waterskiing.htm
2http://inventors.about.com/od/wstartinventions/a/waterskiing.htm
1http://inventors.about.com/od/wstartinventions/a/waterskiing.htm
2http://inventors.about.com/od/wstartinventions/a/waterskiing.htm
Ralph Samuelson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Samuelson
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