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Author: jesseatchley
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Added: October 17, 2008

Jumps

When a skier completes the course successfully at the maximum boat speed they make it a little more challenging by shortening the rope length. The top slalom skiers use rope 32' long and the buoys are set 35 feet from the centre of the boat path so the skier has to lean and stretch to make the buoy.

This originally meant removing a ski and holding it over the head, but nowadays it's a little different. Today trick skiers do 'toe hold' tricks where they hold the rope by one of their feet using a special harness. They do step-overs, jumps and flips and points are awarded based on the degree of difficulty. The skier has 20 seconds to perform as many tricks as possible and is allowed two trick runs.

Trick Skiing

Jump is the most exciting event; originally jump ramps had a surface of wooden rollers! Today jump ramp height ranges from 2 to 5 feet and maximum boat speed is 36mph. The world record jump is over 200 feet and in the derivative event 'ski flying' which has a longer ramp and faster boat speed, skiers are nearing the 300 feet mark. The freestyle jump event is also exciting to watch with flips, helicopters and various other amazing tricks.

As the sport progressed more competitions were held and events were split into three disciplines, slalom, trick and jump. Competitive water skiers compete against their own gender and within their own age group, some competitive water skiers are in their 80s so its never to late to take part!

Slalom Skiing

Water Skiing - The History Of The Sport

Water Skiing - The History Of The Sport

Water Skiing - The History Of The Sport

Water skiing began in 1922 when eighteen-year-old Ralph Samuelson of Minnesota declared that if you could ski on snow you could ski on water. He first tested this theory on Lake Pepin in Lake City, Minnesota, towed by his brother Ben. The two brothers spent several days experimenting before July 2, 1922 when Ralph discovered that leaning back with the ski tips in the air lead to successful waterskiing. The first skis the brothers used were made form barrel staves, then they progressed to snow skis before Ralph fashioned the first pair of water dedicated skis from some lumbar he purchased and shaped. These skis were bound to the feet with leather straps and a long window sash was used as a tow rope.

Ralph continued to experiment with and perfect his waterskiing technique and equipment and on July 8, 1925 during a Lake Pepin exhibition he performed the first ever water ski jump using a 4' x 16' greased ramp. Ralph Samuelson never patented any of his waterskiing equipment; that was first done by Fred Waller in 1925 who patented his Dolphin Akwa-Skees and in 1940 Jack Andresen invented the first trick ski, a shorter finless version of the standard ski.

Jing Gong M16A1 Airsoft Gun

Jing Gong M16A1 Airsoft Gun

2 min - Aug 28, 2008

http://www.airsocom.com/170901.html Airsoft video of the Jing Gong M16A1 airsoft rifle, branded by DPMS. Full overview of the external composite and performance of this airsoft gun. Complete review of this airsoft electric gun.

The semi-automatic marker was truly a groundbreaking event for the sport, but the question still hung in the air would there ever be full auto?

Another great change that came with the pump marker was the introduction of metal parts that could be replaced. With older plastic markers, when parts wore out, a new marker was needed. Also the upgrade of "constant air" came about. Instead of using the 12gram Co2 cylinder, which was good for about 15 shots, the gun was equipped with a bracket that held a 12 ounce Co2 tank which was good for about 200 shots.

From cattle ranches to playing fields, the sport of paintball evolved and continues to do so.

Although even playing the game with this type of marker was extremely fun, it wasnt long before players wanted something better, and they got it with the creation of the pump action paintball marker. The pump marker had a much faster rate of fire and could be modified with upgrades to improve performance.

That was question was soon answered with a paintball marker called The Angel, but what made the Angel a real marvel is that is was computerized. It was equipped with a small motherboard inside the handle of the gun. This allowed the user to select several modes of fire, including fully automatic.

Funny though true, the first paintball markers where used on cattle ranches. In a large herd of cattle where cows all bare very similar markings, it can be very hard to single one out of the herd. This is where the paintball marker proved to be a valuable tool. This was done usually to separate a sick animal from the herd. Once a cow had been marked, it was easily picked out of the herd.

Today's markers have followed the same road map that the Angel laid out, and we can only wait to see what the next generation of paintball markers will bring.

The Splat Master was one of the first markers available. It was a pistol made totally out of plastic. It was powered by small 12 gram Co2 cylinders and could only hold ten paintballs at a time. The rate of fire was also slow due to the fact the marker first had to be tilted back so a paintball would drop into the firing chamber. It then had to be cocked by pushing a button on the back of the handle.

Constant air was a real breakthrough for the sport and was no doubt a huge stepping stone for the next step in the paintball marker evolution, which was the semi-automatic marker. Compared to the pump markers, these guns had an incredible rate of fire. A player with a good trigger finger could pull off nine shots a second! With fire power like that, the invention of large capacity electric hoppers came onto the scene. These hoppers were mounted on the top of the guns and could hold up to 250 paintballs. They also were equipped with a small rotating arm inside the hopper which helped feed the paintballs to keep up with the much faster rate of fire.

The Paintball marker of today has definitely come a long way since the introduction of the Splat Master years ago. The term itself "paintball marker" is relatively new. It tends to be more marketable then the words "paintball gun" to parents who have teenagers begging to get started in the sport.