#summer recreation

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Snowless Skiing...Summer's Newest Thrill

Water skiing got its start in Minnesota in 1922, when Ralph Samuelson used a pair of boards as skis and a clothesline as a towrope, pulled behind a boat on Lake Pepin. But before water skiing, there was snowless ski jumping! Daring bathers were elevated to a platform, slipped their feet into leather-banded skis, and shot down a 75-100 ft. slide which projected the skier into space, making them airborne briefly before they "settled down for a dip." Straps were made loose enough that the skier could easily kick their feet free from the skis upon landing in the water. The sport paired well with newly fashioned one-piece bathing suits of the time.

At the Olympics: Water skiing was one of two demonstration sports (along with Badminton) at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. It was the only time that the sport was demonstrated at any Olympic Games. Demonstration sports simply promote a sport and are not a part of standard medal competition

Photos from the Minneapolis Newspaper Photograph Collection in the Hennepin County Library Digital Collections. Above, Al Lindley, George Pillsbury, and Louise Piper practice for the 1939 speedboat show. Top: P47242, bottom: P47241. Snowless Skiing advertisement from the Minneapolis Tribune, May 2, 1920.

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Summer Recreational Activities on Lake Winnipesaukee

Before I continue telling you about my two weeks in the midst of winter and the freezing temperature let me give you some background on this awesome destination. It is a place that attract different people throughout the year as the summer and winter activities are simply so diverse and different from each other that I would love to make my next New Hampshire trip in warm summer months. Since it is a Lake, after all, you would and could you expect the usual from Lake Winnipesaukee and this includes fishing, swimming, canoeing, and boating aside from the area’s awesome hiking trails either on foot or on horseback.

This is an extraordinary destination and a boater’s paradise of note and something I cannot wait to come enjoy in a couple of months’ time when the freezing temperatures have lifted. As the largest lake with 72 square miles and awesome backdrops of mountains and rolling hills it must be an experience to treasure. What I have come to appreciate about New Hampshire is that even though Lake Winnipesaukee is a huge attraction it is not all it has to offer, this piece of heaven is only one of 273 other paradises in the area.

I assure you that with this sized Lake would you need a guide of navigational chart as well as an excellent GPS or you might get lost as this lake is divided with hundreds of little islands of all shapes and sizes too. It would offer adventure seekers like myself an ideal opportunity to explore and wander around and finding little coves.