Aquaplaning is a surface
water sport
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which involves riding a board (aquaplane) over the surface of a body of water towed behind a motorboat.
History
Developed in the early 20th century, aquaplaning became popular for several decades but was superseded by the development of similar sports such as
water skiing
Water skiing (also waterskiing or water-skiing) is a surface water sport in which an individual is pulled behind a boat or a cable ski installation over a body of water, skimming the surface on two skis or one ski. The sport requires suffic ...
from the 1920s and
kneeboarding
Kneeboarding is an aquatic sport where the participant is towed on a buoyant, convex, and hydrodynamically shaped board at a planing speed, most often behind a motorboat. Kneeboarding on a surf style board with fin(s) is also done in waves at ...
from the 1950s.
A picture postcard from Long Beach, California (published c1907-1914) has a crude drawing of aquaplaning.
The Wisconsin Rapids Newspaper the ''Wood County reporter'' published a picture of woman aquaplaning on September 4, 1919. The article talks about how the board was developed from the Hawaiian Islanders' surfboards and that by the time of publication thousands were participating in the sport.
From 1935 a 44-mile aquaplane race held between
Santa Catalina Island and
Hermosa Beach
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, California endorsed by the
American Power Boat Association
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attracted competitors from around the world.
Gallery
File:Aquaplaning - Woman towed over the waves at tremendous speed by a motorboat - 1919.jpg, Aquaplaning - Woman towed over the waves at tremendous speed by a motorboat - 1919
File:Mujeres esquiando en el mar - El Gráfico 70.jpg, Two women acquaplaning at the sea in Argentina
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, on the cover of the local magazine El Gráfico published on October 23, 1920.
File:Front cover from The Queenslander, November 22, 1928.jpg, The Queenslander, November 22, 1928
File:Photograph of Aquaplaning on Newman Lake - NARA - 2128400.jpg, Photograph of Aquaplaning on Newman Lake
See also
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Wakeboarding
Wakeboarding is a water sport in which the rider, standing on a wakeboard (a board with foot bindings), is towed behind a motorboat across its wake and especially up off the crest in order to perform aerial maneuvers. A hallmark of wakeboardin ...
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Skurfing (sport)
Skurfing is a towed water sport similar to waterskiing, in that an individual is pulled behind a boat on a tow rope. However, instead of water skis, the sport uses a skurfboard which is a floating platform the user balances on, similar to a surf ...
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