Cable Skiing
Tuesday, 18th November 2008 by Ian Brown
Until today when I came across this suggestion, I had no idea it was possible to water-ski without a boat. I now know that cable skiing (wikipedia) is a growing phenomenon around the world. This facility in Germany has a great image of somebody just after they completed a jump.
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Ian Brown lives in Ottawa, Canada, and spends his spare time perusing maps to find new routes to ride on his orange bicycle.
Nice idea! saw something like this on Google Earth before
We have the same in Sheffield Uk at rother valley, looks a little more popular than the german one.
Makes for an enjoyable afternoon!!
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We got the same thing in Orlando, quite a nice complex, a lot of championships are held at it: View Placemark
The problem is it can be a long way back if you fall in, and the next one’s onto you like a shot – a boat can steer away, the cable won’t.. There used to be one here at Walibi Belgium, but it was removed after one accident too many.
There’s a thing on Willen Lake in Milton Keynes that I think was just this sort of thing. When I was there a while back it looked as though it hadn’t been used for a few years though.
Scratch that, it looks like it’s in use in the images available to GE. View Placemark
There’s also a cable knee-ski spot not far from the cable ski location, part of the Wet ‘n Wild park. View Placemark
This one is supposed to be the longest cable-ski-track in the world. (1200m, Friedenhain See) Well, not much to see on Google Maps :-/ View Placemark