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...trick event, each stunt has a value assigned to it by the American Water Ski Association. The skier has two passes of twenty seconds each in which to perform as many different tricks as he can. The points are totaled, deductions for bad form are subtracted, and the skier receives a bonus for not falling in either of the two passes. The skier with the highest score wins the event...

Author: By Ronald I. Cohen, | Title: A Champion on Skis: Tyll Forces Specialization | 8/21/1963 | See Source »

...American Water-Ski Association assigns point values to each trick and, in two 20-second passes, the skier attempts to combine as many difficult tricks...

Author: By Ronald I. Cohen, | Title: North American Water-Skiers Record Stellar Performances | 7/9/1963 | See Source »

Sixteen year-old Dickie An Hoyt proved the most exciting skier in the tournament by winning the girls' sialom and trick events. Her total of 288 trick points was only 10 points off her three week-old record...

Author: By Ronald I. Cohen, | Title: North American Water-Skiers Record Stellar Performances | 7/9/1963 | See Source »

...slalom event, the skier attempts to swing around six buoys staggered on either side of the boat wake. In the men's division, the skier enters the course at 30 m.p.h. for his first pass and at 32, 34, and 36 m.p.h. after that until he misses a buoy. Any skier who has successfully navigated the course at these speeds continues to pile up consecutive buoys by running through on tow lines shortened in six foot increments...

Author: By Ronald I. Cohen, | Title: Celebrated Water Skiers to Compete For N. American Championships | 7/5/1963 | See Source »

...best slalom skier in the tourney should be Skip Smaha in the boys' division. He has run through the course at 34 m.p.h., the top speed in his division, with 24 feet off the 75 foot line...

Author: By Ronald I. Cohen, | Title: Celebrated Water Skiers to Compete For N. American Championships | 7/5/1963 | See Source »

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