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	Ralph Samuelson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ralph Samuelson (July 3, 1903–August 1977) was the inventor of water skiing, which he first performed in the summer of 1922 in Lake City, Minnesota in the days before his nineteenth birthday.
		Samuelson was already skilled at aquaplaning—standing on a board while being pulled by a powerboat—but he hoped to create something like snow skiing on the water.
		Samuelson first succeeded on June 28 by starting off wearing skis while standing on top of an aquaplane board, and then slipping one foot and then the other into the water.
	www.1bx.com /en/Ralph_Samuelson.htm (536 words)

	Ralph Samuelson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ralph Samuelson really liked cheese (July 3, 1903–August 1977) was the inventor of water skiing, which he first performed in the summer of 1922 in Lake City, Minnesota in the days before his nineteenth birthday.
		Samuelson was already skilled at aquaplaning—standing on a board while being pulled by a powerboat—but he hoped to create something like snow skiing on the water.
		Samuelson's early attempts included using staves from wooden barrels and snow skis before he created new skis made of pine boards 8 feet long and 9 inches wide (240 × 23 cm).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ralph_Samuelson (574 words)

	WATERSKIS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Samuelson put on his snow skis and was pulled behind a boat.
		Samuelson skied on his bare feet almost 100 yards and was not injured.
		Samuelson was so wealthy just because of his turkey farms, he could travel with his family to Palm Beach, Florida every winter for the rest of his life.
	www.bozeman.k12.mt.us /web/kcrawford/webinventions/WATERSKIS.HTML (325 words)

	NewMusicBox
		Ralph Samuelson wanted to place the Japanese shakuhachi in context, so he went to Japan to explore not only the music, but a "way of life, a focus, a humanity, and a powerful simplicity of lifestyle." That's what he found in his studies with Zen priest Kyozan Tomimori.
		Samuelson, currently a performer, teacher and the director of the Asian Cultural Council, reminds me that the instrument - which he plays virtuosically - is intended for spiritual practice and loss of ego.
		Samuelson, who is the director of the Asian Cultural Council agrees it is possible to look beyond the alluring patterns of ornamentation to integrate spiritual and aesthetic concerns without trivial exoticism.
	www.newmusicbox.org /page.nmbx?id=26tp02 (668 words)

	Waterski Online - The Good Father
		By then Ralph Samuelson had skied behind a sea plane at 80-plus mph and was putting on his own ski shows on Lake Pepin - he'd eventually take the show on the road from Detroit to Florida.
		Samuelson could have made a stink about being not only the first to water ski, but also the original ski racer and show skier.
		By the time Ralph Samuelson received his first congratulatory handshake, 11 million people were skiing in the U.S. In the last two decades of his life, Samuelson, still remembered by acquaintances as an aloof and brash character, softened.
	www.waterskimag.com /article.jsp?ID=12939 (2657 words)

	Ralph Samuelson - Biography
		Samuelson then bought 100 feet of sash cord at the local hardware and talked a flsmith into making him an iron ring for a handle.
		Samuelson's skis went with him when he went to Detroit to work for the Ford Motor Company and later with a boat rental service.
		Ralph Samuelson died August 1977 with the knowledge that what he started back in 1922 was giving countless hours of pleasure and physical conditioning to million around the world.
	www.waterskihalloffame.com /pages/Bios/Ralph%20Samuelson.htm (834 words)

	Ralph Samuelson: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ralph Samuelson (July 3, EHandler: no quick summary.
		Water skiing is a sport and recreational activity invented in lake city, minnesota in 1922 by ralph samuelson and is popular in many countries around the...
		Samuelson was already skilled at aquaplaning[For more info, click on this link]—standing on a board while being pulled by a powerboat motorboat quick summary:
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ra/ralph_samuelson.htm (1396 words)

	Water Ski and Wakeboard Canada
		Ralph Samuelson was the first to attempt water skiing in June of 1922.
		Ralph and his brother Ben experimented with the idea for a few days until in early July, Ralph stood up on two skis while being pulled by his brother.
		Ralph Samuelson never patented the water ski, so in 1925 Fred Waller became the first to patent a water ski called Dolphin AquaSkees.
	www.waterski-wakeboard.ca /waterski_history_e.htm (234 words)

	schoolsahead.com - The Complete Learning Portal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ralph Samuelson an American invented water skiing in 1922.
		An eighteen-year old Ralph from Minnesota had a bright idea that if you could ski on snow, then you could ski in water.
		Ralph made two wooden boards 2.5 metres long and 23 centimetres wide with tips pointing upwards, with leather attached to the boards to hold his feet in place.
	www.schoolsahead.com /sscan/physics1.html (674 words)

	Biographies - Ralph Samuelson
		Ralph Samuelson began his studies of Kinko school shakuhachi music in 1969 as a graduate student at Wesleyan University under the guidance of Araki Kodo V, and later continued shakuhachi studies with Yamato Shudo.
		He first traveled to Japan in 1971 to become a student of Yamaguchi Goro, and he has been studying the traditional repertoire and playing style of the Kinko school with Yamaguchi Goro since that time.
		Samuelson has performed traditional and contemporary shakuhachi music at numerous concerts in North America, Asia, and Europe.
	www.bigappleshak.com /bas/bio-samuelson.shtml (164 words)

	Water Skiing history / links - Silverfish prescription ready sports water sunglasses and eyewear for Water Skiing or ...
		Water skiing is a surface water sport and recreational activity is often said to have been invented in Lake City, Minnesota in 1922 by Ralph Samuelson, though some claim that it was pioneered at least as early as 1920 in France [1].
		Water skiing was developed in Lake City, Minnesota on the Mississippi River in 1922 by an 18 year old Ralph Samuelson.
		Samuelson was finally successful after leaning backwards in the water, with ski tips slanted upward.
	www.silverfish.com /WaterSkiing.htm (1188 words)

	streetprofile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		According to Ziemer, Samuelson couldn’t remember when he first got the idea that if it was possible to ski on snow, it should be possible to do it on water.
		Samuelson, with the help of his brother and some friends, removed the wash boards from his mother’s 1922 wash boiler and put them in a vice in order to bend the tips.
		When Samuelson was asked whether he got rich from his invention, he confessed that he never made a penny out of it.
	www.gazettes.com /grunionprofile02022006.html (638 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Samuelson,
		Central City Association Appoints Anne Samuelson to Director of Public Policy.
		Comfrey man reclaims life; Trying to remember the spring tornado that nearly killed him, Bob Samuelson says he has "not the slightest little inkling." He was working on his farm, and "the next thing I knew, it was the middle of May.".(NEWS)
		Marvin Samuelson receives Alumni Recognition Award from College of Veterinary Medicine.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Samuelson, (745 words)

	The water ski museum and hall of fame
		Synopsis: The Water Ski Hall of Fame in Winter Haven, Florida honors the the sport invented by Ralph Samuelson on a Minnesota lake in 1922.
		Ralph Samuelson was still one day shy of his 19th birthday, surely one of the youngest inventors of a recreational sport ever.
		A special niche is reserved for Samuelson with a bronze bust as a centerpiece in a sparkling blue waterfall.
	ar.essortment.com /ralphsamuelson_rncw.htm (991 words)

	Ralph Samuelson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ralph Samuelson is the director of the Asian Cultural Council, a foundation supporting cultural exchange in the arts between the United States and the countries of Asia.
		Before joining the ACC in 1976, Samuelson worked with the Smithsonian Institution’s Festival of American Folklife, taught ethnomusicology at Eastern Connecticut State College, and was a public school music teacher.
		Samuelson is an active performer of the Japanese flute, shakuhachi.
	www.columbia.edu /cu/china/Ralph.html (94 words)

	Australian Waterlines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ralph Samuelson first attempted water skiing on Lake Pepin in Lake City, Minnesota, towed by his brother Ben.
		As for proper water skiing equipment, for his first skis Ralph Samuelson tried barrel staves, then snow skis, and finally Ralph fashioned the first dedicated water skis from lumber he purchased and shaped.
		Samuelson made his bindings from leather strips and used a long window sash as a ski rope.
	www.waterlines.com.au /Templates/theinventors.dwt (1311 words)

	AND THEN...
		Ralph Samuelson invented the sport in Minnesota in 1922 on his 19th birthday.
		Samuelson also performed the first ski jump on water, covering a wooden platform with lard for it to work.
		Samuelson ended up the operator of a troubled turkey farm, the fate of Fred Waller remains unknown.
	www.one38.org /a177/2005_09_01_archive.html (1759 words)

	Desmond (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Thanks to Ralph Samuelson we now have a fun and interesting sport and a lot of people like it.
		Ralph W. Samuelson was inducted in the Hall of Fame in 1982.
		So if you want to learn more information on Ralph Samuelson you may want to go onto the internet.
	www.springfield.k12.vt.us /schools/union/desmond.htm (223 words)

	waterskis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ralph Samuelson was an eighteen year old daredevil who lived in Lake City, Minnesota in 1922.
		Samuelson found that in order to stay up he had to zig-zag back and forth.
		Samuelson didn't accept any money for his numerous performances, only for the expenses encurred to put on the show.
	members.aol.com /tri2323/waterskis.htm (209 words)

	Departments
		Lake City, Minnesota resident, Ralph Samuelson, slapped a pair of wooden boards to his feet and was pulled out of the water behind a power boat.
		Samuelson, the consummate pioneer, was the first to ski- jump in 1925.
		Ralph never gave it a second thought that he did anything extraordinary until the 1960s.
	www.acbs-bslol.com /Porthole/BirthofWaterSki.htm (1552 words)

	Water Skiing
		Samuelson of Minnesota, proposed the idea that if you could ski on snow, then you could ski on water.
		Ralph first attempted water skiing on Lake Pepin in Lake City, Minnesota, towed by his brother Ben.
		The brothers experimented for several days until July 2, 1922 when Ralph discovered that leaning backwards with ski tips up lead to successful water skiing.
	webpages.csus.edu /~jas236/WaterSkiing.htm (291 words)

	Water Skiing \| Equipment \| Slalom \| Waterski \| Photos \| Pictures \| Pics \| Tricks \| History \| Beginning \| Bare Foot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Water skiing was invented in the United States in 1922 by 18 year-old Ralph Samuelson, who believed that if you could ski on snow, you should be able to ski on water.
		He used strips of leather for the bindings and a long piece of chord as the ski rope to tow him behind a boat.
		Ralph and his brother tried out their new sport for several days before they figured out that leaning back and putting the tips of the skis up was the best way to water ski.
	www.kidzworld.com /article/6877-the-world-of-water-skiing (489 words)

	Ralph Samuelson Patent Inventor Mountain View, CA, US
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	www.freshpatents.com /Ralph-Samuelson-MountainView-invdirs.php (180 words)

	Water Skiing Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In 1922, eighteen year old Ralph Samuelson made an inaugural ride on a pair of 8-foot softened planks he called skis”;.
		Ralph Samuelson, first water skiing in Lake Pepin, MN in July, 1922.
		Ralph is recognized as the Father of Water Skiing.
	www.psports.net /overview/overview.php (1302 words)

	SPORTS
		Ralph Samuelson of Minnesota invented waterskiing in 1922.
		After unsuccessful attempts of skiing on water with barrel staves and snow skis, the 18-year old tried out pinewood boards with curved tips.
		Other materials were used as well: an iron ring for a handle and 100 feet of cord for a towrope.
	www.angelfire.com /mo3/hol-dawg/page5.htm (457 words)

	A Daredevil & Two Boards.(A Daredevil and Two Boards: Ralph Samuelson, the Lake Pepin Pioneer Who Invented Water ...
		On a hot July day in 1922, Ralph Samuelson convinced his brother Ben to pull him up out of the wasters of the Mississippi River and into sports history.
		With two pine boards strapped to his feet, 18-year-old Lake Pepin fisherman and sports enthusiast Samuelson invented water skiing and launched both a sport and an industry.
		Biographer and historian Gregor Ziemer tells the true and hitherto unknown story of this small town Minnesota boy and his contribution to the rise of water skiing as one of the most popular and widespread forms of water recreation.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1G1-149661887.html (177 words)

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