The course is 850 feet (259m) long, but you should have a minimum of 600 feet (180m) of approach space on either end: at the very least, you should be looking at over 2,000 feet (600m) in length. Also. a regulation course is about 75 feet (23m) wide, but additional space.

Even adults first learning to ski can feel like their being split from the groin up. Skiing on two skis will work muscle groups in your legs and back that don't normally see that much stress. The hardest part of skiing is the hardest part of any water sport, and that's the deep-water start.

Due to the fact there is little surface area on a single ski (compared to a wakeboard), the boat needs to pull fast for you to stand up. This means that you shouldn't expect to pop up fairly instantly, wait it out and stay tucked up until you can really feel yourself begin to get on top of the water.

A baby has broken the world record for the youngest person to water ski – at the age of just six months. Rich Humphreys was filmed by his parents gliding across Lake Powell in southern Utah in the United States. Aged just six months and four days, he has beaten the world record by 23 days.