Man aquaplaning on a wooden board, jumping a ramp – Vintage Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic image captures Man aquaplaning on a wooden board, jumping a ramp in remarkable detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Man aquaplaning on a wooden board, jumping a ramp
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A rider skims across the water on a flat wooden board, then leaves a ramp in mid-air with spray still trailing behind. Aquaplaning, as early enthusiasts called the sport, grew out of 1920s experiments with boards pulled by motorboats, a step toward modern water skiing. Ralph Samuelson's 1922 run on Lake Pepin in Minnesota is usually cited as the starting point for skiing on the water. Worth noticing is how plain the wooden equipment is compared with the fiberglass boards and skis used later.
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,073 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-108868 |
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