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The excitement of water skiing just cannot be beat in my opinion.  For me it is just the best thing to do on the planet!

Like most adventure sports, water skiing has its fair share of dangers. These can be avoided if you are careful. You should always wear a safety jacket when you go, just in case you lose your balance and fall into the water. Because you wear a safety jacket also means that you do not have to be the best swimmer in the world to participate in this sport. Your jacket should be able to keep you afloat until you are rescued.

Dangers from the sport are varied and wide. For example, you would not go in waters that you know are full of sharks, now would you?

Although danger of harm from marine animals only applies to water skiing in the sea, you would not get the same sort of dangers if you were to go water skiing inland, for instance on lakes or stretches of river.

A scene from Jaws showing a water skier being attacked by sharks may not have done a lot for the sport of water skiing, but sharks are not the one and only danger that can affect water skiers. Submerged ships and cargo close to the surface, or even hidden rocks are another danger.

However most of the time water skiing is performed on stretches of water that are familiar to the skier, so they know the water well. There is only a danger should the skier attempt to ski on stretches of unfamiliar water, and unfortunately these dangers can become all too real.

Whether you are a novice to the sport or whether you are a seasoned and experienced water skier has no real meaning. It is inevitable that everybody loses their balance at some time, and you could fall into the water regardless.

The human body can only sustain so much and, sometimes with water skiing, if you do fall at such speeds then the speed of your fall into the water could have fatal consequences.

This is why it is always better to do your water skiing within a group or a club, and always make sure that you follow the correct safety procedure.