| Water skiing is a very common hobby today. It is | | | | faster. Water skiing relies heavily on the ski boat as |
| popular in many regions throughout the world. One of | | | | the water skier is pulled in order to gain speed and |
| the most important factors for water skiers is their | | | | be able to perform a variety of water skiing stunts. |
| boat.Ski boats come in a variety of shapes and | | | | These ski stunts include such acrobatic feats as flips, |
| styles. Usually a boat for water skiing has a very | | | | turns and even ski jumps. A variety of moves are |
| shallow hull. This gives it a very shallow draft. Another | | | | possible limited only by the ability of the water skier. |
| very common feature is the inboard motor (As | | | | While outboard motors used to be very common in |
| opposed to an outboard motor) which creates much | | | | water skiing, the advances in technology have |
| less water disturbance allowing the water skier to go | | | | effectively ended its role in the sport of water skiing. |