wave-ski

Buoyant surf craft vehicle ridden from a seated position, while holding a double-ended paddle. The wave ski was preceded by the Australian- invented surf ski: a 10- to 17-foot-long sit-down version of a hollow wooden paddleboard, developed by New South Wales lifeguards as far back as the late 1910s. Interest in surf skiing rose in the mid-'50s when pioneering Australian surfer Charles "Snow" McAli...