Aquaboard

On his recent trip he confined himself to driving a runabout, towing Lynda Bird on an aquaboard, trying rather unsuccessfully to teach her to ski.

No person shall operate a personal watercraft to tow a water skier, aquaboard or other similar device unless there is in such vessel a competent observer, in addition to the operator, and the personal watercraft is designed by the manufacturer to carry the operator, the observer and the person(s) being towed.

I don't know how much he had left, but it was enough to continue living in a large penthouse in what was once his prideful project, to have a lively summer place on Tupper Lake — where I learned to ride an aquaboard behind his Cris-Craft (was it cold when we fell off into the lake!) — and in general to live in ample luxury with his large family.

The rope used had to be long enough to get the aquaboard rider well away from the propeller—fifteen feet was a good length. A ride started with the motorboat slowly gaining speed and the rider lying down flat on the board.