Ralph Samuelson
Inventor of water skiing (1902-1977) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 75
Ralph Wilford Samuelson was the inventor of water skiing, which he first performed in the summer of 1922 in Lake City, Minnesota, just before his 19th birthday.
Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Ralph Samuelson is read about 11 times a day, in 5 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 27 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?Media & music
Photos 1
About this person
Samuelson was already skilled at aquaplaning - standing on a board while being pulled by a powerboat - but he hoped to create something like snow skiing on the water. Lake Pepin, a wide portion of the Mississippi River between Minnesota and Wisconsin, was the venue for his experiments.
Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
