TIL: you can waterski in the winter on snow with horses. via KUER:
Skier Troy Houston said he competes for the adrenaline rush. “And my wife’s like, ‘Oh, you’re going on your own if you get hurt. Good luck,’” he laughed. “But it’s just fun.”Moore gets Jack ready to race. Her preparations also include checking the track to see what the conditions are like. “It gets slick out there on the course,” she said. “My biggest fear is if my horse falls, it’s going to hurt my horse and then me or my skier.”Moore described what it’s like racing on the track.
”When he’s racing, Houston said the main thing he’s focused on is hanging on to the rope. But he also has to always be looking ahead. “Because you don’t know if the horse is going to act up or go too fast, and you really got to compensate for everything that’s going on. So it’s a team effort.”Out of the gate, the horse has the challenge of quickly accelerating while pulling a skier’s weight.
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