Historie Blootvoet Waterski

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Dick Pope junior, zo deden ze dat vroeger...

The first man reported to meet the challenge of barefoot skiing was Dick Pope Jr, on March 6, 1947. In fact, it was the first time barefooting was recorded in pictures. According to sources at Water Ski Hall of Fame and witnesses of the event, it was actually the then 17 year old A.G. Hancock, who made the initial attempts, the same year in Winter Haven, so they both stepped off into the unknown...

uit the Barefoot Data book van Philippe POYET zie: www.waterskibarefoot.eu/Data%20Book/history.pdf