WATER SPORTS
sa BOATING
sa PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICE
sa SCUBA DIVING & SNORKELING
sa SURFING
sa SWIMMING
sa WATER SKIING & BOARDING
sa WATER SLIDE
x AQUATIC SPORTS
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Family affair. Ten tips guaranteed to get your children to love boating and watersports. BOATING WORLD #143 Nov 1998 pg. 26
Descriptive article on water polo. BOYS' LIFE Jul 1964 (v.54#7) pg. 28
Games to play in the water. BOYS' LIFE Jul 1965 (v.55#7) pg. 50
Three shallow-water games for summer group outings. (1) Up and under ball relay. (2) Big Blow miniature regatta. (3) Greased watermelon. BOYS' LIFE Jul 1991 (v.81#7) pg. 44
Water jousting. Try to topple your opponent with a 10 ft. rubber-tipped aluminum pole while standing on a truck inner tube topped with 3/4" plywood. MECHANIX ILLUSTRATED #458 Jul 1966 (v.62) pg. 56
Water-boggan, a sled pulled by a motor boat. POPULAR MECHANICS Aug 1964 (v.122#2) pg. 79
Make an Aqua-sled from one 4x8 ft. sheet of 1/4" exterior A-D plywood. Laminated and glued construction. Simple wood bending. POPULAR MECHANICS Jul 1966 (v.126#1) pg. 133
How to rig up stirrups on your spear gun to make loading underwater easier. POPULAR MECHANICS Sep 1973 (v.140#3) pg. 109
Ride an inner tube behind a motorboat. How to adapt an inner tube for this sport. POPULAR MECHANICS Sep 1976 (v.146#3) pg. 54
Aqua Glider, a great new sportscraft you can build. Low speed glider soars when towed by ski boat. Plans available for $20. POPULAR SCIENCE Aug 1967 (v.191#2) pg. 50
Build and fly a water ski kite. The skier is harnessed to an aluminum frame of a 12-ft. wide kite and pulled at the end of a 120-ft. rope. Water skis are not necessary. Est. cost: $150. POPULAR SCIENCE Aug 1968 (v.193#2) pg. 134
Large water toys in the shape of a paddle wheel and a platform ball are built from rigid foam and marine plywood. Adds extra fun to swimming by giving something to climb on. POPULAR SCIENCE Aug 1969 (v.195#2) pg. 161
Photos show the correct way to get up on a "flying saucer" being pulled by a motorboat of 6 hp or more. The saucer is a 40" diameter plywood disk that the person stands on and, holding onto the tow rope, is pulled along at 10 to 15 mph. POPULAR SCIENCE Aug 1969 (v.195#2) pg. 165
Foot floats made from foam look like oversized snow shoes or water skis. They let you "walk" on water. POPULAR SCIENCE Jul 1972 (v.201#1) pg. 112
Homemade swimming pool games. (1) Ring-toss. (2) Water marbles. (3) Hula-Hoop competition course to swim. SUNSET Jul 1980 (v.165#1) pg. 98
Water fun with a buoyant disk called a Dipsy Doodle. WORKBENCH Mar-Apr 1963 (v.19#2) pg. 58
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