Water skis

Claim 1

A WATER SKI HAVING AN ELONGATED BODY AND AN UPWARDLY TURNED FRONT END, THE SAID SKI HAVING ITS BOTTOM SUBSTANTIALLY PLANE AND HAVING ITS UPPER SIDE PROVIDED WITH A FLOTATION MEMBER ONLY AT ITS FRONT END AND HAVING FOOT ENGAGING MEANS ON ITS UPPER SIDE BETWEEN THE ENDS OF THE SKI IN THE PROPER LOCATION TO SUPPORT A SKIER, SAID SKI ASSUMING A POSITION DIAGONAL TO THE WATER SURFACE WITH ITS FRONT END PROJECTING UPWARD OUT OF THE WATER WHEN SUPPORTED ON THE FOOT OF THE SKIER, DUE TO THE DOWNWARD PRESSURE ON THE SKI BY THE FOOT OF THE SKIER AT THE FOOT ENGAGING MEANS BEHIND THE FLOTATION MEMBER, WHICH FLOTATION MEMBER HOLDS THE FRONT END OF SKI UPPERMOST AT THIS TIME WITH THE FRONT END OF THE SKI OUT OF THE WATER IN SUCH POSITION THAT THE SKIER MAY START FROM A STILL POSITION SLOWLY AND GRADUALLY INCREASING SPEED UNTIL HE IS SKIING ON TOP OF THE WATER.