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ricki
07-19-2008, 08:47 PM
... well, more like in cartoons. Still, it is intriguing.

http://www.fksa.org/albums/album347/BF_1.jpg
I heard he did this over ice. Must have been in the winter issue?



http://www.fksa.org/albums/album347/BF_0.jpg
I understand this publication dates from sometime in the 1940's. Came across this in a frame at the International Swimming Hall Of Fame today.


OK, so Ben may have been the first to shred across a lake with a kite. But what about the first guy to do it with a harness, or twin tip? More milestones.