History of water skiing

My next blog will talk about the history of water skiing. Well years ago back in the 1970s they used to use water skis made out of wood and were used differently than today, how? Because back in the day the skis made first off did not have back fins, the advantage of back fins are the greatest thing since sliced bread because thanks to back fins you can control yourself where you are going. The olden days water skies again never had back fins so when you are water skiing you had no control over anything; where you are going when your move is being made. The olden days water skis always had a very minimal bend to them at the front and now days have a big bend at the front. Why are their more bend to the skis now days because the older wooden skis caused a lot of people to wipe out unreasonably because the front caught the water a lot easier on smaller waves, let alone big waves with those things. I personally do not care for wooden water skis because through experience had bad wipe outs over such small waves. Whenever you use them against rough water you are just kidding yourself. Today we use synthetic water skies coated with carbon fiber plate with slick designs rather than finished planks of wood. My mod ow towards old water skies is "wood no good" go synthetic or go home. I say that for many reasons. Also I will mention to is on newer water skis their are curved surfaces for more control and takes waves better as in plows through water nicer than wooden. Last thing I will mention is the diameter difference between olden day skis and today's skis; olden days skis are thinner less thick of a board which makes it harder to get up on because your ski is cutting through water rather than pushing the water to get up. Today's skis have wider surfaces for easy getting up and more shock absorbent towards waves, their also wider for a reason that reason is for people wide feet because back in the day wide feet hung over the ski which caused people to fall so instead they have improved them by making the plank wider so the foot fits comfortably. That my friends is a little bit of history of back then and now.