AA-2026-40062E
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A man in a yellow life jacket stands upright on water skis behind a tow rope, being pulled across a lake bordered by a steep, logged or naturally sparse hillside crowned with evergreens—the kind of American inland water-sport scene that peaked in the 1960s when a weekend at the lake meant strapping on skis and proving you could stay vertical while being dragged at speed. The blue water breaks white at the bow and sides, suggesting real velocity and the genuine danger that nobody talked about much back then. A second skier waits in the background, and the whole enterprise has the casual permanence of something people believed would always be there—enough gas, enough lakes, enough afternoons. The hillside's bare slopes and sparse timber suggest this is Pacific Northwest or similar terrain, where lakes were plentiful and the only planning required was who would drive the boat.
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Water-skier on inland lake with forested hillside, circa 1960s. 1960–1975. Archive & Atlas, Historical Image Library, AA-2026-40062E. https://thearchive.archiveandatlas.com/library/water-skier-on-inland-lake-with-forested-hillside-circa-1960s.
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title = {Water-skier on inland lake with forested hillside, circa 1960s},
year = {1960–1975},
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url = {https://thearchive.archiveandatlas.com/library/water-skier-on-inland-lake-with-forested-hillside-circa-1960s}
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