Waterski Putrajaya (Part 2)

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Touching the water

The big splash

Kicking up a curtain of water

A skier perform the stunt splendidly!!

Don't look quite right ...

Splash!!!! And the skier fell clumsily into the water

.This must be one of the best venues in Kuala Lumpur to stage water sports. The new and modern Water Sports Complex in Presint 6 of Putrajaya is built just by the lake of Putrajaya, overlooking the Seri Gemilang Bridge on the far end and a new tastefully designed hotel to the right amidst in a pristine setting to witness this exciting water ski event.

The road transport system leading to the venue is excellent: the 3-lane road is able to take much heavy traffic volume and the car parking facility is only a stone's throw away. The food and drinks are sold at a reasonable price, much cheaper than those charged in Formula 1 race held from 3-5 April 2009 in Sepang F1 Circult.

I truly enjoyed myself seeing the participants perform those difficulty stunts in mid-air; at times, after a magnificent summersault, they drop into the water amid grand splashing of water. Much similar to failure in life, they pick up the ski rope and continue the challenges. This event also showed a few participants - as young as seven years old - riding the wave daringly.

Most participants, after long hours of exposing under the sun, are quite dark. I saw there is one fair-skinned Chinese girl participating in the event. I hope she would take the necessary precaution to preserve her fair skin when exposing to the scorching sun.

I believe this sport is still very new in Malaysia as there are not many participants from Malaysia. Another point: this is an expansive sport requiring speed boat, fuel, time and effort of operators, etc. Unlike running or trekking, we just put on a pair of running/trekking shoes and off we go.

This is a great outdoor sport worthy of cheers and support. I hope with better publicity, more spectators would come and support the event in future.

Written by KC

Shukri (right)
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