Beginners

First time skiers may need to be supported by someone while in the water, but from the drivers point of view the key element is throttle control. This is the one time when you may need to take glances behind and hence continue a watch on the skier while you are pulling them out of the hole (all other times it is not advised look ahead and check the skiers progress in the rear view mirror).Light weight skiers (kids) are probably best pulled out of the hole starting from just above idle speed, then accelerating smoothly on to the plane, ending up at between 25 and 35 km h. If you give too much throttle, the skier will be pulled over the front of their skis if they recover from this they will then probably bend their arms and fall backwards.Even adults should only be pulled out of the hole slowly and smoothly.