The blimp traveled at a speed of 17 kts (19.5 mph), with Kari water skiing behind around the oval course on Lake Elsinore.
They decided to break the current record to continue raising the bar and awareness of the sport they have so much passion for, Show Skiing.
The most strap doubles waterskiers water skiing simultaneously is 22, achieved by Chain Of Records 2017 (USA) in Winter Haven, Florida, USA, on 22 April 2017.
Chain Of Records 2017 was a five day event that brought 300 waterskiers from around the world together to try to set as many national and world waterski records as possible.
The Mercury Marine Barefoot Pyramids wanted to spread awareness for show skiing and encourage the public to support local ski shows in their community.
Andrea Moller of Ihabella, Brazil, who achieved the feat on January 16, 2016 at the Jaws Surf Break (Pe'ahi) off the North Shore of Maui, Hawaii. The wave was measured by the WSL judging panel at 42 feet trough to crest. (photography by Fred Pompermayer)
Talented water-skier Mike Murphy – who developed the first ever '
Air Chair' with Bob Woolley in the late 80s – has broken the Guinness World Records title for the
Tallest sit-down hydrofoil ridden.
At a big public water-sports event at Long Beach in California, USA, Murphy rode an incredible 3.42 metre (11 foot 2.6 inches) tall Air Chair.
Murphy skillfully demonstrated the usable height of the sit-down hydrofoil by breaking the surface of the water with the 'wing', and then maintaining control for a further 100 feet.
A hydrofoil consists of a long fin attached beneath a board on which the rider sits in a raised chair. The hydrofoil causes the seat to leave the surface of the water during motion (towed behind a speed boat).
The foil of a sit-down hydrofoil is typically around three feet long – 8 foot shorter that Mike’s innovative, record-breaking chair.
In his application for the record, Murphy told Guinness World Records: “I have been pushing the limits of towed watersports […] for years, so this is just an official extension of that long-time passion.”
Mike takes the record from William Blair (UK), who created and successfully rode a 3.28 m (10 ft 9.1 in) tall hydrofoil chair behind a motorboat in 2003.
The record for the Highest jump on a hydrofoil is 23 ft (7.01 m) and was set by Billy Rossini (USA) at Lake Norman, North Carolina, USA on 1 August 2004 (pictured below).
