Automatic submersible water sports course system

An automatic submersible water sports course discrete anchor system for a water sports course, the anchor system comprising:

• an air control operable for supplying vacuum or pressurized air;
• one or more submersible markers, each comprising a hose tethered buoy with an expanded predetermined size buoy and a hose tether, and a base member including ballast and a hose fitting interconnected to the hose tether;
• a network of non-buoyant hose segments interconnecting with the one or more submersible markers at each respective base members;
• and a non-buoyant supply line connecting the air control to the base member;
• wherein the air control supplying vacuum acts to collapse the expanded predetermined size buoys, causing the collapsed buoys to sink below a water surface, and supplying pressurized air acts to expand the collapsed buoys, causing them to rise to the water surface;
• and wherein the expanded predetermined size buoys deployed to the water surface have the required relative position, size, shape, color, and height above the water surface for the water sports activity.

A non-buoyant tension hose network for use in an automatic submersible water sports suspended tension system specifically directed to a water ski slalom course, comprising:

• a plurality of flexible non-buoyant reinforced hose segments including pre-gate hose segments, a plurality of start gate hose segments, a plurality of mainline hose segments, and a plurality of wye hose segments, interconnected by wye hose fittings and tee hose fittings forming diamond shaped transitions;
• wherein the outside corners of said diamond shaped transitions serve as attachment points for coupling to rigid beams and interconnecting hose tethered buoys, ensuring the stability and position of the rigid beams and hose tethered buoys;
• and
• wherein a plurality of fasteners bonded to one leg of the wye hose fittings provide a plurality of anchor rope attachment points for maintaining a position of the water ski slalom course.

An automatic submersible water sports course suspended tension system specifically directed to a water ski slalom course, comprising:

• an air control operable for supplying vacuum or pressurized air;
• a non-buoyant tension hose network extending a full length along a centerline of the water ski slalom course, suspended below a water surface and having a first tension hose network end and a second tension hose network end, the first tension hose network end tied to a proximal first rope end of a first anchor rope, and the second tension hose network end tied to a proximal second rope end of a second anchor rope;
• a non-buoyant supply line connecting the air control to the non-buoyant tension hose network;
• a plurality of submersible gate markers and submersible turn markers, including a plurality of hose tethered buoys and a plurality of rigid beams coupled perpendicular to the non-buoyant tension hose network;
• each hose tethered buoy of the plurality of hose tethered buoys having an expanded predetermined size buoy floating at the water surface and a hose tether extending downward interconnecting to the non-buoyant tension hose network;
• wherein the air control supplying vacuum acts to collapse the expanded predetermined size buoys, causing the collapsed buoys to sink below the water surface, and supplying pressurized air acts to expand the collapsed buoys, causing them to rise to the water surface;
• and wherein the expanded predetermined size buoys deployed to the water surface have the required relative position, size, shape, color, and height above the water surface for the water ski slalom course.

A method for deploying a water sports buoy to a water surface comprising the acts of:

• providing a hose tethered buoy with a soft and pliable predetermined size buoy and a hose tether;
• providing an anchored non-buoyant hose network for interconnecting and positioning the hose tethered buoy;
• providing an air control with a vacuum pressure pump, a pressure gauge, a pressure regulator, and a relief valve;
• providing a non-buoyant supply line for interconnecting the air control to the anchored non-buoyant hose network;
• applying regulated pressurized air to the supply line and interconnected hose tethered buoy to raise the expanded predetermined size buoy to the water surface;
• and releasing the pressurized air to the supply line and interconnected hose tethered buoy to provide a soft and pliable expanded predetermined size buoy floating at the water surface.

A method for submerging a water sports buoy below a water surface comprising the acts of:

• providing a hose tethered buoy with a soft and pliable predetermined size buoy and a hose tether;
• providing an anchored non-buoyant hose network for interconnecting and positioning the hose tethered buoy;
• providing an air control with a vacuum pressure pump, a pressure gauge, a pressure regulator, and a relief valve;
• providing a non-buoyant supply line for interconnecting the air control to the anchored non-buoyant hose network;
• applying vacuum to the supply line and interconnected hose tethered buoy to collapse the expanded predetermined size buoy floating at the water surface and thereby submerge the collapsed buoy below the water surface;
• and releasing the vacuum to the supply line and interconnected hose tethered buoy, wherein the collapsed buoy remains submerged below the water surface.