Slalom ski trainer

A water-ski training and exercise apparatus for simulating the isometric phases of slalom water-skiing and for enhancing certain muscle group memory associated with engaging in such activity, said device comprising:

• (a) a base having a ski board slidably and swivelly mounted thereto;
• (b) hand interface means, connected to said base, for allowing a skier's hands to interface with said apparatus;
• (c) resilient sliding resistance means, attached to said base and to said ski board, for providing a substantially elastic resistance to sliding longitudinal displacement of said ski board;
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• (d) adjustable inclination means, attached between said base and said ski board, for variably inclining said ski board relative to said base to position said ski board on a selected inclined plane.

A water-ski training and exercise apparatus for simulating the isometric phases of slalom water-skiing and for toning certain muscle groups associated with such activity, said apparatus comprising:

• (a) a main channel member having a vertical upright member rigidly mounted substantially perpendicular hereto at one end thereof;
• (b) at least tow auxiliary support braces connected at one end to said vertical upright member and connected at an opposite end to said main channel member;
• (c) at least one stabilizing member rigidly connected to an in substantial coplanar relation with said main channel member proximate said vertical upright member;
• (d) a ski rope detachably connected to said vertical upright member at a free end distal said main channel member;
• (e) a ski board slidably and swivelly mounted to said main channel member;
• (f) resilient sliding resistance means, attached to an underside of said main channel member distal said vertical upright member and to said ski board, for applying a substantially elastic resistance to sliding longitudinal displacement of said ski board;
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• (g) an angle plate pivotally mounted to said main channel member for varying the pitch angle of said ski board relative to said main channel member;
• said angle plate having a top and two sides, each side having a front portion and a rear portion, each said front portion having a plurality of coaxially alignable apertures therein for insertion of a locking pin therethrough, each rear portion having a coaxially alignable aperture therein for insertion of a locking pin therethrough.