Water skier alert system and tow bar handle assembly

A water skier alert system used with a boat towing a water skier via a rope and tow bar handle secured thereto comprising:

• a cylindrically configured and longitudinally extending tow bar handle to which a tow rope is secured for towing a water skier and defining a surface having a grip portion over which the fingers and hands of a water skier clasp, said tow bar handle defining a battery compartment for receiving at least one battery;
• a battery compartment cover that is removably mounted on the tow bar handle for containing at least one battery within the battery compartment;
• a pressure sensor positioned at the grip portion and sensitive to hand and/or finger pressure exerted by a water skier;
• control actuators positioned along the grip portion and indicating a desired water skier condition;
• a wireless radio transmitter positioned within the tow bar handle and operatively connected to a battery mounted within battery compartment, said pressure sensor, and said control actuators for generating wireless signals indicative of a skier down condition when pressure is no longer exerted on the pressure sensor and desired water skier conditions after actuation of said control actuators;
• a radio receiver that is adapted to be positioned on the boat towing the water skier for receiving wireless radio signals transmitted from the tow bar handle;
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• a display operative with the receiver and having indicia on the display that are actuated by said wireless transmitter signals and indicative of the skier down position and each of water skier conditions.