Wierd

I  was searching for pictures for my post abut Calima, and I found a picture af a really weird way of skiing.
I've seen many different options, which I think are cool and possible, like this ones: 

But this one is very weird, I mean, how is he even going to reach the speed he needs to stay on top of the water. To me it is kind of  impossible, but now that I see this picture, I wonder, is it possible? 



What do you think? 
Isn't it weird?

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