“Flashing over the foam, gliding on the wave-tops—Akwa-Skeeing is at once the safest and most thrilling of water sports.” Thus began Fred Waller’s first advertisement for the water skis he patented in 1925. Dolphin Akwa-Skees were said to “glide on the surface of the water behind a power-boat.… You toss the skees overside and step on them while the boat is in motion.” They were sold by Abercrombie & Fitch and Marshall Field and at shipyards.