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Does your state require an observer to be present when pulling a skier? |
Other, please specify |
Does your state require a mirror to be present when pulling a skier? |
Other, please specify |
Does your state prohibit water skiing during any specific time of the day/night? |
If you answered "Yes" to the previous question, please describe the time(s) when skiing is prohibited. |
Alabama |
Other, please specify | vessel: observer or mirror pwc:mirrors | Other, please specify | vessel: observer or mirror pwc:mirrors | Yes | from one hour after sunset until one hour before sunrise |
Alaska |
Other, please specify | Observer or mirror | Other, please specify | Observer or mirror | No |
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American Samoa |
Yes |
| No |
| Yes | Sunset to sunrise |
Arizona |
Yes |
| No |
| Yes | Sunset to sunrise. |
Arkansas |
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| Yes | 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise. |
Australia |
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British Columbia |
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California |
Yes |
| No |
| Yes | Waterskiing is allowed between sunrise and sunset unless regulated by local ordinance |
Colorado |
yes |
| no |
| yes | sunset to sunrise |
Connecticut |
Yes |
| No |
| Yes | 1/2 hour after sunset until sunrise |
Delaware |
Yes |
| No |
| Yes | sunrise to sunset |
District of Columbia |
Yes |
| Yes |
| Yes | Skiing is prohibited from sunset to sunrise |
Florida |
Other, please specify | Observer or wide-angle rearview mirror. | Other, please specify | Wide-angle rearview mirror or observer. | Yes | A person may not engage in skiing from ¬? hour after sunset to ¬? hour before sunrise. |
Georgia |
Other, please specify | Only if there is no wide angle mirror on board | Other, please specify | Only if there is no observer on board | Yes | During hours of darkness, from sunset to sunrise, goes by time. |
Guam |
Other, please specify | Observer or mirror | Other, please specify | See #40 | Yes | Sun down to sun up |
Hawaii |
Yes |
| No |
| Yes | sunset to sunrise |
Idaho |
Yes |
| No |
| Yes | It is illegal to tow a water-skier between one hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise. |
Illinois |
Yes |
| No |
| Yes | 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 before sunrise |
Indiana |
Other, please specify | yes on except on Ohio River | Other, please specify | Only on Ohio River w/o observer | Yes | Nightime |
Iowa |
Yes |
| No |
| Yes | One half hour after sunset to sunrise. |
Kansas |
Other, please specify | Only if the vessel is not equipped with a mirror | Other, please specify | Only if there is no observer at least 12 YOA | Yes | 1/2 hr. before sunrise to 1/2 hr. after sunset |
Kentucky |
Other, please specify | Observer or wide angle mirror | Other, please specify | Mirror required if no observer onboard | Yes | Prohibited between sunset and sunrise |
Louisiana |
No |
| Yes |
| Yes | sun rise to sun set |
Maine |
Yes |
| Other, please specify | within a regulation slalom course | Yes | 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 before sunrise prohibited |
Manitoba (Canada) |
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Maryland |
Yes |
| No |
| Yes | sunrise to sunset only |
Massachusetts |
Yes |
| No |
| Yes | From sunset to sunrise |
Michigan |
Yes |
| No |
| Yes | Unlawful from 1 hr. after sunset until 1 hour before sunrise. |
Minnesota |
Other, please specify | Either observer or mirror | Other, please specify | Either observer or mirror | Yes | 60 minutes past sunset to sunrise the following day. |
Mississippi |
Yes |
| No |
| No |
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Missouri |
Other, please specify | Unless an approved mirror is properly in place | No |
| Yes | Sliing is allowed from sunrise to sunset. |
Montana |
Yes |
| No |
| Yes | sunset & sunrise |
Nebraska |
No |
| Other, please specify | only when there is no observer | Yes | nightime |
Nevada |
Yes |
| No |
| Yes | No skiing at night |
New Hampshire |
Yes |
| No |
| Yes | after sunset and before sunrise |
New Jersey |
Yes |
| No |
| Yes | sunset to sunrise |
New Mexico |
Yes |
| Other, please specify | Ski mirror is also allowed provided 180 degree | Yes | between one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise |
New York |
Yes |
| No |
| Yes | prohibited from sunset to sunrise |
North Carolina |
Other, please specify | or mirror, or if skier is wearing PFD | Other, please specify | or observer, or if skier is wearing PFD | Yes | from 1 hour after sunset to 1 hour before sunrise. |
North Dakota |
Yes |
| No |
| Yes | Between the hours from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise. |
Northern Mariana Islands |
Yes |
| No |
| Yes | one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise |
Ohio |
Yes |
| No |
| Yes | Sunset to sunrise prohibited, Some Lakes have restricted times when sking can occur. |
Oklahoma |
Other, please specify | Unless vessel is equipped w/ proper convex mirror | Other, please specify | Unless vessel has proper observer 8 YOA or older | Yes | Sunset to Sunrise and during periods of restricted visibility. |
Ontario (Canada) |
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Oregon |
Yes |
| No |
| Yes | sunset to sunrise prohibited |
Pennsylvania |
Yes |
| No |
| Yes | between sunset and sunrise |
Puerto Rico |
Yes |
| No |
| No |
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Quebec (Canada) |
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Rhode Island |
Yes |
| Other, please specify | observer 12 yo or older | Yes | one half hour after sunset to one half hour before sunrise water skiing is prohibited. |
South Carolina |
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| Yes | Prohibit skiing between the hours of Sunset and Sunrise. |
South Dakota |
Yes |
| Other, please specify | Yes, if there is not an observer. | Yes | 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise. |
Tennessee |
Yes |
| Yes |
| Yes | Sunset to sunrise |
Texas |
Other, please specify | YES, if not equipped with mirror | Yes |
| Yes | 1/2 hour after sunset TO 1/2 hour bafore sunrise |
Utah |
Yes |
| No |
| Yes | sunset to sunrise |
Vermont |
Yes |
| No |
| Yes | No skiing between sunset and sunrise. |
Virgin Islands |
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