It doesn't hurt to use the right gear for towing either. Generally, using a tow rope or chain should be a last resort, and if the need arises, it should be when covering short distances.

While doing so, authorities said, the jet skier struck the tow rope and sustained serious injuries. Authorities took the jet skier to the hospital.

A few years ago, [Jeremy Makes Things] built a rope tow in his back yard so his son could ski after school. Since the lifts at the local hill closed shortly after schools let out, this was the ...

For the first few decades ­after Ralph Samuelson invented ­water-skiing in summer 1922, skiers used a lifting ring near the stern of an ­inboard-powered boat to attach a tow rope. Since the late 1950s ...

The new rope tow, a hang-on and get-pulled mechanism announced last week, spans 1,000 feet along “Swifty Park”, and is expected to provide welcome relief from boot packing or a trip to the base.

Below Big Sky Resort's Instagram posts, skiers and snowboarders clamored for a rope tow in the ski area’s terrain park. Once a running joke, those requests have now been made a reality.

Below Big Sky Resort's Instagram posts, skiers and snowboarders clamored for a rope tow in the ski area’s terrain park. Once a running joke, those requests have now been made a reality. In an ...

The Dixie Rope Tow, which brought local families together to play in the snow for generations, had been out of action for the last seven years and was only open sporadically for several years ...

Kinetic recovery ropes are a game changer for serious off-roaders. Unlike flat tow ropes, they harness the unique power of kinetic energy to smoothly pull stuck vehicles out of tough spots with ...

Tug crews can now see, and instantly respond to, the loading on the tow rope. The pen-shaped Sureline sensor is easily installed in the core of the Lankhorst rope in around one minute, ahead of ...