There are a couple of different types of water skiing that you will participate in. Essentially you are doing the same thing, but the mode of being dragged along varies between either behind a speedboat, or along a 'dragline'. The draglines act pretty much like the drag lifts that frequent ski resorts - just hold on for grim death as you shoot across a lake on a high speed conveyor belt. This is great for groups as you can get numerous people all participating at the same time.