What Are These? See Lots When Flying In/out Of Sacto
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, Jan 16 2012 03:18 PM
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Posted 16 January 2012 - 03:18 PM
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Posted 16 January 2012 - 03:35 PM
Looks like a private waterski lake/ course. How large are they and where are they ?
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Posted 16 January 2012 - 03:36 PM
It is a water sport lake. Boats pull wakeboarders/skiers through the lake to do jumps off ramps, etc, and then loop around the islands at the end. I have photographed events there before.
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Posted 16 January 2012 - 03:50 PM
It's Bel Acqua Lake facility which is used for water skiing and other water activities training
http://www.bellacqualake.com/index.htm
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Posted 16 January 2012 - 03:56 PM
Wow, I saw at least 4 on the approach into Sacramento Airport the other day
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Posted 16 January 2012 - 04:17 PM
It's Bel Acqua Lake facility which is used for water skiing and other water activities training
http://www.bellacqualake.com/index.htm
Not Bel Acqua but it is a waterski training facility.
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Posted 16 January 2012 - 11:03 PM
There are a lot of them around here. This is a great spot for competitive three-event waterskiing training.
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Posted 17 January 2012 - 12:01 PM
so, exactly where are these, are they located near the river or near the delta?
Does anyone know, are they dug down to where they naturally fill from the water table, or do they have to keep on adding water as it drains in the soil and evaporates into the air?
I'm just wondering.
Does anyone know, are they dug down to where they naturally fill from the water table, or do they have to keep on adding water as it drains in the soil and evaporates into the air?
I'm just wondering.
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Posted 17 January 2012 - 12:14 PM
so, exactly where are these, are they located near the river or near the delta?
Does anyone know, are they dug down to where they naturally fill from the water table, or do they have to keep on adding water as it drains in the soil and evaporates into the air?
I'm just wondering.
Pleasent Grove, Rio Linda are some locations. A buddy of mine at work is a pro skier (he was even in the movie Waterworld!)
Some of these are agricultural land plots that they have just carved out to makes these training facilities. I guess you cannot build housing developments on these plots but you can apparently carve out a groove, fill it up, and train water skiers.
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Posted 17 January 2012 - 12:14 PM
so, exactly where are these, are they located near the river or near the delta?
Does anyone know, are they dug down to where they naturally fill from the water table, or do they have to keep on adding water as it drains in the soil and evaporates into the air?
I'm just wondering.
The ones that I have been to were built by creating their own levees....and then filling it in with water. I do not know what was done to keep water from draining down.
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