When did water skiing start?

The American Water Ski Association says that water skiing began in 1922. The Word water ski (Swedish: vattenskida) is in the 1921 edition of the Nordisk Familjebok dictionary. Probably originated on the French Riviera in the early 1920s, and was known in the United States by 1927. The American Water Ski Association, founded in 1939, held the first national championships that year.