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Water skiing race
Bridge to Bridge
GenreWater skiing / power boating
FrequencyAnnual
Location(s)Hawkesbury River
Inaugurated1961 / 1933
Websitewww.bridge2bridge.com.au

The Bridge to Bridge refers to both a water skiing race and also a power boating race held on the outskirts of Sydney, Australia. It commences at Brooklyn Bridge and traverses the Hawkesbury River for 112 kilometres to Windsor Bridge.

The inaugural water skiing event was held in 1961.

The inaugural power boating event was held in 1933.

Incidents

In 2013 Sarah Teelow was killed after suffering an atlanto-occipital dislocation.

References

  1. the Bridge to Bridge Bridge to Bridge
  2. About the Bridge to Bridge] Bridge to Bridge
  3. https://www.uhpbc.net/bridge.html
  4. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/266701969 Nunn wins 8th Bridge to Bridge] Windsor & Richmond Gazette 28 March 1962 page 1
  5. World waterskiing champion Sarah Teelow dies from race injuries ABC News 26 November 2013
  6. Water-skiing champ Sarah Teelow dies after crash at start of race Los Angeles Times 26 November 2013


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