Requirement
4. Show the skier signals to the observer: in the boat, not on the bank
Required Often forgotten
Skier safe, faster, slower, turns, back to dock, cut motor, skier in water. Shown to the safety observer in the boat, which makes this part of the water session rather than a quiz beforehand.
Notes and warnings
Warning. Requirements 4, 5 and 6 are one session, not three. All of them need a boat, a driver and a safety observer: requirement 4 is the signals given to that observer, requirement 5 is the towed run, and requirement 6 needs deep water. Book them together. Requirement 4 in particular is often treated as a quiz on the bank, and the requirement says the signals are shown to the observer in the boat.
Where this step comes from
- Water Sports Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-31), Requirement 4 · Requires the signals to be shown to the safety observer in the boat.