Blimp tows water skier across southern California lake

LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. (AP) — Yes, that was a blimp towing a water skier across the surface of a southern California lake.

The Press-Enterprise reports the blimp towed skier Kari McCollum for 6.9 miles at Lake Elsinore on Tuesday.

The newspaper says that's a new record, according to Philip Robertson, an adjudicator with Guinness World Records.

The old mark for a water skier being towed by a blimp or airship was nearly 5 miles.

The companies sponsoring the event included an aerial advertising company.