ORIGINAL: Sport_Pilot
He will sink. Because in comparison to the water around him he is not moving fast enough to stay on the surface. This same idea can be applied to a plane in the flow of moving air. <span class=''info''></span>
He sinks because now he must bank his ski to stay afloat. The ski loses lift in a bank just as a wing does. It is after all why we call them planes.
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What makes planes (water skies or wings) turn in (or on) a fluid?
Why airplanes stall easier while performing a turn (upwind, downwind or crosswind), if the pilot is not careful (or skilful enough)?
Only the posters that can answer those questions correctly will be able to untangle the myth of the downwind stall and spin.