Baller XR6Hurricane Posted December 16, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 16, 2012 I'll go first...our minister. The fact that I'm a skier came up in conversation and he said he'd never done it but had always been curious about trying it. So we took him out one weekday evening and got him up within about half a dozen tries. As I recall he stayed up for a few hundred feet and he seemed pretty satisfied with that result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller A_B Posted December 16, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 16, 2012 I had a lake day for my daughter's soccer team and families. Most of the girls had never tubed let alone ski. That was a fun day. They were probably 15-16-years old, so not afraid to try and for sure didn't want to be the only one NOT to learn or try something. We had a bonfire, grills going, people fishing, swimming, and just hanging out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller tfriess Posted December 16, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 16, 2012 Every year, our show-ski team that I am on has two dates, each where we teach about 20 kids and even adults how to get up on a pair of sticks. Really a great day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Bulldog Posted December 16, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 16, 2012 Last summer taught an entire family of four to ski, three of them progressed all the way to one ski by the end of a week!! It was fun to see the excitement of progress. "Do Better..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 6balls Posted December 16, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 16, 2012 When I was in Waterloo, IA the club did a spinal cord injured day where we used modified sit-skis, a boys/girls club day where most of the kids who attended couldn't even swim, and a blind day where we taught blind kids to ski. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankS Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 A show ski club that I am on has a day each year where we invite people with injuries or disabilities to our show site to learn how to ski. We use a modified sit ski which allows them to ski even if they can't stand or don't have the ability to grip the handle with their hands. You can tell that they are very excited from the look on their face when they ski back to the beach. It is a very rewarding experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 6balls Posted December 17, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 17, 2012 @OB, yah, fun and interesting to see kids with no shot at doing something like this get it done and in some cases not letting their handicap hold them back. On another note, met Rodman in a leather shop in Chicago. My mom told him what he should buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankS Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 @OB I thought it was both fun and interesting to help people who otherwise never would have the chance to experience water skiing do something that we love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller XR6Hurricane Posted December 17, 2012 Author Baller Share Posted December 17, 2012 @FrankS - are you on the Aquanuts? I know they do the handicap skiing. I'm a big fan of them and of Wonder Lake. @OB - you win on the interesting side for sure. To this day I can't figure out what Carmen Electra was thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankS Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 @XR6Hurricane I am actually on a relatively small non-competitive team on pewaukee lake in WI. Do you show ski? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller XR6Hurricane Posted December 17, 2012 Author Baller Share Posted December 17, 2012 @FrankS - no, there's no show teams close to me and the time commitment would be difficult because I work an hour away. Wonder Lake is the closest team and you have to live there to be on that team. The Aquanuts are the next closest but they are about an 1 hr 40 min from work, so practice and Wednesday shows would be impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller SkiJay Posted December 17, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 17, 2012 Victoria Secret model Heather Marks: My youngest daughter was best friends in high school with Heather Marks, so we took her houseboating and waterskiing at Shuswap Lake one summer. Everything was going fine until she decided a little tubing action looked fun. Of course she kneed herself in the face so hard she gave herself a massive shiner with only three days to go before a $200,000 photo shoot in Seattle. I'm thinking lawsuit, like I just broke a surgeons fingers, but noooooo ... they just featured her shiner in the photo piece cause her specialty is kind of a dark, oh poor me, look. Phew!!! I never got a picture of her on skis which is really too bad cause it was funny--nothing but arms and legs all over the place. All I have is this "before" picture: ... and this "during" picture: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MattP Posted December 17, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 17, 2012 @OB you loose Dennis Rodman is a freak. @SkiJay has you beat by a long shot. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller scuppers Posted December 17, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 17, 2012 @skijay - now that was interesting! And more like what OB and I were looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted December 17, 2012 Baller_ Share Posted December 17, 2012 Kenny Stills. Former Green Bay Packer/Viking and father of Sooner WR Kenny Stills. Skied with him for 2 years while he was with the vikes. Got up on 1 on first try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixball Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Two engineers visiting from China. One who could not even swim the other had never been in water other then a pool or shower. One when he got up went around the lake yelling I Flying I flying... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ejj Posted December 23, 2012 Baller Share Posted December 23, 2012 Most interesting was my 4 year-old 30 pound daughter this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil2360 Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Two Japanese fishing guests, staying with our lakes owner. English was about zero, or a bit less. So we had a morning full of charades, bush sigh language and gestures. Very enthusastic guys, friendly & polite. Both managed to get up on doubles & do a couple of laps of the lake. They were totally stoked & very greatful. Ahh, and whe took plenty of photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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