Big Accomplishment for My Wife (video)

[aswinter05]

Had to post this because I'm so stoked for my wife! The last video I posted of her was the VERY first time she made it around all the training buoys. Well.... that was 3 weeks ago. Now she's around the pumpkin colored ones. I'm proud to admit my wife skis better than I do. I can still remember exactly 11 months ago when she decided to try one ski.... now she has turned into a monster. Watch out Regina

 

(pay no attention to the boat path near the gates)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6MVyHgBfvA

 

[Skoot1123]

AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME!! I can say that having your wife ski and drive is the best. Keep up the encouragement for your wife and she be committed to skiing the rest of her life!

[webbdawg99]

Thanks for sharing! I just showed this to my wife (she learned to ride a slalom last summer) and she said, "You think I can do that?" Why yes I do.....lets go practice!!! Ha. Thanks for the motivation!

[Than_Bogan]

Yep, that is pure awesomeness. There's a whole lot of good going on there, so I think her improvement will continue rapidly for a little while.

[aswinter05]

@Than_Bogan , agreed! She must have memorized that Leveraged Position article

[klindy]

@aswinter05 Record denied due to both path! Not a problem though...she just needs to go out and do it again!! Seriously great accomplishment!! Keep up the improvement!

[Joeprunc]

That is awesome. She has to be so proud, you have to be so proud, hell I don't even know you and I'm proud for her too!!!

Can't wait to get my wife on the course this season, her work schedule has been a bit hectic.

[Wish]

Love the fist pumps at the end!!! Congrats to you both!!!

[bdougherty]

Sign her up for the Hoosier Buoy Tour! Great to see congrats

[Than_Bogan]

I agree with @Wish -- I really noticed that fist pump at the end, because that shows the kind of passion that drives us all to GET ... MORE ... BUOYS. Not everyone has that, and it's probably the single strongest indicator of how far someone will get. Sure, most of us are eventually limited by (lack of) athletic ability, but a much bigger super-majority never even get close to their potential because they don't have the passion for it.

 

You gotta be a little messed up to chase these little red buoys, and thank god I am!!

[aswinter05]

The passion was definitely there on Sunday. This was actually the 3rd complete pass she made that day. Had I posted the video of her first successful pass, you would have heard me screaming like a girl from the drivers seat. You also would have seen another fist pump from my wife BEFORE she rounded 6 ball. She knew it halfway out to the ball that she was going to turn it and started celebrating. Pretty awesome moment for us rookies.

[Than_Bogan]

@aswinter05 There are, of course, great things about being a veteran. But the one thing that kinda sucks is that these "big moments" get pretty far apart. I feel incredibly lucky to have had even one in 2011 (ran -38 in a tournament) and two mini-ones in 2012 (got outside 2 @ -39 in practice; ran -38 in practice with Goode camera's rolling). A more typical year goes by without a single "big moment."

 

Point being: Keep sharing! It's a lot of fun to live vicariously through those on the steep part of the learning curve!

[aswinter05]

Solid advice. The great news is, I think we've got several "big moments" ahead of us in the near future. Next up for her it will be running the course at 28mph and for me it will be 32 mph. Eventually it will slow down like you said so we'll be sure to live up every moment.