Gold Member Than_Bogan Posted August 5, 2015 Gold Member Share Posted August 5, 2015 My older daughter, now 14, has only ever been "mildly interested" in skiing, but today she hit a huge milestone that I bet a lot of us still remember: The first time around all 6 buoys! She was at 17mph, long-line, on 2 skis, and not yet doing the entrance gate. She was pretty excited, and maybe even more so because the last time out she just barely made it between 1 and 2. I got a kick out of her driving her fist into the air at the exit gate. She's not usually very demonstrative. Btw, it's funny how fast she looked in the rear view mirror pushing those two skis as hard as she could. Looking forward, 17mph seemed incredibly slow. Looking in the mirror, it looked like she was flying out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boarditup Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Great news. Give her a fist bump for me. Love hearing about the first passes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller markchilcutt Posted August 5, 2015 Baller Share Posted August 5, 2015 Awesome!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elite Skier Luzz Posted August 5, 2015 Elite Skier Share Posted August 5, 2015 Nice!!! Keep it fun for her and she'll be crushing buoys for a long time B) Ski coach at Jolly Ski, Organizer of the San Gervasio Pro Am (2023 Promo and others), Co-Organizer of the Jolly Clinics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member Than_Bogan Posted August 5, 2015 Author Gold Member Share Posted August 5, 2015 Thanks all. @Luzz Will be interesting to see. She has the potential to get very obsessed with something that is so measurable (no clue where she got THAT :smile: ). But sometimes she's also very comfortable to just do an activity occasionally and not care about improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
303Skier Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Time to kick that other ski off and go for the first 6 :smile: Awesome to hear about this! I can't remember the first time I made all 6 buoys but I know it was 15 off on a HO Esprit 63! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member Than_Bogan Posted August 10, 2015 Author Gold Member Share Posted August 10, 2015 Update: She wanted to get out with the remaining time after we got back from a Maine weekend. So for now the smart money seems to be on "obsessed"... She added the gate and did a "tournament legal" 28kph (17ish mph). She was very excited and she also tried 31kph (19ish mph) quite a few times, getting at least 4 consecutive buoys at one point. One of her friends got up for the first time, so that was very cool too. Only problem is: I don't have time for this :smile: . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller mmosley899 Posted August 10, 2015 Baller Share Posted August 10, 2015 Sorry @Than_Bogan , you have to make time for it, including friends. I did that for my kids, best thing I ever did in my life! They still like to hang out at the lake with me! Mike's Overall Binding USA Water Ski Senior Judge Senior Driver Senior Tech Controller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller mmosley899 Posted August 10, 2015 Baller Share Posted August 10, 2015 Oh yeah, my daughter and grandson will be at Nationals with me! Mike's Overall Binding USA Water Ski Senior Judge Senior Driver Senior Tech Controller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller xrated Posted August 10, 2015 Baller Share Posted August 10, 2015 That is awesome! To join in my 10 year old started crossing wakes yesterday and even accidentally rode on one ski for a few feet before face planting. It is amazing how much change there has been in one month going from several tries to get up, to the crouched down super concentration face, to know right up with no help, great form, smiles, wake crossings and the required look of shock over almost losing it or extra speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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