Blustery ski trip

Well, it was a trip skiing in which the wind changed directions halfway thru and it made for a bit of rough skiing. Jenny and I went out at 8am (late start I know) and both skied with a toe hold for the first time. We were skiing on a slalom from one of our pairs which was a bit different in itself. Not used to such an easy ride on slalom, in fact I was able to get a side-slide done in both directions on the slalom. Quite fun. We were both successful at the toe-hold although neither of us is an expert yet.

About 9am we picked up Amanda, a former intern from Jenny's work. She skied for just the second time. I then rode the backwards slalom for quite a while and worked on balance and control. Jenny then skied on slalom and is really starting to cut well. She stopped to take a break and then her shoulder popped when trying to pull out again and had to stop. Amanda skied again and did a much better job the second go round with her balance.

Around 11am we picked up Shawn from the dock and he started out on slalom. He pulled out of deep water twice and is starting to look much smoother on slalom. After he was nice and tired, Jenny skied on tricks for the first time in several years. She started to try a side-slide and was getting pretty close to doing it just needs to keep her hands down. She was more concerned though with trying to stop without falling (see videos). Then it was my turn on tricks, my outside the wake helicopter is getting much smoother. Next time I'll have to try on the other side of the wake.

Lastly, Shawn gave the trick skis a try. He got up with an immediate shocked look on his face and commented afterwards that it was nothing like what he expected. He skied several times on them and was learning some control. He made it over the wake once but fell shortly afterwards. We loaded the boat up at about noon.

4 hours of skiing, 4 skiers, 8 skies used, 5 ropes used.

'Til next time,
Jerry