Seasons Greetings

Wishing you all, Seasons Greeting from Jodi's Ski Skool in Orlando, its Christmas Eve, the sun is shining bright and the water is glass!
Dave Nutt and family from the UK are really enjoying their break from the snow back home. Jurgen and Biggy Schweigert from Germany are also loving the great conditions

Katie Nutt getting ready to rip up the course!



Dave Nutt trying to keep up with Daughter Katie


Brother and Sister Jurgen and Biggy Schweigert meeting up with their parents for a two week family vacation in Orlando

Location:Base Camp Orlando

On Location Tour Continues in Puerto Escondido Mexico

After meeting Cary Mullen in Canada this past summer when in British Bolivia with my On Location Tour, we talked about an amazing resort that Cary was building down in Mexico where the weather was constant year round with average temps of 85F (28C). This really caught my attention as I wanted to offer an alternative training location for at least one week a month during November, December, January & February where you can guarantee the weather! It was time to see what Puerto & Vivo Resorts had to offer!


Phase 1 of Vivo Resorts has been operating now for four years offering secluded and private beach vacation for weddings, business groups and couples retreats. Cads Rubia where the guests stay is amazing with it's own secluded beach front and the most amazing food and hospitality I have ever experienced.


Everything you can think of for the best relaxation you can imagine!


Cary and Vivi Resorts are expanding to phase 2 currently under construction and it was time to roll out the plans and activities for the next phase of this amazing project.

With the Resort sitting on the perfect 70 acres of land located in between the beach and a fresh water lagoon with perfect water skiing conditions, it was only natural that Vivo Resorts should add an activity such as water skiing in a location that can offer these amazing conditions year round. Abdi and Mehrdad from Iran were amongst our first group.



The food at Casa Rubia is spectacular, with local ingredients and flavors that are out of this world!


Lagoona Manialtepec is where the slalom course and coaching takes place - out in front of a restaurant, again where the food is awesome!


The conditions are as good as they get and the course is perfect! I will be back down here coaching for the last week of February 22nd through the 1st March. You got to come see this place!


Abdi and Mehrdad from Iran have skied their heart out and their hands and bodies show the blisters, but they have never had so much fun!
The massage at Cada Rubia tonight was well received!

Location:Vivo Resorts Puerto Escondido Mexico

The boys in town

I had a great time with Steve Duff and Dave Hurwitz over the Thanksgiving weekend. Steve traveled in from San Francisco and Dave traveled in from Grand Rapids Michigan.

Location:Orlando

First Day of Shotgun Season

Friday morning and its first day of ShotGun Season in Illinois. Victor and I set our alarms for 4.00am and after a few cups of strong coffee and a little breakfast, we set off for our positions in the woods that we had scouted out Thursday evening.
I have to tell you it's pretty serene walking out into the wood in the pitch black night and climbing up into a tree stand 20 feet above the ground and watch the forest come into light as the day breaks and the sun comes up. The forest is amazingly quite and the infrequent sounds of squirrels, rabbits are quite distinct . The Deer are also amazing quiet movers in the forest, they are very dainty on their feet. They make no more noise when moving than a squirrel would on the forest floor, quiet amazing really. I was set up in my tree stand by 5.00am and day started to break just before 6.00am!



Shortly after 6 the gun shots started to echo through the countryside!




I was ready and waiting, but all was very quiet and still, just the odd squirrel or wood pecker to break the silence. 7.40am rolls around and still not Deer to be seen!

I'd like to think I have a high level of patience with most things, I have to tell you this requires an amazing amount of patience!
Sitting up a tree for many hours, freezing your butt off and trying to stay completely quiet is not an easy task! Especially with our everyday busy lives, sitting still for hours on end for me was a real test of will-power.
After now sitting up here for 3 hours, the cold really started to set in. Another gunshot in the distance echoed through the forest and some leaves fell from the trees as a soft swirl of cold wind past through the trees, it didn't take much to cause the crispy dry autumn leaves to fall from the trees and make noise on every tree branch they came in contact with on the way to the ground. More chirping from the birds, another wood pecker butts another tree and yet no Deer for me. It sounds as though every other hunter in the area has seen a Deer but me, be patient and wait another 15 minutes, surely a deer will walk across my path if I can only wait a few more minutes!
Another hour and 15 minutes pass! Just a little longer i tell myself and you'll see a deer!!!!!!!!
15 more minutes, another 30 minutes and nothing barely a sound at least not in my little area of the forest. Still shotgun fire all around me coming from miles around, but no activity for me. My impatience gets the better of me and I climb down the tree, my thought is to try my luck on the backside of the hill I am facing! After another hour walking through the forest and getting turned around and lost for 40 minutes, I sat down on my tree stand fir a cup of coffee before pack everything up and heading back to the RV for some lunch.
Wow this is character building stuff I can tell you!!!!!

Well, due to not have constant cell service the blogs are a little later than the days stated. it's now Saturday evening and we are driving back to Orlando with another deer shot by Victor.
I'v had a interesting five days in the woods, I can tell you.

Location:Illinois

Hunting from up in a tree stand

Well, this is the last day of hunting with a bow, as Shotgun season starts tomorrow. A flow of hunters have poured into the area last night and today, getting ready for the first of three days of shotgun hunting.

It is time to try my luck at hunting from a tree stand 20-30 feet above the ground rather than in a blind. This is how you get you sent off the ground and hopefully become totally invisible to the deer. Deer have good eye sight, great hearing and an amazing sense of smell!!!! Hopefully this will help me to hunt my first deer!


The tree stand is a very simple but effect piece of equipment that you carry on your back just like a backpack. It comes in two pieces, one base piece with foot straps for climbing the tree and a top piece that you haul your self up with first the top piece and then when you have raised a secured the top piece and bitten the teeth in against the tree, then you shunt the bottom piece up with your legs just like a reverse square thrust.


After climbing around 25 feet above the ground, I secured myself with a safety harness. The teeth of the top and bottom pieces of the tree stand bite into tree and as long as you are pushing down on them, they will stay locked in and secured. The safety harness is incase you fall asleep and roll over in the tree stand causing it to release it's teeth!



Here a picture after getting the tree stand up and secure and then pulling up my essentials and bow from the ground second.


What a beautiful view of the forest from up here! A much better view fir hunting as well as really being able to see the beauty of this vast forest area!


Victor set up his blind cross the valley, this way we knew we could see our flash lights when calling it a day at sun down!


Check back with me later to see how we did!

Location:Battleford Creek Rd, Harrisburg Illinois

Deer Hunting

After two days of hunting Mildrid Williams private property we decided it was time to head off to the Palistine Church in Swannee County and hunt some Government land where Vic hunted for the first time some twenty years earlier as a teenager with his stepfather.
This real is some beautiful natural forest area.



We parked near the Palistine Church and head out just behind the church to hunt for the first time here.


Here is the view down the ravine and up the hillside on the other side across from my Hunting Blind.


Well, the first night was quiet for Deer, there were quite a few hunters coming into the area tonight getting ready for shotgun season thus coming weekend.
One more morning and night of Bow hunting and then the guns will be firing!

Location:Harrisburg Illinois

Hunting trip

I'm currently on a 6 month planned hunting trip in Harrisburg Illinois, check back with my on the coming weekend fir more details! Four days of Bow Hunting and Three days of Shotgun!
My Buddy Victor has shot the first Deer on Monday night!
He's shooting a cross bow and he has loaned my the antique of a re curve bow, harder than he'll to pull back but it does pack a pinch with the arrow!

Location:Harrisburg Illinois

A new Skier is born!

The Fisher Family would love to send our congratulation to the Isenberg Family in Austin, they have a new family member and soon to be skier in the house Miranda Riley Isenberg.
Can't wait to meet Riley on our return to San Marcus River Ranch with the On Location Tour 2011

Location:Austin Texas

Mirror Conditions

The fall weather is perfect right now for skiing, Lisa Thom's from Seattle has been skiing great all week. Welcome to Stewart Ely and Neil Travena from Oxford England and Dan from the Princes Club near London.



The beautiful fall light right before sunset!

Location:Jodi's Ski Skool Orlando

On Location Tour Continues

The On Location Tour Rig back on the road and in Miami for the weekend. Diego Reyes our live in student qualified recently for the Pan-American Championships set out to gain more tournament experience in Miami, Diego skied very consistently in all three rounds. With 2@12 meters twice and 2.5@ 12 meters in the 3rd round.



Miami Ski Club has a great deal of water at their disposal, with 5 slalom courses, a jump lake and a large area for wake boarding.
It's a beautiful place to ski!


Diego sitting on the dock for his 3rd accessing the conditions and gearing up for a great set!


Delfina and Ivanna Culivan also getting ready for their 3rd round at Miami, Delfi ran 2&11.25 meters and Ivi ran 3@12 meters.


Great skiing guy's and the beat of luck in Chile at the Pan American Championships later this month.

Location:Miami Ski Club

Jodi's Ski Skool is Open and active

Follow a fantastic On Location Tour is past summer, we are back in Orlando and open for business! Jodi's Ski Skool has been open now fir the past two weeks and we have had skiers from many country's Germany, England, Peru, Mexico, Latvia, Canada and the USA.

It has been great to have Mario Mustafa from Peru training with us again after he spent 7 months training and living with us up until we hit the road with the Tour.
Mario now goes to Florida Southern University for his schooling and is part of their ski team and program. It has also Been great to have Rodrigo Chapoy training with us, Rodrigo has training with us now for the past four years!



The weather in the fall in Orlando makes you smile!


Delfina and Ivanna Culivan from Peru have Also been training with us getting ready for the fall tournaments and the Pan- American Championships coming up in November.


Jurgen Schweigert from Germany who resides in London and training at the Princes Club and our site in Orlando at least 3 times a season has just spent a week in the Orlando warm water.


Steve Irving from the North of England also trains with me at least twice a year, skied very well on his second visit for the 2010 season,

Location:Location Orlando

On Location Tour Continues

San Marcus is the latest grand Waterski development built by Gordon Hall and his Team, Gordon is responsible for building 21 different man-made water ski lakes around the Dallas, Houston and Austin areas over the past 20 years. This means there are a total of around 250, 1 acre housing lots combined with most sold and around 180 lots built out with homes and families in enjoying the great conditions and communities these amazing developments have to offer!
Amazing work Gordon!


A view down the South Lake at San Marcus River Ranch


The Tournament lake has communal bathrooms and storage along with multiple covered boat slips, the facilities are amazing!


It was cool to see some of the local college skiers out there at the clinic.



Back in September Radar Ski donated a ski and Jodi's Ski Skool donated a set of bindings for that ski, the intention was to pick the most needy Team. In my opinion they are all in need of good ski equipment. we decided to raffle the ski as it was not really fair to choose, it was better to pick the most needy school out of a hat. Indiana University was the winning Team and as it happens they were very much in need.




After experiencing how much in need the Colleges are of good ski equipment, It dawned on me how much ski equipment is sitting in skiers garages collecting dust.
My plan is to set up a re-allocation program where skiers can donate their old ski equipment and Jodi's Ski Skool will allocate it out the the needy universities around the country. Our first ski was donated from the last On Location Tour Clinic held at San Marcus.

Susan and Dan O'Riley have donated a D3 Nomad in amazing condition, I would like to say a huge thank you to Susan and Dan for donating the first ski to our new program. If you have any ski equipment you would like to donate, please contact me at Jodi@jodifisher.com


Gar and Diego dropped me of at Austin airport so that I could get back to open the school in Orlando Monday afternoon. We are open and ready for business in Orlando. Come do some skiing in the great fall weather of Florida!

Location:San Marcus River Ranch Austin Texas

On Location Tour Continues

National Division 1 Champions University Louisiana Monrow


Jodi's Ski Skool student Delfina Culivan placed 2nd in ladies slalom!


Kyle Dammyer from Ohio State took 2nd in mens slalom, we held an On Location Tour clinic at his site in Marysville and at Bob Axe's lake in St Mary's where Kyle participated both times
Congrats Kyle!


Diego graduated quickly into Collegiate skiing and became part of Florida Southern who placed 6th in the Team event.
I would say Diego has a head start on his College skiing carrier!

Location:Collegiate National Championships

On Location Tour Continues

We planned to be at the Collegiate National Championships on the finals day Saturday at Aqua Plex in Austin.

We held an On Location Tour Clinic here back in early September, we had now set up our last 2010 Tour Clinic day at San Marcus River Ranch on Sunday only 20 minutes down the road.


The teams were all in great spirits and always ready to support their team mates!


There was a great deal of body painting to be seen on skiers and supporters! And lovers of the sport!


Her face painted love was referring to William Oliver!!!






This guy was not only scary on his jump ski's!!! I guess it is nearly Halloween!



Lots of Team Spirit and Bikinis!
These kids were having and great time on and off the water.
Congratulations to ULM for taking the Division 1 Championship Tittle and University of Ohio for becoming the Division 2 National Champions!!!

Location:Aqua Plex Austin TX